I could not be happier right now! My novella, When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth (published in my collection Overclocked) just won the Locus Award for best novelette of 2006. A million thanks to everyone who voted for it — I’ve got a 12h plane ride coming up, and this’ll keep me warm the whole way.
Also: check out the awesome company I’m in: Vernor Vinge and Ellen Kushner and Charlie Stross and Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett and Naomi Novik!
This is the third Locus Award I’ve won in a row. A million thanks to Eileen Gunn for delivering this acceptance speech on my behalf: “Systems administrators are the unsung heroes of the twenty first century, our tireless morlocks who keep the entire universe running. The best sysadmins I’ve met treat their jobs as holy callings. They understand that they’re keeping the infrastructure of the information age alive and functional.
Many thanks to my sysadmin, Ken Snider, and to all the other sysadmins who make my life possible. And many thanks to Jim Baen and Eric Flint for publishing this. ”
Best Science Fiction Novel:
Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
Best Fantasy Novel:
The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra)
Best First Novel:
Temeraire: His Majesty’s Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Powder, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Voyager); as Temeraire: In the Service of the King (SFBC)
Best Young Adult Book:
Wintersmith, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperTempest)
Best Novella:
“Missile Gap”, Charles Stross (One Million A.D.)
Best Novelette:
“When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth”, Cory Doctorow (Baen’s Universe 8/06)
Best Short Story:
“How to Talk to Girls at Parties”, Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things)
