Tähtifantasia Award Nominees

The short list for the second Tähtifantasia award has been announced. Tähtifantasia is given annually to the best fantasy book translated into Finnish in the previous year.

The nominees are:

• Haltiamaan kuninkaantytär (The King of Elfland’s Daughter) by Lord Dunsany (Vaskikirjat)
• Locke Lamoran valheet (The Lies of Locke Lamora) by Scott Lynch (WSOY)
• Variksen velho (Mũrogi was Kagogo) by Ngugi wa Thiong’o (WSOY)
• Matkijalintu (Mockingbird) by Sean Stewart (Karisto)
• Húrinin lasten tarina (Children of Húrin) by J.R.R. Tolkien (WSOY)

In the jury this year are: critic Jukka Halme, critic Aleksi Kuutio, writer/editor Anne Leinonen and fantasy fan Osmo Määttä. The winner will be announced at Finncon 2008 in July.