A BSFA nomination for Brasyl

The British Science Fiction Association has announced the nominees for the 2007 British Science Fiction Association Awards:

BEST NOVEL

• Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)
• Black Man by Richard Morgan (Gollancz)
• Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
• The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
• The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (Fourth Estate)

BEST SHORT FICTION

• "Lighting Out" by Ken MacLeod (disLocations; NewCon Press)
• "Terminal" by Chaz Brenchley (disLocations; NewCon Press)
• "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (F&SF, September)
• "The Gift of Joy" by Ian Whates (TQR)
• "The Sledge-Maker's Daughter" by Alastair Reynolds (Interzone #209)

BEST ARTWORK

• "Cracked World" by Andy Bigwood (cover of disLocations anthology, published by NewCon Press)
• "H P Lovecraft in Britain" by Les Edwards (cover of chapbook by Stephen Jones, published by the British Fantasy Society)
• "Lunar Flare" by Richard Marchand (cover of Interzone #211)
• "Metal Dragon Year" by Kenn Brown (cover of Interzone #212)

BSFA FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY AWARD: BEST NOVEL OF 1958

• A Case of Conscience by James Blish (first published by Ballantine)
• Have Spacesuit, Will Travel by Robert A Heinlein (first published in F&SF, August - October 1958)
• Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss (first published by Faber & Faber)
• The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (first published in Galaxy, March/April 1958)
• The Triumph of Time by James Blish (first published by Avon; subsequent UK title A Clash of Cymbals)
• Who? by Algis Budrys (first published by Pyramid)