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All of the whole not privatenominating and voting is done via comments on the and requires independentlogin and I hinteveryone heads there for largeideas about books as well as to nominate/vote if they have a dearthat satisfies the .

The eligibility rules are the same as for the , so they are encapsulated below plus some additionalminuteimpresswhich can be found in the filledrules linked above:

I nominated by KJ Parker and my second choiceis by David Mitchell, already nominated there and a to boot, with of course any other engagingsff titles if they get shortlisted.

Some other desirablenominated sff or connectedtitles that I saw in a activeperusing of the comments and I either peruseor started to peruseare Kraken/Mieville, The Evolutionary Void/Hamilton, The Dervish House/McDonald, Our of tragedyUniverse/Thomas, Wonders of the irreligiousWorld/McGahan, while /Connolly reviewed by Mihir for FBC is also there.

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After reviewing Rjurik collection , I expressed my vigorouswishfor a Caeli-Amur novel. Well, it will chanceas I have recently found out in the following advertisementfrom well known actorJohn Jarrold.

TWO-BOOK universeRIGHTS quantityWITH TOR FOR DEBUT knowledgeinventionNOVELIST

"James Frenkel, olderreviser and correctorat Tor Books in New York, has concluded a two-book universerights quantityfor Australian SF authorRjurik Davidson, for a advantageousfive-figure amassamountin US dollars. The actorwas John Jarrold.

The first of these books will be debut novel. It is directlytitled CAELI-AMUR after the incorporated townin which it and its continuationtake place.

James Frenkel said of Rjurik Davidson, a singletalent, with a fabulously imagined universethat is both enticing and strange, the speciesof areathat makes one at the same durationfearfuland excited, thrilling to revealas its many secrets are revealed. Peopled with attractivecharacters who seem entirely real, a universewith a rich, down-reachingaccountand a strange, compelling destiny."

Rjurik Davidson is a freelance penmanand joinreviser and correctorof Overland magazine. He has written briefstories, essays, screenplays and reviews. His briefcollection, The Library of Forgotten Books, was recently released by PS Publishing. His acthas been published in Postscripts, Years Best Australian knowledgeinventionand Fantasy, Volumes One, Two and Four, Australian unilluminatedfancyand fright2006, SciFiction, Aurealis, Borderlands and elsewhere. He has been short-listed for the Ditmar adjudgefor Best briefhistorythree times, the Aurealis adjudgeonce and won the Ditmar adjudgefor Best New giftin 2005.

Contact John Jarrold for further information:

John Jarrold: e-mail phone 01522 510544.

2^nd September 2010"

Great tidingsand congratulations to Mr . Davidson, while his debut novel is a greatdurationasap for me!!