The 2024 Tähtivaeltaja (“Star Rover”) Award finalists have been posted. The award, sponsored by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society, goes to the best science fiction book published in Finland in the previous year.

• Jennifer Egan: Piparkakkutalo (The Candy House. Translated into Finnish by  Helene Bützow; Tammi)
• Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone: Tällä tavalla hävitään aikasota (This Is How You Lose the Time War, Finnish Kaisa Ranta; Hertta)
• Fríða Ísberg: Merkintä (Marking. Translated into Finnish by Tapio Koivukari ; WSOY)
• Mia Myllymäki: Huomistarhuri (Tomorrow’s Gardener; Gummerus)
• Hervé Le Tellier: Poikkeama (L’anomalie/ Translated into Finnish by Lotta Toivanen; WSOY)

The nominees were selected by a jury composed of journalist Hannu Blommila, editor Toni Jerrman, critic Elli Leppä, and Finnish translator and critic Kaisa Ranta.

The announcement adds that Kaisa Ranta, translator of This Is How You Lose the Time War, did not take part in the discussions which considered the nomination of that book, and she will not participate in the selection of the final winner.

The winner will be announced in April-May.