Perdido Street Station - China Miéville 

Shortlist:

Parable Of The Talents Octavia E. Butler
Ash: A Secret History Mary Gentle
Cosmonaut Keep Ken MacLeod
Revelation Space Alastair Reynolds
Salt Adam Roberts

Judges:

BSFA: Paul Billinger, Gary Dalkin
SFF: Caroline Mullan, Lisa Tuttle
Science Museum: Doug Millard

Chair:

Paul Kincaid