And yeah, maybe that's why they excluded Dresden, but I think they were just being petty; it's definitely fantasy, not horror or romance, even if there are vampires! (and Sunshine is both horror and paranormal romance! I'm guessing the list-makers just weren't familiar with that one :P)
Oh, I think you're right about that; I was just trying to figure out how, given their stated rules, they could possibly have been excluding The Dresden Files. It would be cool if they'd said "we're not doing urban fantasy because we're going to have a separate list for that one," but that's not what they said.
And re: their not having read Sunshine, here's their blurb for it: "All hope for stopping the vampiric elite from controlling Earth depends on human SOFs (Special Other Forces) and the success of their attempt to recruit Sunshine, the daughter of legendary sorcerer Onyx Blaise." Which does sound suspiciously like someone working off a brief plot description.
Also, if it helps any, C.J. Cherryh and Octavia Butler had four entries each on the finalist list. So people did think of them, they just...didn't vote for them.
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Date: 2011-08-13 03:34 pm (UTC)Oh, I think you're right about that; I was just trying to figure out how, given their stated rules, they could possibly have been excluding The Dresden Files. It would be cool if they'd said "we're not doing urban fantasy because we're going to have a separate list for that one," but that's not what they said.
And re: their not having read Sunshine, here's their blurb for it: "All hope for stopping the vampiric elite from controlling Earth depends on human SOFs (Special Other Forces) and the success of their attempt to recruit Sunshine, the daughter of legendary sorcerer Onyx Blaise." Which does sound suspiciously like someone working off a brief plot description.
Also, if it helps any, C.J. Cherryh and Octavia Butler had four entries each on the finalist list. So people did think of them, they just...didn't vote for them.