Friday Musings

I think they got it right this time. Garth Stein's The Art of Racing in the Rain is the new Starbucks book selection, available in stores in May. Check out this great story about how he got his agent and sold the book.

The Locus Award nominees are:

Science Fiction Novel

The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman

Braysl by Ian McDonald

Halting State by Charles Stross

Spook Country by William Gibson

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Fantasy Novel

Endless Things by John Crowley

Making Money by Terry Pratchett

Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe

Territory by Emma Bull

Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay

Young Adult Book

Extras by Scott Westerfeld

The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter

Magic's Child by Justine Larbalestier

Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville

First Novel

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

One for Sorrow by Christopher Barzak