Annal:1988 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
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Results of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in the year 1988. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature
- Fantasy books
- Fantasy authors
- Speculative Fiction books
- Speculative Fiction authors.
Seventh Son: Book 1 of Tales of Alvin Maker
- 1988 Mythopoeic-Adult winner
- 1988 Hugo-Novel nominee
- 1988 WFA–Novel nominee
- Score: 22.38
From the author of Ender’s Game, an unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him.
- 1987 Nebula winner
- 1988 Mythopoeic-Adult finalist
- Score: 16.37
Elizabeth Waters, an archeologist who abandoned her husband and daughter years ago to pursue her career, can see the shadows of the past. It’s a gift she keeps secret from her colleagues and students, one that often leads her to incredible archeological discoveries and the realization that she might be going mad. Then on a dig in the Yucatan, the shadow of a Mayan priestess speaks to her. Suddenly Elizabeth’s daughter Diane arrives, hoping to reconnect with her mother. As mother, daughter and priestess fall into the mysterious world of Mayan magic, it is clear…
- 1988 Mythopoeic-Adult finalist
- Score: 6.38
Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.
By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that’s as much about this world as about the other one. It’s about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.
- 1988 Campbell 1st
- 1988 Mythopoeic-Adult finalist
- Score: 16.38
The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Doomsday Book presents the story of a young historical researcher who is being pulled deeper and deeper into the time of the Civil War. “A novel of classical proportions and virtues”. —Washington Post Book World.
