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Pracenje sirih i uzih izbora, kao i samih dobitnika nagrada moze dosta pomoci u mnogim aspektima voljenja i pracenja desavanja u dragoj nam fantastici i nije lose imati te informacije na jednom mestu a ne lutati po forumu i traziti ih. Poceo bih sa jednom bitnom i jos uvek aktuelnom nagradom:

Dobitnici nagrade "Lazar Komarčić" (za najbolja dela u sezoni 2007-2008) su:
- roman - "Lutajući Bokelj" - Nikola Malović
- noveleta: "Postanje" - Ratko R. Radunović
- kratka priča: "Udno palisada" - Lidija Beatović
- specijalna nagrada: Đorđe Kadijević (za doprinos filmskoj umetnosti).

Nagrada "Ljubomir Damnjanović" (za najbolju priču objavljenu u fanzinu Emitor):
- "Tarzanova poslednja velika avantura" - Pavle Zelić.

2008 World Fantasy Awards


Novel
winner Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay [Viking Canada/Penguin Roc]
Territory Emma Bull [Tor]
Fangland John Marks [Penguin Press]
Gospel of the Knife Will Shetterly [Tor]
The Servants Michael Marshall Smith [Earthling Publications]

Novella
winner Illyria Elizabeth Hand [PS Publishing]
The Mermaids Robert Edric [PS Publishing]
"The Master Miller's Tale" Ian R. MacLeod [F&SF May 2007]
"Cold Snap" Kim Newman [The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club, MonkeyBrain Books]
"Stars Seen through Stone" Lucius Shepard [F&SF July 2007]

Short Story
winner "Singing of Mount Abora" Theodora Goss [Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra]
"The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics" Daniel Abraham [Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra]
"The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change" Kij Johnson [The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, Viking]
"Damned if you Don't " Robert Shearman" [Tiny Deaths, Comma Press]
"The Church on the Island" Simon Kurt Unsworth [At Ease with the Dead,
Ash-Tree Press]

Anthology
winner Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Ellen Datlow, Editor [Tor]
Five Strokes to Midnight Gary A. Braunbeck & Hank Schwaeble, Eds. [Haunted Pelican Press]
Wizards: Magical Tales From The Masters of Modern Fantasy
Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Eds. [Berkley]
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Eds.[Viking]
Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories John Klima, Editor [Bantam Spectra]

Collection
winner Tiny Deaths Robert Shearman [Comma Press]
Plots and Misadventures Stephen Gallagher [Subterranean Press]
Portable Childhoods Ellen Klages [Tachyon Publications]
The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club Kim Newman [MonkeyBrain Books]
Hart & Boot & Other Stories Tim Pratt [Night Shade Books]
Dagger Key and Other Stories Lucius Shepard [PS Publishing]

Hugo 2008

Best Novel

   * The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, Fourth Estate)
   * The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor)
   * Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace)
   * Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog Oct. 2006-Jan/Feb. 2007)
   * Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)

Best Novella

   * "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 2007, Subterranean Press)
   * "Recovering Apollo 8″ by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov's Feb. 2007)
   * "The Fountain of Age" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's July 2007)
   * "Memorare" by Gene Wolfe (F&SF April 2007)
   * "Stars Seen Through Stone" by Lucius Shepard (F&SF July 2007)

Best Novelette

   * "The Merchant and the Alchemist"s Gate" by Ted Chiang (F&SF Sept. 2007)
   * "The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics" by Daniel Abraham (Logorrhea, ed. John Klima, Bantam)
   * "Dark Integers" by Greg Egan (Asimov's Oct./Nov. 2007)
   * "Glory" by Greg Egan (The New Space Opera, ed. Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
   * "Finisterra" by David Moles (F&SF Dec. 2007)

Best Short Story

   * "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007)
   * "A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's April/May 2007, The Dog Said Bow-Wow, Tachyon Publications)
   * "Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, ed. George Mann, Solaris Books)
   * "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera, ed. by Gardner Dozois, and Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
   * "Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April/May 2007)

Ja sam tipovao na "Brazil" za Huga. I dalje mislim da je trebalo da ga dobije.

Nikako ne mozes da kazes da je bilo sta trebalo da dobija Hugo. Huga dobija hype, marketing, dobri prijatelji, pare i, na kraju, sta raja vole. E sad, BSFA je vec dobio ostala je Nebula, mislim. Tu vec mozemo i neke pare da bacamo na to sta bi trebalo  :wink:

Nominacije za Nebulu

Novels

   * Little Brother - Cory Doctorow (Tor, Apr08)
   * Powers - Ursula K. Le Guin (Harcourt, Sep07)
   * Cauldron - Jack McDevitt (Ace, Nov07)
   * Brasyl - Ian McDonald (Pyr, May07)
   * Making Money - Terry Pratchett (Harper, Sep07)
   * Superpowers - David J. Schwartz (Three Rivers Press, Jun08)

Novellas

   * "The Spacetime Pool" - Catherine Asaro (Analog, Mar08)
   * "Dark Heaven" - Gregory Benford (Alien Crimes, Resnick, Mike, Ed., SFBC, Jan07)
   * "Dangerous Space" - Kelley Eskridge (Dangerous Space, Aquaduct Press, Jun07)
   * "The Political Prisoner" - Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF, Aug08)
   * "The Duke in His Castle" - Vera Nazarian (Norilana Books, Jun08)

Novelettes

   * "If Angels Fight" - Richard Bowes (F&SF, Feb08)
   * "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" - James Alan Gardner (Asimov's, Feb08)
   * "Dark Rooms" - Lisa Goldstein (Asimov's, Oct/Nov 07)
   * "Pride and Prometheus" - John Kessel (F&SF, Jan08)
   * "Night Wind" - Mary Rosenblum (Lace and Blade, ed. Deborah J. Ross, Norilana Books, Feb08)
   * "Baby Doll" - Johanna Sinisalo (The SFWA European Hall of Fame, James Morrow & Kathryn Morrow, Ed., Tor, Jun07 )
   * "Kaleidoscope" - K.D. Wentworth (F&SF, May07)

Short Stories

   * "The Button Bin" - Mike Allen (Helix: A Speculative Fiction Quarterly, Oct07)
   * "The Dreaming Wind" - Jeffrey Ford (The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, Ed., Viking, Jul07)
   * "Trophy Wives" - Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Fellowship Fantastic, ed. Greenberg and Hughes, Daw Jan08)
   * "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" - Kij Johnson (Asimov's, Jul08)
   * "The Tomb Wife" - Gwyneth Jones (F&SF, Aug07)
   * "Don't Stop" - James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's, Jun07)
   * "Mars: A Traveler's Guide" - Ruth Nestvold (F&SF, Jan08)

Scripts

   * The Dark Knight - Jonathan Nolan; Christopher Nolan, Christopher, David S. Goyer (Warner Bros., Jul08)
   * "WALL-E" Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter (Walt Disney June 2008)
   * "The Shrine" - Brad Wright (Stargate Atlantis, Aug08)

Norton

   * Graceling - Kristin Cashore (Harcourt, Oct08)
   * Lamplighter - D.M. Cornish (Monster Blood Tattoo, Book 2, Putnam Juvenile, May08))
   * Savvy - Ingrid Law (Dial, May08)
   * The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson (Henry Holt and Company, Apr08)
   * Flora's Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) - Ysabeau S. Wilce (Harcourt, Sep08)

Za Huga

   Best Novel

   Anathem by Neal Stephenson
   The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
   Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
   Saturn's Children by Charles Stross
   Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi

   Best Novella

   "The Erdmann Nexus" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
   "The Political Prisoner" by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)
   "The Tear" by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)
   "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum and Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
   "Truth" by Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)

   Best Novelette

   "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's Jan 2008)
   "The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
   "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)
   "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" by James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb 2008)
   "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)


   Best Short Story

   "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008) — Read Online
   "Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
   "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
   "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
   "From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 2008)

  Best Related Book

   Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press)
   Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art by Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
   The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold by Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen)
   What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Beccon Publications)
   Your Hate Mail Will be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)

  Best Graphic Story

   The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle. Written by Jim Butcher, art by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers Publishing)
   Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones. Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
   Fables: War and Pieces. Written by Bill Willingham, pencilled by Mark Buckingham, art by Steve Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy, color by Lee Loughridge, letters by Todd Klein (DC/Vertigo Comics)
   Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic. Story and art by Howard Tayler (The Tayler Corporation)
   Serenity: Better Days. Written by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, color by Michelle Madsen, cover by Jo Chen (Dark Horse Comics)
   Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores. Written/created by Brian K. Vaughan, pencilled/created by Pia Guerra, inked by Jose Marzan, Jr. (DC/Vertigo Comics)

   Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

   The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, story; Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, screenplay; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Christopher Nolan, director (Warner Brothers)
   Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola, story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; based on the comic by Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director (Dark Horse, Universal)
   Iron Man, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screenplay; based on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby; Jon Favreau, director (Paramount, Marvel Studios)
   METAtropolis by John Scalzi, ed. Written by: Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell and Karl Schroeder (Audible Inc)
   WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney)

  Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

   "The Constant" (Lost) Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers; Jack Bender, director (Bad Robot, ABC studios)
   Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen , writers; Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy)
   "Revelations" (Battlestar Galactica) Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director (NBC Universal)
   "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead" (Doctor Who) Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lyn, director (BBC Wales)
   "Turn Left" (Doctor Who) Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme Harper, director (BBC Wales)

   Best Editor, Short Form

   Ellen Datlow
   Stanley Schmidt
   Jonathan Strahan
   Gordon Van Gelder
   Sheila Williams

   Best Editor, Long Form

   Lou Anders
   Ginjer Buchanan
   David G. Hartwell
   Beth Meacham
   Patrick Nielsen Hayden

   Best Professional Artist

   Daniel Dos Santos
   Bob Eggleton
   Donato Giancola
   John Picacio
   Shaun Tan

   Best Semiprozine

   Clarkesworld Magazine edited by Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace
   Interzone edited by Andy Cox
   Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
   The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
   Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal


   Best Fanzine

   Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
   Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
   Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
   The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia
   Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima
   File 770 edited by Mike Glyer

   Best Fan Writer

   Chris Garcia
   John Hertz
   Dave Langford
   Cheryl Morgan
   Steven H Silver

   Best Fan Artist

   Alan F. Beck
   Brad W. Foster
   Sue Mason
   Taral Wayne
   Frank Wu

   The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

   Aliette de Bodard
   David Anthony Durham
   Felix Gilman
   Tony Pi
   Gord Sellar

Jim Butcher and Ardian Syaf's graphic novel THE DRESDEN FILES: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE received a Hugo Award Nomination in the "Best Graphic Story" category. The awards will be presented at Anticipation, the 67th annual World Science Fiction Convention, held August 6-10 in Montreal, Canada.

Steven Barnes, author of Great Sky Woman and Shadow Valley, Blair Underwood, and Tananarive Due have been awarded the NAACP Image Award for their novel In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel. The Image Awards celebrate "the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (motion picture, television, recording, and literature), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors."

Charles Coleman Finlay, author of the forthcoming historical fantasy The Patriot Witch, has been nominated for a Nebula award for his novella "The Political Prisoner." The awards will be presented at the 2009 Nebula Awards® Weekend, April 24-26, 2009, in Los Angeles, California.

SF Site recently named Greg Bear's City at the End of Time to their Editor's Choice: Best of 2008 top 10 list. Richard K. Morgan's The Steel Remains also made the 2008 top 10, on the Readers' Choice list .

Ispratio Y the last man i pratim Girl Genius ( http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ ). Y je odličan, Girl Genius je genijalna.

The Premios Nocte are presented by the Asociación Española de Escritores de Terror (Spanish Association of Horror Writers) and this is their very first year. These awards are therefore for works published (either in Spain or in Spanish, we are not sure which) in 2008. The winners are:

    * Spanish language novel: Rojo alma, negro sombra (Red Soul, Black Shadow), Ismael Martínez Biurrun (451 editores)
    * Translated novel: Déjame entrar (Let the right one in), John Ajvide Lindqvist (Espasa-Calpe)
    * Spanish Language short fiction: "Lluvia sangrienta" ("Bloody rain"), Roberto Malo (from La luz del diablo (Devil's Light); Mira editores)
    * Translated short fiction: "El mejor cuento de terror" ("Best New Horror"), Joe Hill (from Fantasmas (20th Century Ghosts); Suma, 2008)
    * Lifetime Achievement: Francisco Torres Oliver

More information (in Spanish) is available here. There is also a picture of the trophy and, for the benefit of people who were complaining on Sunday about how ugly the Howie is, we reproduce it here.

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The sculptor is José Azul.

Jedna od relevantnih nagrada:


World Fantasy Award Winners 2009


   * Lifetime Achievement: Ellen Asher & Jane Yolen

   * Best Novel (tie): The Shadow Year, Jeffrey Ford (Morrow) & Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin; Knopf)

   * Best Novella: "If Angels Fight", Richard Bowes (F&SF 2/08)

   * Best Short Story: "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss", Kij Johnson (Asimov's 7/08)

   * Best Anthology: Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. (Senses Five Press)

   * Best Collection: The Drowned Life, Jeffrey Ford (HarperPerennial)

   * Best Artist: Shaun Tan

   * Special Award – Professional: Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (for Small Beer Press and Big Mouth House)

   * Special Award – Non-Professional: Michael Walsh (for Howard Waldrop collections from Old Earth Books)

Ford i dalje hara...

O tom Džefriju Fordu sam se naslušao, čak mu je kod nas objavljen Portret gospođe Šarbuk, a ja nikad ništa da nabavim a kamoli pročitam. A zapravo i nema čovek toliko toga...

Ja čitala PORTRET GOSPOĐE ŠARBUK pre par godina (izdavač MOĆ KNJIGE).
Zače, nisi ništa bitno propustio.

I j sam to davno čitao, onako...knjiga i nije nešo, prosek...mada nije toliko loše kao što vilja priča.

sa upravo citam topika...

Jeffrey Ford - The Portrait of Mrs Charbuque

U, do kraja, neizvesnom sukobu prosle noci izmedju sna koji je pretio da me savlada i mog zavrsavanja ovog romana prevagnulo je Fordovo delo svojim besprekornim stilom, bizarnoscu i, naravno, mojom zeljom da saznam kako se ovaj triler, fantasticna misterija i unutrasnja potraga razresavaju.

Piambo je portretista krema njujorskog drustva 1893 godine. Iako mu to donosi finansijsku sigurnost rastrze ga uverenje da je na taj nacin izdao Umetnost i ne moze da odoli izazovu da naslika portet misteriozne gospodje Charbuque za novce koji bi ga ucinili bogatim i slobodnim da se na miru posveti slikanju kakvo bi on hteo. Postoji "samo" jedan uslov: svoj model ne sme da vidi, treba da ga naslika na osnovu konverzacija sa Mrs Charbuque koja je sve vreme sakrivena iza paravana.

Roman je bio nominovan za World fantasy award 2003.(doduse te godine je tu nagradu dobio za najbolju zbirku). Skrecem paznju na ovo posto su fantasticni elementi prilicno efemerni(ovo je nesto o cemu se moza nadugacko i nasiroko diskutovati). Najbliza odrednica koja mi pada sad na pamet bio bi magicni realizam, mada se ovaj roman otima i takvoj, prilicno sirokoj, klasifikaciji.

Ovo je prvi Fordov roman sa kojim se hvatam u kostac. Poznajem ga iz mnogih kratkih prica na koje nalecem ne sve strane u poslednjih par godina kao i njegove zbirke The Empire of Ice Cream. Na osnovu tih prica nameracio sam se da procitam i nabavim sve sto mogu i ovaj prvi susret sa Fordom u duzoj formi samo me je ucvrstio u toj nameri. Prosto ne mogu sebi da oprostim sto mi ova knjiga vec dve godine stoji na polici neprocitana, ali.. ko zna zasto je dobro? U svakom slucaju Portret donosi sve na sta sam navikao iz brojnih prica: sjajno oslikani likovi, bogata proza koja je retko kada samodovoljna, nit humora koji se provlaci i kroz najmracnije scene, zanimljiv i nekliseiziran zaplet, intospektivni i filozofski senzibilitet i mnogo toga jos.

U svakom slucaju mnogo toga jos.

Sta su ti ukusi... mada sam ja citao u originalu, i najpre me je kupio recenicom, mozda je to izgubljeno u prevodu. S druge strane, Ford nije bas svacija soljica caja. Steta je samo sto vilja donosi sud o jednom dobrom piscu na osnovu jedne procitane knjige u prevodu.

Quote from: Melkor on 19-11-2009, 21:44:11
Sta su ti ukusi... mada sam ja citao u originalu, i najpre me je kupio recenicom, mozda je to izgubljeno u prevodu. S druge strane, Ford nije bas svacija soljica caja. Steta je samo sto vilja donosi sud o jednom dobrom piscu na osnovu jedne procitane knjige u prevodu.

Pa Melkore, ja i nisam komentarisala pisca nego knjigu PORTRET GOSPOĐE ŠARBUK , prevod (FABRIKA KNJIGA)...
Stvarno nije ostavila neki utisak...Evo kad sam pročitala tvoje mišljenje, učinilo mi se da ja i ti uopšte ne mislimo na istu knjigu. Toliko se tvoji utisci razlikuju od mojih...To je, ja mislim, jedna od poslednjih knjiga kod koje sam nasela na blurb...ma svašta je interesantno obećavao...kad ono-šipak. Na stranu to što sam za onog provalnika pretpostavila to-što-već-jesam (da ne spojlujem, neko će to da čita),pa samim tim jelte...interesantnost se svela na zanemarljivu meru, mene su najviše iziritirali likovi gospođe Šarbuk('jao-što-sam-imala-zanimljivo-buran-umetnički-život-kojim-se-kurčim-zavidite-mi-bednici') i slikara (ne mogu ni imena da mu se setim)koliko me je smorio. Stil kojim je knjiga pisana mi je još i dobar (uzimajući u obzir da se radi o prevodu) u odnosu na sve ostalo...Ma za sve kriv taj prokleti blurb, previše je obećavao.  ;) :lol:

Pa, ako je obecavao nekakvu misteriju, le kareovski krimic ili... ladlamovski triler, verovatno, ovo je vise o odnosu umetnika i umetnosti... al' dobro. Imao sam tu prednost sto sam vec procitao silne mu price i znao sam sta, otprilike,  mogu da ocekujem.

@ zakk - Ako si raspolozen za neku od zbirki, javi

Da se vratim nagradama, zanimljivo je da su i Ford i Lanagan najjaci u pricama, ko prati antologije imao je prilike da naleti na dosta njihovih dela. Nazalost, jos nista nisam citao sa spiska, mada neke stvari imam vec neko vreme i voleo bih da se javi neko ko je bar nesto procitao. Za Paper Cities nisam bio siguran da je toliko dobro, alu sad cu, jelte, morati da proverim. Ocigledno je da su sve nagrade dobrano pretegle na stranu slipstreama u odnosu na tradicionalniji fantasy.

Quote from: Melkor on 20-11-2009, 01:44:03
Pa, ako je obecavao nekakvu misteriju, le kareovski krimic ili... ladlamovski triler, verovatno, ovo je vise o odnosu umetnika i umetnosti... al' dobro. Imao sam tu prednost sto sam vec procitao silne mu price i znao sam sta, otprilike,  mogu da ocekujem.

Jao bre Melkore, naterao si me da poražim PORTRET GOSPOĐE ŠARBUK. Grdno sam se namučila da je nađem jer sam je gurnula negde na dno police...Evo šta lažljivi blurb kaže:

"Ovaj nesvakidašnji, (ma ajde, kakvo tendenciozno preterivanje  :roll:)  uzbudljiv ( xsleep2 mada, neosporno, neke ljude svašta uzbuđuje) i misteriozan roman (e, na ovo sam se primila, kad ono...nigde misterije  :()  koji u sebi spaja večita pitanja umetničkog stvaralaštva s najboljom tradicijom trilera (izem ti triler kad ti je već na trećini knjige skoro sve jasno, nema napetosti, glavni likovi toliko iritiraju da uhvatiš sebe kako navijaš da im neko ozbiljno naudi :twisted:)..."

"Dok čitate ovu knjigu čini vam se kao da ste ušli u svet neke od slika Salvadora Dalija i postali njen deo"
Ja naivno pomislila da je to neka sjajno-uvrnuta knjiga koja se ne ispušta iz ruku dok se ne pročita...a pročitala sam je do kraja samo zato što sam mazohista...Kakav zez. :(

Previše sereš.

Quotemisteriozan roman (e, na ovo sam se primila, kad ono...nigde misterije  :( )

I jeste misteriozan. Šta je glavni zadatak našeg lika? Šta treba da napravi? DA li zna šta i koga on crta? Roman nije preterano dobar, ali jeste okej.

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2010 :

Roman francophone :
Le Déchronologue de Stéphane Beauverger (La Volte)

Roman étranger
Roi du matin, reine du jour de Ian McDonald (Denoël)

Nouvelle francophone
Le diapason des mots et des misères (recueil) de Jérôme Noirez (Griffe d'encre)

Nouvelle étrangère
Des choses fragiles (recueil) de Neil Gaiman (Au diable vauvert)

Roman jeunesse
Le clairvoyage et La brume des jours de Anne Fakhouri (L'Atalante)

Prix Jacques Chambon de la traduction
Gilles Goullet pour Vision aveugle de Peter Watts (Fleuve Noir)

Prix Wojtek Siudmak du graphisme
Beb Deum pour FaceBox (Delcourt)

Essai
Echos de Cimmérie. Hommage à Robert Ervin Howard, sous la direction de Fabrice Tortey (Oeil du Sphinx)

Prix spécial
Le lac aux Vélies de Nosfell et Ludovic Debeurme (Futuropolis)

Prix européen
La Maison d'Ailleurs, à Yverdon (Suisse)


Corneliuse?

Philip K. Dick Nominees

The nominees for the annual Philip K. Dick Award for best paperback original work of science fiction have been announced. The winners will be announced at Norwescon 33 on April 2, 2010 in SeaTac, Washington. The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society.

    * Bitter Angels, by C. L. Anderson
    * The Prisoner, by Carlos J. Cortes
    * The Repossession Mambo, by Eric Garcia
    * The Devil's Alphabet, by Daryl Gregory
    * Cyberabad Days, by Ian McDonald
    * Centuries Ago and Very Fast, by Rebecca Ore
    * Prophets, S. Andrew Swann

2010 RUSA Reading List Award Winners

The Reference and User Services Association announced the winners of its annual Reading List awards in eight categories, including fantasy, horror, and science fiction.

Fantasy

    * Lamentation, Ken Scholes (Tor)
    * The Warded Man, Peter V. Brett (Del Rey)
    * Turn Coat, Jim Butcher (Tor)
    * The Red Wolf Conspiracy, Robert V.S. Redick (Del Rey)
    * Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)

Science Fiction

    * The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
    * The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Tor)
    * Flood, Stephen Baxter (Penguin)
    * Steal Across the Skies, Nancy Kress (Tor)
    * The Quiet War, Paul J. McAuley (Pyr)

Horror

    * Last Days, Brian Evenson (Underland)
    * The House of Lost Souls, F.G. Cottam (St. Martin's)
    * The Séance, John Harwood (Harcourt)
    * The Unseen, Alexandra Sokoloff (St. Martin's)
    * The Little Stranger, Sara Waters (Riverhead)

The winning titles were selected by a council of librarians. This year's awards were announced at the American Library Association's midwinter conference, held in Boston, January 15-19, 2010.

Da li se mozda/slucajno/eventualno :) doslo do uzeg spiska za ovogodisnju LK nagradu?

Quote from: lilit_depp on 20-01-2010, 23:12:21
Da li se mozda/slucajno/eventualno :) doslo do uzeg spiska za ovogodisnju LK nagradu?

Pokreni topik: Mićo, reaguj! :lol:

Ne smem. 

Quote from: lilit_depp on 20-01-2010, 23:12:21
Da li se mozda/slucajno/eventualno :) doslo do uzeg spiska za ovogodisnju LK nagradu?

LK je previse ozbiljna nagrada da bi mahala kojekakvim sirim i uzim i najuzim spiskovima, imenima clanova zirija, faktom da li ziri uopste postoji... Kad bude dodeljena, cuce se  :?:

Ma znam, al pomislih, dobicu info preko veze.  :lol:
Salu na stranu, videh gore da si u februaru prosle godine pisao o nagradi za 2007/2008, pa pomislih da se februar 2010 blizi. Otisla sam.

HWA Lifetime Achievement


January 21st, 2010

According to SF Scope, the Horror Writers Association (the folks responsible for the Bram Stoker Awards) will be giving their 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan. They have also pre-announced the winner of their Specialty Press Award: Tartarus Press. These awards will be presented at the Stoker Award banquet at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, England in March.

2010 BSFA Awards Shortlists

Best Novel

Ark by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
Lavinia by Ursula K Le Guin (Gollancz)
The City & The City by China Mieville (Macmillan)
Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Short Fiction

"Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apexbookcompany.com%2Fapex-online%2F2009%2F08%2Fnovelette-sinner-baker-fabulist-priest-red-mask-black-mask-gentleman-beast-by-eugie-foster%2F) by Eugie Foster (Interzone 220)
The Push by Dave Hutchinson (Newcon Press)
"Johnnie and Emmie-Lou Get Married" (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kimlakin-smith.com%2Fpage%2FJohnny-and-Emmie-Lou-Get-Married.aspx) by Kim Lakin-Smith (Interzone 222)
"Vishnu at the Cat Circus" by Ian McDonald (in Cyberabad Days, Gollancz)
"The Beloved Time of Their Lives"  (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ianwatson.info%2FThe_Beloved_Time_of_their_Lives_free4all.pdf)[pdf link] by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia (in The Beloved of My Beloved, Newcon Press)
"The Assistant" (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ianwhates.com%2Fpage%2FThe-Assistant.aspx) by Ian Whates (in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction 3, ed. George Mann)

Best Artwork

Alternate cover art for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kipizki/3753443748/#in/set-72157621759215456/) (art project), Nitzan Klamer
"Emerald" (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shadowscapes.com%2Fimage.php%3Flineid%3D23%26bid%3D512) by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Cover of Desolation Road by Ian McDonald (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angel.org%2Fwill%2Fsite%2Ffiles%2Fian-mcdonald-desolation-road.jpg), by Stephan Martinière, jacket design by Jacqueline Nasso Cooke
Cover of Interzone 220 (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fttapress.com%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2F206_large.jpg), Adam Tredowski
Cover of Interzone 224 (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fttapress.com%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2F210_large.jpg), Adam Tredowski
Cover of Interzone 225 (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fttapress.com%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2F211_large.jpg), Adam Tredowski

Best Non-Fiction

Canary Fever by John Clute (Beccon)
"I Didn't Dream of Dragons"  (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeepad.livejournal.com%2F29656.html)by Deepa D
"Ethics and Enthusiasm" (http://notesfromthegeekshow.blogspot.com/2009/06/ethics-and-enthusiasm.html) by Hal Duncan
"Mutant Popcorn" by Nick Lowe (Interzone)
A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James (Middlesex University Press)

Note that there are only four nominees in the Best Novel category, and six nominees in the Best Short Fiction and Best Artwork categories due to ties for fifth place. The Awards will be presented at this year's Eastercon, Odyssey (http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=vectoreditors.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.odyssey2010.org%2F).

Neke ne-baš-taze pričice Dejva Hačinsona, al eto radi nekog utiska:

Discreet Phenomena (http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/discreetphenomena.htm)
A Dream of Locomotives (http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=1004)
Pavane of the Sons of the Morning (http://www.revolutionsf.com/article.php?id=1593)

Sta se voli dole ispod:

The winners were announced at the thirteenth annual Aurealis Awards ceremony at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on Saturday 24 January 2010.

best science fiction novel

Andrew McGahan, Wonders of a Godless World, Allen & Unwin

best science fiction short story

Peter M. Ball, 'Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens', Apex Magazine May 2009

best fantasy novel

Trudi Canavan, Magician's Apprentice, Orbit

best fantasy short story - Joint winners

Christopher Green, 'Father's Kill', Beneath Ceaseless Skies #24

Ian McHugh, 'Once a Month, On a Sunday', Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #40, Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-operative Ltd

best horror novel

Honey Brown, Red Queen, Penguin Australia

best horror short story - Joint winners

Paul Haines, 'Wives', X6, Coeur de Lion Publishing

Paul Haines, 'Slice of Life - A Spot of Liver', Slice of Life, The Mayne Press

best anthology

Jonathan Strahan (editor), Eclipse 3, Night Shade Books

best collection

Greg Egan, Oceanic, Gollancz

best illustated book/graphic novel

Nathan Jurevicius, Scarygirl, Allen & Unwin

best young adult novel

Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan Trilogy: Book One, Penguin (je l' ovo bese ona fancy-shmency mapa?)

best young adult short story

Cat Sparks, 'Seventeen', Masques, CSFG

best children's (8-12 years) novel

Gabrielle Wang, A Ghost in My Suitcase, Puffin Books

best children's (8-12 years)
short fiction/illustrated work/picture book

Pamela Freeman (author), Kim Gamble (illustrator), Victor's Challenge, Walker Books Australia

Inace, sa britanske liste procitao sam samo Mievilla (naravno :)) i ne verujem da ce pobediti. Lavinia ulazi u trku sa vec dobijenom Lokusovom nagradom i mogla bi da dobije nagradu kao kontrast prethodnim godinama (a i najnahvaljenija je od svih nominovanih). Roberts je lokalni favorit i prilicno cenjen u UK. A Baxter na papiru ima najvece sanse s obzirom na ljubav BSFA-a prema hard SF-u, pogotovo sto nije stand-alone roman.

Jeste, to je ona mapa. Stigla mi je knjiga još pre Nove godine, ali nikako da počnem da čitam.

John Jude Palencar has won the prestigious Hamilton King Award, presented by the Society of Illustrators (http://societyillustrators.org/index.cms). As Irene Gallo explains (http://igallo.blogspot.com/2010/01/john-jude-palencar-wins-hamilton-king.html), although the Hamilton King is ostensibly given for a single piece of artwork (in Palencar's case his cover for Charles de Lint's Muse and Reverie), the award has become seen as something of a mid-career achievement award given only to artists with a superb track record.

Pobednicka ilustracija:

(https://www.znaksagite.com/diskusije/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi4.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy141%2Figallo%2FAlbum%25202%2FJohnJudePalencar_MuseandReverie.png&hash=49cb19921f9742a43937e9509046b9ae16d9b637)

Lost Man Booker Prize longlist to award best omitted novel of 1970

zbog promene pravila preskocili su 1970 godinu i sad su setili da bi mogli da dodele nagradu za istu....

nominacije:

Brian Aldiss, The Hand Reared Boy

HE Bates, A Little Of What You Fancy?

Nina Bawden, The Birds On The Trees

Melvyn Bragg, A Place In England

Christy Brown, Down All The Days

Len Deighton, Bomber

JG Farrell, Troubles

Elaine Feinstein, The Circle

Shirley Hazzard, The Bay Of Noon

Reginald Hill, A Clubbable Woman

Susan Hill, I'm The King Of The Castle

Francis King, A Domestic Animal

Margaret Laurence, The Fire Dwellers

David Lodge, Out Of The Shelter

Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat

Shiva Naipaul, Fireflies

Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander

Joe Orton, Head To Toe

Mary Renault, Fire From Heaven

Ruth Rendell, A Guilty Thing Surprised

Muriel Spark, The Driver's Seat

Patrick White, The Vivisector

Nova nagrada za "istorijsku fikciju", nema veze sa fantastikom ali znamo da dosta ljudi koji citaju SF&F zanima i istorija te:

New Walter Scott prize to honour historical novels

Inaugural £25,000 award to be presented in June at Borders book festival

    * Alison Flood
    * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 2 February 2010 16.04 GMT

He is seen as the father of the historical novel, so it's perhaps only fitting that a new literary prize honouring the genre is to be launched in the name of Sir Walter Scott.

The £25,000 award is being set up by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, whose ancestors were closely linked to Scott. They hope the award will help to "properly honour" the author's "immense achievements", and "place as one of the world's most influential novelists".

Scott's novel Waverley, published in 1814 and set during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, is regularly described as the first historical novel. Telling the story of daydreaming Englishman Edward Waverley and his decision to ally himself with Scottish highland chieftain Fergus, his beautiful sister Flora and the Jacobite cause, its subtitle "Tis Sixty Years Since", is being used by the prize's organisers to define parameters for entry, with a historical novel deemed to be one where the events described take place at least 60 years before publication.

"By fixing, then, the date of my story Sixty Years before this present 1st November, 1805, I would have my readers understand, that they will meet in the following pages neither a romance of chivalry nor a tale of modern manners; that my hero will neither have iron on his shoulders, as of yore, nor on the heels of his boots, as is the present fashion of Bond Street; and that my damsels will neither be clothed 'in purple and in pall', like the Lady Alice of an old ballad, nor reduced to the primitive nakedness of a modern fashionable at a rout," wrote Scott in his introduction to Waverley. "From this my choice of an era the understanding critic may farther presage that the object of my tale is more a description of men than manners."

The first Walter Scott prize will be presented as part of the Borders book festival in June, at Scott's home Abbotsford House, near Melrose, for which fundraising to restore the property is currently underway. Judges will include novelist Elizabeth Laird, journalist and author Allan Massie and literary editor of the Scotsman David Robinson.

2009 PRELIMINARY STOKER BALLOT


Superior Achievement in a Novel

QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)
AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)
CURSED by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
SACRIFICE by John Everson (Leisure)
AUDREY'S DOOR by Sarah Langan (Harper)
ETERNAL VIGILANCE II: DEATH OF ILLUSIONS by Gabrielle Faust (Immanion Press)
TWISTED LADDER by Rhodi Hawk (Tor/Forge)
VORACIOUS by Alice Henderson (Jove)
THE BONE FACTORY by Nate Kenyon (Leisure)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
THE BLACK ACT by Louise Bohmer (Library of Horror)
SLAUGHTER by Marcus Griffin (Alexandrian Archives Publishing)
BREATHERS by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)
THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)
SOLOMON'S GRAVE by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)
DISMEMBER by Daniel Pyle (Wild Child)
SLIGHTS by Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)
THE DEAD PATH by Stephen M. Irwin (Hachette Australia)
THE FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH by Carrie Ryan (Delacorte Press/Random House)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction,

MAMA FISH by Rio Youers (Shroud Publishing)
HUNGER OF EMPTY VESSELS by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)
DIANA AND THE GOONG-SI by Lisa Morton (MIDNIGHT WALK)
DOC GOOD'S TRAVELING SHOW by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)
THE GRAY ZONE by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
DREAMING ROBOT MONSTER by Mort Castle (MIGHTY UNCLEAN)
LITTLE GRAVEYARD ON THE PRAIRIE by Steven E. Wedel (Bad Moon Books)
ROT by Michelle Lee (Skullvines Press)
BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Kurt Newton (Sideshow Press)

Superior Achievement in a Short Fiction

IN THE PORCHES OF MY EARS by Norman Prentiss (PS Publishing)
BLANKET OF WHITE by Amy Grech (BLANKET OF WHITE)
KEEPING WATCH by Nate Kenyon (MONSTROUS: 20 TALES OF GIANT CREATURE TERROR)
ONE MORE DAY by Brian Freeman (SHIVERS V)
THE CROSSING OF ALDO RAY by Weston Ochse (THE DEAD THAT WALK)
WHERE SUNLIGHT SLEEPS by Brian Freeman (Horror Drive-in)
THE NIGHT NURSE by Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-in)
PLAGUE DOGS by Joe McKinney (POTTERS FIELD 3)
THE OUTLAWS OF HILL COUNTY by John Palisano (Harvest Hill)
NUB HUT by Kurt Dinan (Chizine)

Superior Achievement in a Anthology,

MIDNIGHT WALK edited by Lisa Morton (Dark House)
POE edited by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)
HARLAN COUNTY HORRORS edited by Mari Adkins (Apex Publications)
HE IS LEGEND: AN ANTHOLOGY CELEBRATING RICHARD MATHESON edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press)
LOVECRAFT UNBOUND edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books)
DARK DELICACIES 3: HAUNTED edited by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb (Running Press)
BUTCHER SHOP QUARTET 2 edited by Frank J. Hutton (Cutting Block Press)
GRANTS PASS edited by Amanda Pillar and Jennifer Brozek (Morrigan Books)
MIGHTY UNCLEAN edited by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)
BRITISH INVASION by Chris Golden, Tim Lebbon and James Moore (Cemetery Dance Publications)

Superior Achievement in a Collection,

A TASTE OF TENDERLOIN by Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)
SHADES OF BLOOD AND SHADOW by Angeline Hawkes (Dark Regions Press)
MARTYRS AND MONSTERS by Robert Dunbar (DarkHart Press)
IN THE CLOSET, UNDER THE BED by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)
A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FIENDS by Michael McCarty (Sam's Dot)
GOT TO KILL THEM ALL AND OTHER STORIES by Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)
DARK ENTITIES by David Dunwoody (Dark Regions)
SHARDS by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Brimstone Press)
UNHAPPY ENDINGS by Brian Keene (Delirium Books)
YOU MIGHT SLEEP... by Nick Mamatas (Prime)

Superior Achievement in a Nonfiction

WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
STEPHEN KING: THE NON-FICTION by Rocky Wood and Justin Brook (Cemetery Dance)
CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT by L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda (Fearzone)
ESOTERIA-LAND by Michael McCarty (BearManor Media)
MORBID CURIOSITY CURES THE BLUES edited by Loren Rhoads (Simon & Schuster)
THE STEPHEN KING ILLUSTRATED COMPANION by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

CHIMERIC MACHINES by Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)
MORTICIAN'S TEA by G. O. Clark (Sam's Dot)
DOUBLE VISIONS by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)
VOICES FROM THE DARK by Gary William Crawford (Dark Regions)
BARFODDER by Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)
STARKWEATHER DREAMS by Christopher Conlon (Creative Guy Publishing)
TOWARD ABSOLUTE ZERO by Karen L. Newman (Sam's Dot)
NORTH LEFT OF EARTH by Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)
GRAVE BITS by Todd Hanks (Skullvines Press)

Science Fiction Poetry Association (http://sfpoetry.com/) President Deborah P. Kolodji has announced the winners of this year's Dwarf Stars Award (http://www.sfpoetry.com/dwarfstars.html), for the best short speculative poems of 10 lines or less published in 2008. The award is voted by the membership of the SFPA.

The 2009 Dwarf Stars Winners are:

First place: "Fireflies" by Geoffrey A. Landis (first published in Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2008)

Second place: "The Leaf Whisperer" by Elizabeth Barrette (Doorways Magazine #5, 2008)

Third place: "Goodbye Billy Goat Gruff" by Jane Yolen (Asimov's, October/November 2008)

The 2009 Nebula Awards nominees have been announced:

Novel:

    * The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

    * The Love We Share Without Knowing, Christopher Barzak (Bantam)

    * Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket)

    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)

    * Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)

    * Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)

Novella

    * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)

    * "Arkfall", Kage Baker (F&SF 9/08)

    * "Act One", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09)

    * Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)

    * "Sublimation Angels", Jason Sanford (Interzone 9-10/09)

    * The God Engines, John Scalzi (Subterranean)

Novelette

    * "The Gambler", Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)

    * "Vinegar Peace, or, the Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage", Michael Bishop (Asimov's 7/08)

    * "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said", Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09)

    * "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)

    * "Divining Light", Ted Kosmatka (Asimov's 8/08)

    * "A Memory of Wind", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 11/09)

Short Story

    * "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela", Saladin Ahmed (Clockwork Phoenix 2)

    * "I Remember the Future", Michael A. Burstein (I Remember the Future)

    * "Non-Zero Probabilities", N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09)

    * "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)

    * "Going Deep", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 6/09)

    * "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)

Ray Bradbury Award

    * Star Trek, J.J. Abrams (Paramount)

    * District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star)

    * Avatar, James Cameron (Fox)

    * Moon, Duncan Jones and Nathan Parker (Sony)

    * Up, Bob Peterson and Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)

    * Coraline, Henry Selick (Laika/Focus)

Andre Norton Award

    * Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon)

    * Ice, Sarah Beth Durst (McElderry)

    * Ash, Malinda Lo (Little, Brown)

    * Eyes Like Stars, Lisa Mantchev (Feiwel & Friends)

    * Zoe's Tale, John Scalzi (Tor)

    * When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead (Wendy Lamb)

    * The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne M. Valente (www.catherynnemvalente.com (http://www.catherynnemvalente.com))

    * Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)


Final ballots are due March 30, 2010 (only active SFWA members are eligible to vote). Winners will be announced at the 2010 SFWA Nebula Awards Weekend, to be held May 13-16, 2010 in Cocoa Beach, FL.

The Diagram Prize '09: The Shortlist

18.02.10


THE BOOKSELLER TOWERS, London. — 2009. A year when lists were slashed, advances were cut, employees were given the boot, book sales suffered a slight malaise (see: "celebrity" memoirs), and yet, and yet . . . oddity endured.

I received a record number of submissions for the 2009 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookseller/Diagram_Prize_for_Oddest_Title_of_the_Year), almost treble the number I received for 2008. And I have Twitter largely to thank, for 50 submissions were Tweeted in my general direction. Sadly, however, almost half the submissions were ineligible as they were published well before 2009. They raised a smile nonetheless—Sketches of a Few Jellyfish, On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers, and Seeing and Sensing Gnomes: Hey Looky Heah'h, to name but three.

However, even after the initial cull, the list was still considerable in size, meaning my panel of esteemed literary minds and I were forced into ruthlessness, brutally cutting any submission we felt carried a "deliberately odd" title. As such, submissions including Bacon: A Love Story, The Origin of Faeces and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, fell at this second hurdle. But even after this second cull, choosing a shortlist still proved formidable, with equal measures of both controversial and emotional.

However, finally, and without further ado, I give you the final six:



For the second year in succession, healthcare cognoscenti Slack Incorporated enjoy a spot on the shortlist. 2008's bottom-clenchingly absorbing Curbside Consultation of the Colon proved a real cracker with voters, finishing a respectable third in last year's Diagram Prize, but Slack will no doubt be hoping to go two better this year. Sales Stateside have bottomed out at around the one-every-couple-of-weeks mark, but sales aren't on the skids over here—principally because it has yet to sell a single copy on UK shores, no doubt because our enviable diet (curry, etc) bequeaths us with immaculate intestines.

Inflammatory bowel disease has form in this award. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Personal View narrowly missed out to Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality in the '86 installment.

Spotted by: The Bookseller's non-fiction previewer, Caroline Sanderson



"Of interest to the collector and educational for the casual reader of history," the title of US Army veteran Yannes' indispensable cutlery compendium received high praise from the panel. The epic "explores the relevant historical highlights which in turn illuminate this unique period in history as reflected by the spoons" and runs to 19,000 words. Yours for just £13(ish), no longer will you ever have to ponder: "What did the dessert spoons used on the Kriegsmarine's U-47 look like?"

Much like inflammatory bowels, both spoons and the Nazis have Diagram form. Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan missed out to The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America in '06, while both How Green Were the Nazis? and Detecting Fake Nazi Regalia made previous Diagram shortlists.

Spotted by Nielsen BookScan's Andre Breedt



More "Riemannian manifold with negative Gaussian curvature" than "crochet charts", Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes is the bestselling book on this odd-title shortlist, having notched up a colossal 34 sales in the UK and a tremendous 588 copies in the US. The gripping yarn will keep you hooked to the final chapter: "Who is Interested in Hyperbolic Geometry Now and How Can it be Used?"

Spotted by: Booth Book Publishing's Stuart Booth



The essential guide to any owner of a T-1000, Georgia Tech roboticist/roboethicist Arkin's 2009 work has sold into double figures in the UK, and clocked up an electrifying 94 copies in the US. Noel Sharkey of the University of Sheffield deemed it a "must read". Quite. After all, where else can one find an exploration of a new breed of robots, illustrating that "the first steps toward creating robots that not only conform to international law but outperform human soldiers in their ethical capacity are within reach in the future".

So, these "humane-oids" 
will no doubt refuse to participate in any "regime changes" 
that could, perhaps, be seen to be breaking UN 
resolutions, then?

Spotted by: Foyles' web editor Jonathan Ruppin



Seemingly a children's book on race ("where kids learn it's OK to be different"), the title suggests pre-school children will instead learn what kind of bean (runner, mung?) a chihuahua is. Last time I checked, it was a dog, but I defer to Jansen-Meyer's expertise. Sales in the UK have thus far been disappointing, but a jacket revamp should do the trick—putting "Meyer" in huge, white letters on a black background might be an idea. Rumours of a follow-up, 
What Kind of Asparagus is this Shetland Pony?, are disappointingly still just rumours.

Spotted by The Bookseller subscriber Jay Omotoso



All proceeds from the sales of helminthologist (look it up) Crompton's notes on his worm-hunting travels go to the Glasgow Centre for International Development's scholarship fund. Sadly, however, sales in the UK and US (according to Nielsen BookScan) total precisely no copies whatsoever. One assumes, of course, that BookScan simply does not cover the traditional sales outlets for worm-hunting tomes.

Two other wormy tomes have made previous Diagram shortlists. New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers made the '81 shortlist, while Earthworms of Ontario missed out to Reusing Old Graves in '95. Crompton's Worms could wriggle a win. Said Sir Kenneth Calman, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow (where Crompton is an honorary professor): "I am always attracted to a book with an interesting title, and what could be more intriguing than Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter?" It is a question that I leave to you, dear reader...

Spotted by @writershelper on Twitter

(If you click on the book jackets above, you can spend your hard-earned pennies pretty easily — and many thanks to www.bookdepository.co.uk (http://www.bookdepository.co.uk) for that.)

Vote for your favourite at www.thebookseller.com (http://www.thebookseller.com). The winner will be announced on Friday, 26th March.

WOW! :D

Jos par interesantnih naslova [courtesy of 1997 'Brain Droppings' by George Carlin]:

Offer #1: "How-To" Titles   

-   How to Remove Chewing Gum from Your Bush
-   How to Turn Your Front Lawn Into a Cathouse
-   How to Remove an Infected Cyst from a Loved One
-   How to Have Really Nice Lymph Glands
-   How to Act Laid-Back During a Grease Fire
-   How to Milk a Dog While It's Sleeping
-   How to Get Through College Without Books
-   How to Get a Tan with a Blow Torch
-   How to Style Your Hair With a Bullwhip
-   How to Achieve Multiple Orgasms with a Pair of Tweezers
-   How to Kill a Rat with a Paper Clip
-   How to Lease Out the Space Inside Your Nose
-   How to Spot Truly Vicious People in Church   

Offer #2: Advice and Self-Help Titles

-   Where to Go for a Free Fuck
-   Eat, Run, Stay Fit, and Die Anyway
-   You Give Me Six Weeks and I'll Give You Some Bad Disease
-   The Stains in Your Shorts Can Indicate Your Future
-   Earn Big Money by Sitting in Your Car Trunk
-   I Gave Up Hope and It Worked Just Fine
-   Why You Should Never Yodel During an Electrical Storm
-   I Suck, You Suck 
-   Reorganizing Your Pockets
-   Where to Hide a Really Big Snot
-   Why You Must Never Give Yourself a Neck Operation
-   Now You Can Cure Cancer by Simply Washing Up
-   Lightweight Summer Ensembles to Wear on the Toilet
-   Where to Throw Up Secretly


Offer #3: General Interest Titles

-   Twelve Things Nobody Cares About
-   The Picture Book of Permanent Stains
-   Firecracker in a Cat's Asshole: A Novel
-   The Complete List of Everyone Who Enjoys Coffee
-   The Official British Empire Registry of Blokes
-   Ten Places No One Can Find
-   Tits on the Moon [science fiction]
-   Why Norway and Hawaii Are Not Near Each Other
-   The History of Envy
-   The Pus Almanac
-   Carousel Maintenance
-   The Dingleberry Papers
-   A Treasury of Poorly Understood Ideas
-   Why Jews Point
-   The Golden Age of Tongue Kissing
-   Famous Bullshit Stories of the Aztecs
-   The Meaning of Corn
-   Feel This: A Braille Sex Manual
-   A Complete List of Everything That is Still Pending
-   Really Loud Singalongs for the Hard of Hearing

Why Jews Point  :|

nego, evo i konacne liste za Stokera, vec pre koji dan video sam shortlist za roman, ali nista bez Lokusa za sve kategorije :)

The 2009 Stoker Awards Final Ballot has been released:

Superior Achievement in a Novel

   * Audrey's Door, Sarah Langan (Harper)

   * Patient Zero, Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)

   * Quarantined, Joe McKinney (Lachesis)

   * Cursed, Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)


Superior Achievement in a First Novel

   * Breathers, S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)

   * Solomon's Grave, Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)

   * Damnable, Hank Schwaeble (Jove)

   * The Little Sleep, Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

   * Dreaming Robot Monster, Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)

   * The Hunger of Empty Vessels, Scott Edelman (Bad Moon)

   * The Lucid Dreaming, Lisa Morton (Bad Moon)

   * Doc Good's Traveling Show, Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

   * "Keeping Watch", Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror)

   * "The Crossing of Aldo Ray", Weston Ochse (The Dead That Walk)

   * "In the Porches of My Ears", Norman Prentiss (Postscripts 18)

   * "The Night Nurse", Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-In 7/09)


Superior Achievement in an Anthology


   * He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, Christopher Conlon, ed. (Gauntlet)

   * Lovecraft Unbound, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse)

   * Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)

   * Midnight Walk, Lisa Morton, ed. (Dark House)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

   * Martyrs and Monsters, Robert Dunbar (DarkHart)

   * Got to Kill Them All and Other Stories, Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)

   * A Taste of Tenderloin, Gene O'Neill (Apex)

   * In the Closet, Under the Bed, Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe)


Superior Achievement in Non-fiction

   * Writers Workshop of Horror, Michael Knost (Woodland)

   * Cinema Knife Fight, L.L. Soares & Michael Arruda (Fearzone)

   * The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, Bev Vincent (Fall River)

   * Stephen King: The Non-Fiction, Rocky Wood & Justin Brook (Cemetery Dance)


Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

   * Double Visions, Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)

   * North Left of Earth, Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)

   * Barfodder, Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)

   * Chimeric Machines, Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy)


Horror Writers Association members will vote to determine winners. Winning titles will be announced at the World Horror Convention, March 25-28 2010, in Brighton, England.

Nego, gledam nesto shortlist za Nebulu (Flesh and Fire, Laura Anne Gilman mi je apsolutno iznenadjenje) i pitam se ima li smisla citati Fincha bez predznanja iz prethodnih Ambergis knjiga.

PS. majko mila, sa Stokerove liste cuo sam samo za Paul Tremblaya, ako ne racunamo  Richard Matheson i Ellen Datlow  :cry:

Pre neki dan dodeljene su i 17. Spectrum nagrade (http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/full_content.php?article_id=1140&full=yes&pbr=1).

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Scribe Award Nominees

The nominees for this year's Scribe Awards, for media tie-in novels, have been announced. Locus has the full list. Here are the speculative fiction nominees:

    * Enemies & Allies, Kevin J. Anderson (Morrow)
    * Terminator Salvation: Cold War, Greg Cox (Titan)
    * Star Trek: A Singular Destiny, Keith R.A. DeCandido (Pocket)
    * Warhammer: Shamanslayer: A Gotrek and Felix Novel, Nathan Long (Black Library)
    * Star Trek: Vanguard: Open Secrets, Dayton Ward (Pocket)

William Johnston received the Grandmaster Award. Other winners will be announced at the San Diego ComicCon.

British Fantasy Awards 2010: the Longlist  (http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=592:british-fantasy-awards-2010-the-longlist&catid=34:bfas&Itemid=35)

The British Fantasy Society Awards use a recommendation list system as the basis for their nominating ballot. That is, members start by sending in lists of works/people that they believe are eligible for the awards and ought to be considered. Those lists are then voted on to produce the short list of nominees. The full long lists for all categories are available here.

2010 Arthur C Clarke Award Submissions

Now we come to it! The shortlist for this year's Arthur C Clarke Award will be announced on Wednesday 31 March, and the award ceremony will be held on Wednesday 28 April, at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival. However, as last year, the Award is releasing the list of books that were submitted and considered and you heard it, quite literally, here first. Or rather, saw it:

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Note that this is not a formal longlist; it's the books that were submitted by publishers and considered by the judges.

    Heart of Veridon by Tim Akers (Solaris)
    Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher (Tor)
    Orbus by Neal Asher (Tor)
    The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (Bloomsbury)
    Twisted Metal by Tony Ballantyne (Tor)
    Transition by Iain Banks (Little, Brown)
    Ark by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
    Moxyland by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
    The Accord by Keith Brooke (Solaris)
    Xenopath by Eric Brown (Solaris)
    Seeds of Earth by Mike Cobley (Orbit)
    And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer (Penguin)
    Makers by Cory Doctorow (Voyager)
    The Babylonian Trilogy by Sebastien Doubinsky (PS Publishing)
    The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (Hamish Hamilton)
    Consorts of Heavenby Jaine Fenn (Gollancz)
    The Stranger by Max Frei (Gollancz)
    Concrete Operational by Richard Galbraith (Rawstone Media)
    Nova War by Gary Gibson (Tor)
    Winter Song by Colin Harvey (Angry Robot)
    The Rapture by Liz Jensen (Bloomsbury)
    Spirit by Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
    Journey into Space by Toby Litt (Penguin)
    The Age of Ra by James Lovegrove (Solaris)
    Halfhead by Stuart B MacBride (HarperVoyager)
    Gardens of the Sun by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
    The City & The City by China Mieville (Macmillan)
    Red Claw by Philip Palmer (Orbit)
    Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
    Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperVoyager)
    Chasing the Dragon by Justina Robson (Gollancz)
    The City of Lists by Brigid Rose (Crocus)
    Flashforward by Robert J Sawyer (Gollancz)
    Wake by Robert J Sawyer (Gollancz)
    Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi (Tor)
    The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor (Faber & Faber)
    Far North by Marcel Theroux (Faber & Faber)
    Before the Gods by KS Turner (Ruby Blaze)
    The Painting and the City by Robert Freeman Wexler (PS Publishing)
    This is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams (Orbit)
    Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding (Gollancz)

So there you are: the 41 books in contention for this year's Arthur C Clarke Award. (The Rise of the Iron Moon by Stephen Hunt was also submitted, but ineligible due to SF Crowsnest's association with the award.)

Ja se uopšte ne snalazim. Bilo je toga na rasprodaji za dolar.

Klarkova nagrada se dodeljuje "to science fiction novels published in the UK during the previous calendar year", te uvek ima i stvari koje su ranije objavljene u SAD i vec stigle do 1$ rasprodaja.

The James Tiptree Award has announced the winner for 2010, and once again two works have been chosen. The winners are:

    * Cloud & Ashes: Three Winter's Tales, Greer Gilman (Small Beer Press)
    * Ooku: The Inner Chambers (volumes 1 & 2), Fumi Yoshinaga (Viz Media)

The press release includes the following notes:

    Cloud & Ashes contains three memorable and poetic tales that draw images and elements from folk tales and ballads of the British Isles. Told in lyrical Jacobeanesque dialect, the stories are striking for their language and their originality.

    Juror Paul Kincaid praised Cloud & Ashes as "A book whose hold on your mind, on your memory, is assured. It is a story about story, and stories are what we are all made of." Jury chair Karen Fowler reflected on the intriguing complexity of the interwoven themes in the work: "Patterns repeat, but also mutate in kaleidoscopic fashion and then mutate again.... Power shiftts about, much of it gender-based; time eats itself like a Moebius strip."

    The first two stories in Cloud & Ashes were published previously. The first, "Jack Daw's Pack," was a Nebula finalist for 2001. The second, "A Crowd of Bone", won the 2003 World Fantasy Award. The third story, "Unleaving," is original to Cloud & Ashes.

    Fumi Yoshinaga's Ooku: The Inner Chambers (volumes 1 & 2) explores an alternate version of feudal Japan, in which a plague has killed three out of every four boys. In this world, young men are protected and sheltered; women have secretly taken positions of authority and power. The Japanese ruler or shogun and the feudal lords are women and much of the story takes place among the men in the shogun's harem. The title of the work refers to the living quarters for the shogun's harem, contained within Edo Castle.

    The selection of Ooku: The Inner Chambers marks the first time that manga has been chosen for the Tiptree Award. Though no one on the jury is an expert on manga or on Japanese history, the jurors fell in love with the detailed exploration of the world of these books, a world in which men are assumed to be weak and sickly, yet women still use symbolic masculinity to maintain power. Throughout the two books, Yoshinaga explores how the deep gendering of this society is both maintained and challenged by the alteration in ratios. "The result," juror Jude Feldman writes, "is a fascinating, subtle, and nuanced speculation with gender at its center."

    Ooku was awarded the Sense of Gender award by the Japanese Association of Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy (2005), the Excellence Award at Japan's Media Arts Festival (2006), and the Grand Prize in Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize (2009).

The full jury this year's Tiptree Award was: Karen Joy Fowler (chair), Jude Feldman, Paul Kincaid, Alexis Lothian, and Victor Raymond.

The honor list for this year is as follows:

    * "Beautiful White Bodies", Alice Sola Kim (Strange Horizons)
    * Distances, Vandana Singh (Aqueduct Press 2008)
    * "Galapagos", Caitlin R. Kiernan (Eclipse 3, Night Shade Books)
    * Lifelode, Jo Walton (NESFA Press 2009)
    * "Useless Things", Maureen F. McHugh (Eclipse 3, Night Shade Books)
    * "Wives", Paul Haines (X6, coeur de lion)

The press release adds:

    In addition, the jury wishes to extend a special honor to L. Timmel Duchamp's Marq'ssan Cycle, noting the importance of this stunning series, which envisions radical social and political change. Published over a period of four years, this five-book series began with Alanya to Alanya (Aqueduct Press, 2005) and concluded with Stretto (Aqueduct Press, 2008).

The awards will be presented at Wiscon at the end of May.

QuoteThe International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) has announced nominees for the fourth annual Scribe Awards, honoring excellence in licensed tie-in writing for books published in 2009.

Best Novel (Speculative Fiction)

    * Enemies & Allies, Kevin J. Anderson (Morrow)
    * Terminator Salvation: Cold War, Greg Cox (Titan)
    * Star Trek: A Singular Destiny, Keith R.A. DeCandido (Pocket)
    * Warhammer: Shamanslayer: A Gotrek and Felix Novel, Nathan Long (Black Library)
    * Star Trek: Vanguard: Open Secrets, Dayton Ward (Pocket)


Best Novel (General Fiction)

    * As the World Turns: The Man from Oakldale, "Henry Coleman" & Alina Adams (Pocket)
    * CSI: Brass in Pocket, Jeff Mariotte (Pocket Star)
    * Psych: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read, William Rabkin (Signet)

Best Adaptation (General and Speculative)

    * GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Max Allan Collins (Titan)
    * Countdown, Greg Cox (Ace)
    * The Tudors: Thy Will Be Done, Elizabeth Massie (Gallery)


Best Young Adult (Original and Adapted)

    * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Stacia Deutsch & Rhody Cohon (Simon Spotlight)
    * Bandslam: The Novel, Aaron Rosenberg (Price Stern Sloan)
    * Thunderbirds: Deadly Danger, Joan Marie Verba (FTL)

William Johnston received the Grandmaster Award. Other winners will be announced at a ceremony July 2010 at Comic-Con International in San Diego CA. Find out more at the IAMTW website.

Ovo je najgluplja nagrada ikada.

Prometheus Award Finalists

The Libertarian Futurist Society as released the finalists for this year's Prometheus Awards. They are as follows:
Best Novel

    * Hidden Empire, Orson Scott Card (TOR Books)
    * Makers, Cory Doctorow (TOR Books)
    * The Unincorporated Man, Dani and Eytan Kollin (TOR Books)
    * Liberating Atlantis, Harry Turtledove (ROC/Penguin Books)
    * The United States of Atlantis, Harry Turtledove (ROC/Penguin Books)

Hall of Fame

    * "As Easy as A.B.C.," a story by Rudyard Kipling (1912)
    * Cryptonomicon, a novel by Neal Stephenson (1999)
    * "No Truce with Kings," a story by Poul Anderson (1964)
    * "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman," a story by Harlan Ellison (1965)

The winners will be announced at Worldcon. Full details are available on the LFS press release page (http://www.lfs.org/releases.htm).

Bram Stoker Award Winners


The results of this year's Bram Stoker Awards have just been announced at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, England.


Tanith Lee and James Herbert have been named Grand Masters.

Basil Copper, Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan received Lifetime Achievement Awards.

The Richard Layman President's Award went to Vince Liaguno.

The Silver Hammer Award (for volunteer work on behalf of the Horror Writers' Association) went to Kathy Ptacek.

The Specialty Press Award went to Tartarus Press (Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker).

The Stoker winners were:

    * Novel: Audrey's Door, Sarah Langan (Harper)
    * First Novel: Damnable, Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
    * Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming, Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
    * Short Fiction: In The Porches Of My Ears, Norman Prentiss (PS Publishing)
    * Anthology: He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, Christopher Conlon (ed.) (Gauntlet Press)
    * Collection: A Taste of Tenderloin, Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)
    * Non-Fiction: Writers Workshop of Horror, Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
    * Poetry: Chimeric Machines, Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)

The Horror Writers' Association announced that new categories for Screenplay, Young Adult and Graphic Novel will be added to the Stokers (presumably from next year). In addition from next year the Stokers will be partially juried.

The six titles on the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award shortlist have been announced:

    * Spirit, Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)

    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan)

    * Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

    * Galileo's Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins)

    * Far North, Marcel Theroux (Faber & Faber)

    * Retribution Falls, Chris Wooding (Gollancz)


The winner will receive a £2010 prize and a commemorative engraved bookend. The winning title will be announced at the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival, April 28, 2010, in London, UK.

Lepa i mesana lista. Wooding se, doduse, malo izdvaja iz drustva ali se ne zalim, svidja mi se kako covek pise. Mrtva trka izmedju ostalih.

April 2, 2010

For Immediate Release

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced (valjda 2010, ako je meni ista jasno)

It was announced on Friday, April 2, at Norwescon 33, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2009 in the U.S.A. is:

BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books Spectra)

Special citation was given to:

CYBERABAD DAYS by Ian McDonald (Pyr)

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. The 2009 award was given to EMISSARIES OF THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos) in a tie with TERMINAL MIND by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press). The 2009 judges were Daniel Abraham (chair), Eileen Gunn, Karen Hellekson, Elaine Isaak, and Marc Laidlaw.

This year's judges are William Barton, Andy Duncan, Bruce McAllister, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and David Walton.

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced (valjda 2010, ako je meni ista jasno)
It was announced on Friday, April 2, at Norwescon 33, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2009 in the U.S.A. is:

BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books Spectra)


Jel' može ovo u čuveni topik Gluposti?

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Vidim da si pometen. Ne može se u aprilu 2010 glasati za 2010-tu.

Quote from: Melkor on 03-04-2010, 11:39:25
April 2, 2010

For Immediate Release

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced

It was announced on Friday, April 2, at Norwescon 33, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2009 in the U.S.A. is:

BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books Spectra)

Special citation was given to:

CYBERABAD DAYS by Ian McDonald (Pyr)

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. The 2009 award was given to EMISSARIES OF THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos) in a tie with TERMINAL MIND by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press). The 2009 judges were Daniel Abraham (chair), Eileen Gunn, Karen Hellekson, Elaine Isaak, and Marc Laidlaw.

This year's judges are William Barton, Andy Duncan, Bruce McAllister, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and David Walton.

Dakle, oni su pogresili, ili u nazivu ovogodisnje dodele, ili proslogodisnje... Nemoj ti mene da pomeces  ;)

April 2, 2010 (datum objave vesti)

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced (nagrada Philip K. Dick za 2009 - naziv nagrade)
first time during 2009 (prvi put tokom 2009)
BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books Spectra)

CYBERABAD DAYS by Ian McDonald (Pyr)

The 2009 award (nagrada je 2009-te)  was given to EMISSARIES OF THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos)

The 2009 (u 2009-toj)  judges were Daniel Abraham (chair), Eileen Gunn, Karen Hellekson, Elaine Isaak, and Marc Laidlaw.

This year's (ovogodišnje) judges are William Barton, Andy Duncan, Bruce McAllister, Melinda M. Snodgrass, and David Walton.

Ovo ti je, otprilike, prevod datuma. Smetnuo si s uma jedno veliko slovo. Jebote, kako čitaš na engleskom?
Ustvari, baš me briga, ali si sa "svojim" topikom tako opteretio sajt da se učitava beskrajno dugo.

QuoteJebote, kako čitaš na engleskom?

Brzo...

Quote from: scallop on 04-04-2010, 09:18:01
The 2009 award (nagrada je 2009-te)  was given to EMISSARIES OF THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos)

Mislis na ovo?

Pravo da ti kazem, uvek sam kapirao da je godina nagrade ona u kojoj se dodeljuje, a ne ona za koju se dodeljuje. Na primer, The 2009. Nebula nagrada mogla biti dodeljena i delu iz 2007. Cak su i prenosioci vesti izbegli da citiraju ove godine sa zvanicnog sajta vec su je preneli prepricano:

QuoteThe Philip K Dick Award for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2009 in the U.S.A. was announced...

QuoteC.L. Anderson's novel Bitter Angels won this year's Philip K. Dick Award, presented at Norwescon.

A ja, eto, nisam hteo da se pravim pametan  xwink2, pa sam samo c/p celu objavu

Нисам хтео да нижем мак на конац. Више ми смета топик "Глупости". Тамо сад неконтролисано линкују све и свашта па се оптерећује страна, топик, а и сајт. Да је мој сајт забранио бих такво повезивање. Посебно за материјал који није на нивоу сајта.

2010 Hugo Award Nominees

Best Novel
(699 Ballots)

   * Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
   * The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
   * Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
   * Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
   * Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog)
   * The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

Best Novella
(375 Ballots)

   * "Act One", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09) (http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_1003/art/Act-one.pdf)
   * The God Engines, John Scalzi (Subterranean)
   * "Palimpsest", Charles Stross (Wireless) (http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/hugo-noms/Palimpsest-published-for-hugos.html)
   * Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
   * "Vishnu at the Cat Circus", Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)
   * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)

Best Novelette
(402 Ballots)

   * "Eros, Philia, Agape", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09)
   * The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
   * "It Takes Two", Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three)
   * "One of Our Bastards is Missing", Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)
   * "Overtime", Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09)
   * "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)

Best Short Story
(432 Ballots)

   * "The Bride of Frankenstein", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/09)
   * "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
   * "The Moment", Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints)
   * "Non-Zero Probabilities", N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09)
   * "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)

Best Related Book
(259 Ballots)

   * Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)
   * Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees, Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
   * The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction, Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland)
   * On Joanna Russ, Farah Mendlesohn (ed.) (Wesleyan)
   * The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms, Helen Merrick (Aqueduct)
   * This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)

Best Graphic Story
(221 Ballots)

   * Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
   * Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
   * Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
   * Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
   * Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
(541 Ballots)

   * Avatar Screenplay and Directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
   * District 9 Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; Directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures)
   * Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
   * Star Trek Screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount)
   * Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; Directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
(282 Ballots)

   * Doctor Who: "The Next Doctor" Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales)
   * Doctor Who: "Planet of the Dead" Written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; Directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
   * Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
   * Dollhouse: "Epitaph 1″ Story by Joss Whedon; Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; Directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy)
   * FlashForward: "No More Good Days" Written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; Directed by David S. Goyer; based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer (ABC)

Best Editor, Long Form
(289 Ballots)

   * Lou Anders
   * Ginjer Buchanan
   * Liz Gorinsky
   * Patrick Nielsen Hayden
   * Juliet Ulman

Best Editor, Short Form
(419 Ballots)

   * Ellen Datlow
   * Stanley Schmidt
   * Jonathan Strahan
   * Gordon Van Gelder
   * Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist
(327 Ballots)

   * Bob Eggleton
   * Stephan Martiniere
   * John Picacio
   * Daniel Dos Santos
   * Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine
(377 Ballots)

   * Ansible edited by David Langford
   * Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
   * Interzone edited by Andy Cox
   * Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
   * Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal

Best Fan Writer
(319 Ballots)

   * Claire Brialey
   * Christopher J Garcia
   * James Nicoll
   * Lloyd Penney
   * Frederik Pohl

Best Fanzine
(298 Ballots)

   * Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
   * Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
   * CHALLENGER edited by Guy H. Lillian III
   * Drink Tank edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
   * File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
   * StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith

Best Fan Artist
(199 Ballots)

   * Brad W. Foster
   * Dave Howell
   * Sue Mason
   * Steve Stiles
   * Taral Wayne

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
(356 Ballots)

   * Saladin Ahmed
   * Gail Carriger
   * Felix Gilman *
   * Seanan McGuire
   * Lezli Robyn *

*(Second year of eligibility)

A total of 864 nomination ballots were cast.


još veselja sa godinama :D

Dobitnik memorijalne nagrade ,,Љубомир Дамњановић" za najbolju pricu objavljenu u Emitoru, sezona 2008/2009, je:

Милош Цветковић: ,,Причест"

iz Emitora 474, "zombi hemitora".


Prigodna ceremonija odrzana je 05.04.2010. u prostorijama Doma Omladine Beograd i kluba "Brod". Afterparty je bio u "Blow up" baru. Organizatori se zahvaljuju svima koji su glasali.

e, super, i ja bih glasao za nju da sam član LK.

čestitam.

Hvala!

Fino! Čestitke i od mene!
xcheers

Još kad bih uspio nabaviti gdjegod tu priču pa da je pročitam. Male su šanse da ću doći u posjed tog zombi hemitora. :(

da čitaš? bolje sačekaj da snime film.

Quote from: Ygg on 06-04-2010, 14:04:52Još kad bih uspio nabaviti gdjegod tu priču pa da je pročitam. Male su šanse da ću doći u posjed tog zombi hemitora.

Ukradi od Harvestera!

Znam da Harvi ima nekoliko Emitora ali nisam znao da ima i taj. Odlično! Onda neće biti problema. Bar se nadam...

Quote from: Ygg on 06-04-2010, 15:28:32
Znam da Harvi ima nekoliko Emitora ali nisam znao da ima i taj. Odlično! Onda neće biti problema. Bar se nadam...

kad je taj fundamentol u pitanju, bojim se ćeš prvo morati da se pričestiš!

@Miloš:    xcheers

Hvala, hvala...

Samo napred, Miloshe!  :|

Ovako sam ja

Quote from: Melkor on 03-04-2010, 11:39:25
April 2, 2010

For Immediate Release

2009 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced (valjda 2010, ako je meni ista jasno)

It was announced on Friday, April 2, at Norwescon 33, in SeaTac, Washington, that the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2009 in the U.S.A. is:

BITTER ANGELS by C. L. Anderson (Ballantine Books Spectra)

Special citation was given to:

CYBERABAD DAYS by Ian McDonald (Pyr)

a ovako Locus preneo

QuoteThe 2010 Philip K. Dick Award winner was announced on Friday, April 2, 2010 at Norwescon 33, in SeaTac WA. The winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2009 in the US is:

Bitter Angels, C.L. Anderson (Ballantine Spectra)

2009 BSFA Award Winners

Winners of the 2009 British Science Fiction Association Awards have been announced:

Best Novel

    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan)

    * Ark, Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
    * Lavinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz)
    * Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Short Fiction

   * "The Beloved Time of Their Lives" , Ian Watson & Roberto Quaglia (The Beloved of My Beloved)

    * "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", Eugie Foster (Interzone #220)
    * The Push, Dave Hutchinson (Newcon Press)
    * "Johnnie and Emmie-Lou Get Married", Kim Lakin-Smith (Interzone #222)
    * "Vishnu at the Cat Circus", Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)
    * "The Assistant", Ian Whates (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)

Best Artwork

    * Cover of Desolation Road by Ian McDonald, Stephan Martiniere

    * Cover art project for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Nitzan Klamer
    * "Emerald", Stephanie Pui-Min Law
    * Covers of Interzone issues #220, #224, and #225, by Adam Tredowski

Best Non-Fiction

    * Mutant Popcorn film column, Nick Lowe (Interzone)

    * Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)
    * "I Didn't Dream of Dragons", Deepa D. (Deepa D.'s Blog)
    * A Short History of Fantasy, Farah Mendlesohn & Edward James (Middlesex University Press)

Winners were announced at Eastercon, held April 2-5 2010 in Heathrow, London, UK.

U Politici od 6. aprila

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sirota POLITIKA - videli naslov priče pa pomislili da je to nešto bogougodno te stoga materijal za njih!  :evil: :twisted:

Upoznati su oni o čemu se radi ;)

milošovu nagrđenu priču možete čitati za dž, onlajn, kod čiča draže:

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pročitah, svaka čast miloše

Meni se priča uopšte nije dopala.
Miloše, ništa lično, ukusi su različiti.
Ne znam, meni su  izrazi tipa : truli impotentni kurac, drkanje po ikonama, jebanje mrtve mačke i slično, stvarno bezveze.. to ne može da me ni isprovocira ni zgadi, jednostavno osećam prazninu kad tako nešto čitam. Pola priče mi deluje kao obični anticrkveni pamflet.
Probajte sad da ne skočite svi na mene, ponavljam ukusi su različiti.

Priča nije anticrkveni pamflet.
A što se tiče toga što si ovde naveo (i što ne treba da te zgadi, nije u tome poenta), to si izvukao iz konteksta i molio bih te da to više ne radiš, pošto tako zvuči zlonamerno (ne kažem da jeste, ali tako deluje). Ako želiš, objasniću ti (na pm) zašto ta scena postoji u priči, iako to ne volim da radim (da objašnjavam ono što sam napisao).
Dakle, nemam ja problem što ti se ne sviđa priča, i da je samo to u pitanju ne bih ni reagovao, ali imam problem sa komentarima koji će nekog drugog, potencijalog čitaoca navesti na pogrešan trag, a tvoj komentar je upravo takav.

Dajte da mi prvo utvrdimo je li taj pop pravoslavan i u svetlu toga da promislimo Miloševu zlonamernost.

Inače, s obzirom na moju "naklonost" prozi ovog tipa, mislim da je ova priča prilično solidna.

Miloše, pošalji slobodno na pm.
Ja sam stekao takav utisak o priči. Nije mi cilj da bilo koga navodim na išta, niti od toga imam bilo šta. Samo kažem kako sam je ja doživeo, ako kažem da mi se priča ne sviđa, valjda je red da kažem zašto, a ne da samo onako ostavim ,, ne sviđa mi se ''. Mislim da takav pristup zaista ne bi bio pošten.
Nema potrebe za ikakvim tenzijama, svako mora biti svestan da se njegova priča neće svima dopasti. Ako sam pogrešno razumeo priču, nije nikakav problem da to ispravim.

Nema tenzija, evo sad ću ti skuckati pm...

Ja koji u crkvu ulazim samo sa upaljenom bakljom zaista ne vidim kakav je ovo anticrkveni pamflet. Da, jedan od likova u afektu izriče neke stvari koje deluju kao stereotipne anticrkvene parole, ali to očigledno nije poenta priče. Štaviše, koliko god cinično iskrivljena poenta na kraju bila, nema sumnje u to da je ovde sveštenik predstavljen kao figura koja istinski brine o svojoj pastvi i stara se onjoj. Dakle, nije to baš tako anticrkeveno koliko ume da bude.

Ok, Milosh mi je sad razjasnio neke dileme koje sam imao, oko koncepta ove priče.
Shvatio sam je na pogrešan način.
U svakom slučaju, nikako mi nije bila namera da Miloshu odvlačim čitaoce, niti bilo šta slično.

Ja sam užasnut što je Miloš pokleknuo pred tvojim opservacijama i pružio ti pojašnjenje. Onda sledeći put nek piše esej a ne priču, jebiga.

Zašto si užasnut ? Valjda je potrebna komunikacija pisac- čitalac ? Šta je problem da se razjasni nešto, ako nije jasno ? Bolje je to, nego da još neki čitalac pogrešno razume priču.

Pa, Meho, poslao sam mu pm (samo i jedino njemu i nikom više!), baš zato da ne bi ispalo da javno pojašnjavam, kad ono...

Znam da sad zvučim kao neviđeni drkadžija, ali Eriopse, ako sam ti poslao pm umesto da to isto pišem na forumu to onda znači da ne želim da moja objašnjenja (pa čak ni citirani fragmenti) budu javna. Hajde, molim te, ako ti nije teško malo izedituj ovaj tvoj pretposlednji post (tj. ukloni drugu rečenicu), a ako još neko pogrešno razume priču neka bude tako... Hvala.

Uklonio sam taj post, ne vidim čemu tajnovitost, ali ako je tvoja želja, ok ispraviću.

Bolje je tako... Hvala još jednom, a posebno hvala što si uopšte pročitao priču i odlučio da daš (kakav god) komentar.

Dakle, ovo je bilo one time only, ako je još neko pogrešno razumeo priču moraće da živi sa tim (a i ja...). :evil:

Živimo i sa težim stvarima, pa ćemo i sa ovim, ali... ne treba to da pređe u praksu. Komunikacija između čitaoca i autora? Pa, može, ali zamisli situaciju u kojoj Džejmsu Džojsu dolazi petsto ili hiljadu čitalaca da im pojasni da li je Blumovo ponašanje u crkvi "anticrkveno" i da li je orgazam koji mlada devojka ima na plaži gledajući Blumovu muževnu figuru zapravo dečija pornografija.

Hoću da kažem, kad neko već čita ili piše prozu onda treba da poštuje njen umetnički integritet a ne da je tretira kao pamfletsko štivo.

dobra priča, ali falila mi je reč duhovnik.

Meni je priča okej, svidela mi se. Svaka čast Miloše. Nisam neki ljubitelj zombija i 'orora, ali ovo je bilo okej skroz.  xjap

Žiri u sastavu Mihaela Marija Perković (predsjednica žirija), Petra Bulić, Tihomir Macek, Irena Rašeta, Davor Šišović i Monika Tresk te Žarko Radulović, Ivana D. Horvatinčić i Tatjana Jambrišak kao rezervni članovi, odlučio je o ovogodišnjim dobitnicima nagrade SFERA, jedine žanrovske nagrade u Hrvatskoj, za djela objavljena tijekom protekle godine. And the winners are ...

    * najbolja minijatura: Zoran Janjanin, Quare desperamus? (Treća stvarnost, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2009.)
    * najbolja kratka priča: Milena Benini, Plesati zajedno pod polariziranim nebom (Priče o dinosaurima, Pučko otvoreno učilište, Pazin, 2009.)
    * najbolja priča: Zoran Vlahović, Svaki put kad se rastajemo ... (Ubiq 5, Mentor, Zagreb, 2009.)
    * najbolji roman: Damir Hoyka, Xavia (VBZ, Zagreb, 2009.)
    * najbolji roman za djecu: Ivana D. Horvatinčić, Pegazari (Knjiga u centru, Zagreb, 2009.)
    * najbolja drama: Tanja Radović, zbirka drama Ledeno doba (Meandar, Zagreb, 2009.)
    * najbolja ilustracija u boji: Tomislav Tikulin, ilustracija naslovnice Staklene knjige kradljivaca snova Gordona Dahlquista (Algoritam, Zagreb, 2009.)

Potpuni WTF za Xaviju...

Shirley Jackson Nominees

Nominees for the third annual Shirley Jackson Award, presented for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic, have been announced. The winners will be announced at Readercon 21 in Burlington, MA, the weekend of July 8.

Novel

    * Big Machine, by Victor LaValle
    * Last Days, by Brian Evenson
    * The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters
    * The Owl Killers, by Karen Maitland
    * The Red Tree, by Caitlin R. Kiernan
    * White is for Witching, by Helen Oyeyemi

Novella

    * The Language of Dying, by Sarah Pinborough
    * Midnight Picnic, by Nick Antosca
    * "Sea-Hearts," by Margo Lanagan
    * Shrike, by Quentin Crisp
    * Vardøger, by Stephen Volk
    * The Witnesses are Gone, by Joel Lane

Novelette

    * "Catch Hell," by Laird Barron
    * "Each Thing I Show You Is a Piece of My Death," by Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer
    * "Lonegan's Luck," by Stephen Graham Jones
    * "Morality," by Stephen King
    * The Night Cache, by Andy Duncan

Short Story

    * "The Crevasse," by Dale Bailey and Nathan Ballingrud
    * "Faces," by Aimee Bender
    * "The Jacaranda Smile," by Gemma Files
    * "The Pelican Bar," by Karen Joy Fowler
    * "Procedure in Plain Air," by Jonathan Lethem
    * "Strappado," by Laird Barron

Single-Author Collection

    * Everland and Other Stories, by Paul Witcover
    * Fugue State, by Brian Evenson
    * Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical, by Robert Shearman
    * There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
    * Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, by Kevin Wilson
    * Zoo, by Otsuichi

Edited Anthology

    * Apparitions, edited by Michael Kelly
    * British Invasion, edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore
    * Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations, edited by Danel Olson
    * Lovecraft Unbound, edited by Ellen Datlow
    * Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Ellen Datlow

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Quote from: Neil Gaiman
I was just awarded the Kurt Vonnegut literature award. Photo by Daniel Axler.

2010 Locus Awards Finalists

The top five finalists in each category of the 2010 Locus Awards have been announced. Winners will be presented during the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 25-27, 2010. Tickets are still available.

Science Fiction Novel

    * The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker (Subterranean; Tor)
    * Steal Across the Sky, Nancy Kress (Tor)
    * Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
    * Galileo's Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperVoyager; Ballantine Spectra)
    * Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Fantasy Novel

    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
    * Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett (Harper; Doubleday UK)
    * Drood, Dan Simmons (Little, Brown)
    * Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
    * Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)

First Novel

    * The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
    * The Manual of Detection, Jedediah Berry (Penguin)
    * Soulless, Gail Carriger (Orbit US)
    * Lamentation, Ken Scholes (Tor)
    * Norse Code, Greg van Eekhout (Ballantine Spectra)

Young-Adult Novel

    * The Hotel Under the Sand, Kage Baker (Tachyon)
    * Going Bovine, Libba Bray (Delacorte)
    * Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic; Scholastic UK)
    * Liar, Justine Larbalestier (Bloomsbury; Allen & Unwin Australia)
    * Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Novella

    * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
    * "Act One", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09)
    * "Vishnu at the Cat Circus", Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)
    * Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
    * "Palimpsest", Charles Stross (Wireless)

Novelette

    * "By Moonlight", Peter S. Beagle (We Never Talk About My Brother)
    * "It Takes Two", Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three)
    * "First Flight", Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor.com 8/25/09)
    * "Eros, Philia, Agape", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/3/09)
    * "The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)

Short Story

    * "The Pelican Bar", Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three)
    * "An Invocation of Incuriosity", Neil Gaiman (Songs of the Dying Earth)
    * "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)
    * "Going Deep", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 6/09)
    * "Useless Things", Maureen F. McHugh (Eclipse Three)

Magazine

    * Analog
    * Asimov's
    * Clarkesworld
    * F&SF
    * Tor.com

Publisher

    * Baen
    * Night Shade
    * Pyr
    * Subterranean
    * Tor

Anthology

    * Lovecraft Unbound, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse)
    * The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, eds. (Eos; HarperCollins Australia)
    * The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)
    * Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Subterranean)
    * Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)

Collection

    * We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
    * Cyberabad Days, Ian McDonald (Pyr)
    * Wireless, Charles Stross (Ace, Orbit UK)
    * The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (Tor); as The Very Best of Gene Wolfe (PS)
    * The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny: Volumes 1-6, Roger Zelazny (NESFA)

Editor

    * Ellen Datlow
    * Gardner Dozois
    * David G. Hartwell
    * Jonathan Strahan
    * Gordon Van Gelder

Artist

    * Stephan Martinière
    * John Picacio
    * Shaun Tan
    * Charles Vess
    * Michael Whelan

Non-fiction/Art Book

    * Powers: Secret Histories, John Berlyne (PS)
    * Spectrum 16: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
    * Cheek by Jowl, Ursula K. Le Guin (Aqueduct)
    * This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)
    * Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess, Charles Vess (Dark Horse)

Author Blog Awards 2010

The Winners!

We've had an unbelievable response to the nominations and voting stages with thousands of readers and writers supporting their favourite author blogs.

The results of the author blog awards were announced at the London book fair 2010. Congratulations to the Winners and a bit thank you to everyone who voted.

The winners come in three categories:

Best published author blog
Winner: Emily Benet emilybenet.blogspot.com
Runners-up: Cleolinda Jones cleolinda.livejournal.com & Jackie Morris drawingalineintime.blogspot.com

Best author microblog
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Čajna dobi Artura Č Klarka treći put u karijeri. Svaka čast!

China Miéville has become the first author to win the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award on three separate occasions.

His novel The City & The City (Macmillan) was one of six novels shortlisted for the Award, the UK's premier prize for science fiction literature.

Speaking after the announcement China Miéville said:

'This has been a truly fantastic shortlist: it's been a huge honour to be on it, shortlists being probably the most important aspect of any award. And now after all that is the astonishment of hearing that my book won. I couldn't be more moved by and grateful for the honour the judges have done this book."

china_video.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9eRg88Dd0#lq-lq2-hq-vhq-hd)

Chair of the Judges Paul Billinger, said:

"Having now chaired the judging meetings for a number of years I keep expecting that just once the choice of winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award will be clear and obvious: but not this year. The decision was incredible close but in the end The City and the City just came out ahead."

Tom Hunter, administrator for the Arthur C. Clarke Award added:

"The reaction to this year's shortlist has been amazing, and the discussion so genuinely impassioned. What's pleased me most has been the fact that every book shortlisted this year has had it's camp of enthusiastic advocates, and I don't think there's been a list that's been a tougher call than this for many a year.

"I delighted with this result for China. The City & The City is a brilliant book by one our greatest writers, in any genre, and a fantastic result for the Arthur C. Clarke Award."

China Miéville has previously won the Award with Perdido Street Station in 2001 and Iron Council in 2005.

Authors Pat Cadigan and Geoff Ryman have also both won twice in the Award's twenty-four year history.

This year's six shortlisted titles were selected from a long list of forty-one eligible submissions put forward by seventeen different publishing houses and imprints.

The annual award is presented for the best science fiction novel of the year, and selected from a list of novels whose UK first edition was published in the previous calendar year.

The winner receives a prize of £2010 along with a commemorative engraved bookend.

The judging panel for the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award were Chris Hill and Jon Courtenay Grimwood for the British Science Fiction Association, Francis Spufford and Rhiannon Lassiter for the Science Fiction Foundation and Paul Skevington for the science fiction news website SF Crowsnest.com. Paul Billinger represented the Arthur C. Clarke Award as the Chair of Judges.

Award Administrator Tom Hunter and editor of SFX Magazine David Bradley, media partners of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, presented the prize in front of a full house of publishers, authors and members of the science fiction community at a special award ceremony held on the opening night of the SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival: www.sci-fi-london.com (http://www.sci-fi-london.com)

2009 Shirley Jackson Award Shortlist

— posted Friday 30 April 2010 @ 2:26 pm PDT

The 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

Novel

    * Last Days, Brian Evenson (Underland)
    * The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
    * Big Machine, Victor LaValle (Speigel & Grau)
    * The Owl Killers, Karen Maitland (Delacorte)
    * White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi (Nan A. Talese)
    * The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters (Riverhead)

Novella

    * Midnight Picnic, Nick Antosca (Word Riot)
    * Shrike, Quentin S. Crisp (PS)
    * "Sea-Hearts", Margo Lanagan (X6)
    * The Witnesses are Gone, Joel Lane (PS)
    * The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough (PS)
    * Vardøger, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar)

Novelette

    * "Catch Hell", Laird Barron (Lovecraft Unbound)
    * The Night Cache, Andy Duncan (PS)
    * "each thing i show you is a piece of my death", Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer  (Clockwork Phoenix 2)
    * "Lonegan's Luck", Stephen Graham Jones (New Genre 6)
    * "Morality", Stephen King (Esquire)

Short Story

    * "The Crevasse", Dale Bailey & Nathan Ballingrud (Lovecraft Unbound)
    * "Strappado", Laird Barron (Poe)
    * "Faces", Aimee Bender (The Paris Review, Winter '09)
    * "The Jacaranda Smile", Gemma Files (Apparitions)
    * "The Pelican Bar", Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse 3)
    * "Procedure in Plain Air", Jonathan Lethem (The New Yorker 10/26/09)

Single-Author Collection

    * Fugue State, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
    * Zoo, Otsuichi (Haikasoru)
    * There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Penguin)
    * Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
    * Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, Kevin Wilson (Harper Perennial)
    * Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover (PS)

Edited Anthology

    * Lovecraft Unbound, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse)
    * Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)
    * British Invasion, Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, & James A. Moore, eds. (Cemetery Dance)
    * Apparitions, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow Publications)
    * Exotic Gothic 3, Danel Olson, ed. (Ash Tree)

The awards will be presented at Readercon 21 in Burlington, Massachusetts, July 8-11, 2010, with guest of honor Nalo Hopkinson hosting.

Jel' taj Mjevil zaista valja, ili je u pitanju hajp?

U pitanju je hajp... ali opravdani  8-) Doduse, znam i ljude kojima je bio dosadan. Bezi od jedine prevedene knjige u nas. Inace, The City & The City se potpuno razlikuje od svega sto je do tada napisao tako da ne znam koliko bi, samo on, bio relevantan za procenu njegovog lika i dela.

Oto Oltvanji o Mievilu i "Gradu i gradu"
http://www.otooltvanji.com/?p=361 (http://www.otooltvanji.com/?p=361)

Zvuchi to dosta dobro...verovatno cu ga overiti.

Prevode generalno izbegavam kada su u pitanju jezici koje znam, tako da mi ovde u sluchaj dolaze samo originalna izdanja.

Pa nije da će neko ovde da ga objavi :/

Best Fannish Cat  xrofl

May 4th, 2010
This year's Australian NatCon, held in conjunction with Aussiecon 4, will be a lighthearted affair. As you might guess from the name, Dudcon, they are not taking themselves very seriously. They will, of course, present the Ditmar Awards, but alongside that they have resurrected a legendary Australian fan award: Best Fannish Cat.

According to their website, the rules of the award are as follows:

   1. Only financial members of Dudcon III (49th Australian National SF Convention) are eligible to nominate for this award and may nominate up to three different nominees.
   2. Only financial members of Dudcon III (49th Australian National SF Convention) are eligible to vote for this award.
   3. Nominees must be natural members of the species Felis Catus.
   4. Nominees must be resident in Australia at the time of nomination.
   5. Nominees must be alive at the time of nomination.
   6. Nominators may be asked to substantiate the "Fannish" aspect of the nominee. Ownership by or association with fans would ordinarily be sufficient.
   7. This rule intentionally left blank.
   8.
   9. All decisions of the award committee will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

In the spirit of our Recommendation Lists we invite persons owned by fannish cats who qualify for nomination to link to pictures of their owners in comments below. LOLcat captions are optional.

SFWA has announced that this year's Nebula Awards ceremony will be streamed live over the Internet. Coverage begins at 7:00 pm EDT on Saturday, May 15 and can be found at http://sfwa.org/nebula-awards-live-broadcast. (http://sfwa.org/nebula-awards-live-broadcast.) Our congratulations to SFWA on this excellent innovation.

Uh, EDT je UTC -4, zači to je kod nas u... 12?

Sta ga znam, ja sam, za divno cudo, prespavao

Nebula Awards Results

The 2009 Nebula Awards (the Nebulas are dated for the nominal year of publication, not the year of presentation) were presented tonight at a ceremony at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The ceremony was streamed live over the internet, and despite a few technical glitches, it was great to be able to watch the ceremony as it happened. According to UStream, at least 158 people watched the live stream. The awards announced tonight were:

Novel

   * The Windup Girl – Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books, Sep09)

Novella

   * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, Jun09)

Novelette

   * "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" – Eugie Foster (Interzone, Feb09)

Short Story

   * "Spar" – Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct09)

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

   * " District 9" Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star, Aug09)

Andre Norton Award

   * The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making – Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente, Jun09)

Joe Haldeman was inducted as Damon Knight Grand Master by Connie Willis. Neil Barret Jr. was recognized as Author Emeritus. Other Awards previously announced were also presented, as detailed in the official announcement.

Vrlo dobro! Yay za Ket Valente i Baćigalupija!

"Spar" – Kij Johnson

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_10_09/ (http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_10_09/)


Uh, sad se setih da sam čitao to... cela priča je maratonska sesija ružnog jebanja...

Uf, kad to tako kazes, ruzno zvuci. Odlicna je prica, maestralne egzekucije. Doduse jedna od onih kojima treba bar 2 citanja.

Jeste kako ti kažeš ali jeste i kako ja kažem :)

jeste kako melkor kaze...steta sto nije i kako ti kazes, bila bi jos bolja :)

The 2010 Prix Aurora Awards (http://www.revue-solaris.com/apropos/english.htm) winners were announced at Keycon 27, held May 21-23, 2010 in Winnipeg, Canada.

Best Novel in English:
Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada)

Best Novel in French:
Suprématie, Laurent McAllister (pen name of Jean-Louis Trudel & Yves Meynard) (Bragelonne)

Best Short-Form Work in English:
"Pawns Dreaming of Roses", Eileen Bell (Women of the Apocalypse)

Best Short-Form Work in French:
"Ors blancs", Alain Bergeron (Solaris #117)

Best Work in English (Other):
Women of the Apocalypse, Eileen Bell, Roxanne Felix, Billie Milholland, & Ryan McFadden (Absolute Xpress)

Best Work In French (Other):
Solaris, Joël Champetier, ed.

Artistic Achievement:
Steel Whispers cover, Dan O'Driscoll (Bundoran)

Fan Accomplishment (Fanzine):
WCFSAZine, R. Graeme Cameron, ed.

Fan Accomplishment (Organization):
Filk Hall of Fame, David Hayman

Fan Accomplishment (Other):
Astronomy Lecture at USS Hudson Bay, Ray Badgerow

http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/05/bacigalupi-wins-2010-compton-crook-award/ (http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/05/bacigalupi-wins-2010-compton-crook-award/)

The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (http://www.bsfs.org/)  has announced that Paolo Bacigalupi is the winner of the 2010 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award (http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsccnu.htm) for The Windup Girl (Night Shade).

The award will be presented at Balticon 44 (http://www.balticon.org/), where Bacigalupi will receive an award plaque and check for $1,000 on May 28, 2010, during the convention's opening ceremonies.

Finalists were Dying Bites, by D.D. Barant (St. Martin's), Soulless, by Gail Carriger (Orbit), and Johannes Cabal, the Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard (Doubleday). Selection is by vote of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society membership.



http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/05/2010-theodore-sturgeon-memorial-award-finalists/ (http://www.locusmag.com/News/2010/05/2010-theodore-sturgeon-memorial-award-finalists/)

The finalists for the 2010 Theodore Sturgeon Award (http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/sturgeon-finalists.htm) have been announced:

    * "Things Undone", John Barnes (Baen's Universe 12/09)
    * "This Wind Blowing, and this Tide", Damien Broderick (Asimov's 4-5/09)
    * "As Women Fight", Sara Genge (Asimov's 10-11/09)
    * "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)
    * "Blood Dauber", Ted Kosmatka & Michael Poore (Asimov's 12/09)
    * "Cockatrice", Tanith Lee (Fantasy Magazine 10/09)
    * Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
    * "Her Voice in a Bottle", Tim Pratt (Subterranean Winter '09)
    * "True Fame" Robert Reed (Asimov's 4-5/09)
    * "The Death of Che Guevara", Lewis Shiner (Subterranean Fall '09)
    * "Eros, Philia, Agape", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com)
    * "The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)

Kij Johnson, a juror, has removed her story from consideration. The award will be presented during the Campbell Conference Awards Banquet (http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell-conference.htm), to be held July 16-18, 2010 at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Književnik Đorđe Milosavljević dobitnik je nagrade "Isidora Sekulić" za roman "Đavo i mala gospođa", u izdanju beogradske "Lagune", saopštio je žiri.

Sidewise Award Finalists

The finalists for this year's Sidewise Awards (for works of alternate history) are as follows:

Short Form

    * Paul Di Filippo, "Yes, We Have No Bananas," Eclipse 3, Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Night Shade Books
    * Alastair Reynolds, "The Fixation," The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume 3, George Mann (ed.), Solaris
    * Chris Roberson, "Edison's Frankenstein," Postscripts 20/21
    * Bruce Sterling, "Black Swan," Interzone (April 2009)
    * Sarah Zettel, "The Persistence of Souls," The Shadow Conspiracy, Phyllis Irene Radford & Laura Anne Gilman (eds.), Book View Café

Long Form

    * Robert Conroy, 1942, Ballantine

In the announcement email Steven H Silver notes that there is only one finalist in the Long Form category, but adds that No Award is a legal option for the jury. The people who will make that decision are: Stephen Baxter, Evelyn Leeper, Jim Rittenhouse, Stu Shiffman, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver.

2010 Locus Awards Winners

— posted Saturday 26 June 2010 @ 3:25 pm PDT

The 2010 Locus Awards winners were announced at the annual Science Fiction Awards Weekend, held June 25-27, 2010 in Seattle, WA. The Awards were covered live, and a full report will appear in the August issue.

Best SF Novel:

    * Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)

Best Fantasy Novel:

    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)

Best First Novel:

    * The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

Best Young Adult Book:

    * Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Best Novella:

    * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)

Best Novelette:

    * ''By Moonlight'', Peter S. Beagle (We Never Talk About My Brother)

Best Short Story:

    * ''An Invocation of Incuriosity'', Neil Gaiman (Songs of the Dying Earth)

Best Anthology:

    * The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, eds. (Eos; HarperCollins Australia)

Best Collection:

    * The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (Tor); as The Very Best of Gene Wolfe (PS)

Best Non-Fiction Book/Art Book:

    * Cheek by Jowl, Ursula K. Le Guin (Aqueduct)

Best Artist:

    * Michael Whelan

Best Editor:

    * Ellen Datlow

Best Magazine:

    * The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Best Book Publisher:
    * Tor

A Genre Like Any Other


It is Booker Prize season again, and therefore time for wailing and gnashing of teeth around the blogosphere.

First up, if you want to see the long list, it can be found here.

And now the controversy. Last year, you may remember, Kim Stanley Robinson complained about the lack of recognition for his type of novel, and Booker judge John Mullan made a complete ass of himself by saying that the award didn't look at science fiction because SF is, "bought by a special kind of person who has special weird things they go to and meet each other." Unsurprisingly, a few noses were put out of joint.

This year the chairman of the judges, Andrew Motion, has tried to head off any discussion by insisting that, despite the apparent lack of SF on the list, the jury did not "consciously" exclude it. That, of course, is exactly the same argument put forward by people defending all-white-male award lists. It is the "I'm not racist/sexist/etc., it is just that the books by white men are better than anything else" argument.

Motion compounds this with a foray into victim politics. According to The Guardian he said, "the Man Booker prize was an award for literary fiction and there were plenty of prizes for crime and sci-fi."

That, of course, is as clear an admission as you can get that the Booker is not a general award for the "best" books of the year, but actually a very specific award for a very specific type of book: "literary fiction".

Remember, the whole point of genre is that it is a marketing tool aimed at helping readers find "more like this". Books are identified as belonging to a genre if they have common tropes, a small subset of expected plot structures, and generally are predictable. People whose reading is confined to a particular genre are people who don't like reading outside of their comfort zone. Clearly Motion is one of those people.

Exactly how a "literary fiction" novel is identified is not clear, though I'm sure that Motion will know one when he sees one, just as Damon Knight did for SF. Anecdotally such books have been about middle-aged university professors with unhappy marriages who have affairs, and indeed sex seems to be an important trope as Motion bemoans the lack of it in this year's potential nominees. The important point, however, is that "literary fiction" is not defined by being well written, it is defined by the fact that it conforms to the expectations of the literary fiction genre. A book that is well written, but does not conform to the expectations of "literary fiction" is, in Motion's eyes, not a potential Booker candidate.

On the other side of the fence, Paul Graham Raven argues that we in the SF ghetto should not care if Motion and his pals don't read our books. Indeed, we should worry if they did, because if they outside world ever finds out what we are up to, and starts to like it, our art will be horribly polluted by their attention.

This is exactly the same argument I am used to hearing from the crusties at Worldcon. "Don't pay any attention to the likes of Dragon*Con and Comic-Con," they wail, "if the sort of people who attend those events came to Worldcon our little club would be ruined, ruined I tell you!"

There's a certain type of person who likes living in a ghetto, who likes having exclusive interests that few other people share. Often such people feel better if the outside world despises them, because it makes them feel even more special. And if that's what they want to do, fine, but they shouldn't expect everyone else with similar interests to want to stay in the ghetto with them. After all, for the writers (and publishers) there is money at stake; lots of it.

Of course popular culture has already invaded the science fiction ghetto. For the most part SF outsells literary fiction very nicely thank you. SF&F books can often be found on the NYT best seller lists. Sometimes they are by big names such as Rowling, Pratchett and Gaiman; in other cases they are franchised works such as the Star Wars novels (some of which are written by favorite authors of mine such as Karen Traviss and Sean Williams). So it is, I think, ridiculous to argue that SF would come to any further harm by being associated with the Booker.

What that association would do, however, is improve the sales prospects of some of the best writers in our field. Because while the Booker judges might think that their prize is only for that small subset of books that they identify as "literary", the media and the book trade treat it as a prize for the best book of the year. Books that make the long list can expect a huge bump in sales, and the winner is guaranteed a print run in the millions.

That is why the Booker matters. If Motion and his pals want to have an award just for the sort of books that they like, that's fine by me, but they have no right to claim that their little genre is any better than anyone else's genre, and the media and book trade should not treat them as if it is.

The funny thing is, of course, that last year the Booker went to an historical novel, Wolf Hall, which is most definitely not a work in the literary fiction genre. Furthermore, this year there's at least one other apparent historical fiction book on the long list. Except that, as I noted a few days ago, it is actually the first book in a trilogy of novels about immortality, with at least one immortal character in it. So despite Mr. Motion's protestations, the Booker judges do have an SF novel on the list. It must have been the lack of talking squid that confused them.

http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?p=9200 (http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?p=9200)

Quote from: Amanda Robin on 29-07-2010, 10:01:08
Because while the Booker judges might think that their prize is only for that small subset of books that they identify as "literary", the media and the book trade treat it as a prize for the best book of the year.

Tu je, valjda, poenta.

pa, valjda bi trebala biti, ali đavo ga zna gde je zapravo.
Sećam se jedne rasprave o istoj temi u kojoj je jedan baja mrtav-ladan izjavio kako je suludo očekivati da za respektabilnu nagradu mogu/trebaju konkurisati knjige sa ritardiranim naslovnicama kakve se već u žanru mogu naći.  :(

A onda tu bude i stoički getoiziranih mišljenja kao što je ovo:

Booker Prize longlist snubs genre fiction (again); should we give a damn?
Paul Raven @ 28-07-2010

It's that time of year once again where Britain's booklovers (and others around the world) get to see and discuss the longlist of nominations for the prestigious Booker Prize. And, as is traditional, there's a complete lack of genre fiction on it; cue much kvetching from the genre fiction scene. (Like we need an excuse, right?)
At the risk of sounding contrarian, I really don't think it matters. Sure, there's the argument that genre titles and authors would benefit from the prestige and exposure, but in response I'd say you can't miss what you've never had, and Dan Brown's certainly not suffering from lack of acclaim by juried prizes (more's the pity).

What we love to read just isn't widely appreciated; perhaps it could be (if we assume that the sort of person who consciously chooses "literary" fiction over any other sort is no more picky or prejudiced than someone who consciously expresses a preference for "genre" fiction, and that they would be influenced toward something they previously turned their noses up at because of an award nomination, which are pretty big assumptions, not to mention ones that probably wouldn't wash if you reversed the polarity of the preferences in question), but it's not. And while I'd love for the authors I most enjoy to be rich, successful and still cranking out great books, I really struggle to care that they're not on that list.
As a cautionary parable, I'd point out that this reminds me of the way I and my fellow thrash metal fans at college used to bemoan the lack of mainstream exposure and appreciation for our chosen genres. If only people had the opportunity and encouragement give this stuff a chance, they'd be able to appreciate the musicianship, give the imagery and symbolism a chance to sink in properly, understand that there's more to it than studs, leather and album covers with demons on them. Wind forward a decade an a half, and we got our wish: MTV and daytime radio is full of watered-down imitations and knock-offs of authentic and innovative rock and metal music, enthusiastically and uncritically consumed by people to whom it's nothing more than three minute chunks of momentary audio diversion. And so the subgenres move on and progress, continuing to develop new ideas (or new takes on old ideas, perhaps), pushing at the boundaries of expectation and possibility, and selling their work to a handful of thousand people worldwide; meanwhile, mass-market cookie-cutter product makes millions for middlemen and elevates talentless hacks to superstar status, simultaneously providing a whole new bunch of tired cliches for everyone outside your fandom to assume must apply to everything within it.

Be careful what you wish for, in other words; an explosion of public recognition for the obscure cultural product you love rarely works out the way you want it to. And every time we moan that prizes like the Booker don't recognise the genius that resides within our ghetto, we confirm the opinion we assume that they hold of us: provincial geeks with marginal interests and a persecution complex. We wear the bruised vanity of the snubbed underdog like sackcloth and ashes, and it does us a disservice far greater than being passed over by a prize that – by its own implications and history, if not outright admission – is just as focussed on a small (if ill-defined) set of aesthetic criteria as our own in-ghetto awards.

Let it go, people. Let it go.

http://futurismic.com/2010/07/28/booker-prize-longlist-snubs-genre-fiction-again-should-we-give-a-damn (http://futurismic.com/2010/07/28/booker-prize-longlist-snubs-genre-fiction-again-should-we-give-a-damn)

Mythopoeic Awards Announced
July 11th, 2010 by Kevin

As reported by File 770, The winners of the 2010 Mythopoeic Awards were announced at Mythcon 41 in Dallas today. They are as follows:

Adult Literature: Jo Walton, Lifelode (NESFA Press)

Children's Literature: Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown)

Inklings Studies: Dimitra Fimi, Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)

Myth & Fantasy Studies: Marek Oziewicz, One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott Card (McFarland, 2008)

Alexei Kondratiev Student Paper Award: Michael Millburn, "Art According to Romantic Theology: Charles Williams' Analysis of Dante Reapplied to J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Leaf By Niggle'"

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works in 2009 has been announced. The awards will be presented in Columbus OH, October 28-31, 2010.  Nominees are:

Novel

    * Blood of Ambrose, James Enge (Pyr)
    * The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey)
    * Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)
    * In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)

Novella

    * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
    * "The Lion's Den", Steve Duffy (Nemonymous Nine: Cern Zoo)
    * The Night Cache, Andy Duncan (PS)
    * "Sea-Hearts", Margo Lanagan (X6 )
    * "Everland", Paul Witcover (Everland and Other Stories)

Short Story

    * "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said", Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09)
    * "The Pelican Bar", Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three)
    * "A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby", Helen Keeble (Strange Horizons 6/09)
    * "Singing on a Star", Ellen Klages (Firebirds Soaring)
    * "The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale", Paul Park (Postscripts 20/21: Edison's Frankenstein )
    * "In Hiding", R.B. Russell (Putting the Pieces in Place)
    * "Light on the Water", Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy 10/09)

Anthology

    * Poe,  Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)
    * Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Subterranean/Voyager)
    * Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations, Danel Olson, ed. (Ash-Tree)
    * Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
    * American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now, Peter Straub, ed. (Library of America)
    * The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Gordon Van Gelder, ed. (Tachyon)

Collection

    * We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
    * Fugue State, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
    * There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Penguin)
    * Northwest Passages, Barbara Roden (Prime)
    * Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover (PS)
    * The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (PS /Tor)

Artist

    * John Jude Palencar
    * John Picacio
    * Charles Vess
    * Jason Zerrillo
    * Sam Weber

Special Award – Professional

    * Peter & Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing
    * Ellen Datlow for editing anthologies
    * Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo
    * Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
    * Jonathan Strahan for editing anthologies
    * Jacob & Rina Weisman for Tachyon Publications

Special Award – Non-Professional

    * John Berlyne for Powers: Secret Histories
    * Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, & Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld
    * Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons
    * John Klima for Electric Velocipede
    * Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw, and Eric M. Van for Readercon
    * Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press

The Life Achievement Awards will be released in the coming weeks in a separate announcement.

Ceremonija dodele nagrade HUGO počinje po srpskom vremenu u nedelju 5.12. u 12.00 (tačno u podne) (u Melburnu je tad 8 uveče, ako nekog zanima). Nemaju video link nego nešto malo čudnije, rekao bih: TRANSKRIPT dešavanja i govora u realnom vremenu.

Pratite na http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/09/hugo-award-ceremony-live-coverage/ (http://www.thehugoawards.org/2010/09/hugo-award-ceremony-live-coverage/) — možda se smiluju pa puste i video.


A nominovani su:

Best Novel
(699 Ballots)

    * Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
    * Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
    * Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
    * Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog)
    * The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)

Best Novella
(375 Ballots)

    * "Act One", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09)
    * The God Engines, John Scalzi (Subterranean)
    * "Palimpsest", Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace, Orbit)
    * Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
    * "Vishnu at the Cat Circus", Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days; Pyr, Gollancz)
    * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)

Best Novelette
(402 Ballots)

    * "Eros, Philia, Agape", Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09)
    * The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos)
    * "It Takes Two", Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three; Night Shade Books)
    * "One of Our Bastards is Missing", Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three; Solaris)
    * "Overtime", Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09)
    * "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast", Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)

Best Short Story
(432 Ballots)

    * "The Bride of Frankenstein", Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/09)
    * "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
    * "The Moment", Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints; Hadley Rille Books)
    * "Non-Zero Probabilities", N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09)
    * "Spar", Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)

Best Related Book
(259 Ballots)

    * Canary Fever: Reviews, John Clute (Beccon)
    * Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees, Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
    * The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction, Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland)
    * On Joanna Russ, Farah Mendlesohn (ed.) (Wesleyan)
    * The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms, Helen Merrick (Aqueduct)
    * This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)

Best Graphic Story
(221 Ballots)

    * Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
    * Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
    * Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
    * Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
    * Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
(541 Ballots)

    * Avatar Screenplay and Directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
    * District 9 Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; Directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures)
    * Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
    * Star Trek Screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount)
    * Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; Directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
(282 Ballots)

    * Doctor Who: "The Next Doctor" Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales)
    * Doctor Who: "Planet of the Dead" Written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; Directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
    * Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
    * Dollhouse: "Epitaph 1″ Story by Joss Whedon; Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; Directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy)
    * FlashForward: "No More Good Days" Written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; Directed by David S. Goyer; based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer (ABC)

Best Editor, Long Form
(289 Ballots)

    * Lou Anders
    * Ginjer Buchanan
    * Liz Gorinsky
    * Patrick Nielsen Hayden
    * Juliet Ulman

Best Editor, Short Form
(419 Ballots)

    * Ellen Datlow
    * Stanley Schmidt
    * Jonathan Strahan
    * Gordon Van Gelder
    * Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist
(327 Ballots)

    * Bob Eggleton
    * Stephan Martiniere
    * John Picacio
    * Daniel Dos Santos
    * Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine
(377 Ballots)

    * Ansible edited by David Langford
    * Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
    * Interzone edited by Andy Cox
    * Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
    * Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal

Best Fan Writer
(319 Ballots)

    * Claire Brialey
    * Christopher J Garcia
    * James Nicoll
    * Lloyd Penney
    * Frederik Pohl

Best Fanzine
(298 Ballots)

    * Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
    * Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
    * CHALLENGER edited by Guy H. Lillian III
    * Drink Tank edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
    * File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
    * StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith

Best Fan Artist
(199 Ballots)

    * Brad W. Foster
    * Dave Howell
    * Sue Mason
    * Steve Stiles
    * Taral Wayne

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
(356 Ballots)

    * Saladin Ahmed
    * Gail Carriger
    * Felix Gilman *
    * Seanan McGuire
    * Lezli Robyn *

*(Second year of eligibility)

A total of 864 nomination ballots were cast.

jebote, ova Nensi Kres već 15 godina stalno nešto dobija, stvarno mi bre nije jasno gde ode američki ukus za SF...

Svecka Akademija Naučne Fantastike i Umetnosti.
Bizmis ali fer...

Quote from: Boban on 04-09-2010, 23:23:23
jebote, ova Nensi Kres već 15 godina stalno nešto dobija, stvarno mi bre nije jasno gde ode američki ukus za SF...

Reče jedini izdavač na celom prostoru bivše SFRJ koji ju je objavio.

Ne da nisam pratio prenos, nego sam potpuno zaboravio (Sivkin rođendan je danas pa smo bili u pripremama :D ).


Hugo Awards 2010 - Ceremony Intro - A Review Of 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuxzPFrC1w#ws)


Ali, evo rezultata:

Presented at: Aussiecon 4, Melbourne, Australia, September 2-6, 2010

Toastmaster: Garth Nix

Base design: Nick Stathopoulos with laser etching by Lewis Morley and incorporating the Aussiecon 4 logo by Grant Gittus

Awards Administration: Vincent Docherty, Kate Kligman


    * Best Novel: TIE: The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK); The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
    * Best Novella: "Palimpsest", Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace, Orbit)
    * Best Novelette: "The Island", Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos)
    * Best Short Story: "Bridesicle", Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
    * Best Related Book: This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I"), Jack Vance (Subterranean)
    * Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
    * Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
    * Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
    * Best Editor Short Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
    * Best Editor Long Form: Ellen Datlow
    * Best Professional Artist: Shaun Tan
    * Best Semiprozine: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
    * Best Fan Writer: Frederik Pohl
    * Best Fanzine: StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith
    * Best Fan Artist: Brad W. Foster

And the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines): Seanan McGuire

Tok dodele može da se prati na linku koji sam prehodno postavio.

http://nosf.net/2010/dodijeljene-britanske-fantasy-nagrade/ (http://nosf.net/2010/dodijeljene-britanske-fantasy-nagrade/)

Quote
Britansko udruženje za fantasy, British Fantasy Society, dodijelilo je na netom završenom FantasyConu svoje godišnje nagrade, koje dodjeljuju još od 1971. godine. Tko je sve bio nominiran pogledajte ovdje, a evo i tko su ovogodišnji dobitnici ...

    * Najbolji roman – fantasy nagrada August Derleth: Conrad Williams: One
    * Najbolja pripovijetka: Sarah Pinborough: The Language of Dying
    * Najbolja kratka priča: Michael Marshall Smith: What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night
    * Najbolja antologija: Stephen Jones (ur.): The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror
    * Najbolja zbirka: Robert Shearman: Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical
    * Najbolji mali nakladnik: TELOS PUBLISHING
    * Najbolji strip: Neil Gaiman i Andy Kubert: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
    * Najbolji umjetnik: Vincent Chong, za naslovnice The Witnesses Are Gone i The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20
    * Najbolja feljtonistika: David Langford: Ansible
    * Najbolji časopis: Murky Depths, urednik Terry Martin.
    * Najbolji TV-uradak: Doctor Who, glavni scenarist Russell T. Davies
    * Najbolji film: Let the Right One In, režija Tomas Alfredson
    * Najbolji novi autor – nagrada Sydney J. Bounds: Kari Sperring za Living with Ghosts
    * Posebna nagrada Karl Edward Wagner: Robert Holdstock, prošle godine preminuli autor prilično slavnog Mythago Wooda.

Za znatiželjne, dodajmo još da se pobjednici ovdje određuju putem glasova članova BFS-a, FantasyCona 2009. i FantasyCona 2010, osim nagrade Sydney J. Bounds, koju dodjeljuje sudačka komisija i nagrade Karl Edward Wagner, koju dodjeljuju odbori BFS-a i FantasyCona 2010.

A ako vam se čini čudnim što većinu imena na ovom popisu ne poznajete (ako ih ne poznajete), nije zgorega znati kako je BFS u velikoj mjeri naklonjen hororu kao podžanru fantasyja, te će ova vijest, vjerojatno, više značiti čitateljima strave i užasa nego onima koji su orijentirani na "čisti" fantasy.

The 2010 Emperor Norton Awards winners are:

    * Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810989506), Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett (Abrams Image)
    * Trina Robbins (http://www.trinarobbins.com/), for her career in comics

The awards are given for "extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason," in memory of Joshua Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America and Protector of Mexico. Two awards are presented, one to a single work of science fiction, fantasy, or horror, or to an author in these genres; the second to any creation, creator, or service relating to those genres. Norton judges are Richard Lupoff, Alan Beatts, and Jacob Weisman. Winners were announced at the Tachyon Publications Anniversary Party, held September 19, 2010 at Borderlands Books in San Francisco.

QuoteMeet Boilerplate, the world's first robot soldier—not in a present-day military lab or a science-fiction movie, but in the past, during one of the most fascinating periods of U.S. history. Designed by Professor Archibald Campion in 1893 as a prototype, for the self-proclaimed purpose of "preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations," Boilerplate charged into combat alongside such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Lawrence of Arabia. Campion and his robot also circled the planet with the U.S. Navy, trekked to the South Pole, made silent movies, and hobnobbed with the likes of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla.

You say you've never heard of Boilerplate before? That's because this book is the fanciful creation of a husbandand-wife team who have richly imagined these characters and inserted them into accurate retellings of history. This full-color chronicle is profusely illustrated with graphics mimicking period style, including photos, paintings, posters, cartoons, maps, and even stereoscope cards. Part Jules Verne and part Zelig, it's a great volume for a broad range of fans of science fiction, history, and robots.

Dodijeljene nagrade Artefakt

Nagrada za najbolji roman za djecu, po izboru djece iz čitalačkog kluba Čarobna kućica Gradske knjižnice Rijeka: Ivana Delač Horvatinčić, Pegazari

Nagrada publike za najbolje izdano djelo u 2009. godini, po izboru posjetitelja portala Fantasy Hrvatska: Darko Macan, 42 / Čitaj i šalji dalje

Nagrada za djelo do 10 kartica duljine (žiri u sastavu: Tamara Crnko, Dajana Šalinović, Edi Labor i Hrvoje Beljan): Zoran Janjanin, Quare desperamus? (zbirka Treća stvarnost)

Nagrada za djelo od 10 do 100 kartica duljine (žiri u sastavu: Jure Maleš, Igor Rendić, Antonija Mežnarić i Danijel Bogdanović): Zoran Vlahović, Svaki put kad se rastajemo ... (Ubiq 5)

Nagrada za djelo dulje od 100 kartica (žiri u sastavu: Mirko Grdinić, Alen Kapidžić, Vedran Vivoda i Marko Jagešić): Damir Hoyka, Xavia

Quote from: Amanda Robin on 29-07-2010, 10:01:08
It is Booker Prize season again, and therefore time for wailing and gnashing of teeth around the blogosphere.

First up, if you want to see the long list, it can be found here.

And now the controversy. Last year, you may remember, Kim Stanley Robinson complained about the lack of recognition for his type of novel, and Booker judge John Mullan made a complete ass of himself by saying that the award didn't look at science fiction because SF is, "bought by a special kind of person who has special weird things they go to and meet each other." Unsurprisingly, a few noses were put out of joint.

Pre par dana China Mieville imao je high noon diskusiju sa Mullanom povodom ovih desavanja koja je Amanda prijavila. Okrsaj se odigrao na Cheltenham Literary Festivalu, pa koga zanima nek progugla malo.

The World Fantasy Awards winners for works in 2009 were announced at an awards banquet on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 1 p.m.

Novel

    * The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan UK/ Del Rey)
    * Blood of Ambrose, James Enge (Pyr)
    * The Red Tree, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Roc)
    * Finch, Jeff VanderMeer (Underland)
    * In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield (Jonathan Cape UK/Del Rey)

Novella

    * "Sea-Hearts", Margo Lanagan (X6 )
    * The Women of Nell Gwynne's, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
    * "I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said", Richard Bowes (F&SF 12/09)
    * "The Lion's Den", Steve Duffy (Nemonymous Nine: Cern Zoo)
    * The Night Cache, Andy Duncan (PS)
    * "Everland", Paul Witcover (Everland and Other Stories)

Short Story

    * "The Pelican Bar", Karen Joy Fowler (Eclipse Three)
    * "A Journal of Certain Events of Scientific Interest from the First Survey Voyage of the Southern Waters by HMS Ocelot, As Observed by Professor Thaddeus Boswell, DPhil, MSc, or, A Lullaby", Helen Keeble (Strange Horizons 6/09)
    * "Singing on a Star", Ellen Klages (Firebirds Soaring)
    * "The Persistence of Memory, or This Space for Sale", Paul Park (Postscripts 20/21: Edison's Frankenstein)
    * "In Hiding", R.B. Russell (Putting the Pieces in Place)
    * "Light on the Water", Genevieve Valentine (Fantasy 10/09)

Anthology

    * American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny: From Poe to the Pulps/From the 1940s to Now, Peter Straub, ed. (Library of America)
    * Poe,  Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)
    * Songs of The Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Subterranean/Voyager)
    * Exotic Gothic 3: Strange Visitations, Danel Olson, ed. (Ash-Tree)
    * Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
    * The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Gordon Van Gelder, ed. (Tachyon)

Collection (tie)

    * There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Penguin)
    * The Very Best of Gene Wolfe/The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe (PS /Tor) (ovo nije greska, nereseno je)
    * We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
    * Fugue State, Brian Evenson (Coffee House)
    * Northwest Passages, Barbara Roden (Prime)
    * Everland and Other Stories, Paul Witcover (PS)

Artist

    * Charles Vess
    * John Jude Palencar
    * John Picacio
    * Jason Zerrillo
    * Sam Weber

Special Award – Professional

    * Jonathan Strahan for editing anthologies
    * Peter & Nicky Crowther for PS Publishing
    * Ellen Datlow for editing anthologies
    * Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo
    * Barbara & Christopher Roden for Ash-Tree Press
    * Jacob & Rina Weisman for Tachyon Publications

Special Award – Non-Professional

    * Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons
    * John Berlyne for Powers: Secret Histories
    * Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, & Sean Wallace for Clarkesworld
    * John Klima for Electric Velocipede
    * Bob Colby, B. Diane Martin, David Shaw, and Eric M. Van for Readercon
    * Ray Russell & Rosalie Parker for Tartarus Press

Elem, nisam uspela da nađem topik o Aleksandru Novakoviću, pa stavljam ovu yellowcab vest ovde:


Nagrada V.B.Z. za roman "Vođa"Aleksandra Novakovića

Izdavačka kuća V.B.Z. sa sedištem u Zagrebu, saopštila je da je nagradu za najbolji neobjavljen roman 2010. dodelila Aleksandru Novakoviću iz Beograda za knjigu "Vođa".

Odluku je doneo žiri u čijem su sastavu Miljenko Jergović (predsednik), Zoran Ferić, Julijana Matanović, Strahimir Primorac i Vladimir Arsenijević.

Napomenuvši da je reč o najvećoj i najvrednijoj nagradi u regionu, V.B.Z. je najavio da će ona, u iznosu od 100.000 kuna, Novakoviću biti uručena sutra na svečanosti u  Kongresnom centru Zagrebačkog velesajma.

"Roman "Vođa" strašna je priča o svim našim zločinima i o svim našim zločincima kojih je bilo u prošlosti, ima ih i danas, a biće ih i u budućnosti. Taj kratki roman univerzalna je priča o zlu koja ne poznaje granice, koja je jednako razumljiva svuda", navedeno je o knjizi Noakovića, rođenog 1975. godine u Beogradu.

Diplomirani istoričar i dramaturg, maistar nauka o dramskim umetnostima iz oblasti studija pozorišta, piše romane, drame, aforizme, pesme i kratke priče. Trenutno radi na doktoratu iz oblasti studija pozorišta.

Novaković je dobitnik više nagrada, među kojima i nagrade Josip Kulundžić za izuzetan uspeh na polju dramaturgije (2004), Vibove nagrada (2001) i nagrade Zlatna kaciga (1997).

Nagradu V.B.Z. treći put je osvojio autor iz Srbije. Prethodno su je dobili Jelena Marković 2003. za roman "Escajg za teletinu" i Predrag Crnković 2008. za roman "Beograd za pokojnike".


http://yc.rs/sr/magazine/vesti/ostalo/story/2411/Nagrada+V.B.Z.+za+roman+%22Vo%C4%91a%22Aleksandra+Novakovi%C4%87a+.html (http://yc.rs/sr/magazine/vesti/ostalo/story/2411/Nagrada+V.B.Z.+za+roman+%22Vo%C4%91a%22Aleksandra+Novakovi%C4%87a+.html)

Hm, interesantna tišina od strane auditorijuma koji je Aleksandra (i za manje nagrađivano delo) zvao na promociju...  :evil:

(No dobro, ne bi bilo prvi put da talenat plati cenu političke nepodobnosti...  xuss)

Moja reakcija na vest je bila: Aleksandar "Keltska priča" Novaković? Zev...

Moram da priznam da ti ne razumem primedbu, ma kako se trudio.

Quote from: Mica Milovanovic on 16-11-2010, 20:23:34
Moram da priznam da ti ne razumem primedbu, ma kako se trudio.

"Keltska priča" mi je bila toliko slaba da mi je svaka dalja vest o autoru iste nezanimljiva.

Nisam tebi rekao nego Lidiji. Tvoju primedbu sam sasvim dobro razumeo. :)

Na Konkursu Lazara Komarčića, Aleksandar Novaković je osvojio 36. mesto. Čovek koji nije u stanju da napiše 2 pričice, nije u stanju da napiše roman.
Tvrdim da on nije napisao taj roman. Roman je napisao neko drugi, po narudžbini, a Novaković je samo uzeo malo para, ne tamo nekih 13.000 jevara, da bi glumio pisca i posejao konfuziju među naivčinama.
Žao mi je, ali mislim da je izuzetno naivan svako ko je poverovao u ovu idijotsku "istinu"...
Ovo je očigledno čisti politički projekt.

Ne preterujmo sa teorijama zavere. Novakovic je pisac i dramaturg i ne vidim mesta za sumnju u njegovo autorstvo. O kvalitetu tog pisanja mozemo raspravljati (posto procitamo roman). Sto se tice politicke projektnosti tek to nema veze sa prethodne dve stavke.

Quote from: Mica Milovanovic on 17-11-2010, 01:02:07
Nisam tebi rekao nego Lidiji. Tvoju primedbu sam sasvim dobro razumeo. :)

Pa, eto, ako je suditi po ranim reakcijama, slutim da će ova nagrada Aleksandra dosta koštati.
S druge strane, sve što ga ne ubije učiniće ga jačim, a pominjane reakcije će mu svakako ponuditi obilje prilika da izbliza proučava razna stanja ljudskog duha. :)

Quote from: Melkor on 17-11-2010, 18:55:32
Ne preterujmo sa teorijama zavere. Novakovic je pisac i dramaturg i ne vidim mesta za sumnju u njegovo autorstvo.

Novaković je izuzetno prolifičan autor. Tako sam bar ja čuo - i to od njegovih prijatelja/poznanika. Čovek je napisao na stotine drama, na primer. Melkor je u pravu kada kaže da ne treba sumnjati da je AN napisao Vođu.

2010 BSFA Awards Best Novel Nominees

Paolo Bacigalupi – The Windup Girl (Orbit)
Lauren Beukes – Zoo City (Angry Robot)
Ken Macleod – The Restoration Game (Orbit)
Ian McDonald – The Dervish House (Gollancz)
Tricia Sullivan – Lightborn (Orbit)

Best Short Fiction

Nina Allan – 'Flying in the Face of God' – Interzone 227, TTA Press.
Aliette de Bodard – 'The Shipmaker'– Interzone 231, TTA Press.
Peter Watts – 'The Things' (http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/) – Clarkesworld 40
Neil Williamson – 'Arrhythmia' – Music for Another World, Mutation Press

Best Non-Fiction

Paul Kincaid – Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Big Other (http://bigother.com/2010/07/14/blogging-the-hugos-decline-part-1/)
Abigail Nussbaum – Review, With Both Feet in the Clouds, Asking the Wrong Questions  (http://wrongquestions.blogspot.com/2010/06/with-both-feet-in-clouds-fantasy-in.html)Blogspot
Adam Roberts – Review, Wheel of Time (http://punkadiddle.blogspot.com/2010/06/robert-jordan-wheel-of-time-1990-2005.html), Punkadiddle
Francis Spufford – Red Plenty (Faber and Faber)
Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe – the Notes from Coode Street  (http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/the-coode-street-podcast/)Podcast

Best Art

Andy Bigwood – cover (http://newconpress.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wpsc/product_images/conflicts.jpg) for Conflicts (Newcon Press)
Charlie Harbour – cover (http://www.immersionpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/FWRCover.jpg) for Fun With Rainbows by Gareth Owens (Immersion Press)
Dominic Harman – cover (http://sffmasterworks.blogspot.com/2010/08/sf-masterworks-75-kurt-vonnegut-cats.html) for The Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Gollancz)
Joey Hi-Fi – cover (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515GWI5LS6L._SS500_.jpg) for Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
Ben Greene – 'A Deafened Plea for Peace', cover  (http://crossedgenres.com/archives/021/a-deafened-plea-for-peace-by-ben-greene)for Crossed Genres 21
Adam Tredowski – cover (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/1848877633/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books) for Finch, by Jeff Vandermeer (Corvus)


via Torque Control

ZOO CITY!!! ZOO CITY!!!  :!: :!: :|

Nego, jesam li ja to dobro shvatio da The Restoration Game-a nema u prodaji "u kindle varijanti"?

nema.
a ko je Ken Macleod?

Englez koji je svakim romanom nominovan za ponesto, uglavnom Klarka, a skoro nikad nista nije dobio. Trebalo bi da pise angazovani SF ali mi nekako uvek ispadne iz korpe za narucivanje kada se natezem sa stanjem na kreditnoj tako da nemam licno iskustvo.

Hm, long shot... nisam na njega nabasala, a to je slaba preporuka...

The finalists for the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award have been announced:

    * Yarn by Jon Armstrong
    * Chill by Elizabeth Bear
    * The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
    * Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy
    * The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
    * Harmony by Project Itoh translated by Alexander O. Smith
    * State of Decay by James Knapp

The winner will be announced at Norwescon in April.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Itoh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Itoh)

Quote from: zakk on 18-01-2011, 20:55:05
The finalists for the 2010 Philip K. Dick Award have been announced:

    * Yarn by Jon Armstrong
    * Chill by Elizabeth Bear
    * The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
    * Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy
    * The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
    * Harmony by Project Itoh translated by Alexander O. Smith
    * State of Decay by James Knapp

The winner will be announced at Norwescon in April.

* Yarn by Jon Armstrong - http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/12/excerpt-yarn (http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/12/excerpt-yarn)

* Chill by Elizabeth Bear - http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/display.pperl?isbn=9780553591088&view=excerpt (http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/display.pperl?isbn=9780553591088&view=excerpt)

* The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell - http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPage.aspx?isbn=9780805092431#Excerpt (http://us.macmillan.com/BookCustomPage.aspx?isbn=9780805092431#Excerpt)

* Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy - http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061934735&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgetb8e7b019-19c8-4342-a5e4-ea3d4a510517 (http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061934735&WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidgetb8e7b019-19c8-4342-a5e4-ea3d4a510517)

* The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder - http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/10/spring-heeled-jack (http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/10/spring-heeled-jack)

* Harmony by Project Itoh translated by Alexander O. Smith - http://www.haikasoru.com/excerpt/excerpt-for-harmony-itoh/#more-965 (http://www.haikasoru.com/excerpt/excerpt-for-harmony-itoh/#more-965)

* State of Decay by James Knapp - http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/2010/stateofdecay-excerpt.html (http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/specialinterests/scifi/2010/stateofdecay-excerpt.html)

zgodna alatka http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Main_Page)

Melkore. Pogledao sam. Murakami je objavio treći deo u aprilu prošle godine. Ovo su prva dva koja su objavljena zajedno 2009.

Izgleda da su i njega počeli da plaćaju po broju karaktera. Čitav roman je pisan sa toliko ponavljanja da to počinja da nervira.

hvala

Quote@SaraCreasy: Hubby says never wake him up to tell him interesting stuff. Well, I woke him up to tell him I was nominated for the Philip K Dick award.

Slaba je ta Sara Creasy...

Citala? Ja sam cuo samo za Bearovu i Hoddera.

Odustala unutar deset strana... vrlo banalan stil, bez mrve prijemčivosti. Bar meni.
Srce mi se cepa što bijem nominovanu ženskadiju ali bojim se da ni Elizabet neće isporučiti moju šoljicu čaja... :( Ima nečeg silno smarajućeg u ovom romanu, ne verujem da ću mu se vratim.

Zanima me Itoh, to bi volela da overim. I Knapp obećava, ali proveriću detaljnije tek za vikend.

O, boze, i Bell i Knapp zombiji, Knapp jos trilogijski... sad cu da searchnem i ostale.

Edit: svi sem projekta su deo serijala... cudi me za ovu nagradu.

Znaš Melkore, ja već godinama svaku SF knjigu smatram delom serijala... eto, čekam sad da vidim šta je to dalje bilo sa Amiko, recimo.   :D

Inače, evo ti malo da primirišeš Sarin roman:

QuoteCHAPTER 1

Turquoise and black. She watches the beetle stalking over stones and dirt. Its long, feathery legs sink into apatch of woven moss and it flounders. But the harder it struggles, the more tangled it becomes. With one finger she could rescue it.

Rolling onto her back, she closes her eyes. It's been years since she felt the gentle heat of the sun on her face,and then it was a different star. It's been years since she cried. The sun dries each tear on her cheek.

She turns her head, opens her eyes to focus beyond the beetle to a seed falling in the distance, clean metal lines gleaming. Six meters long, bullet-shaped and deadly. Another falls, even farther away. And another. One thousand silent intruders drop from the sky to burrow into the planet's skin.

The beetle chirps incessantly. A distress call. But she hasn't come here to save it.

She has come to destroy.

"Gotcha!"

Edie's boot slammed into the bulkhead with a satisfying squish.

She scraped the remains of the hapless roach off her heel, wrinkling her nose and
making a mental note to inform pest control--yet again. She was so used to doing their job for them, her interface didn't skip a beat.

Below the maintenance platform, the sharp, repeating clang of something hitting hollow metal was more distracting.

"Torres!"

He didn't answer. Edie withdrew her mind completely from the clutches of the biocyph connection, feeling the remaining trickle of the datastream disperse within her mind. She leaned over the handrail and squinted into the dimly lit freight car. Torres was propped against the bottom of the ladder, directly below, throwing a kid's ball against the opposite wall.

"Can you cut that out? You're driving me and the roaches crazy."

Torres scowled, caught the ball, and stuffed it into his jacket pocket. Poor guy--the latest milit sent by CCU to stand guard while Edie went about her work on Talas Prime Station. A post so dull, he must view it as punishment.

Settling in front of the access panel, Edie pondered her next move. The call to check out a malfunctioning freight car had come through twenty minutes ago, dragging them both away from lunch, and she still hadn't figured out what was wrong. According to the log, the car's automated rails had jammed. The departures of three ships, including a schooner at the VIP dock, were delayed as they waited for cargo.

She jacked into the car's loading systems again. The stream of data flowed through her wet-teck interface. She had de-merged the program layers twice already and analyzed each tier in turn, searching for the glitch. It had to be simple. The freight loading system, though it looked like an impressively choreographed mechanical ballet from the cargo docks, was controlled by a straightforward set of routines. But this particular car ignored its instructions and refused to join
the dance.

Edie switched the loading routine back into diagnostic mode. It blinked a random
command and promptly stalled.

"Damn." She sat back on her heels and called out again. "Torres, you sure you checked those servos like I told you?"

   :roll::mrgreen:

Quote from: Lidija on 20-01-2011, 13:28:48
Znaš Melkore, ja već godinama svaku SF knjigu smatram delom serijala... eto, čekam sad da vidim šta je to dalje bilo sa Amiko, recimo.   :D

Ne brini, imaš isti takav "može-biti-ali-i-ne-mora-biti klifhenger" i na kraju Zu sitija.  :mrgreen:

Quote from: Gaff on 20-01-2011, 19:57:19

Quote from: Lidija on 20-01-2011, 13:28:48
Znaš Melkore, ja već godinama svaku SF knjigu smatram delom serijala... eto, čekam sad da vidim šta je to dalje bilo sa Amiko, recimo.   :D

Ne brini, imaš isti takav "može-biti-ali-i-ne-mora-biti klifhenger" i na kraju Zu sitija.  :mrgreen:

XXI century FOX!!  :!:

Quote from: Melkor on 18-01-2011, 18:15:27
Englez koji je svakim romanom nominovan za ponesto, uglavnom Klarka, a skoro nikad nista nije dobio. Trebalo bi da pise angazovani SF ali mi nekako uvek ispadne iz korpe za narucivanje kada se natezem sa stanjem na kreditnoj tako da nemam licno iskustvo.

Zamisli, pa ja imam njegov Dark Light, i čak je upao u "za" kategoriju, ali uopšte mu nisam zapamtila ime...  :shock:

Quote from: Lidija on 20-01-2011, 20:28:23

Quote from: Melkor on 18-01-2011, 18:15:27
Englez koji je svakim romanom nominovan za ponesto, uglavnom Klarka, a skoro nikad nista nije dobio. Trebalo bi da pise angazovani SF ali mi nekako uvek ispadne iz korpe za narucivanje kada se natezem sa stanjem na kreditnoj tako da nemam licno iskustvo.

Zamisli, pa ja imam njegov Dark Light, i čak je upao u "za" kategoriju, ali uopšte mu nisam zapamtila ime...  :shock:

To ti je druga knjiga iz trilogije Engines of Light!  :mrgreen:

Hvala za info... bajpasovaćemo.  :lol:

Quote from: Lidija on 20-01-2011, 20:06:00

Quote from: Gaff on 20-01-2011, 19:57:19

Quote from: Lidija on 20-01-2011, 13:28:48
Znaš Melkore, ja već godinama svaku SF knjigu smatram delom serijala... eto, čekam sad da vidim šta je to dalje bilo sa Amiko, recimo.   :D

Ne brini, imaš isti takav "može-biti-ali-i-ne-mora-biti klifhenger" i na kraju Zu sitija.  :mrgreen:

XXI century FOX!!  :!:

Pa ekranizacija Zu Sitija bi bila genijalna. Bolje, sigurno, nego onaj film pravljen po onoj priči o nekim zmajevima, šta li... pisao neki Peilini, Pualoni, Poeloni, tako nešto... zove se Ergona, Argona, Eurogena, tako nešto...

Eragon, Kristofer Paolini. Kao 16togodišnjak napisao prvi deo serijala. Priča i imena likova pate od neoriginalnosti (mali je bukvalno pokrao imena iz drugih, poznatih EF serijala).

Ako se uzmu godine u obzir, to i nije...toliko loše. Drugi deo serijala je ponajbolji, dok mi je treći ubio želju za čitanjem nakon stotinu strana. Eto.  :oops:

Quote from: Perin on 20-01-2011, 22:10:41
Eragon, Kristofer Paolini. Kao 16togodišnjak napisao prvi deo serijala. Priča i imena likova pate od neoriginalnosti (mali je bukvalno pokrao imena iz drugih, poznatih EF serijala).

Ako se uzmu godine u obzir, to i nije...toliko loše. Drugi deo serijala je ponajbolji, dok mi je treći ubio želju za čitanjem nakon stotinu strana. Eto.  :oops:

lol

Znam kako se zove, nego sam hteo da dočaram svoju, blago reći, neoduševljenost i Paolinijem i Eragonom.

Nije toliko loše, u pravu si, no problem je u glavi onog koji je mislio da će od njegove knjige napraviti, pa... iole gledljiv film. Ja sam zaspao tokom filma (nisam siguran koji smajli da stavim, pa ću staviti oba).  xrofl :(

Heheh, pa ja sam ga odgledao bez problema...Da da, izgleda da sam mazohista.  :?

Knjigu nisam čitala, pokušala da odgledam film... Pokušala i uz letimično bacanje pogleda dok film teče a ja radim nešto drugo... Nije išlo.

A ako govorimo o mazohizmu, kada su u vreme praznika davali prvi Twilight na televiziji, uspela sam da ga odgledam, i zaključila da ono treba uspeti. Da baš to želim da uradim (nemam pojma zašto, al' nema veze), nemam ni najblažu predstavu kako to uraditi.

A vidiš, ja sam odgledao prvi Tvajlajt ali nisam nikako mogao knjige. Prvi sam i nekako...mislim da sam došao skoro do kraja, ali nisam pročitao skroz. Ostale knjige nisam ni čitao. Prodao sam ono što sam imao iz toga serijala za budzašto.

Nisam ni ja stigla dalje od prve Twilight knjige.

A film je zapanjujući.

Quote from: angel011 on 20-01-2011, 22:49:37
Nisam ni ja stigla dalje od prve Twilight knjige.

A film je zapanjujući.

U kom smislu zapanjujuc?

Quote from: Usul on 21-01-2011, 04:47:59

Quote from: angel011 on 20-01-2011, 22:49:37
Nisam ni ja stigla dalje od prve Twilight knjige.

A film je zapanjujući.

U kom smislu zapanjujuc?

U smislu da sve vreme imaš osećaj da se ne dešava ama baš ništa. Ne znam kako su to postigli.

Mislim, u većini scena se zaista ništa ne dešava - oni stoje i pričaju, sede i pričaju, leže i pričaju (a ne radi se o dvanaest gnevnih ljudi koji sede i pričaju o tome hoće li klinca proglasiti krivim za ubistvo i time ga osuditi na smrt)... Ali ima i nekoliko scena u kojima bi nešto, kao, trebalo da se dešava - on je spase kad umalo da je pregazi kombi, spase je od nekih baraba koje je spopadaju, scena vampirskoj bejzbola (u njoj se čak i oseti poneka trunka energije), nju pred kamerom krvnički muči mnogo gadan vampir (lomljenje kostiju i sl.) pa se onda dobri vampiri obračunaju s njim - a i dalje imaš osećaj da se apsolutno ništa ne dešava.

Taj "ništa se ne dešava i samo po odjavnoj špici znaš da je film završen" osećaj sam imala i prilikom gledanja filmova Anga Lija, ali Twilight ga u tome žestoko šije.

Zna li neko u čemu je fora, kako se postiže taj osećaj?

Ang Liju se omakne poneki dobar film. Npr. The Ice Storm.
A za definiciju Twilighta, Angel xjap.

Karen Lord Wins Crawford Award

— posted Friday 28 January 2011 @ 9:34 am UTC

Karen Lord has been named the winner of the 2011 William L. Crawford Award for her first novel Redemption in Indigo (Small Beer Press). The award, presented annually at The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, is for a new fantasy writer whose first book appeared in the previous year. This year's conference will be held March 16-20, 2010 in Orlando FL.

The award committee shortlisted Lauren Beukes's Zoo City (Angry Robot), N.K. Jemisin's The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Orbit), and Anna Kendall's Crossing Over (Gollancz/Viking Juvenile), and wanted to commend two other authors: Robert Jackson Bennett for Mr. Shivers (Orbit) and Amelia Beamer The Loving Dead (Night Shade), which was viewed by some nominators as centrally a science fiction work. Science fiction is excluded under the terms established by the award's founding sponsor, Andre Norton.

Those participating, in varying degrees, in this year's nomination and selection process included Niall Harrison, Cheryl Morgan, Graham Sleight, Paul Witcover, John Clute, Jonathan Strahan, Liza Trombi, Farah Mendlesohn, Ellen Klages, and Kelly Link (who, as publisher of Small Beer Press, recused herself from final voting).

Ih, k'o da sam znao, nedavno mi stigla knjiga  8-)

BSFA 2010 Awards - Shortlist


Best Novel
Paolo Bacigalupi – The Windup Girl (Orbit)
Lauren Beukes – Zoo City (Angry Robot)
Ken Macleod – The Restoration Game (Orbit)
Ian McDonald – The Dervish House (Gollancz)
Tricia Sullivan – Lightborn (Orbit)

Best Short Fiction
Nina Allan – 'Flying in the Face of God' – Interzone 227, TTA Press.
Aliette de Bodard – 'The Shipmaker'– Interzone 231, TTA Press.
Peter Watts – 'The Things' – Clarkesworld 40
Neil Williamson – 'Arrhythmia' – Music for Another World, Mutation Press

Best Non-Fiction
Paul Kincaid - Blogging the Hugos: Decline, Big Other
Abigail Nussbaum - Review, With Both Feet in the Clouds, Asking the Wrong Questions Blogspot
Adam Roberts - Review, Wheel of Time, Punkadiddle
Francis Spufford – Red Plenty (Faber and Faber)
Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe the Notes from Coode Street Podcast

Best Art
Andy Bigwood – cover for Conflicts (Newcon Press)
Charlie Harbour – cover for Fun With Rainbows by Gareth Owens (Immersion Press)
Dominic Harman – cover for The Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (Gollancz)
Joey Hi-Fi –cover for Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
Ben Greene – 'A Deafened Plea for Peace', cover for Crossed Genres 21
Adam Tredowski – cover for Finch, by Jeff Vandermeer (Corvus)

eh, sta godine obaveze cine  xfrog

Samo ti zajebavaj za godine, kad već postaješ iz dana u dan mlađi...

Inače, BSFA dobitnike ćemo saznati 23ćeg aprila.

I osecam se sve mladji i mladji...bar dok ne moram da se pokrenem nekamo :)

 :lol: jah.
a kud onda ta opaska za godine?

Najlepse je bockati na mestima na kojima si i sam golicljiv. Poceo sam od dioptrije, ubacio geberit i lagano pocinjem da dozvoljavam sebi opaske o koncentraciji i godinama :)

Ah, taj pressing uklapanja u ZS ambijent... :(

 :shock: :? :cry:

pazi da sam sad tek provalila...  :x

Quote from: Lidija on 03-02-2011, 19:09:05
Ah, taj pressing uklapanja u ZS ambijent... :(

cekao sam da shvatis koliko je ovo out of character  ;)

Jesam, eventualno... to me i nateralo da se vratim topiku, to WTF kopkanje... :)

Winners of the 4th Annual Black Quill Awards

Dark Genre Novel of the Year
(Novel-length work of horror, suspense, or thriller from mainstream publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
A DARK MATTER | by Peter Straub
Readers' Choice:
SPARROW ROCK | by Nate Kenyon

Best Small Press Chill
(Novel or novella published by small press publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
A BOOK OF TONGUES | by Gemma Files
Readers' Choice:
A BOOK OF TONGUES | by Gemma Files

Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection
(Single author collection, any publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
OCCULTATION | by Laird Barron
Readers' Choice:
BLOOD AND GRISTLE | by Michael Louis Calvill

Best Dark Genre Anthology
(Multi-author collection, any publisher; awarded to the editor)
Editors' Choice:
HAUNTED LEGENDS
Edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas
Readers' Choice:
HORROR LIBRARY IV
Edited by R.J. Cavender and Boyd E. Harris

Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction
(Any dark genre non-fiction subject, any publisher; awarded to the authors or editors)
Editors' Choice:
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE
by Thomas Ligotti
Readers' Choice:
THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS
Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner

Best Dark Scribble
(Single work, non-anthology short fiction appearing in a print or virtual magazine; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
"The Things" by Peter Watts
(from Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2010)
Readers' Choice:
"We" by Bentley Little
(from Cemetery Dance #64)

Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
(Book video promoting any work of genre fiction or non-fiction; awarded to the video producer)
Editors'/Readers' Choice:

Neverland by Douglas Clegg - DouglasClegg.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfl9g_zbANo#)

Stvarno ne mogu da shvatim taj rejv oko The Things... mene se to dojmilo kao sasvim osrednji pričuljak...

Ima l' to da se nađe negde na netu? (mislim na The Things)

ima. na sfsignalu, valjda...

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/ (http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/)

Hvala!

Harlan Ellison has been named as this years recipient of the Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction.

The award is given as part of UC Riverside's Eaton Science Fiction Conference, a "premier academic conference devoted to the study of all aspects of science fiction as a literary genre and social phenomenon". The award is given to those who have "contributions of lasting significance" to the field. Previous recipients include Ray Bradbury, Frederik Pohl and Samuel R. Delany.

2010 Nebula Awards Nominations

Novel
The Native Star (http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780553592658.html), M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (http://www.orbitbooks.net/extracts/an-extract-from-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms/), N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
Shades of Milk and Honey (http://us.macmillan.com/shadesofmilkandhoney), Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
Echo (http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780441019243,00.html), Jack McDevitt (Ace)
Who Fears Death (http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780756406172,00.html?Who_Fears_Death_Nnedi_Okorafor), Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
Blackout/All Clear (http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780553807677.html), Connie Willis (Spectra)

Novella
The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean (http://www.subterraneanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SP&Product_Code=bacigalupi01))
''Iron Shoes'', J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembica (http://www.papergolem.com/alembical2.html)l 2)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects (http://www.subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/fall-2010/fiction-the-lifecycle-of-software-objects-by-ted-chiang/), Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
''The Sultan of the Clouds (http://www.asimovs.com/2010_09/exc_story1.shtml)'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
''Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance'', Paul Park (F&SF 1-2/10)
''The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window (http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/summer-2010/fiction-the-lady-who-plucked-red-flowers-beneath-the-queens-window-by-rachel-swirsky/)'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer '10)

Novelette
''Map of Seventeen'', Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
''The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
''The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara'', Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
''Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
''Pishaach'', Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
''That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)
''Stone Wall Truth'', Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov's 2/10)

Short Story
''Arvies (http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/arvies/)'', Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 8/10)
''How Interesting: A Tiny Man'', Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)
''Ponies (http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/11/ponies)'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
''I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno (http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/im-alive-i-love-you/)'', Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed 6/10)
''The Green Book (http://www.apexbookcompany.com/apex-online/2010/11/short-fiction-the-green-book-by-amal-el-mohtar/)'', Amal El-Mohtar (Apex 11/1/10)
''Ghosts of New York (http://www.apexbookcompany.com/2010/12/dark-faith-ghosts-of-new-york-by-jennifer-pelland/)'', Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
''Conditional Love'', Felicity Shoulders (Asimov's 1/10)

Ray Bradbury Award
Despicable Me
Doctor Who: ''Vincent and the Doctor''
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3

Andre Norton Award
Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of  SFWA and will be announced at the Nebula Awards Banquet on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, D.C.. Other awards to be presented are the Andre Norton Award for Excellence in Science Fiction or Fantasy for Young Adults, the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation and the Solstice Award for outstanding contribution to the field..

Možda je Džejmisonova najizglednija, a nakon nje rekao bih Koni Vilis. Zanimljivo kako Mystery Knight nije u konkurenciji za novelu.

Pa, ako bude Koni, Mića ima da se raspameti. :)

Hm, interesantno ta Koni Vilis šema sa nominacijom ta dva romana. Zapravo se radi o jedinstvenom romanu koji je objavljen u dva dela, valjda zbog glomaznosti. Knjige jesu podebele, što jes' - jes'... ko bi rekao da će Koni ovako prolifično da ispuni pauzu...  :shock:

Sad me zanima kako će se to računati, ako Koni uzme Nebulu; kao osam ukupno, za osam naslova? 

Gledao sam nešto juče - ispade da Martin ni za jedan roman u serijalu PLIV nije dobio ni Huga ni Nebulu. Dobro, sa izuzetkom one prve novele. Razumem za Huga, ali kako je moguće da mu je Nebula izmakla? Počinjem da sumnjam u relevantnost tih nagrada.

Pa , izgleda mi da ima nešto i u slučajnosti, kad autora zapadne da ima žešću konkurenciju, dok u onim 'mršavim' godinama, nagrada ode svemu i svačemu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Best_Novel), zaista.

Devedeset sedme Nebula je otišla Vondi Makintajer za The Moon and the Sun. Uz sve dužno poštovanje, za taj roman nisam ni čuo, a kamoli ga pročitao. Devedeset devete Nebulu je dobila Oktavija Batler za Parable of the Talents. Dve 'iljade prve, džebena Ketrin Azaro za The Quantum Rose  :x. I tako dalje. Nešto sam se nameračio da pročitam sve dobitnike Nebula i Hugoa, i to ću sprovesti u delo čim pazarim e-reader.

Quote from: Nightflier on 24-02-2011, 20:40:41
Nešto sam se nameračio da pročitam sve dobitnike Nebula i Hugoa, i to ću sprovesti u delo čim pazarim e-reader.

Uf, penitenziagite!  :o

Iskreno, bolje nemoj: jes' da ima dosta naslova koji su itekako valjali u svoje vreme, ali ih je isto dobrano pregazilo, a onda ima i dosta naslova koji ni onda nisu bili bog zna kako vredni čitanja. Osim u izuzetnim situacijama, tipa dugog boravka u zatvorskoj samici ili vojnom karantinu iz vremena variole vere.  :mrgreen:

Mislim da sam dobar broj svejedno pročitao. Iskren da budem, što više knjiga imam na raspolaganju, to manje imam želje za čitanjem.

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL

HORNS by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
DEAD LOVE by Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Stone Bridge Press)
APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle)
DWELLER by Jeff Strand (Leisure/Dark Regions Press)
A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub (DoubleDay)

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL

BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files (Chizine Publications)
CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
SPELLBENT by Lucy Snyder (Del Rey)

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION

THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman (Cemetery Dance)
DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti (Deathwatch)
MONSTERS AMONG US by Kirstyn McDermott (Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears)
THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION

RETURN TO MARIABRONN by Gary Braunbeck (Haunted Legends)
THE FOLDING MAN by Joe R. Lansdale (Haunted Legends)
1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN by Lisa Mannetti (Shroud Magazine #10)
IN THE MIDDLE OF POPLAR STREET by Nate Southard (Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology)
FINAL DRAFT by Mark W. Worthen (Horror Library IV)

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY

DARK FAITH edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
HORROR LIBRARY IV edited by R.J. Cavender and, Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
MACABRE: A JOURNEY THROUGH AUSTRALIA'S DARKEST FEARS edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
HAUNTED LEGENDS edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
THE NEW DEAD edited by Christopher Golden (St. Martin's Griffin)

Superior Achievement in a COLLECTION

OCCULTATION by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
BLOOD AND GRISTLE by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY by Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
A HOST OF SHADOWS by Harry Shannon (Dark Regions Press)

Superior Achievement in NONFICTION

TO EACH THEIR DARKNESS by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman (Citadel)
LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS by Sam Weller (Melville House Publications)

Superior Achievement in a POETRY collection

DARK MATTERS by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)
WILD HUNT OF THE STARS by Ann K. Schwader (Sam's Dot)
DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST by Robin Spriggs (Anomalous Books)
VICIOUS ROMANTIC by Wrath James White (Bandersnatch Books)

    * Zoo City – Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
    * The Dervish House – Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
    * Monsters of Men – Patrick Ness (Walker Books)
    * Generosity – Richard Powers (Atlantic Books)
    * Declare – Tim Powers (Corvus)
    * Lightborn – Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

The Arthur C Clarke Award is a juried award for the best work of science fiction published in Britain in the previous year. It's judged from the works submitted by publishers so it's theoretically possible for the award to miss out on options they would have liked to consider had they only been submitted. The "published in Britain in the previous year" is why an award-winning novel published in 2000 made it onto the shortlist this year: Tim Powers's Declare only had its first UK publication in 2010.

These are six books from six different publishers (out of the twenty-two which submitted books this year), by four men and two women, one culmination of a trilogy, and five standalones. As more than one has already commented, the list features four authors of American origin (although some of them have lived in the UK for years) and one South African, Lauren Beukes. Only one of them, Ian McDonald, has been British and lived in Britain for the majority of his life. This is a point worth mentioning because the Clarke Award is specifically a British award, albeit for what's published in the country rather than where those authors come from. In more trivial statistics: one-word titles make up 50% of the shortlist, but that's not too disproportionate – they made up 27% of the list of eligible submissions. It was also a good year to have the last name "Powers".

The shortlist was chosen by this year's judging panel: Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Martin Lewis for the BSFA, Phil Nanson and Liz Williams for the Science Fiction Foundation, and Paul Skevington for SF Crowsnest.com. Paul Billinger chaired the judges on behalf of the award. They will all be busy re-reading the shortlist in the coming weeks, in preparation for the jury's final meeting to choose the winner.

I'm looking forward to reading this list too; from the reviews I've read and initial reactions to the shortlist, it looks like quite a good one. I've only read Lightborn so far, although conveniently, I started Zoo City yesterday and have The Dervish House handy since I'm reading the BSFA novel shortlist, and those three books (but no others) overlap with the Clarke shortlist.

In the weeks between now and the 27th of April, when the jurors, having reread the shortlist, will meet again to decide on the winner, and the award will be given at the SCI-FI London Film Festival.

Quote from: Nightflier on 25-02-2011, 19:04:16
Iskren da budem, što više knjiga imam na raspolaganju, to manje imam želje za čitanjem.

To stanje će rapidno da napreduje sa e-čitačem, veruj mi...  :lol:

Inače, baš bi bilo zgodno da Zoo City pokupi Arthur C Clarke Award; posle toga bi komotno mogao i kakav horor roman da dođe na red...  :roll:

Meni je zanimljiviji nedostatak najnagradjivanije knjige prosle godine.

Quote from: LiBeat on 04-03-2011, 16:23:33

Inače, baš bi bilo zgodno da Zoo City pokupi Arthur C Clarke Award; posle toga bi komotno mogao i kakav horor roman da dođe na red...  :roll:

Pa, viđala sam na netu da o Zoo City govore i kao o delimično sf romanu.

Još nije objašnjeno poreklo cele te priče oko familijara, tako da je moguće da je objašnjenje zapravo SF.

Ne samo to, nego je i pristup više SF nego UF. Jedna novotarija i uticaj te novotarije na društvo, uz pokušaje proučavanja familijara, svedočanstva iz različitih delova sveta i sl.

Quote from: Melkor on 04-03-2011, 16:37:13
Meni je zanimljiviji nedostatak najnagradjivanije knjige prosle godine.

Ako misliš na curičku-na-navijanje, čini mi se da ne ispunjava propozicije.  

Quote from: Nightflier on 04-03-2011, 18:25:01
Još nije objašnjeno poreklo cele te priče oko familijara, tako da je moguće da je objašnjenje zapravo SF.

Ehhhh, ne može to tako... da bi bilo SF, mora biti objašnjeno.
A i van tog (vrlo bitnog) problema sa poreklom, ni same posledice nisu ni mrvicu objašnjene, tako da...

ali drago mi je da vidim koliko ton proze može da zavede... priznajte iskreno, vama to liči na SF uglavnom zato što je ozbiljno napisano...   :!:

Liči na SF zbog ozbiljnog pristupa, da.

Pretpostavljam da se i tebi zbog toga dopada. :lol:

Da, to je totalno moj kap of ti.  xnerd

Inače, Zoo mi je fantastika koja liči na SF a Mekdonaldovo Bespuće mi je SF koji liči na fantastiku, a oba mi se ujedno i totalno dopadaju. go figure... :?:

Quote from: LiBeat on 05-03-2011, 21:22:32


Inače, Zoo mi je fantastika koja liči na SF a Mekdonaldovo Bespuće mi je SF koji liči na fantastiku, a oba mi se ujedno i totalno dopadaju. go figure... :?:

Same here. :mrgreen:

Spectrum 18 award winners

(https://www.znaksagite.com/diskusije/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tor.com%2Fimages%2Fstories%2Fblogs%2F11_03%2FKekaiKatoki.jpg&hash=deb502c3197bb4a42c427ffa0863d0d259e03485)

Concept Art
Gold: Kekai Kotaki (http://www.kekaiart.com/) for Riven Earth
Silver: Tomaz Jedruszek (http://morano.cgsociety.org/gallery/) for Legends of Norrath

Dimensional
Gold: David Meng (http://www.davidmengart.blogspot.com/)
Silver: Akihito

Comics
Gold: Rebecca Guay (http://www.rebeccaguay.com/) for A Flight of Angels
Silver: David Palumbo (http://www.dvpalumbo.com/) for Sleep
Silver: Joao Ruass (http://feral-kid.com/) for Fables 96

Books
Gold: David Palumbo (http://www.dvpalumbo.com/) for God's War
Silver: Dan Dos Santos (http://www.dandossantos.com/gallery.htm) for White Trash Zombie

Advertising
Gold: Ryohei Hase (http://ryoheihase.com/) for Narco Americano
Silver: Sam Weber (http://sampaints.com/) for The Fisherman's Wife

Editorial
Gold: Andrew Jones  (http://www.androidjones.com/)for Share One Planet
Silver: Brom (http://www.bromart.com/) for Redd Wing

Institutional
Gold: Richard Anderson (http://flaptraps.blogspot.com/) for Knight March
Silver: Donato Giancola (http://www.donatoart.com/) for Mind Machine

Unpublished
Gold: Rebecca Guay (http://www.rebeccaguay.com/) for Pandora
Silver: J. S. Rossbach (http://livingrope.free.fr/) for White Heat
Silver: Scott Brundage (http://www.scottbrundage.com/) for Tigers Have Striped Skin

Awards were chosen by jury members Nathan Fox, Gregory Manchess, Shena Wolf, Jarrod and Brandon Shiflett, Boris Vallejo, and Julie Bell.

Photos and video of the judging can be seen on the Spectrum (http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/) website.

једна од паметнијих ствари које је урадила арена нет је ангажовање кекаи котаки (нема шансе да га ставим у падеж)

http://tiptree.org/ (http://tiptree.org/)

Quote2010 Tiptree Award Winner Announced!

The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council is pleased to announce that the 2010 Tiptree Award is being given to Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, by Dubravka Ugrešić (Canongate, 2010).

cover for BABA YAGA LAID AN EGG

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg impressed with its power and its grace. Tiptree juror Jessa Crispin explains that the beginning of the book "does not scream science fiction or fantasy. It starts quietly, with a meditation on the author's aging mother, and the invisibility of the older woman.... But things shift wholly in the second act, with a surreal little tale of three old ladies, newly moneyed, who check into an Eastern European health spa. There's another revolution in the third act, where what looks like a scholarly examination of the Russian fairy tale hag erupts into a rallying cry for mistreated and invisible women everywhere."

Crispin notes that the fairy tale figure Baba Yaga is the witch, the hag, the inappropriate wild woman, the marginalized and the despised. She represents inappropriateness, wilderness, and confusion. "She's appropriate material for Ugresic, who was forced into exile from Croatia for her political beliefs. The jurors feel Baba Yaga Laid an Egg is a splendid representation of this type of woman, so cut out of today's culture."

Ugrešićeva je inače prva žena koja je dobila NINa 1989 za Forsiranje romana-reke

A ovde (http://www.napolaputa.net/ugresic.html) ima i odlomak iz Baba-Jage

Evo i Džindžerovog prikaza Baba Jage. (http://www.popboks.com/tekst.php?ID=6656)

Ne da mi je drago, nego mi je baš, baš drago.

Every year SF Site asks you, our readers, to tell us what you felt were the best books you read from the year that just ended. For the past several weeks, we've been reading your recommendations with keen interest, and tallying your votes for the best of the best. What follows is the list that you and your fellow readers have chosen as the best books from 2010.

http://www.sfsite.com/columns/best11b.htm (http://www.sfsite.com/columns/best11b.htm)

Edit: Taman sam dobio inspiraciju šta dalje da čitam. :)

The finalists for the 2011 Ditmar Awards:



Best Novel


    * Death Most Definite, Trent Jamieson (Hachette)
    * Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott (Pan Macmillan)
    * Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Voyager)
    * Stormlord Rising, Glenda Larke (Voyager)
    * Walking the Tree, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot Books)


Best Novella or Novelette


    * "Acception", Tessa Kum (Eneit Press)
    * "All the Clowns in Clowntown", Andrew McKiernan (Brimstone Press)
    * "Bleed", Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "Her Gallant Needs", Paul Haines (Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "The Company Articles of Edward Teach", Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Short Story


    * "All the Love in the World", Cat Sparks (Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "Bread and Circuses", Felicity Dowker (Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications)
    * "One Saturday Night With Angel", Peter M. Ball (Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press)
    * "She Said", Kirstyn McDermott (Scenes From the Second Storey, Morrigan Books)
    * "The House of the Nameless", Jason Fischer (Writers of the Future XXVI)
    * "The February Dragon", Angela Slatter and Lisa L. Hannett (Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Collected Work


    * Baggage, edited by Gillian Polack (Eneit Press)
    * Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears, edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
    * Scenes from the Second Storey, edited by Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall (Morrigan Books)
    * Sprawl, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
    * Worlds Next Door, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Artwork


    * Cover art, The Angaelien Apocalypse/The Company Articles of Edward Teach (Twelfth Planet Press), Dion Hamill
    * Cover art, Australis Imaginarium (FableCroft Publishing), Shaun Tan
    * Cover art, Dead Sea Fruit (Ticonderoga Publications), Olga Read
    * Cover art, The Girl With No Hands (Ticonderoga Publications), Lisa L. Hannett
    * "The Lost Thing" short film (Passion Pictures), Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan


Best Fan Writer


    * Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain
    * Chuck McKenzie, for work in Horrorscope
    * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at Australian
    * Speculative Fiction in Focus
    * Tehani Wessely, for body of work including reviews at Australian
    * Speculative Fiction in Focus


Best Fan Artist


    * Rachel Holkner, for Continuum 6 props
    * Dick Jenssen, for cover art of Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
    * Amanda Rainey, for Swancon 36 logo


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium


    * Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus, edited by Alisa Krasnostein et al.
    * Bad Film Diaries podcast, Grant Watson
    * Galactic Suburbia podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce
    * Terra Incognita podcast, Keith Stevenson
    * The Coode Street podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan
    * The Writer and the Critic podcast, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond


Best Achievement


    * Helen Merrick and Andrew Milner, Academic Stream for Aussiecon 4
    * Amanda Rainey, cover design for Scary Kisses
    * Kyla Ward, Horror Stream and The Nightmare Ball for Aussiecon 4
    * Grant Watson, Media Stream for Aussiecon 4
    * Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce,
    * Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely, Snapshot 2010


Best New Talent


    * Peter M. Ball
    * Thoraiya Dyer
    * Lisa L. Hannett
    * Kathleen Jennings
    * Pete Kempshall


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review


    * Leigh Blackmore, for Marvels and Horrors: Terry Dowling's Clowns at Midnight
    * Damien Broderick, for editing Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Australian Science Fiction Review
    * Ross Murray, for The Australian Dream Becomes Nightmare
    * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for A Modern Woman's Guide to Classic Who

The nominees for The Prometheus Awards, which annually honor libertarian SF novels, include:


For the Win by Cory Doctorow (TOR Books)
Darkship Thieves by Sarah Hoyt (Baen Books)
The Last Trumpet Project by Kevin MacArdry (free online)
Live Free or Die by John Ringo (Baen Books)
Ceres by L. Neil Smith (Big Head Press, free online)

Uf, sto ovoga puno ima

Best Short Story

    * "Bart on the Fourth of July," by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo)
    * "Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow," by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC)
    * "Cinderella," by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
    * "Hamburgers for One," by Frank Stockton, in Popgun vol. 4 (Image)
    * "Little Red Riding Hood," by Bryan Talbot and Camilla d'Errico, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image)
    * "Post Mortem," by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, in I Am an Avenger #2 (Marvel)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

    * The Cape, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Zack Howard (IDW)
    * Fables #100, by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, and others (Vertigo/DC)
    * Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben (Dark Horse)
    * Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #1: "Sparrow," by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
    * Unknown Soldier #21: "A Gun in Africa," by Joshua Dysart and Rick Veitch (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series

    * Chew, by John Layman and Rob Guillory (Image)
    * Echo, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
    * Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
    * Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
    * Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
    * Scalped, by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra (Vertigo/DC)

Best Limited Series

    * Baltimore: The Plague Ships, by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck (Dark Horse)
    * Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, by Chris Roberson and Shawn McManus (Vertigo/DC)
    * Daytripper, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Vertigo/DC)
    * Joe the Barbarian, by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy (Vertigo/DC)
    * Stumptown, by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth (Oni)

Best New Series

    * American Vampire, by Scott Snyder, Stephen King, and Rafael Albuquerque (Vertigo/DC)
    * iZombie, by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred (Vertigo/DC)
    * Marineman, by Ian Churchill (Image)
    * Morning Glories, by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (Shadowline/Image)
    * Superboy, by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo (DC)

Best Publication for Kids

    * Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, by Sara Stewart Taylor and Ben Towle (Center for Cartoon Studies/Disney/Hyperion)
    * Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
    * Binky to the Rescue, by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)
    * Scratch9, by Rob M. Worley and Jason T. Kruse (Ape Entertainment)
    * Tiny Titans, by Art Baltazar and Franco (DC)
    * The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Renier (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens

    * Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel (Scholastic Graphix)
    * Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, by Barry Deutsch (Amulet Books)
    * Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
    * Smile, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic Graphix)
    * Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty, by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low)

Best Humor Publication

    * Afrodisiac, by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca (Adhouse)
    * Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, by Ian Boothby, John Delaney, and Dan Davis (Bongo)
    * Drinking at the Movies, by Julia Wertz (Three Rivers Press/Crown)
    * I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)
    * Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish Studios)
    * Prime Baby, by Gene Luen Yang (First Second)

Best Anthology

    * The Anthology Project, edited by Joy Ang and Nick Thornborrow (Lucidity Press)
    * Korea as Viewed by 12 Creators, edited by Nicolas Finet (Fanfare&midot;Ponent Mon)
    * Liquid City, vol. 2, edited by Sonny Liew and Lim Cheng Tju (Image)
    * Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, edited by Paul Morrissey and David Petersen (Archaia)
    * Trickster: Native American Tales, edited by Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum Books)

Best Digital Comic

    * Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl, www.abominable.cc (http://www.abominable.cc)
    * The Bean, by Travis Hanson, www.beanleafpress.com (http://www.beanleafpress.com)
    * Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler, www.lackadaisycats.com/comic.php (http://www.lackadaisycats.com/comic.php)
    * Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall, occasionalcomics.com
    * Zahra's Paradise, by Amir and Khalil, www.zahrasparadise.com (http://www.zahrasparadise.com)

Best Reality-Based Work

    * It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
    * Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book, by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Special Exits: A Graphic Memoir, by Joyce Farmer (Fantagraphics)
    * Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Terrible Axe Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary (NBM)
    * Two Generals, by Scott Chantler (McClelland & Stewart)
    * You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Graphic Album-New

    * Elmer, by Gerry Alanguilan (SLG)
    * Finding Frank and His Friend: Previously Unpublished Work by Clarence 'Otis' Dooley, by Melvin Goodge (Curio & Co.)
    * Market Day, by James Sturm (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee (Archaia)
    * Wilson, by Daniel Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

    * The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious Objects, by Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
    * Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson (Dark Horse)
    * Motel Art Improvement Service, by Jason Little (Dark Horse)
    * The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, by Ian Boothby, James Lloyd, and Steve Steere Jr. (Abrams Comicarts)
    * Tumor, by Joshua Hale Fialkov and Noel Tuazon (Archaia)
    * Wednesday Comics, edited by Mark Chiarello (DC)

Best Adaptation from Another Work

    * Dante's Divine Comedy, adapted by Seymour Chwast (Bloomsbury)
    * The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adapted by Joann Sfar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
    * The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young (Marvel)
    * 7 Billion Needles, vols. 1 and 2, adapted from Hal Clement's Needle by Nobuaki Tadano (Vertical)
    * Silverfin: A James Bond Adventure, adapted by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (Disney/Hyperion Books)

Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips

    * Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Strips, 1946–1948, by Bob Montana, edited by Greg Goldstein (IDW)
    * 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective, by G. B. Trudeau (Andrews McMeel)
    * George Heriman's Krazy Kat: A Celebration of Sundays, edited by Patrick McDonnell and Peter Maresca (Sunday Press Books)
    * Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, by Cliff Sterrett, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW)
    * Roy Crane's Captain Easy, vol. 1, edited by Rick Norwood (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Books

    * Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)
    * The Horror! The Horror! Comic Books the Government Didn't Want You to Read!, edited by Jim Trombetta (Abrams Comicart)
    * The Incal Classic Collection, by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Moebius (Humanoids)
    * Lynd Ward: Six Novels in Woodcuts, edited by Art Spiegelman (The Library of America)
    * Thirteen "Going on Eighteen," by John Stanley (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

    * It Was the War of the Trenches, by Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics)
    * The Killer: Modus Vivendi, by Matz and Luc Jacamon (Archaia)
    * King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave, by Mezzo and Pirus (Fantagraphics)
    * The Littlest Pirate King, by David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan (Fantagraphics)
    * Salvatore, by Nicolas De Crécy (NBM)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia

    * Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)
    * Bunny Drop, by Yumi Unita (Yen Press)
    * A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
    * House of Five Leaves, by Natsume Ono (VIZ Media)
    * Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)

Best Writer

    * Ian Boothby, Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book; Futurama Comics #47–50; Simpsons Comics #162, 168; Simpsons Super Spectacular #11–12 (Bongo)
    * Joe Hill, Locke & Key (IDW)
    * John Layman, Chew (Image)
    * Jim McCann, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
    * Nick Spencer, Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Existence 3.0 (Image)

Best Writer/Artist

    * Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
    * Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 (DC)
    * Terry Moore, Echo (Abstract Studio)
    * James Sturm, Market Day (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

    * Richard Corben, Hellboy (Dark Horse)
    * Stephen DeStefano, Lucky in Love Book One: A Poor Man's Story (Fantagraphics)
    * Rob Guillory, Chew (Image)
    * Gabriel Rodriguez, Locke & Key (IDW)
    * Skottie Young, The Marvelous Land of Oz (Marvel)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

    * Lynda Barry, Picture This: The Nearsighted Monkey Book (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Brecht Evens, The Wrong Place (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad (Dark Horse)
    * Janet Lee, Return of the Dapper Men (Archaia)
    * Eric Liberge, On the Odd Hours (NBM)
    * Carol Tyler, You'll Never Know Book 2: Collateral Damage (Fantagraphics)

Best Cover Artist

    * Rodin Esquejo, Morning Glories (Shadowline/Image)
    * Dave Johnson, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain (Dark Horse); Unknown Soldier (Vertigo/DC); Punisher/Max, Deadpool (Marvel)
    * Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Baltimore: The Plague Ships (Dark Horse)
    * David Petersen, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard (Archaia)
    * Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

Best Coloring

    * Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
    * Metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers), Louis: Night Salad (Metaphrog)
    * Dave Stewart, Hellboy, BPRD, Baltimore, Let Me In (Dark Horse); Detective Comics (DC); Neil Young's Greendale, Daytripper, Joe the Barbarian (Vertigo/DC)
    * Hilary Sycamore, City of Spies, Resistance, Booth, Brain Camp, Solomon's Thieves (First Second)
    * Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Lettering

    * Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW)
    * Dan Clowes, Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly)
    * Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules!: True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know), Amelia Rules!: The Tweenage Guide to Not Being Unpopular, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster)
    * Todd Klein, Fables, The Unwritten, Joe the Barbarian, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (WildStorm/DC); SHIELD (Marvel); Driver for the Dead (Radical)
    * Doug TenNapel, Ghostopolis (Scholastic Graphix)
    * Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library 20: Lint (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

    * Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
    * The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com (http://www.comicsbeat.com))
    * ComicBookResources, produced by Jonah Weiland (www.comicbookresources.com (http://www.comicbookresources.com))
    * ComicsAlliance, produced by Laura Hudson (www.comicsalliance.com (http://www.comicsalliance.com))
    * The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon (www.comicsreporter.com (http://www.comicsreporter.com))
    * USA Today Comics Section, by Life Section Entertainment Editor Dennis Moore; Comics Section Lead, John Geddes (www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index (http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/index))

Best Comics-Related Book

    * Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau, by Brian Walker (Yale University Press)
    * Fire and Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, by Blake Bell (Fantagraphics)
    * The Oddly Compelling Art of Denis Kitchen, by Denis Kitchen and Charles Brownstein, edited by John Lind and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse Books)
    * Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams Comicarts)
    * 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, by Paul Levitz (TASCHEN)

Best Publication Design

    * Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, designed by Randall Dahlk (IDW)
    * Polly and Her Pals Complete Sunday Comics, vol. 1, designed by Lorraine Turner and Dean Mullaney (IDW)
    * Return of the Dapper Men, designed by Todd Klein (Archaia)
    * 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking, designed by Josh Baker (TASCHEN)
    * Two Generals, designed by Jennifer Lum (McClelland & Stewart)

Hall of Fame
Judges' Choices:

    * Ernie Bushmiller
    * Jack Jackson
    * Martin Nodell
    * Lynd Ward

SAN DIEGO -- Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2011. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from heartfelt autobiographical works to books aimed at kids and teens to deluxe hardcover archival editions. Unlike in past years, superheroes are very much in the minority in this year's selections.

Topping the 2011 nominees with 5 nominations is Return of the Dapper Men, a fantasy hardcover by writer Jim McCann and artist Janet Lee, published by Archaia. It has nods for Best Publication for Teens, Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer, Best Artist, and Best Publication Design. Two comics series have 4 nominations: Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma (published by Shadowline/Image) and Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (published by IDW). A variety of titles have received 3 nominations, including the manga Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (VIZ Media), John Layman and Rob Guillory's series Chew (Image), Daniel Clowes's graphic novel Wilson (Drawn & Quarterly), and Mike Mignola's Hellboy titles (Dark Horse).

The creator with the most nominations is Mignola with 5 (including cover artist), followed by Spencer and Hill, each with 4. Several creators have 3: McCann & Lee, Rodriquez, Urasawa, and Clowes, plus writer Ian Boothy (for Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book and other Bongo titles) and cartoonist Jimmy Gownley (for Best Publication for Kids plus coloring and lettering on his Amelia Rules! series). A record 15 creators have 2 nominations each.

DC Comics has the most nominations for a publisher, with its various imprints (DCU, Vertigo, WildStorm) garnering 14 nominations (plus 3 shared). The DC Universe has 5 of those nominations, while the Vertigo imprint has 9, all spread among multiple titles and creators. In addition, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Levitz, published by TASCHEN, has two nominations. The publishers emerging with the second-most nominations this year with 12 each are Image (led by Chew and Morning Glories) and IDW, which in addition to Locke & Key has double nods for four titles: Dave Stevens' The Rocketeer Artist's Edition, Polly & Her Pals Sundays, and Darwyn Cooke's Parker: The Outfit. Close behind with 11 nominations each are alt/indy comics publishers Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly. Fantagraphics dominates the U.S. Edition of International Material category with 3 nominees and has 2 nominations each for Carol Tyler's You'll Never Know: Collateral Damage and Jacques Tardi's It Was the War of the Trenches. Besides Wilson, D&Q is on the ballot with two nominations each for Lynda Barry's Picture This, James Sturm's Market Day, and Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library 20.

Other publishers with multiple nominations include Dark Horse (9, plus 2 shared), Archaia (9), VIZ Media (4), and Marvel (3, plus 2 shared); six publishers with 3 nominations: Abrams Comicarts, Bongo, Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, First Second, NBM, and Scholastic/Graphix; and five with 2 nominations: Abstract Studio (Terry Moore's Echo), Disney/Hyperion, McClelland & Stewart (Scott Chantler's Three Generals), TASCHEN, and Vertical. Another two dozen publishers had 1 nomination each. Notably, many of these publishers are mainstream publishing houses and not standard comics industry companies. In addition to the ones mentioned above, they include Amulet Books, Andrews McMeel, Bloomsbury, Crown, Fulcrum Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lee & Low, The Library of America, and Yale University Press.

Among this year's nontraditional "discoveries" by the judges are Seymour Chwast's adaptation of Dante's Divine Comedy (Bloomsbury), the "mocumentary" Finding Frank and His Friends by "Clarence 'Otis' Dooley" (Curio & Co.), the Native American anthology Trickster (Fulcrum), Lucidity Press's The Anthology Project, and cartoonist Dave Kellett's Literature: Unsuccessfully Competing Against TV Since 1953.

Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are in their 23rd year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2011 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of comics store rep John Berry (Metropolis Comics, Bellflower, California), Comic-Con board of director Ned Cato (geekroundtable.com), librarian Karen Green (Columbia University), comics writer/editor Andy Helfer (The Shadow; Paradox Press), publishing consultant Rich Johnson (previously with DC Comics and Yen Press), and retail manager Chris Powell (Lone Star Comics, Dallas, Texas).

Ballots with this year's nominees will be going out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. A downloadable pdf of the ballot will also be available online, and a special website has been set up for online voting. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 22 at Comic-Con International.

Voting in one Eisner Awards category, the Hall of Fame, is already completed. The judges chose the nominees earlier this year, and voting was conducted solely online, with voting ending on March 24.

The Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular artforms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture. Jackie Estrada has been administrator of the Awards since 1990. She can be reached at jackie@comic-con.org.

2010 Shirley Jackson Awards

The nominees for this year's Shirley Jackson Awards -- recognizing outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic -- have been announced:

NOVEL

    * Dark Matter, Michelle Paver (Orion)
    * A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (Doubleday)
    * Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
    * Mr. Shivers, Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
    * The Reapers Are the Angels, Alden Bell (Holt)
    * The Silent Land, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)

NOVELLA

    * The Broken Man, Michael Byers (PS Publishing)
    * Chasing the Dragon, Nicholas Kaufmann, (Chizine Publications)
    * "Mysterium Tremendum", Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
    * One Bloody Thing After Another, Joey Comeau (ECW Press)
    * Subtle Bodies, Peter Dubé (Lethe Press)
    * The Thief of Broken Toys, Tim Lebbon (Chizine Publications)

NOVELETTE

    * "--30--," Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
    * "The Broadsword," Laird Barron, (Black Wings, PS Publishing)
    * "Holderhaven," Richard Butner, (Crimewave 11: Ghosts)
    * "The Redfield Girls," Laird Barron (Haunted Legends, Tor)
    * "Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains," Neil Gaiman (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)

SHORT STORY

    * "As Red as Red," by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Haunted Legends, Tor)
    * "Booth's Ghost," Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn't See, Small Beer Press)
    * "The Foxes," Lily Hoang (Haunted Legends, Tor)
    * "six six six," Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
    * "The Things," Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, Issue 40)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

    * Occultation, Laird Barron (Night Shade)
    * The Ones That Got Away, Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
    * The Third Bear, Jeff Vandermeer (Tachyon)
    * What I Didn't See, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer Press)
    * What Will Come After, Scott Edelman (PS Publishing)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

    * Black Wings: Tales of Lovecraftian Horror, edited by S. T. Joshi (PS Publications)
    * Haunted Legends, edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
    * My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales, edited by Kate Bernheimer (Penguin)
    * Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (William Morrow)
    * Swords and Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders (Harper Voyager)

The Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented at Readercon 22, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The nominees for the 2011 Hugo Awards

    BEST NOVEL

    Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
    Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
    The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
    The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
    Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

    BEST NOVELLA

    The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
    ''The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon'', Elizabeth Hand (Stories)
    ''The Sultan of the Clouds'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
    ''Troika'', Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
    ''The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer 2010)

    BEST NOVELETTE

    ''The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
    ''Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
    ''Eight Miles'', Sean McMullen (Analog 9/10)
    ''The Emperor of Mars'', Allen M. Steele (Asimov's 6/10)
    ''That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)

    BEST SHORT STORY

    ''Ponies'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 11/17/10)
    ''For Want of a Nail'', Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's 12/10)
    ''Amaryllis'', Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed 6/10)
    ''The Things'', Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

    BEST RELATED WORK

    Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
    The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, Mike Resnick & Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
    Writing Excuses, Season 4, Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
    Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O'Shea, eds. (Mad Norwegian)
    Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

    BEST GRAPHIC STORY

    The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man, Mike Carey; art by Peter Gross (Vertigo)
    Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, Phil & Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio (Airship Entertainment)
    Grandville Mon Amour, Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
    Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, Howard Tayler (Hypernode)
    Fables: Witches, Bill Willingham; art by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)

    BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – LONG

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    How to Train Your Dragon
    Inception
    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Toy Story 3

    BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – SHORT

    Doctor Who: ''A Christmas Carol''
    Doctor Who: ''The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang''
    Doctor Who: ''Vincent and the Doctor''
    Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
    The Lost Thing

    BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR LONG FORM

    Lou Anders
    Ginjer Buchanan
    Moshe Feder
    Liz Gorinsky
    Nick Mamatas
    Beth Meacham
    Juliet Ulman

    BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR SHORT FORM

    John Joseph Adams
    Stanley Schmidt
    Jonathan Strahan
    Gordon Van Gelder
    Sheila Williams

    BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

    Daniel Dos Santos
    Bob Eggleton
    Stephan Martiniere
    John Picacio
    Shaun Tan

    BEST SEMIPROZINE

    Clarkesworld
    Interzone
    Lightspeed
    Locus
    Weird Tales

    BEST FANZINE

    Banana Wings
    Challenger
    The Drink Tank
    File 770
    StarShipSofa

    BEST FAN WRITER

    James Bacon
    Claire Brialey
    Christopher J Garcia
    James Nicoll
    Steven H Silver

    BEST FAN ARTIST

    Brad W. Foster
    Randall Munroe
    Maurine Starkey
    Steve Stiles
    Taral Wayne

    JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER [NOT A HUGO AWARD]*

    Saladin Ahmed
    Lauren Beukes
    Larry Correia
    Lev Grossman
    Dan Wells

    *All John W. Campbell Award finalists are in their 2nd year of eligibility.

Congratulations to Lauren Beukes for winning the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award for her book Zoo City published by Angry Robot.

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The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top five finalists in each category of the 2011 Locus Awards.

Science Fiction Novel

    Surface Detail, Iain M. Banks (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
    Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
    Zero History, William Gibson (Putnam; Viking UK)
    The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Pyr; Gollancz)
    Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

Fantasy Novel

    Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada; Roc)
    Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)
    Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)
    The Fuller Memorandum, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
    The Sorcerer's House, Gene Wolfe (Tor)

First Novel

    The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade)
    The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
    Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
    The Quantum Thief, Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz; Tor)
    How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, Charles Yu (Pantheon)

Young Adult Book

    Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
    Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
    Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins UK; Greenwillow)
    I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; HarperCollins)
    Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Novella

    Bone and Jewel Creatures, Elizabeth Bear (Subterranean)
    The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
    "The Mystery Knight"', George R.R. Martin (Warriors)
    "Troika", Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines)
    "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'", Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer '10)

Novelette

    "The Fool Jobs", Joe Abercrombie (Swords & Dark Magic)
    "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains", Neil Gaiman (Stories)
    "The Mad Scientist's Daughter", Theodora Goss (Strange Horizons 1/18-1/25/10)
    "Plus or Minus", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
    "Marya and the Pirate", Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 1/10)

Short Story

    "Booth's Ghost", Karen Joy Fowler (What I Didn't See and Other Stories)
    "The Thing About Cassandra", Neil Gaiman (Songs of Love and Death)
    "Names for Water", Kij Johnson (Asimov's 10-11/10)
    "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Space/Time", Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld 8/10)
    "The Things", Peter Watts (Clarkesworld 1/10)

Magazine

    Analog
    Asimov's
    F&SF
    Subterranean
    Tor.com

Publisher

    Baen
    Night Shade Books
    Orbit
    Subterranean Press
    Tor

Anthology

    Zombies vs. Unicorns, Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier, eds. (McElderry)
    The Beastly Bride, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Viking)
    The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's)
    Warriors, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor)
    Swords & Dark Magic, Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, eds. (HarperCollins)

Collection

    Mirror Kingdoms, Peter S. Beagle (Subterranean)
    What I Didn't See and Other Stories, Karen Joy Fowler (Small Beer)
    Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber (Night Shade)
    The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Night Shade)
    The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny: Volume Five: Nine Black Doves, Roger Zelazny (NESFA)

Editor

    Ellen Datlow
    Gardner Dozois
    Gordon Van Gelder
    David G. Hartwell
    Jonathan Strahan

Artist

    Bob Eggleton
    Donato Giancola
    John Picacio
    Shaun Tan
    Michael Whelan

Non-fiction

    80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin, Karen Joy Fowler & Debbie Notkin, eds. (Aqueduct)
    Conversations with Octavia Butler, Conseula Francis (University Press of Mississippi)
    Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr., (Tor)
    CM Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary, Mark Rich (McFarland)
    Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)

Art Books

    Bob Eggleton, Dragon's Domain (Impact)
    Spectrum 17, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
    Donato Giancola, Middle-Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth (Underwood)
    Shaun Tan, The Bird King and Other Sketches (Windy Hollow)
    Charles Vess & Neil Gaiman, Instructions (Harper)

Aurealis Awards
Posted on May 22, 2011 by Jonathan (http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2011/05/22/aurealis-awards-3/)

Last night the glitterati of the Australian science fiction and fantasy scene gathered at the Independent Theatre in Sydney for the annual Aurealis Awards shindig.  Unfortunately many of us couldn't be there, so informal gatherings happened around the country, frequently referring to Twitter for updates.

We had a small group of friends over for champagne and gossip while we watched and waited for "our" category (Best Anthology) to roll around. Last year was a great one here in Western Australia and Alisa (for her excellent Sprawl), Marianne and I (for Wings of Fire) , and just me solo (for Godlike Machines) were all up for Best Anthology.  which I think in itself was one of the best things about the awards.  As it turned out Marianne and I were delighted to hear that Wings of Fire had been given the award. We worked hard on the book, and it was especially pleasing to win an award with Marianne.

Other friends won during the evening – Tansy, Helen, Margo, and Kirstyn among many. Congratulations to them all! More than one person pointed out how similar the results were to the recent Ditmar Awards, and how good it was to see a convergence of popular and critical opinion looking back at last year's Australian SF/F scene.

And, since I've not seen it online elswhere, the full list of winners:

Kris Hembury Encouragement Award: Jodie Cleghorn
Peter McNamara Convenors' Award: Helen Merrick
Best Science Fiction Novel: Transformation Space, Marianne de Pierres
Best Science Fiction Short Story: The Heart of a Mouse, K.J. Bishop
Best Fantasy Novel: Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best Fantasy Short Story: The February Dragon, LL Hannett & Angela Slatter (joint winners) Yowie, Thoraiya Dyer
Best Horror Novel: Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott
Best Horror Short Story: The Fear, Richard Harland
Best Anthology: Wings of Fire, Edited by Jonathan Strahan and Marianne S. Jablon
Best Collection: The Girl With No Hands, Angela Slatter
Best Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel: Changing Ways: Book 1, Justin Randall
Best Young Adult Novel: Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey
Best Young Adult Short Story: A Thousand Flowers, Margo Lanagan
Best Children's Fiction(told primarily through pictures): The Boy and the Toy, Sonya Hartnett (writer) & Lucia Masciullo (illustrator)
Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through words): The Keepers, Lian Tanner

Evo je i Nebula. Drago mi je da je Pratchett dobio nagradu za young adults romane, Tiffany Aching serija knjiga to vise nego zasluzuje.


http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/05/2010-nebula-awards-winners/ (http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/05/2010-nebula-awards-winners/)

The 2010 Nebula Awards were presented on Saturday, May 21, 2011 in a ceremony at the Nebula Awards Weekend, held in Washington DC. Michael Swanwick was Toastmaster, and NAME gave the keynote address.

Novel

   Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

   The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra)
   The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)
   Shades of Milk and Honey, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
   Echo, Jack McDevitt (Ace)
   Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor (DAW)

Novella

   ''The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window'', Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Summer '10)

   The Alchemist, Paolo Bacigalupi (Audible; Subterranean)
   ''Iron Shoes'', J. Kathleen Cheney (Alembical 2)
   The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
   ''The Sultan of the Clouds'', Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov's 9/10)
   ''Ghosts Doing the Orange Dance'', Paul Park (F&SF 1-2/10)


Novelette

   ''That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made'', Eric James Stone (Analog 9/10)

   ''Map of Seventeen'', Christopher Barzak (The Beastly Bride)
   ''The Jaguar House, in Shadow'', Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's 7/10)
   ''The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara'', Christopher Kastensmidt (Realms of Fantasy 4/10)
   ''Plus or Minus'', James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's 12/10)
   ''Pishaach'', Shweta Narayan (The Beastly Bride)
   ''Stone Wall Truth'', Caroline M. Yoachim (Asimov's 2/10)

Short Story (tie)

   ''Ponies'', Kij Johnson (Tor.com 1/17/10)
   ''How Interesting: A Tiny Man'', Harlan Ellison® (Realms of Fantasy 2/10)

   ''Arvies'', Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed 8/10)
   ''I'm Alive, I Love You, I'll See You in Reno'', Vylar Kaftan (Lightspeed 6/10)
   ''The Green Book'', Amal El-Mohtar (Apex 11/1/10)
   ''Ghosts of New York'', Jennifer Pelland (Dark Faith)
   ''Conditional Love'', Felicity Shoulders (Asimov's 1/10)


Ray Bradbury Award

   Inception

   Despicable Me
   Doctor Who: ''Vincent and the Doctor''
   How to Train Your Dragon
   Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
   Toy Story 3

Andre Norton Award

   I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett (Gollancz; Harper)

   Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
   White Cat, Holly Black (McElderry)
   Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press; Scholastic UK)
   Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch (Amulet)
   The Boy from Ilysies, Pearl North (Tor Teen)
   A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow)
   Behemoth, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse; Simon & Schuster UK)

Alice Sheldon AKA James Tiptree, Jr. and Michael Whelan received the Solstice Award. John E. Johnston received the SFWA Service Award.

The winners of Analog Science Fiction and Fact's AnLab Award and Asimov's Science Fiction's Readers' Award have been chosen. They are:

Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Winners

BEST NOVELLA: "Phantom Sense" by Richard A. Lovett & Mark Niemann-Ross (11/10)
BEST NOVELETTE: "Outbound" by Brad R. Torgersen (11/10)
BEST SHORT STORY: "Red Letter Day" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (9/10)
BEST FACT: "Tips for the Budget Time-Traveler" by Shane Tourtellotte (12/10)
BEST COVER: December 2010 by Bob Eggleton
Asimov's Science Fiction Readers' Award Winners

BEST NOVELLA: "Becoming One With the Ghosts" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (10-11/10)
BEST NOVELETTE: "The Emperor of Mars" by Allen M. Steele (6/10)
BEST SHORT STORY [TIE]:

    "The Lovely Ugly" by Carol Emshwiller (8/10)
    "Libertarian Russia" by Michael Swanwick (12/10)

BEST POEM: "Welcome Home" by Janis Ian (10-11/10)
BEST COVER ARTIST [TIE]:

    Tomislav Tikulin (7/10)
    Michael Whelan (8/10)

The awards were presented at a breakfast celebration during the 2011 Nebula Awards weekend.

...da ne uskratimo iliterate feminizma :evil::


The winners of the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards:

Lesbian Fiction: INFERNO (A POET'S NOVEL) by Eileen Myles (OR Books)

Gay Fiction: UNION ATLANTIC by Adam Haslett (Doubleday)

Lesbian Debut Fiction: SUB ROSA by Amber Dawn (Arsenal Pulp)

Gay Debut Fiction: BOB THE BOOK by David Pratt (Chelsea Station Editions)

Lesbian Poetry: THE NIGHTS ALSO by Anna Swanson (Tightrope)

Gay Poetry: PLEASURE by Brian Teare (Ahsahta Press)

Lesbian Mystery: FEVER OF THE BONE by Val McDermid (HarperCollins)

Gay Mystery: ECHOES by David Lennon (Blue Spike Publishing)

LGBT SF: DIANA COMET by Sandra McDonald (Lethe)

Lesbian Romance: RIVER WALKER by Cate Culpepper (Bold Strokes)

Gay Romance: NORMAL MIGUEL by Erik Orrantia (Cheyenne Publishing)

LGBT Children's/Young Adult: WILDTHORN by Jane Eagland (Houghton Mifflin)

LGBT Drama: OEDIPUS AT PALM SPRINGS: A FIVE LESBIAN BROTHERS PLAY by Maureen Angelos, Dominique Dibbell, Pega Healey, and Lisa Kron (Samuel French)

LGBT Anthologies: GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman (Seal)

LGBT Nonfiction: KING KONG THEORY by Virginie Despentes (The Feminist Press)

LGBT Studies: (tie) ANOTHER COUNTRY: QUEER ANTI-URBANISM by Scott Herring (NYU Press) and ASSUMING A BODY: TRANSGENDER AND RHETORICS OF MATERIALITY by Gayle Salamon (Columbia University Press)

Bisexual Nonfiction: BORDER SEXUALITIES, BORDER FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli (Rowan &Littlefield)

Bisexual Fiction: THE LUNATIC, THE LOVER, AND THE POET by Myrlin A. Hermes (HarperPerennial)

Lesbian Erotica: SOMETIMES SHE LETS ME: BEST BUTCH/FEMME EROTICA, edited by Tristan Taormino (Cleis)

Gay Erotica: TELENY AND CAMILLY by Jon Macy (Northwest Press)
Lesbian Memoir/Biography: (tie) HAMMER! MAKING MOVIES OUT OF SEX AND LIFE by Barbara Hammer (The Feminist Press) and WISHBONE: A MEMOIR IN FRACURES by Julie Marie Wade (Colgate University Press)

Gay Memoir/Biography: SECRET HISTORIAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMUEL STEWARD, PROFESSOR, TATTOO ARTIST AND SEXUAL RENEGADE by Justin Spring (FSG)

WINNERS: 2010 Bram Stoker Awards


The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2010 Bram Stoker Awards


Superior Achievement in a NOVEL: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (Doubleday/Orion)

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL (Tie):
Black and Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION: Invisible Fences by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION : "The Folding Man" by Joe R. Lansdale (from Haunted Legends)

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY: Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)

Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (Simon and Schuster)

Superior Achievement in NON-FICTION: To Each Their Darkness by Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex Publications)

Superior Achievement in a POETRY COLLECTION: Dark Matters by Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)

HWA also presented its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards and its Specialty Press Award. Ellen Datlow was on hand to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award, which she shared this year with Al Feldstein. The Specialty Press Award went to Joe Morey of Dark Regions Press.

The Silver Hammer Award, for outstanding service to HWA, was voted by the organization?s board of trustees to Angel Leigh McCoy. The President's Richard Laymon Service Award was given to Michael Colangelo.

Congratulations to all the winners!

The winners of the 2011 Locus Awards have been announced:


SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Spectra)

FANTASY NOVEL: Kraken, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey)

FIRST NOVEL: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US)

YA BOOK: Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)

NOVELLA: The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)

NOVELETTE: "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains", Neil Gaiman (Stories)

SHORT STORY: "The Thing About Cassandra", Neil Gaiman (Songs of Love and Death)

MAGAZINE: Asimov's

PUBLISHER: Tor

ANTHOLOGY: Warriors, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Tor)

COLLECTION: Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories, Fritz Leiber (Night Shade)

EDITOR: Ellen Datlow

ARTIST: Shaun Tan

NON-FICTION: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 1: 1907-1948: Learning Curve, William H. Patterson, Jr., (Tor)

ART BOOK: Spectrum 17, Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)

FINALISTS: 2011 BFS Fantasy Awards

The British Fantasy Society has announced the shortlist for the 2011 BFS Fantasy Awards:



BEST NOVEL (AUGUST DERLETH FANTASY AWARD)
Apartment 16 - Adam Nevill - Pan McMillan
Demon Dance - Sam Stone - The House Of Murky Depths
The Leaping - Tom Fletcher - Quercus
Pretty Little Dead Things - Gary McMahon - Angry Robot
The Silent Land - Graham Joyce - Gollancz


BEST NOVELLA
"1922" - Stephen King - Hodder & Stoughton
"Humpty's Bones" - Simon Clark - Telos
"Ponthe Oldenguine" - Andrew Hook - Atomic Fez
"Sparrowhawk" - Paul Finch - Pendragon
"The Thief of Broken Toys" - Tim Lebbon - ChiZine


BEST SHORT STORY
"The Beautiful Room" - R B Russell - Nightjar
"Fool's Gold" - Sam Stone - NewCon
"The Lure" - Nicholas Royle - Solaris
"Otterburn" - Jan Edwards - Estronomicon
"Something For Nothing" - Joe Essid - PS Publishing


BEST COLLECTION
Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King - Hodder & Stoughton
The Gravedigger's Tale: Fables of Fear - Simon Clark - Robert Hale
Last Exit for the Lost - Tim Lebbon - Cemetery Dance
One Monster Is Not Enough - Paul Finch - Gray Friar
Walkers in the Dark - Paul Finch - Ash Tree


BEST ANTHOLOGY
Back From the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories - Johnny Mains - Noose & Gibbet
The End of the Line - Jonathan Oliver - Solaris
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume 21 - Stephen Jones - Robinson & Constable
Never Again - Allyson Bird & Joel Lane - Gray Friar
Zombie Apocalypse! - Stephen Jones - Robinson & Constable


BEST NON-FICTION
Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong - Telos
Cinema Futura - Ed. Mark Morris - PS Publishing
Fantastic TV: 50 Years of Cult Fantasy and Science Fiction - Steven Savile - Plexus
M P Shiel: The Middle Years 1897-1923 - Harold Billings - Roger Beacham
The Shrieking Sixties - Darrel Buxton - Midnight Marquee


BEST ARTIST
Ben Baldwin
Daniele Serra
Les Edwards
Paul Mudie
Vincent Chong


BEST SMALL PRESS
Atomic Fez - Ian Alexander Martin
Gray Friar Press - Gary Fry
Pendragon Press - Christopher Teague
Telos Publishing - David J Howe and Stephen James Walker
TTA Press - Andy Cox


BEST MAGAZINE/PERIODICAL
Black Static - Andy Cox - TTA
Cemetery Dance - Rich Chizmar
Murky Depths - Terry Martin - The House Of Murky Depths
Shadows and Tall Trees - Michael Kelly - Undertow Publications
Strange Horizons - Susan Marie Groppi


BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL
Clint - Mark Millar - Titan
Grandville Mon Amour - Bryan Talbot - Jonathan Cape
Neonomicon - Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows - Avatar
The Mountains of Madness - Ian Culbard - Self Made Hero
The Unwritten Vols 1 & 2 - Mike Carey & Peter Gross - Titan Books


BEST FILM
Alice in Wonderland - Tim Burton - Walt Disney
Inception - Christopher Nolan - Syncopy Films
Kick-Ass - Matthew Vaughn - Lionsgate
Monsters - Gareth Edwards - Vertigo Films
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - Edgar Wright - Universal Pictures


BEST TELEVISION
A History of Horror With Mark Gatiss - Mark Gatiss - BBC
Being Human - Toby Whithouse - BBC
Doctor Who - Steven Moffat - BBC
Sherlock - Steven Moffat - BBC
True Blood - Alan Ball - HBO

The winners of the 2010 Shirley Jackson Awards have been announced:


NOVEL: Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
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NOVELLA: "Mysterium Tremendum" by Laird Barron (Occultation, Night Shade)
NOVELETTE: "Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains," Neil Gaiman (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
SHORT STORY: "The Things," Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, Issue 40)
SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION: Occultation by Laird Barron (Night Shade)

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EDITED ANTHOLOGY: Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil Gaiman and Al
Sarrantonio (William Morrow)

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Ovu poslednju imam i počeo sam da je čitam. Nastavak na odmoru... Ima solidnih, ali i ne previše zanimljivih...
Za sada mi je najbolja priča Majkla Maršala Smita "Unbelief". Nije loša ni priča "Blood" Rodija Dojla. Neke nisam uspeo da dočitam.
Inače, rađena je po Skrobonjinom sistemu: red žanrovaca, red glavnotokovaca, pa ponovo...

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.

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...

Quote from: Mica Milovanovic on 21-07-2011, 23:10:01
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...   :twisted: ... 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...  :mrgreen:


 

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...

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.  :twisted:

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. (http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-22/us/science.fiction.honor.ellison_1_vincent-di-fate-hugo-awards-gardner-dozois?_s=PM:US)

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.

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

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  :(

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

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   :(

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...  xtwak

 :lol: 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.

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

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.

 :) bolje dvaput no nijedared...

nego, koga zanima da overi dobitnika nagrade Prometej, eno mu je na PhoenixPick (http://www.phoenixpick.com/) besplatno.

Multiplex Man - James P. Hogan
(https://www.znaksagite.com/diskusije/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phoenixpick.com%2Fpics%2FMulMan.jpg&hash=ffbee8749b59a135d6c2d0eadf8f96210d734056)
(kod je 99922991)

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

Yay za Girl Genious! Opet!

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

Quote from: Nightflier on 22-08-2011, 18:36:33
Ja se radujem zbog Andersa. Obećao mi je intervju, pa je sada sjajan povod da to naplatim.

:|

    2011 Sunburst Awards Announced (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=4568)  The winners of the 2011 Sunburst Awards (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?page_id=68), 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 (http://www.sunburstaward.org/content/2011-winners).

  Robert A. Heinlein Award Results (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=4575)  The Baltimore Science Fiction Society has announced that Connie Willis is the 2011 solo winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?page_id=105). 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 (http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsheinlein.htm).

    WSFS Small Press Award Nominees   Announced (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=4581): 

   
• "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 (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?page_id=400) will be announced at Capclave (http://capclave.org/) over the weekend of October 14-16th in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

I Monet i Valente? Pa... lepo.  :lol:

  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:       

Quote  Booker Prize Long List (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=4500) July 26th, 2011 by Editors (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?author=1)   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 (http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1514). One of the selected books is The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers.  (http://www.sfawardswatch.com/?p=4500)According to the publisher (http://www.sandstonepress.com/title/the_testament_of_jessie_lamb/):

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.

:-D

Poduži post Adama Robertsa o nagradama:

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

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

Quote from: Melkor on 21-10-2011, 19:50:51
Adam Roberts  (http://www.blogger.com/profile/08814590995293463174)
On Awards (http://punkadiddle.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-awards.html)   

xfrog

 :cry:

Finalists for the World Fantasy Best Novel Award (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/finalists-for-the-world-fantasy-best-novel-award/2011/10/10/gIQAvOqaGM_story.html)

Ispada da samo kvarim ljudima zabavu, ali:

Quote from: Nightflier on 01-08-2011, 12:50:22
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.

 :cry: :cry: :cry:


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

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

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

Quote from: Melkor on 27-10-2011, 21:31:30
Ali zar vec svi ne znamo detalje o knjigama (sem o SL)?  :lol:

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:


ali ovo su vašington post detalji...

E, jebi ga sad... :cry: :cry: :cry:

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

Ovo ostalo jal imam jal sam citao  8)

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.

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


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.

 :cry: :-x :oops:

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  :)

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.

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

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

Xexe... Pogodio sam. :D

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.

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..."

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 (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/blood-wicked)
Sharon Page (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/sharon-page), APHRODISIA, (March 2011)
LADY DOCTOR WYRE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/lady-doctor-wyre)
Joely Sue Burkhart (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/joely-sue-burkhart), Samhain Publishing, (March 2011)
HIDDEN EMBERS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/hidden-embers-0)
Tessa Adams (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/tessa-adams), HEAT, (April 2011)
VAMPIRE INSTINCT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/vampire-instinct)
Joey W. Hill (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/joey-w-hill), HEAT, (July 2011)
TAKEN BY FIRE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/taken-fire)
Sydney Croft (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/sydney-croft), BANTAM, (July 2011)
 
Historical Fantasy/Paranormal
IMMORTAL CHAMPION (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/immortal-champion)
Lisa Hendrix (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/lisa-hendrix), BERKLEY SENSATION, (January 2011)
EARL OF DARKNESS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/earl-darkness)
Alix Rickloff (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/alix-rickloff), POCKET, (January 2011)
HEALING THE HIGHLANDER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/healing-highlander)
Melissa Mayhue (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/melissa-mayhue), POCKET STAR, (March 2011)
UNTAMED HIGHLANDER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/untamed-highlander)
Donna Grant (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/donna-grant), ST. MARTIN'S, (May 2011)
QUICKSILVER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/quicksilver-0)
Amanda Quick (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/amanda-quick-0), PUTNAM, (April 2011)
THE ROSE GARDEN (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/rose-garden)
Susanna Kearsley (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/susanna-kearsley), SOURCEBOOKS, (October 2011)
 
Vampire Romance
ASCENSION (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/ascension-0)
Caris Roane (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/caris-roane), ST. MARTIN'S, (January 2011)
DARKNESS DAWNS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/darkness-dawns)
Dianne Duvall (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/dianne-duvall), ZEBRA, (February 2011)
LOVER UNLEASHED (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/lover-unleashed)
J.R. Ward (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jr-ward-0), NAL, (April 2011)
DEEPER THAN MIDNIGHT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/deeper-midnight)
Lara Adrian (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/lara-adrian-0), DELL, (July 2011)
BLOOD HUNT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/blood-hunt)
Shannon K. Butcher (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/shannon-k-butcher), SIGNET, (August 2011)
BOUND BY NIGHT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/bound-night)
Amanda Ashley (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/amanda-ashley), ZEBRA, (September 2011)
ARCHANGEL'S BLADE  (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/archangels-blade)
Nalini Singh (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/nalini-singh), BERKLEY SENSATION, (September 2011)
TWILIGHT FULFILLED (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/twilight-fulfilled)
Maggie Shayne (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/maggie-shayne), MIRA, (October 2011)
 
Urban Fantasy Protagonist
TEMPEST'S LEGACY (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/tempests-legacy)
Nicole Peeler (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/nicole-peeler), ORBIT, (December 2010)
CRIMSON WIND (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/crimson-wind)
Diana Pharaoh Francis (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/diana-pharaoh-francis), POCKET, (January 2011)
GREEN-EYED DEMON (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/green-eyed-demon)
Jaye Wells (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jaye-wells), ORBIT, (March 2011)
SHADOWFEVER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/shadowfever)
Karen Marie Moning (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/karen-marie-moning), DELACORTE, (January 2011)
MY LIFE AS A WHITE TRASH ZOMBIE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/my-life-white-trash-zombie)
Diana Rowland (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/diana-rowland), DAW, (July 2011)
BLOOD SACRIFICE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/blood-sacrifice)
Maria Lima (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/maria-lima), POCKET, (September 2011)
CROSSROADS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/crossroads-2)
Jeanne C. Stein (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jeanne-c-stein), ACE, (September 2011)
SHAEDES OF GRAY (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/shaedes-gray)
Amanda Bonilla (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/amanda-bonilla), SIGNET ECLIPSE, (December 2011)
 
Shapeshifter Romance
ETERNAL PREY (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/eternal-prey)
Nina Bangs (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/nina-bangs), AVON, (January 2011)
HOW TO FLIRT WITH A NAKED WEREWOLF (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/how-flirt-naked-werewolf)
Molly Harper (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/molly-harper), POCKET, (February 2011)
DRAGON BOUND (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/dragon-bound)
Thea Harrison (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/thea-harrison), BERKLEY SENSATION, (May 2011)
DARKFIRE KISS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/darkfire-kiss)
Deborah Cooke (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/deborah-cooke), SIGNET ECLIPSE, (May 2011)
MUST LOVE LYCANS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/must-love-lycans)
Michele Bardsley (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/michele-bardsley), SIGNET ECLIPSE, (September 2011)
 
Paranormal Romance
CAPTIVE HEART (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/captive-heart-3)
Anna Windsor (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/anna-windsor), BALLANTINE, (February 2011)
NEVER AGAIN (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/never-again-0)
Michele Bardsley (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/michele-bardsley), SIGNET ECLIPSE, (March 2011)
KISS OF SNOW (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/kiss-snow)
Nalini Singh (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/nalini-singh), BERKLEY SENSATION, (June 2011)
BODY OF SIN (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/body-sin)
Eve Silver (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/eve-silver), HQN, (September 2011)
ADAM (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/adam)
Jacquelyn Frank (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jacquelyn-frank), ZEBRA, (November 2011)
WITHIN THE FLAMES (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/within-flames)
Marjorie M. Liu (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/marjorie-m-liu), AVON, (December 2011)
FATE'S EDGE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/fates-edge)
Ilona Andrews (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ilona-andrews), ACE, (December 2011)
 
Paranormal Fiction
ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/absolutely-positively-0)
Heather Webber (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/heather-webber), ST. MARTIN'S, (February 2011)
MASTER AND APPRENTICE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/master-and-apprentice)
Sonya Bateman (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/sonya-bateman), POCKET, (April 2011)
GRAVEMINDER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/graveminder)
Melissa Marr (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/melissa-marr), MORROW, (May 2011)
A VAMPIRE CHRISTMAS CAROL (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/vampire-christmas-carol)
Sarah Gray (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/sarah-gray), KENSINGTON, (October 2011)
 
Urban Fantasy Novel
PACK OF LIES (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/pack-lies)
Laura Anne Gilman (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/laura-anne-gilman), LUNA, (February 2011)
AFTERTIME (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/aftertime)
Sophie Littlefield (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/sophie-littlefield), LUNA, (March 2011)
BLACKOUT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/blackout-1)
Rob Thurman (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/rob-thurman), ROC, (March 2011)
SHADOW WALKER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/shadow-walker-0)
Allyson James (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/allyson-james), BERKLEY SENSATION, (June 2011)
MAGIC SLAYS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/magic-slays)
Ilona Andrews (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ilona-andrews), ACE, (June 2011)
ONE GRAVE AT A TIME (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/one-grave-time)
Jeaniene Frost (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jeaniene-frost), AVON, (September 2011)
SPIDER'S REVENGE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/spiders-revenge)
Jennifer Estep (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jennifer-estep), POCKET, (October 2011)
DEATH MAGIC (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/death-magic)
Eileen Wilks (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/eileen-wilks), BERKLEY SENSATION, (November 2011)
COURTING DARKNESS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/courting-darkness)
Yasmine Galenorn (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/yasmine-galenorn), JOVE, (November 2011)
 
Futuristic Romance
ALIEN IN THE FAMILY (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/alien-family)
Gini Koch (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/gini-koch), DAW, (April 2011)
SEDUCE ME IN DREAMS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/seduce-me-dreams)
Jacquelyn Frank (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jacquelyn-frank), BALLANTINE, (April 2011)
ENEMY GAMES (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/enemy-games)
Marcella Burnard (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/marcella-burnard), BERKLEY SENSATION, (May 2011)
BORN OF SHADOWS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/born-shadows-0)
Sherrilyn Kenyon (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/sherrilyn-kenyon), GRAND CENTRAL, (May 2011)
NIGHTFALL (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/nightfall-0)
Ellen Connor (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ellen-connor), BERKLEY SENSATION, (June 2011)
DARK TASTE OF RAPTURE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/dark-taste-rapture)
Gena Showalter (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/gena-showalter), POCKET STAR, (September 2011)
BODY THIEF (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/body-thief)
C.J. Barry (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/cj-barry), BERKLEY SENSATION, (November 2011)
 
Paranormal Romantic Suspense
IN TOO DEEP (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/too-deep-7)
Jayne Ann Krentz (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jayne-ann-krentz), PUTNAM, (January 2011)
SKIN HEAT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/skin-heat)
Ava Gray (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ava-gray), BERKLEY SENSATION, (January 2011)
BURNING DARKNESS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/burning-darkness)
Jaime Rush (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jaime-rush), AVON, (February 2011)
HUSH (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/hush-4)
Cherry Adair (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/cherry-adair), POCKET STAR, (May 2011)
COLD TOUCH (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/cold-touch)
Leslie Parrish (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/leslie-parrish), SIGNET ECLIPSE, (July 2011)
DELANEY'S SHADOW (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/delaneys-shadow)
Ingrid Weaver (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ingrid-weaver), BERKLEY SENSATION, (August 2011)
 
Science Fiction Novel
THE SEA THY MISTRESS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/sea-thy-mistress)
Elizabeth Bear (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/elizabeth-bear), TOR, (February 2011)
UP AGAINST IT (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/against-it)
M.J. Locke (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/mj-locke), TOR, (March 2011)
EMBASSYTOWN (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/embassytown)
China Mieville (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/china-mieville), DEL REY, (May 2011)
THE QUANTUM THIEF (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/quantum-thief)
Hannu Rajaniemi (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/hannu-rajaniemi), TOR, (May 2011)
RULE 34 (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/rule-34)
Charles Stross (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/charles-stross), ACE, (July 2011)
AFTERMATH (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/aftermath-0)
Ann Aguirre (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ann-aguirre), ACE, (September 2011)
 
Fantasy Novel
AMONG OTHERS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/among-others)
Jo Walton (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jo-walton), TOR, (January 2011)
DEATHLESS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/deathless)
Catherynne M. Valente (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/catherynne-m-valente), TOR, (April 2011)
MECHANIQUE: A TALE OF THE CIRCUS TRESAULTI (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/mechanique-tale-circus-tresaulti)
Genevieve Valentine (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/genevieve-valentine), PRIME BOOKS, (June 2011)
THE EDINBURGH DEAD (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/edinburgh-dead)
Brian Ruckley (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/brian-ruckley), ORBIT, (August 2011)
CAST IN RUIN (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/cast-ruin)
Michelle Sagara (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/michelle-sagara), LUNA, (September 2011)
WAYFINDER (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/wayfinder)
C.E. Murphy (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ce-murphy), DEL REY, (September 2011)
 
Epic Fantasy Novel
THE WISE MAN'S FEAR (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/wise-man%E2%80%99s-fear)
Patrick Rothfuss (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/patrick-rothfuss), DAW, (March 2011)
WITH FATE CONSPIRE (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/fate-conspire)
Marie Brennan (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/marie-brennan), TOR, (September 2011)
THE COLD COMMANDS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/cold-commands)
Richard K. Morgan (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/richard-k-morgan), DEL REY, (October 2011)
THE KINGDOM OF GODS (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/kingdom-gods)
N.K. Jemisin (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/nk-jemisin), ORBIT, (November 2011)
STANDS A SHADOW (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/stands-shadow)
Col Buchanan (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/col-buchanan), TOR, (November 2011)
 
Small Presses:
Indie Press Paranormal/Fantasy/Futuristic
MAGICK CHARM (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/magick-charm)
Jennifer Wells (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/jennifer-wells), CRESCENT MOON, (September 2010)
THE SEXORCIST (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/sexorcist)
Vivi Andrews (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/vivi-andrews), SAMHAINPUBLISHING.COM, (May 2011)
A HANDFUL OF PEARLS AND OTHER STORIES (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/handful-pearls-and-other-stories)
Beth Bernobich (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/beth-bernobich), SELF PUBLISHED, (May 2011)
INFINITE BETRAYAL (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/infinite-betrayal)
Gayle Donnelly (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/gayle-donnelly), Robyn Mackenzie (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/robyn-mackenzie), LIQUIDSILVERBOOKS.COM, (November 2011)
ALTERED DESTINY (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/altered-destiny-0)
Shawna Thomas (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/shawna-thomas), CARINA PRESS, (September 2011)
SILVER SHARK (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book/silver-shark)
Ilona Andrews (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/author/ilona-andrews), SELF-PUBLISH, (September 2011)
 
Check out the RT website for complete nominees in all the categories. (http://www.rtbookreviews.com/rt-awards/nominees-and-winners?award_type=book)

u jbte kolko popolica za romansu  :-?

Quote from: zakk on 08-11-2011, 15:31:52
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').  :evil:

Izasla i long list za 2012 IMPAC Dublin (http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2012/longlist.htm#O2012) 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...

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

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards (http://www.spectrumawards.org/2011.htm)

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 (http://www.spectrumawards.org/2011handout.pdf).
2011 Best Novel - Winner & Short List (http://www.spectrumawards.org/2011.htm#bestnovelshort)
2011 Best Novel Other Nominees (http://www.spectrumawards.org/2011.htm#bestnovel)
2011 - Notice Regarding Best Short Fiction and Other Categories (http://www.spectrumawards.org/2011.htm#bestshortother)

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.

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

Quote from: Nnedi Okorafor, PhDLovecraft'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:

QuoteOn 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:

Quote"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:

Quote"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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Jedenje govana...

Da je odbila nagradu uz ovo sve, rekli bismo svi "kapa dole"... ali ovo jeste malko neukusno. Gledam sad komentare, i najrealniji (meni) za sada su "(Lovecraft) was celebrated for his vividness of imagination, not for his humaneness" + "I don't think it's necessarily fair to judge Lovecraft by modern standards" I to je verovatno i početak i kraj priče koja je započeta još 1975 kad se nisu bavili toliko tom sortom politike.

Sad evo i Valenteova gunđa što se za World fantasy award dodeljuje statua Lavkrafta, "oca horora a ne fantasyja" pa mislim... em je pre 100 godina sve bilo u istom košu, em...  gah... besciljno

(https://www.znaksagite.com/diskusije/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi44.tinypic.com%2F24mccq1.jpg&hash=e1ad1e28d43e7c04ebd3e4297218e43636b335fb) (^ čita se odozdo nagore)

Pa, ne znam baš. Ni ja nisam nešto lud za Lavkraftom, međutim - naučio sam podosta iz njegovih eseja i pisama. Elem, Lavkraft je smatrao da horora nema bez fantastike. Dakle, njega nije zanimao običan ljudski užas - tipa serijskih ubica, incestuoznih hilbilija i sličnog. On je insistirao da prava književnost strave mora da ima elemente natprirodnog. Uz to, mora se priznati da je njegovo pisanje bilo zrelije od pisanja njegovih savremenika, koji su se bavili fantastikom.

Takođe, mislim da upravo to što je njegov "mitos" nadahnuo toliko stvaralaca (pa posredno i Čajnu Mjevila, recimo) čini prikladnim da WFA bude nadahnut njime.

@Zakk: da si crnac, drugačije bi gledao na Lavkraftov pesmuljak. Ili bar, da Lavkraft u svom pesmuljku ne pominje u tom kontekstu crnce, nego Srbe ili homoseksualce...  :mrgreen:


Šalu na stranu, jedna stvar je biti rasista u robovlasničkom mentalitetu, a sasvim druga je pisati ovako ostrašćene pesme o tome... plus, kako ja shvatam Nnedi, nije njoj problem što je WFA vođena odavanjem počasti uticaju Lavkraftove proze, nego što je statuetom odlučila da glorifikuje samog čoveka, a ne njegova prozna ili poecka dostignuća, jer kad glorifikuješ samog čoveka, onda time posredno glorifikuješ i sve njegove stavove, od kojih neki ipak nisu za glorifikaciju, bar kod Lavkrafta.


Doduše, što se mene lično tiče, to jeste neka vrst političke korektnosti koja sad već zalazi u domen ultra političke korekture i torture....  xuzi :roll:

Quote from: LiBeat on 15-12-2011, 07:25:23
@Zakk: da si crnac, drugačije bi gledao na Lavkraftov pesmuljak. Ili bar, da Lavkraft u svom pesmuljku ne pominje u tom kontekstu crnce, nego Srbe ili homoseksualce...  :mrgreen:

Ili da sam žena!  :!:

šta je tačno problem s ovom pesmicom?
to što koristi najjednostavniju šemu rimovanja koja postoji, aa-bb-cc-dd?

pa opšte je poznato da hpl nije bio neki naročit stihoklepac i da njegovi stihovi svakako NISU glavni razlog zbog kojega bi iko trebalo da ga pamti.

Quote from: LiBeat on 15-12-2011, 07:25:23
Doduše, što se mene lično tiče, to jeste neka vrst političke korektnosti koja sad već zalazi u domen ultra političke korekture i torture....  xuzi :roll:

Vala baš... Plus se sve gleda crno-belo, pa anti-semita koji se oženio Jevrejkom ostaje samo anti-semita, ne i neko ko je sposoban da voli Jevrejku, rasista koji je omiljenom mačku dao ime Niger (a mačke je smatrao aristokratskim stvorenjima i obožavao ih, nikako ih nije smatrao nižom vrstom) ostaje samo rasista... Mislim, okej, treba biti svestan svih aspekata, ne idealizovati nekog, al' dajte onda da ne bude ni jednostranog ocrnjivanja (no pun intended).

Quote from: angel011 on 15-12-2011, 12:39:51
a mačke je smatrao aristokratskim stvorenjima i obožavao ih

A zato ga ti branis.  :evil: :lol:

Quote from: angel011 on 15-12-2011, 12:39:51
... pa anti-semita koji se oženio Jevrejkom ostaje samo anti-semita, ne i neko ko je sposoban da voli Jevrejku (...) ostaje samo rasista.

Pa... ne baš. Ostaje uglavnom pragmatičar koji je omaškom izneo svoje stavove bez onog nužnog prethodnog razmišljanja da li ih može u životnoj praksi i afirmisati. Drugim rečima, jedno priča, drugo radi, a nešto sasvim treće se može zaključiti iz kombinacije njegovih izjava i postupaka.  :) 

Quote from: zakk on 15-12-2011, 10:04:42

Quote from: LiBeat on 15-12-2011, 07:25:23
@Zakk: da si crnac, drugačije bi gledao na Lavkraftov pesmuljak. Ili bar, da Lavkraft u svom pesmuljku ne pominje u tom kontekstu crnce, nego Srbe ili homoseksualce...  :mrgreen:

Ili da sam žena!  :!:

...a ne, ne... na ovom forumu je trenutno ta definicija sinonimna sa definicijom psihopate.  :(

ne?

Literary Bests (http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/12/29/literary-bests-2/)
Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Ursula K. Le Guin

QuoteThe Use of Literary Awards.
I'm not saying literary awards should  be done away with, or that they have no use at all — only that we  shouldn't take them as meaningful literary judgments. There have been literary competitions ever since ancient Greece, and though they tend like all competitions to select the predictable, to favor work by men over work by women, and to become ingrown or corrupt, still they serve as spurs to artists who want or need spurring to do their best.
Competitions and awards arouse interest in the audience, even if it's the kind of interest appropriate to a horse race — witness the hysteria  of betting on some of the "big" literary awards — which brings much-needed money to artists and those who support or invest in their work. This is a service principally to the business of art, but also to its vitality in the culture.
And to an author, early in a career, an award can be a true and needed  validation — a beautiful reward, like the Boss sings about. The first  literary prizes I won, the Nebula and the Hugo, were beautiful rewards  to me. They gave me strength by justifying both my trust in my readers  and my trust in myself as a writer. They come from the science fiction  community: one is awarded by writers, the other by readers. They are of  value almost solely within that community. They are ignored or actively  despised by those who institute themselves the guardians of capital-L  Literature.

Quote from: Melkor on 31-12-2011, 11:38:09
Literary Bests (http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2011/12/29/literary-bests-2/)
Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Ursula K. Le Guin

Genijalno!

http://www.omnivoracious.com/2012/01/2011-philip-k-dick-award-finalists-announced-including-maureen-mchugh-mira-grant-and-more.html (http://www.omnivoracious.com/2012/01/2011-philip-k-dick-award-finalists-announced-including-maureen-mchugh-mira-grant-and-more.html)

Quote2011 Philip K. Dick Award Finalists Announced, Including Maureen McHugh, Mira Grant, and More
by Jeff VanderMeer (http://www.omnivoracious.com/jeff_vandermeer.html) on January 10, 2012   
The Philip K. Dick Award finalists for best original Science Fiction published in paperback form in the United States have just been announced:
A Soldier's Duty (http://www.amazon.com/Soldiers-Duty-Theirs-Not-Reason/dp/0441020631/blogs_omni_link) by Jean Johnson (Ace Books)
After the Apocalypse (http://www.amazon.com/After-Apocalypse-Maureen-F-McHugh/dp/1931520291/blogs_omni_link) by Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer Press)
Deadline (http://www.amazon.com/Deadline-Newsflesh-Book-Mira-Grant/dp/031608106X/blogs_omni_link) by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Company Man (http://www.amazon.com/Company-Man-Robert-Jackson-Bennett/dp/0316054704/blogs_omni_link) by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
The Other (http://www.amazon.com/Other-Matthew-Hughes/dp/098266396X/blogs_omni_link) by Matthew Hughes (Underland Press)
The Postmortal (http://www.amazon.com/Postmortal-Novel-Drew-Magary/dp/0143119826/blogs_omni_link) by Drew Magary (Penguin Books)
The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy (http://www.amazon.com/Equations-Samuil-Petrovitch-Simon-Morden/dp/0316125180/blogs_omni_link) by Simon Morden (Orbit)

The hot hand here clearly belongs to Maureen F. McHugh with After the Apocalypse from Small Beer, the only short story collection on the ballot. It's a brilliant book that hit the trifecta of starred reviews in Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. Michael Dirda called an "irresistible festival of horrors" in the Washington Post. Publishers Weekly and io9.com both put it on their year's best list.

   Indie publishers like McHugh's Small Beer title appear ever more frequently on the Philip K. Dick list—ever since The Troika by Stepan Chapman, published by my Ministry of Whimsy Press, won in 1997—but it's still interesting to see two such offerings on the same ballot. The second is Matthew Hughes' The Other from Underland Press. Hughes brings a Jack Vance sensibility to his science fiction, although with a more baroque style. He's also at heart a horror writer in a supernatural vein, which informs his SF as well. In The Other, Luff Imbry, an insidiously clever confidence man finds himself embroiled in intrigue on a far-off planet.


Mira Grant, meanwhile, continues her strong critical and commercial showing with Deadline, the second in her ingenious Newsflesh zombie series. You can read an interview with Grant talking about Deadline right here (http://www.omnivoracious.com/2011/06/mira-grant-on-her-new-novel-deadline.html) on Omnivoracious. The first novel in the series, Feed, was also a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award, and was largely responsible for her winning the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer.

Other finalists demonstrate the breadth of what modern science fiction has to offer. The popular The Postmortal by Drew Magary postulates a near-future cure for aging that has severe political and social repercussions. A Soldier's Duty by Jean Johnson features a precog soldier in the far future. The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy by Simon Morden is infamous for effective if eye-gougingly kaleidoscopic covers devised by some sadist at Orbit Books (if you look at them in the mirror, they no doubt reveal the secret message "Killjoy Was Here"). The books are set in a nearish-future in which the U.S. is a theocracy, Japan is destroyed, and the U.K. has devolved into anarchy.

By focusing on paperback originals, the Philip K. Dick Award seeks to provide more attention for books that may otherwise get overlooked. Certainly, The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett, released last spring, benefits from inclusion. Despite some fine reviews, including one in the Wall Street Journal, it hasn't yet fully found its audience. A comment on Amazon that The Company Man reads as if "Upton Sinclair and Philip K. Dick had collaborated to write a Sam Spade novel" isn't far-off, if you throw in Steampunk elements like airships. Hopefully, the nomination will allow more readers to discover this fine novel.
Congratulations to all of the finalists. First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 6, 2012 at Norwescon 35 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac, Washington. The 2011 judges were Scott Baker (chair), Mark Budz, Roby James, Darrell Schweitzer, and Alice K. Turner.
 

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Samuil Petrovitch is a survivor.

He survived the nuclear fallout in St. Petersburg and hid in the London Metrozone - the last city in England. He's lived this long because he's a man of rules and logic.

For example, getting involved = a bad idea.

But when he stumbles into a kidnapping in progress, he acts without even thinking. Before he can stop himself, he's saved the daughter of the most dangerous man in London.

And clearly saving the girl = getting involved.

Now, the equation of Petrovitch's life is looking increasingly complex.

Russian mobsters + Yakuza + something called the New Machine Jihad = one dead Petrovitch.

But Petrovitch has a plan - he always has a plan - he's just not sure it's a good one.

:-|

Wolfe Wins Fuller Award (http://www.locusmag.com/News/2012/01/wolfe-wins-fuller-award/)
— posted Monday 9 January 2012 @ 10:01 am PST

  The first Fuller Award for lifetime achievement in literature will be awarded to Gene Wolfe by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. The presentation will take place March 17, 2012 at an Evening to Honor Gene Wolfe, hosted by Gary K. Wolfe at the San Filippo Estate in Barrington Hills IL. Among those scheduled to pay tribute to Wolfe are Neil Gaiman, Michael Swanwick, Audrey Niffeneger, and others. For tickets and more information, see the Eventbrite website (http://genewolfesanfilippo.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn).

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Brought to you by The Omnivore (http://hatchetjoboftheyear.com/#2247260/The-Omnivore), the Hatchet Job of the Year Award will be presented to the author of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months.

It aims to raise the profile of professional critics and to promote integrity and wit in literary journalism. Read more about why we're doing this. (http://hatchetjoboftheyear.com/#2463080/Manifesto)

The Kraken Rum presents The Kitschies, the annual awards for those books which best elevate the tone of genre literature.
The Kitschies celebrate the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works - the books that do the science fiction and fantasy community proud. Winners receive a cash prize in addition to one of our lovingly hand-crafted Tentacle trophies and a bottle of The Kraken's fine black liquid.
We have four judging categories: Red Tentacle (Novel) (http://www.thekitschies.com/red-tentacle.html), Golden Tentacle (Debut) (http://www.thekitschies.com/golden-tentacle.html), Inky Tentacle (Cover) (http://www.thekitschies.com/inky-tentacle.html) and the Black Tentacle (Discretionary) (http://www.thekitschies.com/black-tentacle.html). (klikom na link do shortliste)

The judges received 152 books from 38 publishers and imprints: big and small, pulp and prestige, literary and genre. We're  grateful for the support of all the publishers and authors who took the time to submit their work.
As judge (and 2010 Red Tentacle winner) Lauren Beukes says, "2011 produced some remarkable novels. These are the ones that stood out for all of us, according to The Kitschies' criteria: books that were inventive, playful and smart, packed with intriguing ideas, great characters and nudged at the boundaries of things, or overturned them altogether."
The finalists in each category can be found on their respective pages.
The winners in all four categories will be introduced on 3 February at the SFX Weekender (http://www.sfxweekender.com/), the UK's largest science fiction convention.

The Horror Writers Association (http://www.horror.org/) has announced the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award.

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The British Science Fiction Association (http://www.bsfa.co.uk/) has announced the shortlists for the 2011

Best Novel

   
• Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith (Newcon Press)
• Embassytown by China Mieville (Macmillan)
• The Islanders by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
• By Light Alone by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
• Osama by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)

Best Short Fiction

   
• "The Silver Wind" by Nina Allan (Interzone 233, TTA Press)
• "The Copenhagen Interpretation" by Paul Cornell (Asimov's, July)
• "Afterbirth" by Kameron Hurley (Kameron Hurley's own website)
• "Covehithe" by China Mieville (The Guardian)
• "Of Dawn" by Al Robertson (Interzone 235, TTA Press)

Best Non-Fiction

   
• Out of This World: Science Fiction but not as we Know it by Mike Ashley (British Library)
• The SF Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition ed. John Clute, Peter Nicholls and David Langford (website)
• Review of Arslan by M J Engh, Abigail Nussbaum (Asking the Wrong Questions blog)
• SF Mistressworks, ed. Ian Sales (website)
• Pornokitsch, ed. Jared Shurin and Anne Perry (website)
• The Unsilent Library: Essays on the Russell T. Davies Era of the New Doctor Who (Foundation Studies in Science Fiction), ed. Graham Sleight, Tony Keen and Simon Bradshaw (Science Fiction Foundation)

Best Art

   
• Cover of Ian Whates's The Noise Revealed by Dominic Harman (Solaris)
• Cover and illustrations of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls by Jim Kay (Walker)
• Cover of Lavie Tidhar's Osama by Pedro Marques (PS Publishing)
• Cover of Liz Williams's A Glass of Shadow by Anne Sudworth (Newcon Press)

BSFA Awards: The awards will be held at Olympus 2012, The 2012 Eastercon, April 6th – 9th 2012 at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London, and will be presented by acclaimed author, John Meaney.

BSFA nominacije (a i nagrade, bogami) sad kao da idu pod formulom "futurizam + any kind of weird = SF".  :roll:

 Genevieve Valentine was named winner of the 2012 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award for her 2011 novel Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti (Prime).
The award, which includes a cash prize, is presented annually at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, and is designated for an exceptionally promising writer whose first fantasy book was published the preceding year. Prior winners include Jonathan Lethem, Charles de Lint, Greer Gilman, Judith Tarr, Kij Johnson, Joe Hill, M. Rickert, Daryl Gregory, Christopher Barzak, Jedediah Berry and, last year, Karen Lord.
The nominators for this year's award also shortlisted Erin Morgenstern for The Night Circus, Téa Obreht for The Tiger's Wife, Stina Leicht for Of Blood and Honey, and Ransom Riggs for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Those participating in the selection included Stacie Hanes, Niall Harrison, Ellen Klages, Kelly Link, Cheryl Morgan, Graham Sleight, and Paul Witcover.
The 2012 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts will take place March 21-25 in Orlando FL. Further details are at www.iafa.org (http://www.iafa.org/).

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The staff at This Is Horror were both overwhelmed and incredibly appreciative of the interest, support and votes we received in the inaugural This Is Horror Awards. We hope that this is the start of something incredibly special in the horror world and are already hard at work planning the This Is Horror Awards 2012. All winners of This Is Horror Awards will be sent a physical certificate (Note: regrettably with regards to the anthology winner we cannot send a certificate to every single contributor) to commemorate their award.
With that said, ladies and gentleman, click through to find out the winners for each category in the This Is Horror Awards 2011.
Novel of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/novel-of-the-year/)
Film of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/film-of-the-year/)
TV Series of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/tv-series-of-the-year/)
Comic of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/comic-of-the-year/)
Short Story Collection of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/short-story-collection-of-the-year/)
Chapbook of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/chapbook-of-the-year/)
Anthology of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/anthology-of-the-year/)
Publisher of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/publisher-of-the-year/)
Magazine of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/magazine-of-the-year/)
Event of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/event-of-the-year/)
Film Score of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/film-score-of-the-year/)
Classic Soundtrack of the Year (http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/features/this-is-horror-awards-2011-the-winners/classic-soundtrack-of-the-year/)

The Galactic Suburbia Award: for activism and/ or communication that advances the feminist conversation in the field of speculative fiction in 2011!


We didn't put links to the honours list and winner as show notes to the podcast, because we wanted our regular listeners to have at least SOME sense of anticipation as they listened, but now it's well and truly out there, so here is the list:
Honours List
Carrie Goldman and her daughter Katie, for sharing their story about how Katie was bullied at school for liking Star Wars (http://www.chicagonow.com/portrait-of-an-adoption/2010/11/anti-bullying-starts-in-first-grade/#ixzz17iP01KSL%3C), and opening up a massive worldwide conversation about gender binaries and gender-related bullying among very young children.
Cheryl Morgan for Female Invisibility Bingo (http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/?p=10805%29), associated blogging and podcasting, and basically fighting the good fight
Helen Merrick, for the Feminism article (http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/feminism) on the SF Encyclopedia
Jim C Hines for "Jane C Hines" (http://www.jimchines.com/2011/09/jane-c-hines/) and associated blogging, raising awareness of feminist issues in the SF/Fantasy publishing field.
Julia Rios, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond for Episode 11 of the Outer Alliance podcast (http://blog.outeralliance.org/archives/875) (The Writer and the Critic special episode)
L. Timmel Duchamp – for continuing to raise issues of importance on the Ambling Down the Aqueduct (http://aqueductpress.blogspot.com/) blog and various Aqueduct Press projects
Michelle Lee for the blog post "A 7-year-old girl responds to DC Comics' sexed-up reboot of Starfire (http://io9.com/5844355/a-7+year+old-girl-responds-to-dc-comics-sexed+up-reboot-of-starfire)"

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Winner
Nicola Griffith – for the Russ Pledge, and associated blogging
The winner will receive a Deepings Doll (http://www.deepingsdolls.com/) hand-painted figurine of a suffragette with a Galactic Suburbia placard, hand-painted by Jilli Roberts of Pendlerook Designs. (Tansy's very talented mother!) Each Deepings Doll is individual, so the one each winner will receive (we do plan to make this an annual tradition) will be unique.

Monday, January 30, 2012    2012 Galileo Awards nominees     The long listof 2012 Galileo Awards has been significantly shortened and although the new Romanian speculative fiction awards use the Australian system of voting and this short list will be further sieved I believe that we can call the titles remained in the race as the nominees for the 2012 Galileo Awards. So, without further ado here are the 2012 Galileo Awards nominees:
  The Best Volume:
"The Seasons" (Anotimpurile) by Bogdan-Tudor Bucheru (Millennium Books)
"Ink and Blood" (Cerneală și singe) by Ștefana Cristina Czeller (Millennium Books)
"DemNet" (DemNet) by Dan Doboș (Media-Tech)
"Chronicles from the End of the World" (Cronici de la capătul pămîntului) by Costi Gurgu (Millennium Books)
"Alone on Ormuza" (Singur pe Ormuza) by Liviu Radu (Millennium Books)
  The Best Short Prose:
"Prophecies about the Past" (Profeţii despre trecut) by Aron Biro (Steampunk: A second revolution edited by Adrian Crăciun, Millennium Books)
"The Last Hourglass" (Ultima clepsidră) by Oliviu Crâznic (Steampunk: A second revolution edited by Adrian Crăciun, Millennium Books)
"The Southern Swamps" (Mlaştinile din sud) by Costi Gurgu (Chronicles from the End of the World, Millennium Books)
"The Black Fortress" (Cetatea neagră) by Costi Gurgu (Steampunk: A second revolution edited by Adrian Crăciun, Millennium Books)
"A trouble in the Wonderful Inand" (O hucă în minunatul Inand) by Michael Haulică (Galileo Magazine, issue 3)
"The Story of Calistrat Hadîmbu from Vizireni, foully murdered by Raul Colentina in a Bucharest's outskirts inn" (Povestea lui Calistrat Hadîmbu din Vizireni, ucis mişeleşte de nenicul Raul Colentina într-un han de la marginea Bucureştilor) by Michael Haulică (Steampunk: A second revolution edited by Adrian Crăciun, Millennium Books)
"From Gipsies" (De la ţigani) by George Lazăr (Steampunk: A second revolution edited by Adrian Crăciun, Millennium Books)
  The Best Anthology:
"Steampunk: A Second Revolution" (Steampunk: A doua revoluție) edited by Adrian Crăciun (Millennium, 2011)
"Venus" (Venus) edited by Antuza Genescu (Eagle & SRSFF, 2011)
"The Dragon and the Ewe Lamb" (Balaurul și Miorița) edited by Mihail Grămescu (Eagle, 2011)
"Pangaea" (Pangaia) edited by SRSFF (Eagle & SRSFF, 2010)
"2011 Galileo Awards" (Premiile Galileo 2011) edited by Horia Nicola Ursu (Millennium, 2011) 
  It seems that Millennium Press is dominating again the Galileo Awards with 4 novels, all the short fiction (since Galileo Magazine is published also by Millennium) and 2 anthologies from these lists of nominees, so I cannot wonder if a wider selection and a different voting system would not be better for this wonderful initiative. I am also thinking if a members' jury, chosen for each year, would not improve the Galileo Awards and would help the Romanian speculative fiction scene more.

The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the  2011 Bram Stoker Award!

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL

   
• A Matrix Of Angels (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1894953711/sfsi0c-20) by Christopher Conlon (Creative Guy Publishing)
• Cosmic Forces (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1605424080/sfsi0c-20) by Greg Lamberson (Medallion Press)
• Floating Staircase (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0843964243/sfsi0c-20) by Ronald Malfi (Medallion Press / Thunderstorm Books)
• Flesh Eaters (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786023600/sfsi0c-20) by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books)
• Not Fade Away (http://www.badmoonbooks.com/product.php?productid=1972&cat=58&bestseller) by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)
• The German (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590213092/sfsi0c-20) by Lee Thomas (Lethe Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL

   
• Isis Unbound (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006U661GK/sfsi0c-20) by Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press)
• Southern Gods (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1597802859/sfsi0c-20) by John Hornor Jacobs (Night Shade Books)
• The Lamplighters (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1609286707/sfsi0c-20) by Frazer Lee (Samhain Publishing)
• The Panama Laugh (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1597802905/sfsi0c-20) by Thomas S. Roche (Night Shade Books)
• That Which Should Not Be (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1936564149/sfsi0c-20) by Brett J. Talley (JournalStone)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

   
• Ghosts of Coronado Bay, A Maya Blair Mystery (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1936564092/sfsi0c-20) by J.G. Faherty (JournalStone)
• The Screaming Season (Possessions) (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595143335/sfsi0c-20) by Nancy Holder (Razorbill)
• Rotters (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385738579/sfsi0c-20) by Daniel Kraus (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
• Dust & Decay (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1442402369/sfsi0c-20) by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Monster Calls (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1406336513/sfsi0c-20) by Patrick Ness (Candlewick / Walker)
• This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006W3YK8M/sfsi0c-20) by Kenneth Oppel (Simon & Schuster / David Fickling Books)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL

   
• Anya's Ghost (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1596437138/sfsi0c-20) by Vera Brosgol (First Second) [See our review (http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/03/review_zita_the_spacegirl_by_ben_hatke_anyas_ghost_by_vera_brosgol/)]
• Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom TP (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1613772076/sfsi0c-20) by Joe Hill (IDW Publishing)
• Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595825606/sfsi0c-20) by Jeff Jensen & Jonathan Case (Dark Horse)
• Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0064XFV5Q/sfsi0c-20) by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden (Dark Horse Comics)
• Alan Moore's Neonomicon (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592911315/sfsi0c-20) by Alan Moore & Antony Johnston (Avatar Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION

   
• 7 Brains by Michael Louis Calvillo (Burning Effigy Press)
• "Roots and All" by Brian Hodge (A Book of Horrors)
• "The Colliers' Venus (1893)" by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy)
• Ursa Major by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
• Rusting Chickens by Gene O'Neill (Dark Regions Press)
• "The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine" by Peter Straub (Conjunctions: 56)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION

   
• "Her Husband's Hands" by Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011)
• "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive" by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May
• 2011)
• "Hypergraphia" by Ken Lillie-Paetz (The Uninvited, Issue #1)
• "Graffiti Sonata" by Gene O'Neill (Dark Discoveries #18)
• "Home" by George Saunders (The New Yorker Magazine, June 13, 2011)
• "All You Can Do Is Breathe" by Kaaron Warren (Blood and Other Cravings)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A SCREENPLAY

   
• True Blood, episode #44: "Spellbound" by Alan Ball (HBO)
• The Walking Dead, episode #13: "Pretty Much Dead Already" by Scott M. Gimple (AMC)
• The Walking Dead, episode #9: "Save the Last One" by Scott M. Gimple (AMC)
• Priest by Cory Goodman (Screen Gems)
• The Adjustment Bureau by George Nolfi (Universal Pictures)
• American Horror Story, episode #12: "Afterbirth" by Jessica Sharzer (20th Century Fox Television)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FICTION COLLECTION

   
• Voices: Tales of Horror (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934571040/sfsi0c-20) by Lawrence C. Connolly (Fantasist Enterprises)
• Red Gloves  Volume I & II  [signed 2 volume slipcase] (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1848631995/sfsi0c-20) by Chrstopher Fowler (PS Publishing)
• Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (Volume One) (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1596063912/sfsi0c-20) by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
• Monsters of L.A. (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0983779937/sfsi0c-20) by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
• The Corn Maiden (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802126022/sfsi0c-20) by Joyce Carol Oates (Mysterious Press)
• Multiplex Fandango (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1937128067/sfsi0c-20) by Weston Ochse (Dark Regions Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY (EDITING)

   
• Epitaphs: The Journal of the New England Horror Writers (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0982727593/sfsi0c-20) edited by Tracy L. Carboned (NEHW)
• Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061999717/sfsi0c-20) edited by Jack Dann & Nick Gevers (Harper Voyager)
• Blood and Other Cravings (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765328283/sfsi0c-20) edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
• Supernatural Noir (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595825460/sfsi0c-20) edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse)
• Tattered Souls 2 (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1461080819/sfsi0c-20) edited by Frank J. Hutton (Cutting Block Press)
• Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579128793/sfsi0c-20) edited by John Skipp (Black Dog & Leventhal)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION

   
• Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1589806808/sfsi0c-20) by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (Pelican Publishing)
• Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1614980055/sfsi0c-20) edited by Gary William Crawford, Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers (Hippocampus Press)
• Starve Better (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0984553584/sfsi0c-20) by Nick Mamatas (Apex Publications)
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451641575/sfsi0c-20) by Matt Mogk (Gallery Books)
• The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0230118178/sfsi0c-20) by John C. Tibbetts (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Stephen King: A Literary Companion (McFarland Literary Companions) (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/078645850X/sfsi0c-20) by Rocky Wood (McFarland)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A POETRY COLLECTION

   
• How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend: Necon Contemporary Horror (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1466467371/sfsi0c-20) by Linda Addison (CreateSpace)
• At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned & the Absinthe-Minded by Maria Alexander (Burning Effigy Press)
• Surrealities (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/193712813X/sfsi0c-20) by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press)
• Shroud of Night (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1937128024/sfsi0c-20) by G. O. Clark (Dark Regions Press)
• The Mad Hattery (http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0982855419/sfsi0c-20) by Marge Simon (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
• Unearthly Delights (http://www.margesimon.com/UD-Samples.html) by Marge Simon (Sam's Dot)

The Awards will be presented at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 31.