{"id":4976,"date":"2018-07-08T01:44:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T01:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benjamincheah.com\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2018-07-08T01:44:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T01:44:06","slug":"dragon-awards-2018-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitsuncheah.com\/?p=4976","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Awards 2018 Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmNTiSMNzuvAEQkrPgDyZKAEj2mJbK6ofBjQpokuHe9VzZ\/image.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The voting window for this year&#8217;s Dragon Awards will close on 20th July. As the world&#8217;s largest and most accessible SFF award, the Dragon Awards is open to all and reflects the year&#8217;s greatest works of SFF. Here are my recommendations for this year&#8217;s awards, based both on my personal experience and recommendations from others.<\/p>\n<h1>Best Science Fiction Novel<\/h1>\n<p>Superluminary: The Lords of Creation<br \/>\nJohn C. Wright<\/p>\n<h1>Best Fantasy Novel<\/h1>\n<p>War Demons<br \/>\nRussell Newquist<\/p>\n<h1>Best Young Adult\/Middle Grade Novel<\/h1>\n<p>The Awful Truth About Forgetting<br \/>\nL. Jagi Lamplighter<\/p>\n<h1>Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel<\/h1>\n<p>Galaxy&#8217;s Edge: Legionnaire<br \/>\nJason Anspach and Nick Cole<\/p>\n<h1>Best Alternate History Novel<\/h1>\n<p>Hammer of the Witches<br \/>\nKai Wai Cheah<\/p>\n<h1>Best Horror Novel<\/h1>\n<p>Good to the Last Drop<br \/>\nDeclan Finn<\/p>\n<h1>Best Comic Book<\/h1>\n<p>My Hero Academia Vol. 13 (English translation)<br \/>\nK\u014dhei Horikoshi<\/p>\n<p>While there are other categories, I don&#8217;t watch TV, I haven&#8217;t seen a SFF movie or graphic novel worth awarding, and I barely have time for video games these days. I won&#8217;t recommend works in fields I have no insight into; feel free to look at recommendations from\u00a0<a title=\"This link will take you away from steemit.com\" href=\"https:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2018\/07\/dragon-awards-2018.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Vox Day<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"This link will take you away from steemit.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.declanfinn.com\/2018\/06\/how-to-train-your-dragon-awards.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Declan Finn<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"This link will take you away from steemit.com\" href=\"http:\/\/happyfrogs.org\/2018\/05\/07\/happy-frogs-official-2018-dragon-awards-nominating-slate\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy Frogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is no registration fee and no memberships are needed, but only\u00a0<em>one<\/em>\u00a0nomination per category is allowed. You can send in your nominations\u00a0<a title=\"This link will take you away from steemit.com\" href=\"http:\/\/application.dragoncon.org\/dc_fan_awards_nominations.php\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To my fans, thanks for participating! And to my fellow creators, good luck, and may the best work win!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/0x0\/https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmPXASYDfPZ2VNvSyL1XXyaoEEaynKsUnp92PnWKfJotyW\/Cheah%20Git%20San%20Calligraphy.jpg\" alt=\"Cheah Git San Calligraphy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HAMMER OF THE WITCHES blends combat, drama, espionage and conspiracy in a continent-spanning adventure. With an unbroken record of 21 5-star reviews, it is the best book I&#8217;ve written yet, and I&#8217;m proud to advance it as a Dragon Award nominee in the category of Best Alternate History novel. You can find it\u00a0<a title=\"This link will take you away from steemit.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hammer-Witches-Covenant-Chronicles-Book-ebook\/dp\/B0799NKB2H\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To stay up to date on my latest books, sign up for my mailing list\u00a0<a title=\"This link will take you away from steemit.com\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/duwjVX\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The voting window for this year&#8217;s Dragon Awards will close on 20th July. As the world&#8217;s largest and most accessible SFF award, the Dragon Awards is open to all and reflects the year&#8217;s greatest works of SFF. Here are my recommendations for this year&#8217;s awards, based both on my personal experience and recommendations from others. 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