SFSite's Best of 2009: 3 Outta 10 Ain't Bad

Greg L Johnson's Best of 2009 at SFSite includes Ian McDonald's Cyberabad Days (#8), Kay Kenyon's City Without End (#5) and Paul McAuley's The Quiet War (#3).

Very proud of all our authors, and proud that Pyr has three books among this top ten list.

SF Site's Best SF and Fantasy Books of 2009: Readers' Choice

Paul McAuley has placed twice in SF Site's Best SF and Fantasy Books of 2009: Readers' Choice Poll, with Gardens of the Sun at #10 and The Quiet War at # 6. Both books are tied with other works (Cory Doctorow's Makers and Adam Roberts' Yellow Blue Tibia respectively).

Congratulations to all the authors selected!

Elitist Book Reviews: The Top Ten of 2009

The guys at Elitist Book Reviews have published their Top Ten of 2009 lists. Steve and Nick list separately, but Pyr books are heavily represented in both (thanks guys).

In Steve's list, Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Diving into the Wreck, Tom Lloyd's The Grave Thief, and James Barclay's Dawnthief. In Nick's, Tom Lloyd' The Grave Thief, James Barclay's Nightchild, Mark Chadbourn's The Silver Skull, and Mike Resnick's Starship: Flagship.

Meanwhile, Jon Sprunk's Shadow's Son, George Mann's Ghosts of Manhattan, Adrian Tchaikovsky's Empire and Black and Gold and Tom Lloyd's The Ragged Man makes Nick's 2010 Most Anticipated Novels list. (And on a personal note, I was happy to see my co-edited anthology, Swords & Dark Magic, make both lists as well).

Locus 2009 Recommended Reading List

Locus magazine have released their Recommended Reading List (also published in their February issue).

James Enge's Blood of Ambrose appears in the category of First Novels.

Ian McDonald is on for Cyberabad Days for Collections, and from that collection, "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" is on for Novellas.

The UK edition of Paul McAuley's Gardens of the Sun also made the list (ours comes out in March).

Congratulations to all three authors!

SciFiChick's Best of 09

The SciFiChick has posted her Best of 09 list, and out of 143 books read, Kristine Kathryn Rusch's Diving into the Wreck gets Best Space Opera.  Nice!

Even Even More Best of 2009

Fantasy Book Critic has posted Cindy's Top 2009 Book List. James Barclay comes in at number five with the entire Chronicles of the Raven series of Dawnthief,Noonshade,and Nightchild.Whereas Mark Chadbourn is on twice, at number six with the Age of Misrule series of World's End,Darkest Hour,and Always Foreverand at number 9 with The Silver Skull.

Meanwhile SFFWorld has posted their SF Review of 2009 and their Fantasy Review of 2009. Ian McDonald's Cyberabad Days,Kay Kenyon's City Without End,and Paul McAuley's The Quiet War all get shout outs. On the fantasy side, Matthew Sturges' Midwintergets the love.

Keep 'em coming!

Even More Best of 2009

The Best of the Year lists keep pouring in, and Pyr keeps placing on them.

Fantasy Literature has posted FanLit's Favorite Books of 2009, and I'm thrilled to see Joel Shepherd's Sashaand Mark Chadbourn's The Silver Skullon the list, as well as the UK edition of Jasper Kent's Twelve.

Meanwhile, Grasping for the Wind has posted their Best Reads of 2009, and in the category of "Best Adventure Novel," a category "designed to be broad, focusing on the adventure aspect of a story, not its setting per se.... to highlight the book that had a similar effect to the watching of an action movie," they select Diving into the Wreckby Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Not surprising given all the comparisons to Star Trek and Babylon 5 the book is garnering.

Meanwhile, Rob Will Review... has posted The 10 Best Books I Read in 2009.  These aren't necessarily books published in 2009, so he includes (and we are pleased to see) Chris Roberson's 2005 novel, Here, There & Everywhere,coming in at #5, ahead of some writers named Neil Gaiman and Dave Eggers. Rob writes:

On the surface, Here, There & Everywhere is actually a joyous romp through time and space–the life story of a singularly unique woman, Roxanne Bonaventure, who, from a young age, is gifted with a very special bracelet, which she dubs “the Sofia,” that allows her to spend her life zigzagging through time and space…Underneath the larksome exterior, however, Roberson’s novel has a rather serious subtext.  Although most of the time, Roxanne has a ball traipsing across the universe, she can also be a deeply lonely individual…Here, There & Everywhere captures the alienation of a time traveler’s life in a profound yet subtle manner that never overwhelms the story with pathos but which keeps the novel–even in its most thrillingly pulpy of moments–cushioned in a layer of emotional reality that beautifully complements its jaunty surface…

Happy New Year!

More Best of 2009

Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews have published their Awards for 2009. The UK edition of Jasper Kent's Twelve, which we'll be releasing in 2010, comes in #4 in their Top Ten Reads. Meanwhile, Stephan Martiniere's illustration for Ian McDonald's Desolation Roadis one of the winners of Best Cover Artwork.

While over at Book Chick City, they list their Top Ten Most Anticipated Reads 2010, and George Mann's Ghosts of Manhattanshows up at # 7.

Rock on.

Bookgasm: 5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2009

Ryun Patterson of Bookgasm has posted his 5 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2009, and, as in past years, we're very pleased with the number of Pyr books in (and in this case around) the list. Paul McAuley's The Quiet Warcomes in at Number 5. Note also the honorable mention for Ian McDonald's Cyberabad Days, that all three "anticipated" 2010 titles are from Pyr (Geosynchron, Desolation Road,& Ghosts of Manhattan), and the "hypothetical 'Books of the Decade'" that would include Brasyland River of Gods. Nice!