Commentary on Campbell nominees?

[netmouse]

Andrea pointed out this morning there do not seem to be many comments or recommendations posted in obvious places with regard to this year's slate of John W. Campbell Award nominees.

They are:

Saladin Ahmed

Gail Carriger

Felix Gilman *

Seanan McGuire

Lezli Robyn *

* second year of eligibility

So, have you read any of their books or stories? Surely the masses have some opinions? Yes? No?

Comments

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

I've read stuff by Gail and Seanan, and they both rock. I'd be hard pressed to recommend one over the other because what they're writing is so different. Seanan does that wonderful grungy urban fantasy, and Gail does a much more readable combination of Jane Austen and "Wild Wild West," with a dash of Sherlock Holmes thrown in and set in Queen Victoria's Great Britain (more readable than Jane Austen, not more readable than Seanan).