Among Others
core novel 2011 Among Others
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (20,054 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765321534 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Among Others
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Jo Walton
Awards (verified)
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2011: won; SFWA's own site labels this the 2011 award (ceremony held in Washington, D.C. in 2012) -- registered per SFWA's own convention, consistent with this project's established practice for Nebula year labelling.
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2012: won
- British Fantasy Award (Best Fantasy Novel (Robert Holdstock Award)), 2012: won; Contemporary trade press (Damien G. Walter, a Guardian genre columnist) and sfadb both label this the 2012 ceremony; one aggregator (shelfevident.com) labels the same win '2011' instead -- a known BFA year-labelling inconsistency, not a substantive dispute about who won.
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2012: finalist; 2nd place in the Locus poll per sfadb's own chronology (the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention) -- also corrects the same Wikipedia infobox error: the actual 2012 Locus Best Fantasy Novel winner was Among Others' fellow nominee A Dance with Dragons, not this book.
- World Fantasy Award (Novel), 2012: nominated; Corrects a Wikipedia infobox error found during this admission's research: Wikipedia's table implied a win; the World Fantasy Convention's own 2012 results page shows the actual winner was Osama by Lavie Tidhar -- Among Others was one of 5 nominees, not the winner.
- Mythopoeic Award (Adult Literature), 2012: nominated; Corrects the same Wikipedia infobox error a third time: the Mythopoeic Society's own 2012 results page shows the winner was Lisa Goldstein's The Uncertain Places -- Among Others was one of 5 finalists, not the winner.
Notes
- Standalone novel (Tor Books, January 2011) -- registered as a single-work universe per the LOTR-analogy/Once-and-Future-King precedent (this canon's existing convention for a genuinely one-off novel, not a series entry).
Sources
- Wikipedia: Among Others
- The Hugo Awards: 2012 Hugo Award Winners
- SFWA: Nebula Award Winners Announced (2011 cycle)
- Damien G. Walter: British Fantasy Awards 2012 Results
- sfadb: Jo Walton Chronology
- World Fantasy Convention: 2012 World Fantasy Awards
- Mythopoeic Society: Mythopoeic Awards 2012
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