О премии

Премия Дэвида Геммела была создана в дань памяти английского писателя Дэвида Геммела , скончавшегося в 2006 году, и предназначена для писателей, работающих в духе его поздних произведений, т. е. в стиле Героического фэнтези.

Полная формулировка такова: «Work written in the 'spirit' of the late, great David Gemmell, a true Master of Heroic Fantasy». В конкурсе могут принимать участие только произведения, опубликованные на английском языке.

Премия закрыта в 2019 году.

Жанры: Героическое фэнтези, Фэнтези Страны: Великобритания Первое вручение: 2009 г. Последнее вручение: 2018 г. Официальный сайт: http://www.gemmellawards.com/

История

Первая церемония награждения за лучшие произведения в стиле фэнтези, выпущенные в 2008 году, прошла в Лондоне 19 июня 2009 года.

Номинации

Легенда
Legend Award

Legend Award
Вручается за лучший роман в жанре "героического фэнтези" (Best Fantasy Novel), впервые опубликованный на английском языке в год, предшествующий вручению премии.
Номинация названа в честь одноименного романа Дэвида Геммела.

Утренняя Звезда
Morningstar Award

Morningstar Award
Вручается за лучший дебют в жанре фэнтези (Best Debut in Fantasy Fiction), впервые опубликованный на английском языке в год, предшествующий вручению премии.
Номинация названа в честь одноименного романа Дэвида Геммела.

Сердце Ворона
Ravenheart Award

Ravenheart Award
Вручается за лучшую фэнтези-обложку (Best Fantasy Book Cover Art) к изданию, впервые опубликованному на английском языке в год, предшествующий вручению премии.
Номинация названа в честь одноименного романа Дэвида Геммела.

Легенда
Robin Hobb 4.6
Prince FitzChivalry Farseer’s daughter Bee was violently abducted from Withywoods by Servants of the Four in their search for the Unexpected Son, foretold to wield great power. With Fitz in pursuit, the Servants fled through a Skill-pillar, leaving no trace. It seems certain that they and their young hostage have perished in the Skill-river.

Clerres, where White Prophets were trained by the Servants to set the world on a better path, has been corrupted by greed. Fitz is determined to reach the city and take vengeance on the Four, not only for the loss of Bee but also for their torture of the Fool. Accompanied by FitzVigilant, son of the assassin Chade, Chade’s protégé Spark and the stableboy Perseverance, Bee's only friend, their journey will take them from the Elderling city of Kelsingra, down the perilous Rain Wild River, and on to the Pirate Isles.

Their mission for revenge will become a voyage of discovery, as well as of reunions, transformations and heartrending shocks. Startling answers to old mysteries are revealed. What became of the liveships Paragon and Vivacia and their crews? What is the origin of the Others and their eerie beach? How are liveships and dragons connected?

But Fitz and his followers are not the only ones with a deadly grudge against the Four. An ancient wrong will bring them unlikely and dangerous allies in their quest. And if the corrupt society of Clerres is to be brought down, Fitz and the Fool will have to make a series of profound and fateful sacrifices.

ASSASSIN’S FATE is a magnificent tour de force and with it Robin Hobb demonstrates yet again that she is the reigning queen of epic fantasy.
Утренняя Звезда
Nicholas Eames 4.2
Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.

Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.

It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.
Сердце Ворона
Nicholas Eames 4.2

Обложка - Richard Anderson

Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best -- the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.

Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.

It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.

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