I kind of fell off the boat for a bit with Scalzi’s work, as I didn’t like his most recent series (not due to his writing, the topic just didn’t interest me, and I’ve never liked lawyer-ish stuff from any author), and being a series he released several books in it over several years.

I’m not a huge fan of Kaiju as a topic. You guys who’ve read this one that won the award, do you think it’s strong enough for someone not particularly into Kaiju to like it?

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

WINNER: The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi (Tor; Tor UK)

Sweep of Stars, Maurice Broaddus (Tor)
The Red Scholar’s Wake, Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky)
The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris UK)
Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf; Picador; HarperCollins Canada)
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)
Goliath, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)
Eyes of the Void, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
Neom, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
Eversion, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)

FANTASY NOVEL

WINNER: Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)

The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)
When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)
Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)
The World We Make, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)
Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)