This is the w b Z Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. The Locus
Awards l Ocus began in nineteen seventy one, given out annually in several sci
fi, fantasy, and horror categories, and I'm happy to share with you
some of this year's winners. First, in the science fiction novel category,
the winner was The Kai Jew Preservation Society by John Klzy, with runners up
including Sea of Tranquility by Emily Saint John Mandel and the Daughter of Doctor Moreau
by Sylvia Marino Garcia. In the Fantasy novel category, the Locus Award goes
to Babel by R. F. Quang, with runners up including NetTel and
Bone by T. Kingfisher, The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novic and Fevered Star
by Rebecca Roanhorse. And finally, for horror, the winning novel What Moves
the Dead by T. Kingfisher, with some terrific runners up including The Paul
Bearers Club by Paul Tremblay and Road of Bones by a great local author,
Chris Golden. There's a whole lot more at locusmag dot com. And that's
the book Club. WBEZ, Boston's news radio