Charles Stross' Diary (RSS Feed)
08-04-2007, 10:16 AM
I am informed that the first three books of my Merchant Princes series (that is: The Family Trade (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765348217/charlieswebsi-20), The Hidden Family (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765352052/charlieswebsi-20) and The Clan Corporate (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765309300/charlieswebsi-20)) have collectively won the 2007 Sidewise award for alternate history (http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/) (long form — i.e. novel or series).
This is the first time I'd been shortlisted for the Sidewise, and follows a rule change that opens the long form up to include multi-volume works. I'd just like to say that I really wasn't expecting to win this one — not with Paul Park, Harry Turtledove, and Jo Walton all on the ballot — and it's come as a complete by surprise.
I'd like to offer my congratulations to everyone else who was on the shortlist, and say better luck next time. (And because I won the long form award for a series work, they can now cross me off the competition for the next few years — it's my only alternate history in the pipeline.)
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This is the first time I'd been shortlisted for the Sidewise, and follows a rule change that opens the long form up to include multi-volume works. I'd just like to say that I really wasn't expecting to win this one — not with Paul Park, Harry Turtledove, and Jo Walton all on the ballot — and it's come as a complete by surprise.
I'd like to offer my congratulations to everyone else who was on the shortlist, and say better luck next time. (And because I won the long form award for a series work, they can now cross me off the competition for the next few years — it's my only alternate history in the pipeline.)
(Original Post) (http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/08/ego_corner.html)