This is a big week in science fiction romance as the SFR Galaxy Awards for 2017 were announced on January 31st. Judged by respected book bloggers and reviewers in the genre, the Award has the following theme per their website: The theme of the SFR Galaxy Awards is inclusiveness. Instead of giving an award to a single book, this event will recognize the worth of multiple books and/or the standout elements they contain. The basic philosophy behind this approach is to help connect readers with books.
These awards have been given every year since 2012 and this year’s honorees (in no particular order) were:
Relaunch Mission (The Galactic Cold War) by Robyn Bachar
Wanted and Wired by Viven Jackson
Perfect Gravity by Vivien Jackson
Race to Redemption by Shari Elder (Selected by two judges)
South Seas Salvation by JC Hay
Scions of the Star Empire – Scandal by Athena Grayson
Diffraction by Jess Anastasi
War Games (Valiant Knox #4) by Jess Anastasi
The Rule of Luck by Catherine Cerveny
Chains of Freedom by Audrey Sharpe
Mikolos by Ruby Lionsdrake
Flying Through Fire by Nina Croft
Rescuing Prince Charming by Edward Hoornaert
For the Greater Good: Puss in Space by Greta van der Rol
Unexpected by Pippa Jay
Dustwalker by Tiffany Roberts
Found Girl (Project Enterprise, #6) by Pauline Baird Jones
Cypher (The Dragon’s Bidding, #2) by Christina Westcott
Heart Sight (Celta’s Heartmates #15) by Robin D. Owens
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
Crashed on an Ice World (Phoenix Adventures #9) by Anna Hackett
In Ageless Sleep by Arden Ellis
Claim the Wolf King by Meg Xuemei X
The Emperor’s Mate by May Sage
Destroyer — Hidden Planet Book 1 by Anna Carven
Kayzon’s Wish — Alien Bounty Hunters Book 3 by Michele Mills
Pets in Space 2: Embrace the Romance by S.E. Smith, M.K. Eidem, Susan Grant, Michelle Howard, Cara Bristol, Veronica Scott, Pauline Baird Jones, Laurie A. Green, Sabine Priestley, Jessica E. Subject, Carol Van Natta, Alexis Glynn Latner
And in special mentions this year, two games:
Mass Effect Andromeda from Bioware
Best Romance Plot in a Science Fiction Video Game: Nier: Automata (for PS4 and PC)
Congratulations to all the honorees – that’s a lot of really good reading on one list!
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