AEFCFT is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2014 Ignotus Awards. The awards originated in 1991 and each year they honor the best works of Spanish speculative fiction and translations from other languages. The winners of the 2014 Ignotus Awards will be announced at Hispacon/MIRcon, Spain’s 2014 national science fiction and fantasy convention, which will take place from December 6 to 8 in Montcada i Reixac, a suburb of Barcelona.
After the first round of voting for the 2014 Ignotus Award, the candidates for each category are:
Translated Novel
2312, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Minotauro)
El vacío de la evolución [The Evolutionary Void], by Peter F. Hamilton (La Factoría de Ideas)
Embassytown, by China Miéville (Fantascy)
La casa de hojas [House of Leaves], by Mark Z. Danielewski (Alpha Decay)
El ladrón cuántico [The Quantum Thief], by Hannu Rajaniemi (Alamut)
Las luminosas [The Shining Girls], by Lauren Beukes (RBA)
Tierras rojas [Red Country], by Joe Abercrombie (Alianza)
Translated Short Story
“26 monos, además del abismo” [“26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss”], by Kij Johnson (Cuentos para Algernon Vol I)
“Araña, la artista” [“Spider, the Artist”], by Nnedi Okorafor (Terra Nova Vol 2. Fantascy)
“El hombre que puso fin a la Historia: documental” [“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”], by Ken Liu (Terra Nova Vol 2. Fantascy)
“Las manos de su marido” [“Her Husband’s Hands”], by Adam-Troy Castro (Terra Nova Vol 2. Fantascy)
“Separados por las aguas del Río Celeste” [“Scattered Along the River of Heaven”], by Aliette de Bodard (Terra Nova Vol 2. Fantascy)
“Sueños imposibles” [“Impossible Dreams”], by Tim Pratt (Hic sunt dracones. Fata Libelli)
Novel
Esta noche arderá el cielo [The Sky Will Burn Tonight], by Emilio Bueso (Salto de Página)
Gente muerta [Dead People], by J. G. Mesa (aContracorriente)
La canción secreta del mundo [The World’s Secret Song], by José Antonio Cotrina (Hidra)
Los nombres muertos [Dead Names], by Jesús Cañadas (Fantascy)
Memoria de tinieblas [Memory of Darkness], by Eduardo Vaquerizo (Sportula)
Novella
“En el filo” [“On the Edge”], by Ramón Muñoz (Terra Nova Vol. 2. Fantascy)
“La edad del vuelo” [“The Age of Flight”], by Alberto Moreno Pérez (Zaibatsu / La edad del vuelo. Juan José Aroz, Espiral)
“La montaña” [“The Mountain”], by Juan González Mesa (Bizarro)
“La penúltima danza del Griwll [“The Second-Last Dance of the Griwll”], by Ramón Merino Collado (De monstruos y Trincheras. Juan José Aroz, Espiral)
“Rafentshalf,” [“Rafentschalf”] by Jesús Fernández Lozano (Reyes de aire y agua. Cápside)
Short Story
“Dariya” [“Dariya”], by Nieves Delgado (Ellos son el futuro / Web Ficción Científica / Revista Terbi nº 7)
“El aeropuerto del fin del mundo” [“The Airport at the End of the World”], by Tamara Romero (Visiones 2012. AEFCFT)
“El enemigo en casa” [“The Enemy Within”], by Concepción Regueiro (Historias del Crazy Bar. Stonewall)
“La última huella” “The Last Footprint”], by Miguel Santander (La costilla de Dios. Libralia / Revista TerBi nº 6)
“Los orcos no comen golosinas” [“Orcs Don’t Eat Candy”], by Carlos López Hernando (Visiones 2012. AEFCFT)
“Wendy de los gatos” [“Cat Wendy”], by Jesús Fernández Lozano (Reyes de aire y agua. Cápside)
Anthology
Cuentos para Algernon Año I [Stories for Algeron, Year I], edited by Marcheto (Cuentos para Algernon)
Hic sunt dracones, Cuentos imposibles [Hic Sunt Dracones: Impossible Dreams], by Tim Pratt (Fata Libelli)
La bomba número seis [Pump Six and other stories], by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fantascy)
Reyes de aire y agua [Kings of the Air and Water], by Jesús Fernández Lozano (Cápside)
Terra Nova Vol. 2 [Terra Nova Vol. 2], edited by Mariano Villarreal and Luis Pestarini (Fantascy)
Non-Fiction
Cómo escribir ciencia-ficción y fantasía [How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy], by Orson Scott Card (Alamut)
El poder de la sangre [The Power of Blood], by Pedro L. López (Dolmen)
Jack Kirby. El cuarto demiurgo [Jack Kurby: The Fourth Demiurge], by José Manuel Uría (Sportula)
Japón sobrenatural [Supernatural Japan], by Daniel Aguilar (Satori)
La biblia steampunk [The Steampunk Bible], by Jeff Vandermeer and S. J. Chambers (Edge Entertainment)
La 100cia ficción de Rescepto [Rescepto C_ience Fiction], by Sergio Mars (Cápside)
La literatura fantástica argentina en el siglo XIX [Fantastic Literature in Argentina in the 19th Century], by Carlos Abraham (La Biblioteca del Laberinto)
Silencios de pánico [Panicked Silences], by Diego López and David Pizarro (Tyrannosaurus Books)
Steampunk Cinema [Steampunk Cinema], by various authors, (Tyrannosaurus Books)
Article
“Howard Koch, el guionista tras la magia de La guerra de los mundos de Orson Welles” “Howard Koch, the Scriptwriter Behind the Magic of The War of the Worlds by Orson Wells”], by Luis Alfonso Gámez (Web Magonia)
“La ciencia ficción española”[“Spanish Science Fiction”], by Mariano Villarreal (Web El rincón de Koreander)
“Literatura Fantástica en cifras. Estadística de producción editorial de género fantástico en España durante el año 2013” [“Fantastic Literature in Numbers: Statistics on Genre Publishing in Spain in 2013″], by Mariano Villarreal (Web Literatura Fantástica)
“Sobre la fantasía feérica” [About Fairy Fantasy”], by Sergio Mars (Anthology Reyes de aire y agua)
“Ucronía” [“Alternate History”], by Asociación Cultural ALT+64 (Revista TerBi nº 7 / Web alt+64 Wiki)
Art
Cover art, De monstruos y trincheras, by Koldo Campo (Juan José Aroz, Espiral)
Cover art, El dirigible, by Carlos Argiles (Dlorean)
Cover art, El mejor de los mundos posibles, by Alejandro Colucci (RBA)
Cover art, Memoria de tinieblas, by Eduardo Vaquerizo (Sportula)
Cover art, Reyes de aire y agua, by Olga Esther (Cápside)
Cover art, Terra Nova Vol. 2, by Ángel Benito Gastañaga (Fantascy)
Cover art, Zaibatsu / La edad del vuelo, by Koldo Campo (Juan José Aroz, Espiral)
Audiovisual Production
El cosmonauta [The Cosmonaut], by Nicolás Alcalá (movie)
Fallo de Sistema [System Failure], by Santiago Bustamante (radio program)
Los últimos días [The Last Days], by Álex Pastor and David Pastor (movie)
Luces en el Horizonte [Lights on the Horizon], by Luis Martínez and Pablo Uría (podcast)
Los VerdHugos [The Hugo Hangmen], by Miquel Codony, Pedro Román, Elías F. Combarro and Joseph María Oriol (podcast)
Cartoon
Category cancelled this year due to a failure to reach the minimum number of candidates specified in Article 26 of the rules.
Obra poética
Category cancelled this year due to a failure to reach the minimum number of candidates specified in Article 26 of the rules.
Magazine
Alfa Eridiani (Asociación Cultural Alfa Eridiani)
Barsoom (La Hermandad del Enmascarado)
Delirio (La Biblioteca del Laberinto)
miNatura (Asociación Cultural miNatura Soterrània)
Planetas Prohibidos (Grupo Planetas Prohibidos)
Scifiworld (Inquidanzas Ediciones)
Website
Alt+64-Wiki, by Asociación cultural Alt+64 (http://alt64.org/wiki/index.php/Portada)
Cuentos para Algernon, by Marcheto (http://cuentosparaalgernon.wordpress.com)
La tercera fundación, by Asociación para la difusión de la literatura fantástica ‘Los Conseguidores’ (http://www.tercerafundacion.net)
Literatura Fantástica, by Mariano Villarreal (http://literfan.cyberdark.net)
Sense of Wonder, by Elías Combarro (http://sentidodelamaravilla.blogspot.com.es)