Annal:2000 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Novel
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Results of the Gaylactic Spectrum Award in the year 2000. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse
- 2000 Spectrum winner
- Score: 10.5
The truth has always depended on your point of view.
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- 2000 Spectrum winner
- 2000 Mythopoeic-Adult finalist
- Score: 16.5
Two different interweaving stories that mirror each other in theme and character study. The first story starts in 1689 England, where 15-year-old Eliza finds her 11 brothers turned into enchanted swans. Rejected by her father, Eliza is flown to America by her brothers. There, Eliza has a chance of saving her brothers, until she is accused of witchcraft-and now must fight for her own life. In the second story, Elias, a young man living with AIDS in the 1980s, is also rejected by his family and must learn to live life on the streets. With his new companion Sean,…
- 2000 Spectrum shortlist
- Score: 6.5
In a dark, brutal new age, humans have crossed vast stretches of space and incorporated new levels of technology into their very beings. Yet they still struggle with the bloody instincts that have tormented humanity since time immemorial. ThreeSys is a triangle of stars with eleven planets each, where people are divided into three classes—Meshed, Jacked, and Jackless—a caste system of technological access. “Mesh” has emerged as the universe’s single greatest power: a tiny elite of Meshed humans can access unsurpassed knowledge, enter another dimension, and…
- 2000 Spectrum shortlist
- Score: 6.5
A prequel to The Stone Prince and The Painter Knight, The Granite Shield is an equally rich action- and conflict-packed novel, replete with battles, politics, religious and Court intrigues, and focusing around a family gifted with the magic of the Flame, a power which can give its wielder the world or consume him.
- 2000 Spectrum shortlist
- Score: 6.5
Queen Jalena of Shkoder has decided to start her reign by commissioning a ship to undertake the exploration of uncharted waters and see if it is possible to circumnavigate the world. When disaster strikes, the sole survivor is the bard Benedikt who Sings only One Quarter, that of Water. Found by the people of a Mayan-like civilization, he becomes a pawn between the brother and sister who are the most powerful people in their culture.
Traitor's Moon: Book 3 of the Nightrunner Series
- 2000 Spectrum shortlist
- Score: 6.5
As the war between Pleminar and Skala continues, there are growing rumors that Skala’s ancient ally, Mycena, is about to join with the wealthier Pleminar, cutting Skala off from all trade routes. Now Alec and Seregil are sent on their most daring mission yet: convince the people of Aurenen to join Skala and end the war.
