The Geomancer

3/20/14

Pyr is Nine Years Old

It was nine years ago this month when Pyr released our first book, John Meaney's Paradox: Book I of the Nulapeiron Sequence. That was our first title, way back in March 2005. And here we are nine years later. And over 189 books later.

And what do we have to show for it?

Well, since you asked....

  1. Bullet 2013 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
  2. Bullet 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Dehong He, Lance of Earth and Sky
  3. Bullet 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Dusk Watchman
  4. Bullet 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, winner: John Picacio, The Creative Fire
  5. Bullet 2013 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Sam Weber, Quantum Coin
  6. Bullet 2013 British Fantasy Awards in the Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award) Nominee: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
  7. Bullet 2013 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
  8. Bullet 2013 Compton Crook Award, Finalist: , Finalist: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
  9. Bullet 2012 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History, Finalist: Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder
  10. Bullet 2012 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, Winner: Fair Coin by E. C. Myers
  11. Bullet 2012 Cybil Awards for Fantasy and Science Fiction - Teens, Finalist: Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
  12. Bullet 2012 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Awards, steampunk nominee: The Kingmakers by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith
  13. Bullet 2012 Endeavor Award, winner: City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  14. Bullet 2012 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, adult category nominee: K.V. Johansen's Blackdog
  15. Bullet 2012 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
  16. Bullet 2012 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
  17. Bullet 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Justin Gerard, Hearts of Smoke and Steam
  18. Bullet 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Lucas Graciano, The Goblin Corps
  19. Bullet 2012 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Jon Sullivan, The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man
  20. Bullet 2011 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History, Finalist:: Ian McDonald, Planesrunner
  21. Bullet 2012 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book, Finalist: Ian McDonald, Planesrunner
  22. Bullet 2012 Prometheus Award Finalist: Ken MacLeod, The Restoration Game
  23. Bullet 2011 Airship Awards - written category nominee: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
  24. Bullet 2011 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee: Lou Anders
  25. Bullet 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel, winner: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
  26. Bullet 2011 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
  27. Bullet 2011 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Ragged Man
  28. Bullet 2011 Philip K. Dick Award winner: Mark Hodder, The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack
  29. Bullet 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel, nominee: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
  30. Bullet 2011 Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor Long Form, winner: Lou Anders
  31. Bullet 2011 David Gemmell Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Book Jacket/Artist nominee: Todd Lockwood, The Ragged Man
  32. Bullet 2011 Compton Crook Award nominee: Sam Sykes, Tome of the Undergates
  33. Bullet 2011 Compton Crook Award nominee: Jon Sprunk, Shadow’s Son
  34. Bullet 2010 Endeavor Award, finalist: City Without End: Book Three of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
  35. Bullet 2010 World Fantasy Award - Best Novel, nominee: James Enge, Blood of Ambrose
  36. Bullet 2010 American Library Association award for genre fiction,  The Reading List (SF category), nominee: Ian McDonald, The Dervish House
  37. Bullet 2010 Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Achievement award: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diving Into the Wreck
  38. Bullet 2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Finalist: Paul McAuley, Gardens of the Sun
  39. Bullet 2010 Chesley Award for Best Art Director, nominee: Lou Anders
  40. Bullet 2010 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: David Palumbo, Stalking the Vampire
  41. Bullet 2010 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback, nominee: John Picacio, World’s End
  42. Bullet 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novella, nominee: Ian McDonald, “Vishnu in the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
  43. Bullet 2010 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
  44. Bullet 2010 Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
  45. Bullet 2010 Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalist: Ian McDonald, “Vishnu in the Cat Circus” (Cyberabad Days)
  46. Bullet 2010 Locus Award for Best Collection, Finalist: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
  47. Bullet 2010 Locus Award for Best Publisher, Finalist: Pyr
  48. Bullet 2010 BSFA Award for Best Artwork: Desolation Road cover by Stephan Martiniere
  49. Bullet 2010 RUSA Reading List Award Science Fiction nominee: Paul McAuley, The Quiet War
  50. Bullet 2009 Endeavor Award, finalist: A World Too Near: Book Two of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
  51. Bullet 2009 Nebula Award for Novelette, nominee: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
  52. Bullet 2009 RT Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Best Science Fiction Novel, nominee: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diving into the Wreck
  53. Bullet 2009 Philip K. Dick Award, nominee: Ian McDonald, Cyberabad Days
  54. Bullet 2009 Chesley Award for Best Art Director: Lou Anders
  55. Bullet 2009 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Paperback: John Picacio, World’s End
  56. Bullet 2009 Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration, Hardback, nominee: Dan Dos Santos, Stalking the Vampire
  57. Bullet 2009 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
  58. Bullet 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novella, nominees:“True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
  59. Bullet 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, nominee: “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
  60. Bullet 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominees: "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
  61. Bullet 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominee: "The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
  62. Bullet 2009 Locus Award for Best Novella, Finalists: "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
  63. Bullet 2009 Locus Award for Best Short Story, Finalists: “The Kindness of Strangers" by Nancy Kress (Fast Forward 2)
  64. Bullet 2009 RUSA Reading List Award Science Fiction nominee: Kay Kenyon, A World Too Near
  65. Bullet 2008 Endeavor Award, finalist: Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
  66. Bullet 2008 Philip K Dick Award, nominee: Fast Forward 2, edited by Lou Anders
  67. Bullet 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel nominee: Ian McDonald Brasyl
  68. Bullet 2008 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form, nominee: Lou Anders
  69. Bullet 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Joe Abercrombie
  70. Bullet 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: David Louis Edelman
  71. Bullet 2008 Philip K. Dick Award nominee: Adam Roberts Gradisil
  72. Bullet 2007 Quill Award nominee: Ian McDonald, Brasyl
  73. Bullet 2007 Hugo Award for Best Editor Long Form nominee: Lou Anders
  74. Bullet 2007 Chesley Award for Best Art Director nominee: Lou Anders
  75. Bullet 2006 World Fantasy Award - Special Award, Professional nominee: Lou Anders
  76. Bullet 2006 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel nominee: David Louis Edelman, Infoquake
  77. Bullet 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award winner: John Meaney, Paradox
  78. Bullet 2005 Philip K Dick Award nominee: Justina Robson, Silver Screen
  79. Bullet 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Chris Roberson
  80. Bullet 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer nominee: Chris Roberson

    Not too shabby, huh?