2019 Lambda SF/F/Horror Finalists

[Travis]

Any surprises? Surprising omissions? New TBRs?


The Barrow Will Send What it May, Margaret Killjoy, Tor.com
The Breath of the Sun, Isaac R. Fellman, Aqueduct
The Descent of Monsters, JY Yang, Tor.com
Forget the Sleepless Shores, Sonya Taaffe, Lethe Press
In the Vanishers’ Palace, Aliette de Bodard, JABberwocky
Metabolize, if Able, Clay AD, Monster House Press,
Resilience, Fletcher DeLancey, Heartsome Publishing
Witchmark, C.L. Polk, Tor.com

https://www.lambdaliterary.org/31st-a...

[EDIT: Fixed link (thanks Kaa!). And thanks to mods for moving the post to the right category.]

[Tasha]

Some fantastic stories

[Kaa]

I haven't even heard of half of these, but I've read all four of the ones I already knew about and really enjoyed them all. I just added all of the others to my TBR (except Resilience, which looks like the 7th book in a series I was already interested in).

(Also, the link is for last year's finalists. Here is this year's list: https://www.lambdaliterary.org/31st-a...)

[Gabi]

Oh, more for my TBRs. From this list I only know JY Yang whose work left me quite underwhelmed so far.

[Travis]

I was also underwhelmed by the novellas I read by Yang. I enjoyed Witchmark very much, however, and wouldn't be surprised if it won the Lammy.

Of the finalists I haven't read, the two that most caught my eye are The Breath of the Sun and Metabolize, if Able.

[Silvana]

Thanks for sharing! Useful for my diversity challenge.

I've Witchmark scheduled for early June. Let me know here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... if someone wants to BR it :D

I thought Time Was was going to be nominated.
The Barrow Will Send What it May looks interesting.

[Mason]

Read ‘Barrow will Send What it May’ by Killjoy. You won’t be disappointed ;)

[Raucous]

In the Vanishers’ Palace was one of my favorite reads last year. I loved the prose, the overall tone, and especially the relationship between the main characters.

I've had mixed reactions to JY Yang's work. I enjoyed the earlier books in the series that includes The Descent of Monsters but that one veered too far into horror for my tastes.

I see some other things here that I'm going to have to add to my infinite TRB list.