Journal

Sunday, May 19, 2002
I was thrilled -- partly I think because I was really surprised -- to learn that American Gods has been nominated for a Mythopoeic Award by the Mythopoeic Society.

(The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume, or single-author story collection for adults published during the previous year that best exemplifies "the spirit of the Inklings.")

Several years ago Charles Vess and I won the Best Novel award for the illustrated version of Stardust.. The award is a statue of a Lion -- Aslan, I assume.

The candidates this year are:

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, Adult Literature
Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion (Morrow/Avon)
Neil Gaiman, American Gods (William Morrow)
Sarah A. Hoyt, Ill Met by Moonlight (Ace)
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Other Wind (Harcourt Brace)
Tim Powers, Declare (William Morrow)


(My favourite for the award -- of the books I've read so far -- would be The Other Wind. At least, I think it's the one that C.S. Lewis and Tolkien would have liked best.)

(Although, on reflection, I like to think that Charles Williams might have preferred Declare or American Gods.)