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Live, from Yokohama … it’s Worldcon!
Okay, not live. But John Pomeranz has asked that this word get out to folks who might be interested in seeing the Worldcon and aren’t themselves in Japan this week: Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction offers daily video reports from Nippon 2007, the first Worldcon in Japan. Click the link to the blog on the…
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Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Award winners for 2007
Awarded in Japan: Best Novel: ‘Rainbows End’ by Vernor Vinge Best Novella: ‘A Billion Eves’ by Robert Reed Best Novelette: ‘The Djinn’s Wife’ by Ian McDonald Best Short Story: ‘Impossible Dreams’ by Tim Pratt Best Related Book: ‘James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon’ by Julie Phillips Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form:…
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Hugo Awards Blog
There’s a brand-new, blog-like, “official” site devoted to the Hugo Awards. Link (via SF Signal)
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Sulu and the Hugos
“Nippon 2007 is pleased to announce the participation of noted actor George Takei at the 65th World Science Fiction Convention. Mr. Takei will be attending the Worldcon to unveil and present the newest fan production of Star Trek New Voyages: World Enough and Time. He will be signing autographs both before and after the screening…
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Denvention 2008
I made the happy discovery when I received the first newsletter from Denvention in the mail that, since I voted for site selection at LaConIV, I have a free supporting membership! I checked out the attending membership and it was only $80 (that was before June 1/07). After consultation with Starmom (who was griping about…
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2007 Hugo Finalist *Correction*
Seems the Hugo Administrators made a goof. They mailed all the ballots out. I have mine. BUT! In the Dramatic Presentation (Long Form), “Pirates of the Carbbean” is not a finalist. “Pan’s Labyrinth” is. See www.nippon2007.us/hugo_correction_press_release.html
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Hugo and John W. Campbell Award finalists, 2007
Winners will be announced in the Japan Worldcon: Novel Michael F. Flynn, Eifelheim (Tor) Naomi Novik, His Majesty’s Dragon (Del Rey; also, Voyager, 1/06, as Temeraire) Charles Stross, Glasshouse (Ace) Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End (Tor) Peter Watts, Blindsight (Tor) Novella “The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko (Asimov’s, April/May 2006) “A Billion Eyes” by…
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Shadaughter on YouTube
We entered Shadaughter in the Masquerade at WorldCon in Glasgow. To our delight, she just uncovered a YouTube clip of herself. So here, without further ado, is Shadaughter’s performance as a Vampire Cheerleader:(The sound isn’t precisely synched with her movements, which I guess is an artifact of the video transfer)(I made the costume, incidentally.)(Help! I’m…
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Chicago bidding again
Chicago lost their bid for the 2008 Worldcon to Denver during the vote at LACon IV. So they’re gonna try again.From avt_tor’s LJ (http://avt-tor.livejournal.com/194782.html): November 11, 2006, reporting from WindyCon “By a unanimous vote, the Chicago Worldcon Bid corporation decided to bid for a Worldcon in Chicago in 2012. A committee was named to define…
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New Hugo Award for 2007
The World Science Fiction Society business meetings conducted at LACon IV passed two WSFS constitutional amendments related to the Hugo Awards. The Best Editor Hugo Award has now been split into two categories: Best Editor Short Form and Best Editor Long Form. The short form award is for editors of magazines, anthologies and collections. The…