The finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Australian Speculative Fiction Awards have just been announced — and Chris McMahon’s epic giant monster story from Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters, edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen, is on the SF shortlist. He’s up against Cat Sparks (who has scored with two stories here and three overall) and well-known writers Simon Brown and Penelope Love.
This is great news for Chris and for Daikaiju! 2! It’s a big boost for giant monster apocalypses as well!
You can check out the full list of nominees here.
There was some sort of glitch in the system, Todd. I received an email indicating that you’ve left a comment, but it hasn’t appeared in the Backbrain comments as such, and I can’t find it anywhere (except in the email) in order to retrieve it. So I thought I’d re-post it here:
So Todd wrote:
Great News! May the “beast” writer win:0).
Todd
Chris will agree with the sentiment. He’s very excited to have the story recognised as it’s one he says he particularly loves.
Hmmm….the thought plickens;0).
Trying again as you had requested.
Hope this one will get thru…
Todd
It did! And quickly too. Thanks, Todd.
I’ve got my fingers crossed for Chris — and congratulations on the nomination!
Best,
Richard Becker
Thanks, Richard. You non-Aussies weren’t eligible for this one, so we’ll all keep a few fingers crossed for the international award/Year’s Best possibilities, too.