The National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards (NERFA) web site (RomanceAwards.com) recently highlighted the SFR Galaxy Awards with a slideshow depicting many of the award winning covers.
The NERFA site also features the Romance Awards Directory, Romance Fiction Statistics, Romance Novel News, and the Beacon Awards.
We encourage you to support NERFA by stopping by to view their site and see all the award winning romances. Bet you'll find some great new reads.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Until Next Time...
The SFR Galaxy Awards team would like to thank everyone who visited this blog for the award ceremony. We had a smashing great time sharing our picks and hope you discovered new science fiction romance books, films, or graphic novels to enjoy in the process.
For your convenience, the 2013 awards are listed in the Award Archive.
Thanks ever so much to those of you who blogged, tweeted, or otherwise helped spread the news of this event.
The 2013 SFR Galaxy Awards may have ended, but further science fiction romance fun awaits.
Join us on January 31, 2014 for an all new adventure!
For your convenience, the 2013 awards are listed in the Award Archive.
Thanks ever so much to those of you who blogged, tweeted, or otherwise helped spread the news of this event.
The 2013 SFR Galaxy Awards may have ended, but further science fiction romance fun awaits.
Join us on January 31, 2014 for an all new adventure!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
SFR Galaxy Awards 2013: Round Eight by Anna McLain
Best May-December Romance – Keir, Pippa Jay.
Tarquin Secker has
spent centuries pursuing the alien monster that destroyed her homeworld. Her
chase brings many unexpected joys and conflicts, but perhaps most unexpected of
all is true love. Despite their many differences Quin and Keir find a common
ground between them and build upon it. This story kicks butt with sea monsters,
dragons, psy, time travel and more. The romance builds slowly and realistically
between them. Keir was published
by Lyrical Press, Inc., released on August 1st 2012. 266 pgs.
SFR Galaxy Awards 2013: Round Seven by Heather Massey
Best Heavyset Hero - A Gift For Boggle by PJ Schnyder (Free
short story at the author’s site)
A Gift For Boggle
pushes sci-fi romance boundaries—and romance boundaries in general—in the best
way possible. A spin-off of the author’s Hunting
Kat (and I strongly recommend you read that one first), the story gives
Boggle a romance of his own. Not only is Boggle overweight, but he’s also
physically disabled, a nerd, and a loner. Despite those seemingly non-hero
attributes, PJ Schnyder made him superlative hero material. A Gift For Boggle is a truly innovative
science fiction romance.
SFR Galaxy Awards 2013: Round Six by Rae Lori
Best SFR Adaptation
from An Unrelated Genre Classic – Romeo
and Juliet: The War by Max Work, Skan Srisuwan, Stan Lee, Terry Dougas
We all know the story of the Montagues and the Capulets, but
did you read the version where the Montagues are war mongering cyborgs and the
Capulets are enhanced humans with molecular regenerative abilities? Both are
created by patriarchal scientists with a goal to enhance humans for war. After
the enemies of the countries have been dispatched, the only thing left for
these warriors is to fight each other. This is a graphic novel that almost went
under my radar but the blurb was too juicy to pass up. Verona
is now and empire complete with lasers, a dystopian future and fast paced
classic tale of star crossed love. This is a fast paced story that reads like a
movie and will keep readers on the edge of their seat to the end.
SFR Galaxy Awards 2013: Round Four by Marlene Harris
Best
Excuse for a Re-read – Break Out (revised and expanded edition) by Nina
Croft
When
Break Out came out in 2011, the premise was one of those things that
could have gotten seriously, seriously out of hand. Just think about this for a
second: "Vampires in space." If you don't hear the Muppets saying
"Pigs in SPAAACE!" somewhere in the back of your mind, you've missed
some great Star Trek parody. But Break Out and its
sequel, Deadly Pursuit, aren't intended as camp. Rico Sanchez '
character is a vampire for a reason, and it worked for the story. But the
original version of Break Out was too damn short at 140 pages and there wasn't enough
worldbuilding. I still loved it. In 2012, Croft released the expanded edition.
At 400 pages, there's enough time and space for the backstory and the
worldbuilding I craved, and still a kick-ass story. My award for the Best
Excuse for a Re-read goes to author Nina Croft for seamlessly adding marvelous
new background and sideplots into what was already a great story in the
expanded edition of Break Out from Entangled Publishing.
Published August 14, 2012.
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