Nagrade

[LiBeat]

Da, odlično je raznolika ta zbirka, ali čekam samo da overiš i Murkokovu priču, pominjali smo to već negde… uf. Ne kažem da se za sadističku crtu u jednog nam pokojnog (i to jednog od najomiljenijih, bar meni) žanrovskog pisca nije znalo, ali Murkok je našao za shodno da je bašbaš razgoli jednim tako intimno insadjerskim tračerajem, da čoveku pamet stane.

[Mica Milovanovic]

Pročitao sam. Ne znam šta da kažem. Sa stanovišta uklapanja u zbirku čiji je moto "šta je bilo posle" priča nedovoljno dobro funkcioniše, jer je bilo kome sa više od 600 grama mozga jasan odnos između dva glavna lika i šta može da bude poenta. S druge strane, "insajderski trač" je verovatno dovoljan razlog da priča bude zanimljiva svakom ko prati SF kao ja trideset-trideset pet godina. Priča, naravno, može da se čita i u drugim ključevima: prikaz jednog vremena, odnos prema smrti, itd. itd.
O "moralnosti" pisca teško je suditi. Pisac skida gaće svaki put kad objavi nešto. Ovde je skinuo dosta toga pored gaća... Ne znam...

[LiBeat]

Priča, naravno, može da se čita i u drugim ključevima: prikaz jednog vremena, odnos prema smrti, itd. itd.

... odnosa prema seksu, ili barem prema upražnjavanju istog...    ... zeitgeist me fascinira, ne krijem, smatram da, u poređenju sa istim, mi danas živimo u srednjem kamenom dobu. Ali moja opaska "da ti pamet stane" se nije odnosila na to što navodiš, nego na fakt da je Murkok sa celom tom ekipom bio do te mere blizak da zna sadržaj svakih gaća pojedinačno, pa ako se ne štreca da ovako svoje (i još nečije pride) skine, onda... onda... 


 

[Mica Milovanovic]

Ali, s druge strame, ovo je fikcija, pa ne mora da bidne baš sve tako kako je Murkok rekao - promenio je i par imena  
A što se tiče zeitgeist-a, pa, i mi smo malo toga okrznuli - mislim da tu ima dosta umetničke slobode...

[LiBeat]

Pa, imena se moraju menjati, ne zbog morala nego zbog kopirajta. 

U svakom slučaju, gledaću da mi ne promakne niti jedno jedino Murkokovo sveže objavljeno slovce. 

[LiBeat]

Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison to be inducted into Hall of Fame


Renowned speculative fiction writer Harlan Ellison is about to be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, recognizing a career that has spanned more than five decades in which he's made contributions to literature, television and film.

Called one of the "great living American short story writers" by the Washington Post, Ellison will be honored at the Hall of Fame event Saturday in Seattle.

The award, coming 55 years after Ellison began his writing career, celebrates the achievements of a writer who has nearly done it all; collecting 10 Hugo awards, three Nebula awards, 18 Locus Poll awards, the Bradbury award, six Bram Stoker awards, the Edgar Allan Poe award and two George Melies film awards.
Ellison, 77, won't be at the ceremony and has asked author Neil Gaiman to accept the award on his behalf. Editor Gardner Dozois and artists Vincent Di Fate and Jean "Moebius" Giraud will also be honored at the weekend-long event.

Ellison, who had been extremely ill for several months, said in a telephone interview that he's in the "last stages of something."

"And I don't have a cold," he sarcastically noted.

[LiBeat]

2011 World Fantasy Nominees and Lifetime Achievement Winners

The winners of the 2011 World Fantasy Awards Lifetime Achievement Awars for 2011, presented annually to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, are Peter S. Beagle and Angélica Gorodischer.

The World Fantasy Awards nominations hav also been announced, They are:


Best Novel:
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes (Jacana South Africa; Angry Robot)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday)
Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada; Roc; Harper Voyager UK)
Redemption In Indigo, Karen Lord (Small Beer)
Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)

Best Novella
Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS)
"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon", Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All-New Tales)
The Thief of Broken Toys, Tim Lebbon (ChiZine Publications)
"The Mystery Knight", George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window", Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer 2010)

Best Short Fiction
"Beautiful Men" , Christopher Fowler (Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts)
"Booth's Ghost", Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn't See and Other Stories)
"Ponies", Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11/17/10)
"Fossil-Figures", Joyce Carol Oates (Stories: All-New Tales)
"Tu Sufrimiento Shall Protect Us", Mercurio D. Rivera (Black Static 8-9/10)

Best Anthology
The Way of the Wizard, John Joseph Adams, ed. (Prime)
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, Kate Bernheimer, ed. (Penguin)
Haunted Legends, Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, eds. (Tor)
Stories: All-New Tales, Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, eds. (Morrow; Headline Review)
Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS)
Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (Eos)

Best Collection
What I Didn't See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
The Ammonite Violin & Others, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
Holiday, M. Rickert (Golden Gryphon)
Sourdough and Other Stories, Angela Slatter (Tartarus)
The Third Bear, Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon)

Best Artist
Vincent Chong
Kinuko Y. Craft
Richard A. Kirk
John Picacio
Shaun Tan

Special Award, Professional
John Joseph Adams, for editing and anthologies
Lou Anders, for editing at Pyr
Marc Gascoigne, for Angry Robot
Stéphane Marsan & Alain Névant, for Bragelonne
Brett Alexander Savory & Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine Publications
Special Award, Non-Professional
Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith, & Amanda Foubister, for Brighton Shock!: The Souvenir Book Of The World Horror Convention 2010
Alisa Krasnostein, for Twelfth Planet Press
Matthew Kressel, for Sybil's Garage and Senses Five Press
Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker
Lavie Tidhar, for The World SF Blog
Winners will be announced at this year's World Fantasy Convention, to be held October 27-30, in San Diego CA.

[LiBeat]

Drago mi je za nominaciju "Fossil-Figures" od Joyce Carol Oates... vrlo dirljiva priča, zaista.

[Jevtropijevićka]

Da li je iko ovde čitao Anheliku Gorodišer? Ja sam naišla na dve njene priče po antologijama hispanoameričke proze, obe su sjajne, ali to je zbilja malo da se stekne pravi utisak 

[LiBeat]

Nisam čula za Anheliku ali koje su to antologije u pitanju?

[Jevtropijevićka]

ОДГОВОРНОСТ............. : Анђић, Бранко - сакупљач - аутор
додатног текста - преводилац // Гаталица, Весна - преводилац //
Ove:

Поповић-Анђић, Љиљана - преводилац // Стевановић, Александра -
преводилац
  НАСЛОВ.................. : Антологија савремене хиспаноамеричке
приповетке : мајстори, ученици и јеретици
  ИМПРЕСУМ................ : Нови Сад : Светови, 2000
  ФИЗИЧКИ ОПИС............ : 354 стр. ; 20 cm
  ЗБИРКА.................. : (Библиотека АЗ)
  ISBN.................... : 86-7047-370-4


ОДГОВОРНОСТ............. : Popović-Anđić, Ljiljana - уредник -
преводилац // Anđić, Branko - уредник - преводилац - аутор додатног
текста
  НАСЛОВ.................. : Otkačene priče Latinske Amerike
  ИМПРЕСУМ................ : Beograd : Geopoetika, 2008
  ФИЗИЧКИ ОПИС............ : 252 str. ; 20 cm
  ЗБИРКА.................. : (Edicija Svet proze / [Geopoetika])
  ISBN.................... : 978-86-7666-155-8



Naslova se ne sećam ali su obe priče odlične - i potpuno različite. Jedna uzima standardni zaplet Zvezdanih staza - astronaut na nepoznatoj planeti s ljudskim društvom - i ubacuje ga u Kažnjeničku koloniju naglavačke. Druga deluje kao lirski magični realizam (ali takođe je krajnje brutalna) dok rabi motiv nasumičnog putovanja kroz vremeprostor. Ta mi je bila čak i upečatljivija jer je glavni lik žena koja od malena ima dar da slučajno otvori neka vrata i nađe se na sasvim drugom mestu, a ona taj dar koristi da... ubijzakoljiudrizgromi. Bonus za prepoznavanje situacija ka kojima otvara vrata.

Deluje krajnje primamljivo za još čitanja, ali, izgleda, nema ničeg više na srpskom   

[LiBeat]

Wow! 
To ti kažem smrtno ozbiljna jer baš sam se pitala gde si to pobogu baš nju našla, pošto u anglosax antologijama njene proze nema ni za lek, osim te Kalpe koju je prevela Ursula lično, a i skroz je ispod radara po mnogim parametrima kojima se ja navodim… prosto nisam mogla ni da pretpostavim da si čitala srpske prevode - ja tebe vazda s oprezom merkam, bog dobri zna na kojim ti to sve jezicima čitaš  - pa me skroz oduševilo što u Srbiji ipak ima ozbiljnih izdavača kad su žanrovi u pitanju, pošto mi je sad već očigledno da nisu baš svi u tom kombib-laguna rangu… pa eto, mašala i aferim, možda sad i nabavim Kalpu, mada me zdravo danas mrzi da se bakćem sa tim papirnim izdanjima… 

Nego, slušaj ti vamo, jevtro, tebe bi trebalo stvarno dobrano protresti po pitanju rivjua, jer ovako samo dobri bog zna šta to sve ti međ ušima ne kriješ… 

[Jevtropijevićka]

  Pa ja se uglavnom stidim i pokrivam ušima među vama što pratite najnoviju produkciju... a za rivjue, uh, dugujem jedan Najtflajeru mesecima, evo moraću da se razdužim uskoro da me čovek ne bi prezreo skroz.

[LiBeat]

Tjah... ja sebi klempavim uši u svim domenima u kojima ti ne moraš, tako da... 


Nego, evo ih i finalisti za Parsek 2011:



Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
Brief Description: Short stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror


"The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas" by Nathan Lowell (from Tales from the Archives)
"Loyalty" written by Renee Jordan; edited and performed by Arioch Morningstar (from Tuesday Terror)
"Neighbors" by Eddy Jones, read by Arioch Morningstar (from Tuesday Terror)
"Saying the Names" by Maggie Clark (from Lightspeed Magazine)
"The Taste of Starlight" by John R. Fultz (from Lightspeed Magazine)





Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)
Brief Description: Intermediate length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror

Act of Will by M. Darusha Wehm
FRANK - Vol.01: Boiling Point by Neil Colquhoun
The Hidden Institute by Brand Gamblin
Kissyman & the Gentleman by Scott Sigler
Marco and the Red Granny by Mur Lafferty






Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)
Brief Description: Novel-length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror

Ancestor (2010 edit) by Scott Sigler
Owner's Share by Nathan Lowell
The Prince of Hazel and Oak by John Lenahan
Secret World Chronicle by Veronica Giguere
Valhai by Gillian Andrews






Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
Brief Description: Short audio presentations containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror

BrokenSea Doctor Who by Paul Mannering, Mark Kalita, & Stevie K. Farnaby
The Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Adventure Theater by Pendant Productions
"A Place So Foreign" by Cory Doctorow (from Dunesteef)
The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price
"This Must Be The Place" by Elliot Bangs (from Dunesteef)







Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
Brief Description: Long audio presentations containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror

The Account by Cayenne Chris Conroy (Teknikal Diffikulties)
Decoder Ring Theatre by Gregg Taylor
The GearHeart by Alex White
HG World by Jay Smith (3015 North Studios)
We're Alive by Kc Wayland & Shane Salk (Modern Myth Productions)





Best Speculative Fiction Video Story
Brief Description: Video podcasts tell a speculative fiction story

Grant's Advent Calendar Video Podcast
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
Brief Description: Podcasts that regularly present short stories from different authors containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror

Dark Fiction Magazine
Drabblecast
The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
Escape Pod
Flash Pulp







Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
Brief Description: This person or team is new to podcasting in the past Parsec eligibility year, becoming a significant voice that has contributed to the community as a whole.

The Ballad of Iron Percy
Cobalt City Adventures Unlimited
The Doctor Who Podcast
Redline Theatre
Tuesday Terror





Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
Brief Description: News and commentary podcasts created by and for the fans of a given type of literary or entertainment work or series of works that have elements of speculative fiction (e.g. podcasts focused on H. P. Lovecraft, Buffy The Vampire Slayer or the World of Time).

The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast
Pendant Backstage
PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
This Week in Pendant
Tuning in to SciFi TV









Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
Brief Description: News and commentary podcasts created by and for the fans of speculative fiction. (e.g. Anime, Gaming, General Spec Fic)

Geek Out With Mainframe
PodCulture
Scifi Diner
StarShipSofa
WhatTheCast
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation






Brief Description: Podcasts about the creative process and/or the technical aspects of speculative fiction podcast creation.

Adventures in Scifi Publishing
Fullcast Podcast
Get Published
I Should Be Writing
Podcast Teardown








Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
Brief Description: Podcasts that explore the facts that influence the fictions - the science, history, culture, and mythology that inspire these stories.

Astronomy Cast
Planetary Radio
Skepticality
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
Skeptoid






Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
Brief Description: Whether they make fun of bad movies or or poke fun at our own geekdom, these podcasts keep us laughing.

comedy4cast
Dragon*ConTV
Geologic Podcast
Requiem of the Outcast
Technorama






Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast
Brief Description: Podcasts discussing and sampling music about, set in, inspired by or spoofing speculative fiction. (e.g. Filk, Rock, RenFair, Rap, Techno)

The Funny Music Podcast
The GeekSpin
Radio Free Hipster
Renaissance Festival Podcast







Best Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcast (Trial Category for 2011)
Brief Description: Podcasts produced and performed by youth

Aaron's World
Princess Scientist's Book Club

[Nightflier]

Nominations for World Fantasy Award:

Novel

Lauren Beukes, Zoo City [Jacana (South Africa)/Angry Robot]
N K Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, [Orbit]
Graham Joyce, The Silent Land [Gollancz/Doubleday]
Guy Gavriel Kay, Under Heaven [Viking Canada/Roc/Harper Voyager UK]
Karen Lord, Redemption In Indigo [Small Beer Press]
Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death [DAW]

Novella

Elizabeth Bear, Bone and Jewel Creatures [Subterranean Press]
Michael Byers, The Broken Man [PS Publishing]
Elizabeth Hand, “The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon” [Stories: All-New Tales]
Tim Lebbon, “The Thief of Broken Toys” [ChiZine Publications]
GRR Martin, “The Mystery Knight” [Warriors]
Rachel Swirsky, “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window” [Subterranean, Summer 2010]

Short Fiction

Christopher Fowler, “Beautiful Men” [Visitants: Stories of Fallen Angels and Heavenly Hosts, edited by Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press]
Karen Joy Fowler, “Booth's Ghost” [What I Didn't See and Other Stories, Small Beer Press]
Kij Johnson, “Ponies” [Tor.com]
Joyce Carol Oates, “Fossil—Figures” [Stories: All-New Tales]
Mercurio D. Rivera, “Tu Sufrimiento Shall Protect Us” [Black Static #18, 08/09.10]

Anthology

John Joseph Adams, ed., The Way of the Wizard [Prime]
Kate Bernheimer, ed., My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me [Penguin]
Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas, eds., Haunted Legends [Tor]
Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, eds., Stories: All-New Tales [Morrow/Headline Review]
S. T. Joshi, ed., Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror [PS Publishing]
Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders, eds., Swords & Dark Magic [Eos]

Collection

Karen Joy Fowler, What I Didn't See and Other Stories [Small Beer Press]
Caitlin R. Kiernan, The Ammonite Violin & Others [Subterranean Press]
M. Rickert, Holiday [Golden Gryphon]
Angela Slatter, Sourdough and Other Stories [Tartarus Press]
Jeff VanderMeer, The Third Bear [Tachyon]

Artist

Vincent Chong
Kinuko Y. Craft
Richard A. Kirk
John Picacio
Shaun Tan

Special Award Professional

John Joseph Adams, for editing and anthologies
Lou Anders, for editing at Pyr
Marc Gascoigne, for Angry Robot
Stéphane Marsan and Alain Névant, for Bragelonne
Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi, for ChiZine

Special Award Non-Professional

Stephen Jones, Michael Marshall Smith and Amanda Foubister, for Brighton Shock!: The Souvenir Book Of The World Horror Convention 2010
Alisa Krasnostein, for Twelfth Planet Press
Matthew Kressel, for Sibyl's Garage and Senses Five Press
Charles Tan, for Bibliophile Stalker
Lavie Tidhar, for The World SF blog

Award Judges

Andrew Hook
Sacha Mamczak
Mark Rich
Sean Wallace
Kim Wilkins

Zanimljivo je primetiti da su svi romani nominovani za nagradu prilično netradicionalni po temama kojima se bave i maniru na koji ih obrađuju.

[LiBeat]

  bolje dvaput no nijedared...

nego, koga zanima da overi dobitnika nagrade Prometej, eno mu je na PhoenixPick besplatno.

Multiplex Man - James P. Hogan

(kod je 99922991)

[Nightflier]

Objavljeni dobitnici Huga.

BEST NOVEL

Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)

BEST NOVELLA

The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)

BEST NOVELETTE

“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)

BEST SHORT STORY

“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)

BEST RELATED WORK

Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM

Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM

    Sheila Williams

    BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM

    Lou Anders

    BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

    Shaun Tan

    BEST SEMIPROZINE

    Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace;
    podcast directed by Kate Baker

    BEST FANZINE

    The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon

    BEST FAN WRITER

    Claire Brialey

    BEST FAN ARTIST

    Brad W. Foster

    JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER

   Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2009 or 2010, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).

   Lev Grossman

[zakk]

Yay za Girl Genious! Opet!

[Nightflier]

Ja se radujem zbog Andersa. Obećao mi je intervju, pa je sada sjajan povod da to naplatim.

[zakk]

Ja se radujem zbog Andersa. Obećao mi je intervju, pa je sada sjajan povod da to naplatim.

 

[LiBeat]

    2011 Sunburst Awards Announced  The winners of the 2011 Sunburst Awards, Canada’s juried speculative literature prizes, were presented on September 14 at an event in Toronto. They are as follows:
 

• Adult: Under Heaven,Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Group Canada,)
• Young Adult: Bookweirder, Paul Glennon (Doubleday Canada)

Full details are on the Sunburst Awards web site.

[LiBeat]

  Robert A. Heinlein Award Results  The Baltimore Science Fiction Society has announced that Connie Willis is the 2011 solo winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space. More information is available on the BSFS’s Heinlein Award web site.

[LiBeat]

    WSFS Small Press Award Nominees   Announced: 

• “After the Dragon”, Sarah Monette (Fantasy Magazine, January 2010)
• “Amaryllis”, Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed Magazine, June 2010)
• “The Cassandra Project”, Jack McDevitt (Lightspeed Magazine, June 2010)
• “The Days of Flaming Motorcycles”, Catherynne M. Valente (Dark Faith, Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon eds., Apex Book Co.)
• “Enid and the Prince”, RJ Astruc (Worlds Next Door, Tehani Wessely ed., FableCroft Publishing)
• “Lord Bai’s Discovery”, Jean Marie Ward (Dragon’s Lure, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Jennifer Ross, and Jeffrey Lyman, eds., Dark Quest Books)

The winner of the WSFA Small Press Award will be announced at Capclave over the weekend of October 14-16th in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

[Jevtropijevićka]

I Monet i Valente? Pa... lepo. 

[LiBeat]

  Da, baš sam znala da će ova vest posebno tebe obradovati. A sledeća vest će te sigurno još više oraspoložiti, a možda i zasmejati. Naime:       

  Booker Prize Long List July 26th, 2011 by Editors   The UK’s premier literature prize has famously turned it’s back on science fiction which, according to one former judge, is “bought by a special kind of person who has special weird things they go to and meet each other.” Well, this year’s long list has just been announced. One of the selected books is The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers. According to the publisher:
 

Jessie Lamb is an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times: as her world collapses, her idealism and courage drive her towards the ultimate act of heroism. If the human race is to survive, it’s up to her. Set just a month or two in the future, in a world irreparably altered by an act of biological terrorism, The Testament of Jessie Lamb explores a young woman’s determination to make her life count for something, as the certainties of her childhood are ripped apart.

That would be “not science fiction”, then.
 
By the way, it is a 2011 book (Booker eligibility is weird), so it should be eligible for the Clarke and Hugo next year.

 
 
 

[Father Jape]

Poduži post Adama Robertsa o nagradama:

http://punkadiddle.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-awards.html

Počinje malo s Bookerom, a onda prelazi na SF/F.

[Melkor]

Adam Roberts
On Awards   

 

[Father Jape]

 

[LiBeat]

Finalists for the World Fantasy Best Novel Award

[Melkor]

Ispada da samo kvarim ljudima zabavu, ali:

Nominations for World Fantasy Award:

Doduse, s obzirom da se dodeljuju u nedelju nije lose podsetiti se 

Samo mi Silent Land kvari racunicu posto o tome ne znam nista, ali vec je dobio jednu WFA u ovom veku te sumnjam u ponovljeni uspeh.
 

[LiBeat]

 


ali ovaj moj link ima detalja o knjigama a Najtflajerov nema...

[Melkor]

Ali zar vec svi ne znamo detalje o knjigama (sem o SL)? 

[LiBeat]

Inače, škicnula sam Silent Land i mnoooogo obećava. Ali stvarno.

[LiBeat]

Ali zar vec svi ne znamo detalje o knjigama (sem o SL)? 

 


ali ovo su vašington post detalji...

[Melkor]

E, jebi ga sad...

Evo, skinuh i ja, jos samo da uzmem da citam.  (kad nas je vec krenulo)

Ovo ostalo jal imam jal sam citao 

[Nightflier]

Ja sam većinu toga pročitao, ali sada ne merem ono što nisam - pošto sam se nameračio da pročitam ono što već nisam od Strosa, a to je jedno pet-šest romana.

[LiBeat]

@Melkor: to moje trolovanje sa cry smajlićima je za naum imalo da ti skrene pažnju na post #256... 


Inače, slabije sam od vas pokrila nominacije, tako da se stalno vraćam rivjuima. Indigo mi jeste egzotičan i drag, ali ne baš toliko da ga tipujem za prvo mesto.

[Melkor]

 

Samo 2 muskarca nominovana, i obojca u ovom veku dobila nagradu  Mada, za Keya, Under Heaven je mnogo mnogo bolje delo nego Ysabel, ali nema to bas veze, zar ne?

Od 4 zene 3 su crne, mislim, a Beukesova pripada novoj postaparthejd generaciji (ti sigurno znas bolje, tako deluje s ove strane ekvatora). Okorafor i Jemisin nisam citao, plasim se da u slucaju potonje ne bude LotR sindrom. U svakom slucaju svidja mi se sto ne mogu ni da nagadjam ko je moze dobiti 

[LiBeat]

Ni ja nisam čitala Jemisin, mada me fribi donekle zaintrigirao, ali mrzi me da se bakćem sa serijalima na čije nastavke moram čekati, plus je fentezi, plus je Najtflajer sasvim neoduševljen. Kontam da tu nema leba za mene. Za Keya sam sad već prilično sigurna da nije moja šoljica kafe, pa tu nije ni bilo bog zna kakvog iskušenja. Okorafor me zaglavila otprilike na trećini, nekako sam ovih dana više sklona eskapizmu i prosto nemam snage da se rvem sa mučnim tragedijama, mada ću se njojzi obavezno vratiti, kad zvezde budu naklonjenije. Sve u svemu, nemam favorita, mada mi za sada Silent Land najviše obećava, iako nisam ni polovinu prevalila.


Okreni, obrni... Beuksova mi je opet prvi tip, iako je već sa Klarkovom nagradom prošla daleko bolje nego što sam očekivala.

[Nightflier]

Meni se čini da bi dobitnik mogla biti Okorafor, premda je nisam čitao.

[Melkor]

The World Fantasy Awards were presented at this year’s World Fantasy Con in San Diego, California on October 30. This year’s judges included Andrew Hook, Sascha Mamczak, Mark Rich, Sean Wallace, and Kim Wilkins.
 

• Life Achievement: Peter S. Beagle and Angélica Gorodischer
• Novel: Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor
• Novella: “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon,” by Elizabeth Hand
• Short Story: “Fossil—Figures,” by Joyce Carol Oates
• Anthology: My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me, edited by Kate Bernheimer
• Collection: What I Didn’t See and Other Stories, by Karen Joy Fowler
• Artist: Kinuko Y. Craft
• Special Award—Professional: Marc Gascoigne, for Angry Robot
• Special Award—Non-professional: Alisa Krasnostein, for Twelfth Planet Press

[Nightflier]

Xexe... Pogodio sam.

[LiBeat]

Ha, meni je od triju afrikanki baš Okorafor bila long shot tip. Sasvim je moguće da je najjači stilista među ekipom, ali brate, ovo joj je skroz tegoban roman, skoro pa naporan za lagodno čitanje, silna patnja bez truna radosti. Sva tri romana su egzotičan fentezi, ako gledamo iz anglosax vizure, ali Beuksova ima za adut simpa vickast humor a Lord ima bajkovit etno-šarm, pa je pored njih Okorafor isporučila maltene traumatično mučnu i depresivnu prozu. A i pristup joj je prilično zahtevan, jer to je bez sumnje roman za odrasle ali ponuđen je iz vizure praktično deteta, pa mi na momente deluje kao YA proza... sve u svemu, baš me iznenadilo, mada mi jeste drago, Okorafor je uberkul tip.

[Nightflier]

Ma ja sam tipovao na nju iz potpuno neknjiževnih razloga. Ona je najegzotičnija. Isto kao kad je ZŽ dobio, mislim da su se vodili razmišljanjem "Ajde da damo nekom tamo divljaku, da ispadnemo face..."

[Melkor]

The Romance Times has just released its nominees in a variety of categories, many of which are science fiction and fantasy. The winners and nominees are selected by their staff of over 50 reviewers, representing the readers’ voice in the women’s fiction industry. The awards cermony will be held this year in Orlando, Florida.

 Paranormal/Fantasy/Sci-Fi Erotic Romance
 BLOOD WICKED
 Sharon Page, APHRODISIA, (March 2011)
 LADY DOCTOR WYRE
 Joely Sue Burkhart, Samhain Publishing, (March 2011)
 HIDDEN EMBERS
 Tessa Adams, HEAT, (April 2011)
 VAMPIRE INSTINCT
 Joey W. Hill, HEAT, (July 2011)
 TAKEN BY FIRE
 Sydney Croft, BANTAM, (July 2011)
 
 Historical Fantasy/Paranormal
 IMMORTAL CHAMPION
 Lisa Hendrix, BERKLEY SENSATION, (January 2011)
 EARL OF DARKNESS
 Alix Rickloff, POCKET, (January 2011)
 HEALING THE HIGHLANDER
 Melissa Mayhue, POCKET STAR, (March 2011)
 UNTAMED HIGHLANDER
 Donna Grant, ST. MARTIN’S, (May 2011)
 QUICKSILVER
 Amanda Quick, PUTNAM, (April 2011)
 THE ROSE GARDEN
 Susanna Kearsley, SOURCEBOOKS, (October 2011)
 
 Vampire Romance
 ASCENSION
 Caris Roane, ST. MARTIN’S, (January 2011)
 DARKNESS DAWNS
 Dianne Duvall, ZEBRA, (February 2011)
 LOVER UNLEASHED
 J.R. Ward, NAL, (April 2011)
 DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT
 Lara Adrian, DELL, (July 2011)
 BLOOD HUNT
 Shannon K. Butcher, SIGNET, (August 2011)
 BOUND BY NIGHT
 Amanda Ashley, ZEBRA, (September 2011)
 ARCHANGEL’S BLADE
 Nalini Singh, BERKLEY SENSATION, (September 2011)
 TWILIGHT FULFILLED
 Maggie Shayne, MIRA, (October 2011)
 
 Urban Fantasy Protagonist
 TEMPEST’S LEGACY
 Nicole Peeler, ORBIT, (December 2010)
 CRIMSON WIND
 Diana Pharaoh Francis, POCKET, (January 2011)
 GREEN-EYED DEMON
 Jaye Wells, ORBIT, (March 2011)
 SHADOWFEVER
 Karen Marie Moning, DELACORTE, (January 2011)
 MY LIFE AS A WHITE TRASH ZOMBIE
 Diana Rowland, DAW, (July 2011)
 BLOOD SACRIFICE
 Maria Lima, POCKET, (September 2011)
 CROSSROADS
 Jeanne C. Stein, ACE, (September 2011)
 SHAEDES OF GRAY
 Amanda Bonilla, SIGNET ECLIPSE, (December 2011)
 
 Shapeshifter Romance
 ETERNAL PREY
 Nina Bangs, AVON, (January 2011)
 HOW TO FLIRT WITH A NAKED WEREWOLF
 Molly Harper, POCKET, (February 2011)
 DRAGON BOUND
 Thea Harrison, BERKLEY SENSATION, (May 2011)
 DARKFIRE KISS
 Deborah Cooke, SIGNET ECLIPSE, (May 2011)
 MUST LOVE LYCANS
 Michele Bardsley, SIGNET ECLIPSE, (September 2011)
 
 Paranormal Romance
 CAPTIVE HEART
 Anna Windsor, BALLANTINE, (February 2011)
 NEVER AGAIN
 Michele Bardsley, SIGNET ECLIPSE, (March 2011)
 KISS OF SNOW
 Nalini Singh, BERKLEY SENSATION, (June 2011)
 BODY OF SIN
 Eve Silver, HQN, (September 2011)
 ADAM
 Jacquelyn Frank, ZEBRA, (November 2011)
 WITHIN THE FLAMES
 Marjorie M. Liu, AVON, (December 2011)
 FATE’S EDGE
 Ilona Andrews, ACE, (December 2011)
 
 Paranormal Fiction
 ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY
 Heather Webber, ST. MARTIN’S, (February 2011)
 MASTER AND APPRENTICE
 Sonya Bateman, POCKET, (April 2011)
 GRAVEMINDER
 Melissa Marr, MORROW, (May 2011)
 A VAMPIRE CHRISTMAS CAROL
 Sarah Gray, KENSINGTON, (October 2011)
 
 Urban Fantasy Novel
 PACK OF LIES
 Laura Anne Gilman, LUNA, (February 2011)
 AFTERTIME
 Sophie Littlefield, LUNA, (March 2011)
 BLACKOUT
 Rob Thurman, ROC, (March 2011)
 SHADOW WALKER
 Allyson James, BERKLEY SENSATION, (June 2011)
 MAGIC SLAYS
 Ilona Andrews, ACE, (June 2011)
 ONE GRAVE AT A TIME
 Jeaniene Frost, AVON, (September 2011)
 SPIDER’S REVENGE
 Jennifer Estep, POCKET, (October 2011)
 DEATH MAGIC
 Eileen Wilks, BERKLEY SENSATION, (November 2011)
 COURTING DARKNESS
 Yasmine Galenorn, JOVE, (November 2011)
 
 Futuristic Romance
 ALIEN IN THE FAMILY
 Gini Koch, DAW, (April 2011)
 SEDUCE ME IN DREAMS
 Jacquelyn Frank, BALLANTINE, (April 2011)
 ENEMY GAMES
 Marcella Burnard, BERKLEY SENSATION, (May 2011)
 BORN OF SHADOWS
 Sherrilyn Kenyon, GRAND CENTRAL, (May 2011)
 NIGHTFALL
 Ellen Connor, BERKLEY SENSATION, (June 2011)
 DARK TASTE OF RAPTURE
 Gena Showalter, POCKET STAR, (September 2011)
 BODY THIEF
 C.J. Barry, BERKLEY SENSATION, (November 2011)
 
 Paranormal Romantic Suspense
 IN TOO DEEP
 Jayne Ann Krentz, PUTNAM, (January 2011)
 SKIN HEAT
 Ava Gray, BERKLEY SENSATION, (January 2011)
 BURNING DARKNESS
 Jaime Rush, AVON, (February 2011)
 HUSH
 Cherry Adair, POCKET STAR, (May 2011)
 COLD TOUCH
 Leslie Parrish, SIGNET ECLIPSE, (July 2011)
 DELANEY’S SHADOW
 Ingrid Weaver, BERKLEY SENSATION, (August 2011)
 
 Science Fiction Novel
 THE SEA THY MISTRESS
 Elizabeth Bear, TOR, (February 2011)
 UP AGAINST IT
 M.J. Locke, TOR, (March 2011)
 EMBASSYTOWN
 China Mieville, DEL REY, (May 2011)
 THE QUANTUM THIEF
 Hannu Rajaniemi, TOR, (May 2011)
 RULE 34
 Charles Stross, ACE, (July 2011)
 AFTERMATH
 Ann Aguirre, ACE, (September 2011)
 
 Fantasy Novel
 AMONG OTHERS
 Jo Walton, TOR, (January 2011)
 DEATHLESS
 Catherynne M. Valente, TOR, (April 2011)
 MECHANIQUE: A TALE OF THE CIRCUS TRESAULTI
 Genevieve Valentine, PRIME BOOKS, (June 2011)
 THE EDINBURGH DEAD
 Brian Ruckley, ORBIT, (August 2011)
 CAST IN RUIN
 Michelle Sagara, LUNA, (September 2011)
 WAYFINDER
 C.E. Murphy, DEL REY, (September 2011)
 
 Epic Fantasy Novel
 THE WISE MAN’S FEAR
 Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, (March 2011)
 WITH FATE CONSPIRE
 Marie Brennan, TOR, (September 2011)
 THE COLD COMMANDS
 Richard K. Morgan, DEL REY, (October 2011)
 THE KINGDOM OF GODS
 N.K. Jemisin, ORBIT, (November 2011)
 STANDS A SHADOW
 Col Buchanan, TOR, (November 2011)
 
 Small Presses:
 Indie Press Paranormal/Fantasy/Futuristic
 MAGICK CHARM
 Jennifer Wells, CRESCENT MOON, (September 2010)
 THE SEXORCIST
 Vivi Andrews, SAMHAINPUBLISHING.COM, (May 2011)
 A HANDFUL OF PEARLS AND OTHER STORIES
 Beth Bernobich, SELF PUBLISHED, (May 2011)
 INFINITE BETRAYAL
 Gayle Donnelly, Robyn Mackenzie, LIQUIDSILVERBOOKS.COM, (November 2011)
 ALTERED DESTINY
 Shawna Thomas, CARINA PRESS, (September 2011)
 SILVER SHARK
 Ilona Andrews, SELF-PUBLISH, (September 2011)
 
 Check out the RT website for complete nominees in all the categories.

[zakk]

u jbte kolko popolica za romansu 

[angel011]

u jbte kolko popolica za romansu 

Pa nije svejedno je l' 'oćeš da čitaš o junakinji koja se kreše sa nemrtvom krvopijom, životinjom (ovom ili onom), vanzemaljcem (ovakvim il' onakvim), sa Aragornom i Legolasom istovremeno, il' neku mešavinu svega toga (sa sve grupnjacima jer ne može da se opredeli između njih dvajes'). 

[LiBeat]

Izasla i long list za 2012 IMPAC Dublin i tu ima svega i svasta kao i uvek u sirem izboru, ali izgleda da pored nekih naslova koje je bilo za ocekivati ima tu i par vrlo interesantnih domacih... Konstantinovo Raskrisce, na primer, i romani Mirjane Djurdjevic i Dragana Velikica...

[Melkor]

Nekima preporuka sta da ne citaju, nekima preporuka da drze dupe uza zid dok citaju... 

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards

 The Winners and Recommended Short List for the 2011 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards will be announced in November 2011.
A handout listing the winner, short list recommendations, ISBN numbers, publishers, and a short writeup of each winner/short list item is available here.
 2011 Best Novel - Winner & Short List
 2011 Best Novel Other Nominees
 2011 - Notice Regarding Best Short Fiction and Other Categories

 2011 Best Novel Winner & Short List WINNER:
 Under the Poppy - Kathe Koja (Small Beer Press)

 SHORT LIST:
 Black Blade Blues - J.A. Pitts (Tor)
 Bob the Book - David Pratt (Chelsea Street Editions)
 A Book of Tongues - Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
 Red Hood's Revenge - Jim C. Hines (DAW)
 Stealing Fire - Jo Graham (Orbit)
 The White Road - Lynn Flewelling (Spectra)
 The Wolf at the Door - Jameson Currier (Chelsea Street Editions)
 
 
 2011 Best Novel Other Nominees
 The Bone Palace by Amanda Downum (Orbit)
 The Called by Warren Rochelle (Golden Gryphon)
 Counterpoint (Book 1 of Song of the Fallen) by Rachel Haimowitz (Guiltless Pleasure)
 Dark Leopard Magic by Sapphire Phelan (Phaze)
 Eon by Alison Goodman (Random House)
 Hastur Lord by Marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah J. Ross (DAW)
 Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale (Blind Eye)
 Naamah's Curse by Jacqueline Carey (Grand Central)
 The Nexus by Richard Fazio (JMS Books)
 Nights of Villjamur by Mark Charan Newton (Spectra)
 Secrets in the Attic by Damian Serbu (Regal Crest)
 Vamp Camp by Wynn Wagner (Dreamspinner)
 Zombielicious by Timothy McGivney (MLR Press)
 
2011 Best Short Fiction and Other Work Categories
The Best Short Fiction and Other Work categories will be awarded every other year, incorporating two year's of eligible material.  Works from 2010 and 2011 will be considered for the 2012 Awards cycle.

[zakk]

http://nnedi.blogspot.com/2011/12/lovecrafts-racism-world-fantasy-award.html

Lovecraft’s racism & The World Fantasy Award statuette, with comments from China Miéville.



On Sunday, a friend of mine wanted to see my World Fantasy Award statuette. When he saw it, he was taken aback. He looked like he’d seen an ugly ghost.
 
 “That’s a bust of LOVECRAFT!” he said.
 
 “Yeah, so?” I said. I had a bad feeling.
 
 Then he showed me a nice little poem that Mr. Lovecraft wrote about our people:

On the Creation of Niggers  (1912) by H. P. Lovecraft

When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove’s fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th’Olympian host conceiv’d a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Nigger.

What a nasty piece of poetry. My first reaction was fury on the level of my character Onyesonwu (think tornadoes, tsunamis…no, bigger like the the red eye of Jupiter). I knew of Lovecraft’s racial issues, anti-Semitism, etc., but I never knew it was this serious. How strong the sentiment must have been within his soul for him to sit down and write that poem. This wasn’t racism metaphorically or abstractly rearing its ugly head within a piece of fiction, this was specific and focused. Who does that? Even in the early 1900s? That excuse of “that was just how most whites were back then” has never flown with me. The fact that a lot of people back then were racists does not change the fact that Lovecraft was a racist.

Anyway, a statuette of this racist man’s head is in my home. A statuette of this racist man’s head  is one of my greatest honors as a writer. A statuette of this racist man’s head sits beside my Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa and my Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award (an award given to the best speculative fiction by a person of color). I’m conflicted.

The first thing I did was consult the hive mind on facebook. And what a conversation ensued. Several authors (including Steve Barnes and Jeff VanderMeer) weighed in on the topic. See the conversation here. This discourse led me to ask the winner of last year’s World Fantasy Award for Best Novel China Miéville (he's also written and lectured extensively on Lovecraft) what he thought. He had much to say on the matter:

“Yes, indeed, the depth and viciousness of Lovecraft’s racism is known to me …It goes further, in my opinion, than ‘merely’ *being* a racist - I follow Michel Houellebecq (in this and in no other arena!) in thinking that Lovecraft’s oeuvre, his work itself, is inspired by and deeply structured with race hatred. As Houellebecq said, it is racism itself that raises in Lovecraft a ‘poetic trance’. He was a bilious anti-semite (though one who married a Jew, because, if you please, he granted that she was ‘assimilated’), and if you read stories like ‘The Horror at Red Hook’, the bile you will see towards people of colour, of all kinds (with particular sneering contempt for African Americans unless they were suitably Polite and therefore were patricianly granted the soubriquet ‘Negro’) and the mixed communities of New York and, above all (surprise surprise - Public Enemy were right) ‘miscegenation’ are extended and toxic.”

It’s not as if I haven’t encountered this issue before. One of my favorite authors is Stephen King. Yet, in several of his novels (including one of my all time favorites- The Talisman), he features Super Duper Magical Negros. That’s a very mild example. I certainly don’t feel that King hates black people.

I recently consumed and adored Norman Mailer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece The Executioner’s Song only to then learn that Mailer was a raging and violent sexist and homophobe. I love Gabriel Garcia Marquez but just the description of one of his recent novels, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, made me want to hurl. Another novel tenderly featuring pedophilia, great.
 
And I love film almost as much as I love literature. What of the film that revolutionized film-making, Birth of a Nation? It was basically a piece of Ku Klux Klan propaganda. When I saw that film in college, I wanted to go out and punch someone and set things on fire and and blow things up. Yet, in terms of technique and narrative form, it was also a masterpiece.

This is something people of color, women, minorities must deal with more than most when striving to be the greatest that they can be in the arts: The fact that many of The Elders we honor and need to learn from hate or hated us.

Do I want “The Howard” (the nickname for the World Fantasy Award statuette. Lovecraft’s full name is “Howard Phillips Lovecraft”) replaced with the head of some other great writer? Maybe. Maybe it’s about that time. Maybe not. What I know I want it to face the history of this leg of literature rather than put it aside or bury it. If this is how some of the great minds of speculative fiction felt, then let’s deal with that... as opposed to never mention it or explain it away. If Lovecraft’s likeness and name are to be used in connection to the World Fantasy Award, I think there should be some discourse about what it means to honor a talented racist.

I loved China’s way of dealing with his “Howard”. He said:

“So where does that leave the World Fantasy Award? Well, in my case, I have always done something very specific and simple. I consider the award inextricable from but not reducible to Lovecraft himself. Therefore, I was very honoured to receive the award as representative of a particular field of literature. And the award itself, the statuette of the man himself? I put it out of sight, in my study, where only I can see it, and I have turned it to face the wall. So I am punishing the little fucker like the malevolent clown he was, I can look at it and remember the honour, and above all I am writing behind Lovecraft’s back. ”

I too am deeply honored to win the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. It feels so so so right and so so good. The award’s jury was clearly progressive and looking in a new direction. I am the first black person to win the WorldFantasy Award for Best Novel since its inception in 1975. Lovecraft is probably rolling in his grave. Or maybe, having become spirit, his mind has cleared of the poisons and now understands the err of his ways. Maybe he is pleased that a book set and about Africa in the future has won an award crafted in his honor. Yeah, I'll go with that image.
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