ZNAK SAGITE — više od fantastike — edicija, časopis, knjižara...

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

(^ 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... 


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.... 

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... 

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.... 

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. 

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... 

Ili da sam žena! 

...a ne, ne... na ovom forumu je trenutno ta definicija sinonimna sa definicijom psihopate. 

ne?

Literary Bests
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
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

Quote2011 Philip K. Dick Award Finalists Announced, Including Maureen McHugh, Mira Grant, and More
by Jeff VanderMeer 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 by Jean Johnson (Ace Books)
After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer Press)
Deadline by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
The Other by Matthew Hughes (Underland Press)
The Postmortal by Drew Magary (Penguin Books)
The Samuil Petrovitch Trilogy 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 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.
 

Quote

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
— 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.

Šta je ko je Fuller?

Brought to you by 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.

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), Golden Tentacle (Debut), Inky Tentacle (Cover) and the Black Tentacle (Discretionary). (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, the UK's largest science fiction convention.

The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award.

The British Science Fiction Association 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". 

 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.

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
Film of the Year
TV Series of the Year
Comic of the Year
Short Story Collection of the Year
Chapbook of the Year
Anthology of the Year
Publisher of the Year
Magazine of the Year
Event of the Year
Film Score of the Year
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, and opening up a massive worldwide conversation about gender binaries and gender-related bullying among very young children.
Cheryl Morgan for Female Invisibility Bingo, associated blogging and podcasting, and basically fighting the good fight
Helen Merrick, for the Feminism article on the SF Encyclopedia
Jim C Hines for "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 (The Writer and the Critic special episode)
L. Timmel Duchamp – for continuing to raise issues of importance on the Ambling Down the Aqueduct 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"



Winner
Nicola Griffith – for the Russ Pledge, and associated blogging
The winner will receive a Deepings Doll 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 by Christopher Conlon (Creative Guy Publishing)
• Cosmic Forces by Greg Lamberson (Medallion Press)
• Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi (Medallion Press / Thunderstorm Books)
• Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books)
• Not Fade Away by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)
• The German by Lee Thomas (Lethe Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL

   
• Isis Unbound by Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press)
• Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs (Night Shade Books)
• The Lamplighters by Frazer Lee (Samhain Publishing)
• The Panama Laugh by Thomas S. Roche (Night Shade Books)
• That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley (JournalStone)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

   
• Ghosts of Coronado Bay, A Maya Blair Mystery by J.G. Faherty (JournalStone)
• The Screaming Season (Possessions) by Nancy Holder (Razorbill)
• Rotters by Daniel Kraus (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
• Dust & Decay by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (Candlewick / Walker)
• This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel (Simon & Schuster / David Fickling Books)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL

   
• Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (First Second) [See our review]
• Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys to the Kingdom TP by Joe Hill (IDW Publishing)
• Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen & Jonathan Case (Dark Horse)
• Baltimore Volume 1: The Plague Ships by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden (Dark Horse Comics)
• Alan Moore's Neonomicon 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 by Lawrence C. Connolly (Fantasist Enterprises)
• Red Gloves  Volume I & II  [signed 2 volume slipcase] by Chrstopher Fowler (PS Publishing)
• Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (Volume One) by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
• Monsters of L.A. by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
• The Corn Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates (Mysterious Press)
• Multiplex Fandango by Weston Ochse (Dark Regions Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY (EDITING)

   
• Epitaphs: The Journal of the New England Horror Writers edited by Tracy L. Carboned (NEHW)
• Ghosts by Gaslight: Stories of Steampunk and Supernatural Suspense edited by Jack Dann & Nick Gevers (Harper Voyager)
• Blood and Other Cravings edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
• Supernatural Noir edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse)
• Tattered Souls 2 edited by Frank J. Hutton (Cutting Block Press)
• Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed edited by John Skipp (Black Dog & Leventhal)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION

   
• Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (Pelican Publishing)
• Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu edited by Gary William Crawford, Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers (Hippocampus Press)
• Starve Better by Nick Mamatas (Apex Publications)
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies by Matt Mogk (Gallery Books)
• The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media by John C. Tibbetts (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Stephen King: A Literary Companion (McFarland Literary Companions) by Rocky Wood (McFarland)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A POETRY COLLECTION

   
• How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend: Necon Contemporary Horror by Linda Addison (CreateSpace)
• At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned & the Absinthe-Minded by Maria Alexander (Burning Effigy Press)
• Surrealities by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press)
• Shroud of Night by G. O. Clark (Dark Regions Press)
• The Mad Hattery by Marge Simon (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
• Unearthly Delights by Marge Simon (Sam's Dot)

The Awards will be presented at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 31.

2011 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is proud to announce the nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards (presented 2012), the nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book.
Novel

   
• Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor)
• Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan UK; Del Rey; Subterranean Press)
• Firebird, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)
• God's War, Kameron Hurley (Night Shade Books)
• Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti, Genevieve Valentine (Prime Books)
• The Kingdom of Gods, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Novella

   
• "Kiss Me Twice," Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2011)
• "Silently and Very Fast," Catherynne M. Valente (WFSA Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011)
• "The Ice Owl," Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2011)
• "The Man Who Bridged the Mist," Kij Johnson (Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2011)
• "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary," Ken Liu (Panverse Three,Panverse Publishing)
• "With Unclean Hands," Adam-Troy Castro (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2011)

Novelette

   
• "Fields of Gold," Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse 4,Night Shade Books)
• "Ray of Light," Brad R. Torgersen (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2011)
• "Sauerkraut Station," Ferrett Steinmetz (Giganotosaurus, November 2011)
• "Six Months, Three Days," Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com, June 2011)
• "The Migratory Pattern of Dancers," Katherine Sparrow (Giganotosaurus, July 2011)
• "The Old Equations," Jake Kerr (Lightspeed Magazine, July 2011)
• "What We Found," Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011)

Short Story

   
• "Her Husband's Hands," Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011)
• "Mama, We are Zhenya, Your Son," Tom Crosshill (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011)
• "Movement," Nancy Fulda (Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2011)
• "Shipbirth," Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2011)
• "The Axiom of Choice," David W. Goldman (New Haven Review, Winter 2011)
• "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees," E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2011)
• "The Paper Menagerie," Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March/April 2011)

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

   
• Attack the Block, Joe Cornish (writer/director) (Optimum Releasing; Screen Gems)
• Captain America: The First Avenger, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely (writers), Joe Johnston (director) (Paramount)
• Doctor Who: "The Doctor's Wife," Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)
• Hugo, John Logan (writer), Martin Scorsese (director) (Paramount)
• Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen (writer/director) (Sony)
• Source Code, Ben Ripley (writer), Duncan Jones (director) (Summit)
• The Adjustment Bureau, George Nolfi (writer/director) (Universal)

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book

   
• Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Juvenile)
• Chime, Franny Billingsley (Dial Books; Bloomsbury)
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Hodder & Stoughton)
• Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• The Boy at the End of the World, Greg van Eekhout (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
• The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson (Greenwillow Books)
• Ultraviolet, R.J. Anderson (Orchard Books; Carolrhoda Books)

The winners will be announced at SFWA's 47^th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, to be held Thursday through Sunday, May 17 to May 20, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, near Reagan National Airport. As announced earlier this year, Connie Willis will be the recipient of the 2011 Damon Knight Grand Master Award for her lifetime contributions and achievements in the field. Walter Jon Williams will preside as toastmaster, with Astronaut Michael Fincke as keynote speaker.
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of  SFWA. Voting will open to SFWA Active members on March 1 and close on March 30.  More information on voting is available here.
Founded in 1965 by the late Damon Knight, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America brings together the most successful and daring writers of speculative fiction throughout the world.
Since its inception, SFWA® has grown in numbers and influence until it is now widely recognized as one of the most effective non-profit writers' organizations in existence, boasting a membership of approximately 2,000 science fiction and fantasy writers as well as artists, editors and allied professionals.  Each year the organization presents the prestigious Nebula Awards® for the year's best literary and dramatic works of speculative fiction.

Announcing the Spectrum Fantastic Art Award Finalists

Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct Press, 2011) is the winner of the 2011 James Tiptree Jr. Award.




Redwood and Wildfire was a favorite of the jurors from the moment they read it. They reported: "This vivid and emotionally satisfying novel encompasses the life of Redwood, a hoodoo woman, as she migrates from rural Georgia to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. While Redwood's romance with Aidan Wildfire is central to the novel, female friendship is also a major theme, without deferring to the romance. Hairston incorporates romantic love into a constellation, rather than portraying it as a solo shining star. Her characters invoke a sky where it can shine; they live and love without losing themselves in cultural expectations, prejudices and stereotypes, all within a lovingly sketched historical frame.

"Intersections of race, class, and gender encompass these characters' entire lives. They struggle with external and internal forces around questions of gender roles, love, identity, and sexuality. This challenge drives how they move through the world and how it sees them. The characters in Redwood and Wildfire deftly negotiate freedom and integrity in a society where it's difficult to hold true to these things."

This year's jurors were Lynne Thomas (chair), Karen Meisner, James Nicoll, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Nisi Shawl.

Honor List

In addition to selecting the winner, the jury chose a Tiptree Award Honor List. The Honor List is a strong part of the award's identity and is used by many readers as a recommended reading list for the rest of the year. This year's Honor List is:

Libba Bray, Beauty Queens (Scholastic Press 2011) — In this atypically comedic Tiptree candidate, a cast of iconic characters trapped on a hostile island (populated by the capitalist analog of Doctor No) illuminates the limited palette of roles for women and offers the hope of more rewarding and rounded lives.

L. Timmel Duchamp, "The Nones of Quintilus" (in her collection Never at Home, Aqueduct Press 2011) — This standout story addresses the relationships between mothers and daughters and how the world looks different when you become (or intend to become) pregnant.

Kameron Hurley, God's War (Night Shade Books 2011) — Set on a marginally habitable world divided by a common religion with diverse interpretations, this engaging work explores a militaristic matriarchal society.

Gwyneth Jones, The Universe of Things (Aqueduct Press 2011) — Running through these gorgeous stories is a fierce awareness of how gender roles and other social power imbalances are always factors in how we think, how we approach one another, how we see the world. The author questions the status quo, and then questions the questioning, so what emerges is a mature, honest, thoughtful complexity.

Alice Sola Kim, "The Other Graces" (Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2010) — This elegantly written short story revisits the role of mirroring in self-actualization  and casts that path in a new and skiffy light as its heroine, Grace, is mentored by her older alternate selves. It also depicts racial/cultural intersections with gender roles.

Sandra McDonald, "Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots" (Strange Horizons, 2010.10.04) — A surreal and subversive take on human-AI relations. An older female character exploring her sexuality is a rare thing in science fiction, and it is refreshing to see it handled here with such a deft hand.

Maureen F. McHugh, "After the Apocalypse" (in her collection After the Apocalypse, Small Beer Press 2011) — This title story of an impressive collection brings to the foreground gender expectations concerning the practice of motherhood in extreme situations and then completely and matter-of-factly upends them.

Delia Sherman, The Freedom Maze (Big Mouth House 2011) — A clear-hearted, magically immersive time travel story that explores powerful ideas. Thrown back through time to an antebellum plantation, a thirteen-year-old comes to understand how women's experience is shaped by cultural expectations as they interweave with social, economic, and racial truths.

Kim Westwood, The Courier's New Bicycle (Harper Voyager Australia 2011) — This compelling novel depicts a variety of sexually transgressive characters and looks at themes of fertility and alternate family structures through a dystopic lens.

The jury also named a "long list" of books worth mentioning, which will be available on this site shortly.

Nego, da ispunimo pauzu do objavljivanja onih... ehm... bitnijih nominacija...

Awards tend to generate controversy. Last year saw both the biggest Booker debàcle since the inception of the prize, and the total meltdown of the British Fantasy Awards. One spectacle may have taken place on a smaller stage than the other, but in both cases the bloodletting was furious. Part of the problem seemed to be a confusion over what literary awards should be for. Last year's Booker judges seemed to believe that novels should exist primarily for the purposes of middlebrow entertainment, while certain elements within the British Fantasy Society seemed happy to see the BFS awards reduced to a popularity contest. While the idea that anyone on the BFS committee was complicit in any actual wrongdoing was preposterous and the scapegoating of individual nominees was unfortunate and unfair, the changes to the awards system brought about by the BFS palace revolution were desirable and necessary and we will hopefully see the BFAs regaining some measure of value and credibility as a result. With the Booker I'm not so sure. The judges this year will probably be a tad more hardcore, but my guess is that the change will be short lived. The literary mainstream in this country, terrified of being charged with elitism, tends to pander to the middle ground. More and more regularly we see Booker shortlists crammed with works that fail to challenge the reader on any level. These are books that conform. It is a literature of obedience, the kind of books you can read in your lunch hour or at the airport then forget about immediately afterwards. It's literary television.
The Clarke Award is different.

SFWA Announces Honorees of the 2012 Solstice Awards



The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce Octavia Butler and John Clute as the recipients of the Solstice Awards for 2012. The Solstice Awards are granted to up to three persons, living or dead, who have consistently had a positive, transformative influence on the genre of science fiction and fantasy.

Octavia Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006 ) was a giant in the field of science fiction and fantasy; her work was awarded Nebula and Hugo awards, and she was the first science fiction writer to be granted the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. Butler's fiction delved into sociological, political and religious issues, explored gender, sexuality and cultural identity. She looked for the problems in the world, and tried to find answers and solutions. Butler's works include the Nebula Award winning novel Parable of the Talents, Fledgling, Kindred, the Patternist series, the Lilith's Brood series and numerous short stories.

Butler passed away in 2006. SFWA is proud to posthumously award her the Solstice Award for her influence in science fiction and fantasy.

"My first encounter with Butler's work came when her Lilith's Brood series was pressed on me by a friend, who wouldn't let me read anything else until I read the books. As time goes on I find that this is how so much of Butler's work was discovered — by word of mouth from someone who found their lives changed by Butler's ideas and prose. Butler left us far too early, but her influence remains, grows and deepens with every year. I'm proud to have SFWA honor her and her legacy with the Solstice."
"When Octavia won the MacArthur she told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "People may call these 'genius grants,' but nobody made me take an IQ test before I got mine. I know I'm no genius." That's true. She was something better. She was a woman who looked for the most difficult and important task she could possibly do, and then did it.

I'll miss that deep, beautiful woodwind-like voice of hers. I'll miss her tall, imposing presence. I'll miss her sense of humor, her kindness, her courage, her strength.

Most of all, I'll miss the books she never got the time to write."

FINALISTS: 2011 Aurealis Awards                  By John DeNardo |                   Monday, March 19th, 2012                  at                  11:18 am                                                    The finalists for the 2011 Aurealis Awards have been announced!Fantasy Novel

   
• The Undivided, by Jennifer Fallon
• Ember and Ash, by Pamela Freeman
• Stormlord's Exile, by Glenda Larke
• Debris, by Jo Anderton
• The Shattered City, by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Fantasy Short Story

   
• "Fruit of the Pipal Tree," by Thoraiya Dyer
• "The Proving of Smollett Standforth," by Margo Lanagan
• "Into the Clouds on High," by Margo Lanagan
• "Reading Coffee," by Anthony Panegyris
• "The Dark Night of Anton Weiss," by D.C. White

Science Fiction Novel

   
• Machine Man, by Max Barry
• Children of Scarabaeus, by Sara Creasy
• The Waterboys, by Peter Docker
• Black Glass, by Meg Mundell
• The Courier's New Bicycle, by Kim Westwood

Science Fiction Short Story

   
• "Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden," by Joanne Anderton
• "Desert Madonna," by Robert Hood
• "SIBO," by Penelope Love
• "Dead Low," by Cat Sparks
• "Rains of la Strange," by Robert N Stephenson

Horror NovelNo award will be presented in this category, but there are two honorable mentions.

   
• The Broken Ones, by Stephen M. Irwin
• The Business of Death, by Trent Jamieson

Horror Short Story

   
• "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living," by Deborah Biancotti
• "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt," by Paul Haines
• "The Short Go: a Future in Eight Seconds," by Lisa L. Hannett
• "Mulberry Boys," by Margo Lanagan
• "The Coffin Maker's Daughter," by Angela Slatter

Young Adult Novel

   
• Shift, by Em Bailey
• Secrets of Carrick: Tantony, by Ananda Braxton-Smith
• The Shattering, by Karen Healey
• Black Glass, by Meg Mundell
• Only Ever Always, by Penni Russon

Young Adult Short Story

   
• "Nation of the Night," by Sue Isle
• "Finishing School," by Kathleen Jennings
• "Seventy-Two Derwents," by Cate Kennedy
• "One Window," by Martine Murray
• "The Patrician," by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Children's Fiction (told primarily through words)

   
• The Outcasts, by John Flanagan
• The Paradise Trap, by Catherine Jinks
• "It Began with a Tingle," by Thalia Kalkapsakis
• The Coming of the Whirlpool, by Andrew McGahan
• City of Lies, by Lian Tanner

Children's Fiction (told primarily through pictures)

   
• The Ghost of Annabel Spoon, by Aaron Blabey (author and illustrator)
• Sounds Spooky, by Christopher Cheng (author) and Sarah Davis (illustrator)
• The Last Viking, by Norman Jorgensen (author) and James Foley (illustrator)
• The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator)
• Vampyre, by Margaret Wild (author) and Andrew Yeo (illustrator)

Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel

   
• Hidden, by Mirranda Burton (author and illustrator)
• Torn, by Andrew Constant (author) and Joh James (illustrator), additional illustrators Nicola Scott, Emily Smith
• Salsa Invertebraxa, by Mozchops (author and illustrator) (Pecksniff Press)
• The Eldritch Kid: Whiskey and Hate, by Christian Read (author) and Michael Maier (illustrator)
• The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator)

Anthology

   
• Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers
• Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene
• Ishtar, edited by Amanda Pillar and KV Taylor
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5, edited by Jonathan Strahan
• Life on Mars, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Collection

   
• Bad Power, by Deborah Biancotti
• Last Days of Kali Yuga, by Paul Haines
• Bluegrass Symphony, by Lisa Hannett
• Nightsiders, by Sue Isle
• Love and Romanpunk, by Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Awards will be presented Saturday, May 12th at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney.

Objavljeni finalisti za LAMBDU: Hillary Jordan ušla u "general" sekciju sa When She Woke.

A izabran je i žiri za 2012 Philip K. Dick Award:


* Bruce Bethke, PO Box 28094, Oakdale, MN 55128-0094
* Sydney Duncan, 38 Teaberry Lane, Frostburg, MD 21532-2301
* Daryl Gregory, 1895 South Allen St., State College, PA 16801-5920
* Bridget McKenna, 4700 35th Ave S Apt 304, Seattle WA, 98118-1768
* Paul Witcover, 414 36th St # 3, Brooklyn, NY 11232-2508

Greg Bear, Drew Magary, China Miéville, Jane Rogers, Charles Stross and Sheri S. Tepper are the six authors shortlisted for this year's Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK's premier prize for science fiction literature. The six shortlisted books are:


Greg Bear, Hull Zero Three (Gollancz)



Drew Magary, The End Specialist (Harper Voyager)



China Miéville, Embassytown (Macmillan)



Jane Rogers, The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press)



Charles Stross, Rule 34 (Orbit)



Sheri S.Tepper, The Waters Rising (Gollancz)




This year's six shortlisted titles were selected from a long list of 60 eligible submissions put forward by twenty-five different publishing houses and imprints.

Award Director Tom Hunter said:

" The definition of science fiction is many different things to different people. It can be a vision of the future, a reflection of our contemporary concerns and technological advances, a vast galaxy-spanning exploration or an alternate history of worlds that might have been.

"Every year the judges for the Clarke Award are tasked first to make their definition of science fiction, and then to define those books they think best showcase the genre. The task of turning sixty books into a shortlist of just six is no simple task, and I hope science fiction readers everywhere will appreciate both the challenge of making the selection and also the challenge any shortlist can make to our preconceived notions of the SF genre having any one simple definition.

"The Clarke Award shortlist this year is, in my opinion, a greatly exciting selection, and one that follows behind two equally exciting prizes I always watch with great interest; the British Science Fiction Association Awards and the Kitschies.  Three genre prizes with different backgrounds and different approaches, but when read together can offer a deeply encouraging indication of both the strength and breadth of science fiction literature today."

The winner will be announced on Wednesday May 2^nd at an award ceremony held in partnership SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival. The winner with a cheque for £2012.00 and the award itself, a commemorative engraved bookend.

   
• Superior Achievement in a NOVEL: Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books)
• Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL: Isis Unbound by Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press)
• Superior Achievement in a YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (tie):
  
        
  • The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder (Razorbill)
  • Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Superior Achievement in a GRAPHIC NOVEL: Neonomicon by Alan Moore (Avatar Press)
• Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION: "The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine" by Peter Straub (Conjunctions: 56)
• Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION: "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive?" by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)
• Superior Achievement in a SCREENPLAY: American Horror Story, episode #12: ?Afterbirth? by Jessica Sharzer (20th Century Fox Television)
• Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION: The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates (Mysterious Press)
• Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY: Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed edited by John Skipp (Black Dog and Leventhal)
• Superior Achievement in NON-FICTION: Stephen King: A Literary Companion by Rocky Wood (McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers)
• Superior Achievement in a POETRY COLLECTION: How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison (Necon Ebooks)
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Also: HWA, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, also presented the special one-time only Vampire Novel of the Century Award to Richard Matheson for his modern classic I Am Legend.

World Horror Convention 2012: Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel



World Horror Convention 2012: Richard Matheson accepts the award for Vampire Novel of the Century

Prometheus Award Finalists

  The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the Prometheus Award finalists in the Best Novel category, for the most outstanding "pro-freedom" novel published in 2011:

   
• The Children of the Sky, Vernor Vinge (Tor)
• The Freedom Maze, Delia Sherman (Small Beer)
• In the Shadow of Ares, Thomas L. James & Carl C. Carlsson (Amazon Kindle)
• Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (Random House)
• The Restoration Game, Ken MacLeod (Pyr)
• Snuff, Terry Pratchett (Harper Collins)

The five finalists for the Hall of Fame Award are:

   
• Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold (1988)
• "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman", Harlan Ellison (1965)
• "The Machine Stops", E. M. Forster (1909)
• "As Easy as A.B.C.", Rudyard Kipling (1912)

This category honors novels, novellas, stories, graphic novels, anthologies, films, TV shows/series, plays, poems, music recordings and other works of fiction first published or broadcast more than five years ago.
All members of the Libertarian Futurist Society are eligible to vote. The Prometheus Awards will be presented at Chicon, the 70th annual World Science Fiction Convention, to be held August 30-September 3 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Daredevil and Jim Henson's Tale of Sand lead the nominations for the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, which were announced today by Comic-Con International.

Topping the 2012 list with six nominations is Marvel's Daredevil, with nods for Best Continuing Series, Best Single Issue, Best Writer (Mark Waid), Best Cover Artist (Marcos Martin), and Best Penciller/Inker Team (two nominations: Marcos Martin, and Paolo Rivera/Joe Rivera). Close behind with five nominations is Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, an original graphic novel of an unproduced, feature-length screenplay written by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl, adapted by artist Ramón K. Pérez, published by Archaia. The book is up for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Penciller/Inker, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design.

Three titles have 3 nominations: Vertigo/DC's iZombie (Best Penciller/Inker and Best Cover Artist for Michael Allred, Best Coloring for Laura Allred) and The Unwritten (Best Single Issue, Best Writer for Mike Carey, Best Cover Artist for Yuko Shimizu), and IDW's Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition, by Darwyn Cooke (Best Short Story, Best Graphic Album–Reprint, Best Publication Design). Sixteen titles had 2 nominations, and the remaining nominations were spread among nearly 100 books and comics in 27 categories.

DC and Marvel tied for the most nominations for a publisher, each having 11 nominations plus two shared. For DC, Vertigo had the lion's share of nominations, led by iZombie and The Unwritten. In addition to the Daredevil nods, Marvel had two nominations for Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Criminal: The Last of the Innocents under the Icon imprint. IDW also had 11 nominations, dominating the Best Archival Collection, Comics-Related Book, and Publication Design categories. Close behind with 10 nominations (plus 1 shared) is Dark Horse, including 2 each for Dark Horse Presents, Jeff Jensen's Green River Killer, and Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo. Next, with nine (plus one shared) is Fantagraphics, including three nominations each in the Archival and International categories.

Other publishers with multiple nominations include First Second and NBM (6); Abrams ComicArts, Archaia, Drawn & Quarterly, and Oni (5); Image (4 plus 2 shared); Candlewick (4); and Pantheon (3). Eleven publishers had 2 nominations: Abstract Studio, Action Lab, Archie, Atheneum, Bongo, BOOM!, Chronicle, Top Shelf, the University of Mississippi Press, VIZ Media, and Yen Press. Another 15 publishers have 1 nomination each.

Named for acclaimed comics creator the Will Eisner, the awards are in their 24th year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2012 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of Comic Book Resources and Robot 6 contributor Brigid Alverson; retailer Calum Johnston of Strange Adventures in Halifax, Nova Scotia; New York librarian Jesse Karp;  Beanworld creator Larry Marder; comics historian Benjamin Saunders from the University of Oregon; and Comic-Con board member Mary Sturhann.
This year's judges added two new categories: Best Publication for Early Readers, and Best Educational/Academic Work. They also dropped four categories from the previous year: Best New Series, Best Adaptation from Another Medium, Best Writer/Artist–Nonfiction, and Best Painter/Multimedia Artist.

"The judges chose to not have the New Series and Painter categories this year because they didn't find enough contenders that reached the level of quality they were looking for," said Eisner Awards Administrator Jackie Estrada. "The extent and quality of the material submitted in the Kids and Teen categories was so high that the judges felt dividing these books into three categories was warranted."
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: www.eisnervote.com. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 13 at Comic-Con International.

EISNER AWARD NOMINEES 2012

Best Short Story
"A Brief History of the Art Form Known as Hortisculpture," by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #12 (Drawn & Quarterly)
"Harvest of Fear," by Jim Woodring, in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)
"The Phototaker," by Guy Davis, in Metal Hurlant vol. 2 (Humanoids)
"The Seventh," by Darwyn Cooke, in Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW)
"The Speaker," by Brandon Graham, in Dark Horse Presents #7 (Dark Horse)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
Ganges #4, by Kevin Huizenga (Fantagraphics)
Locke & Key: Guide to the Known Keys, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Princeless #3, by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
The Unwritten #24: "Stairway to Heaven" by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Al Davison (Vertigo/DC)

Best Continuing Series
Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel)
Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys, by Naoki Urasawa (VIZ Media)
Rachel Rising, by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli (Marvel)
Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)

Best Limited Series
Atomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X, by Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener (Red 5)
Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Marvel Icon)
Flashpoint: Batman—Knight of Vengeance, by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo/DC)
The New York Five, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly (Vertigo/DC)
Who Is Jake Ellis? by Nathan Edmondson & Tonci Zonjic (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 7)
Beauty and the Squat Bears, by Émile Bravo (Yen Press)
Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking, by Philippe Coudray (Candlewick/Toon Books)
Dragon Puncher Island, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf)
Nursery Rhyme Comics, edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic, by Geoffrey Hayes (Candlewick/Toon Books)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 8–12)
The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold, by Sholly Fisch, Rick Burchett, and Dan Davis (DC)
Amelia Rules: The Meaning of Life . . . And Other Stuff, by Jimmy Gownley (Atheneum)
The Ferret's a Foot, by Colleen AF Venable and Stephanie Yue (Graphic Universe/Lerner)
Princeless, by Jeremy Whitley and M. Goodwin (Action Lab)
Snarked, by Roger Langridge (kaboom!)
Zita the Space Girl, by Ben Hatke (First Second)

Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12–17)
Anya's Ghost, by Vera Brosgol  (First Second)
Around the World, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Level Up, by Gene Yang and Thien Pham  (First Second)
Life with Archie, by Paul Kupperberg, Fernando Ruiz, Pat & Tim Kennedy, Norm Breyfogle et al. (Archie)
Mystic, by G. Willow Wilson and David Lopez (Marvel)

Best Anthology
Dark Horse Presents, edited by Mike Richardson (Dark Horse)
Nelson, edited by Rob Davis and Woodrow Phoenix (Blank Slate)
Nursery Rhyme Comics, edited by Chris Duffy (First Second)
The Someday Funnies, edited by Michel Choquette (Abrams ComicArts)
Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land, edited by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Humor Publication
The Art of Doug Sneyd: A Collection of Playboy Cartoons (Dark Horse Books)
Chimichanga, by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
Coffee: It's What's for Dinner, by Dave Kellett (Small Fish)
Kinky & Cosy, by Nix (NBM)
Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, by Evan Dorkin (Dark Horse Books)

Best Digital Comic
Bahrain, by Josh Neufeld, www.cartoonmovement.com/comic/24
Battlepug, by Mike Norton, www.battlepug.com
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant, by Tony Cliff, www.delilahdirk.com
Outfoxed, by Dylan Meconis, www.dylanmeconis.com/outfoxed
Sarah and the Seed, by Ryan Andrews, www.ryan-a.com/comics/sarahandtheseed01.htm

Best Reality-Based Work
Around the World, by Matt Phelan (Candlewick)
Green River Killer: A True Detective Story, by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case (Dark Horse Books)
Marzi: A Memoir, by Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia (Vertigo/DC)
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Vietnamerica, by GB Tran (Villard)

Best Graphic Album—New
Bubbles & Gondola, by Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Freeway, by Mark Kalesniko (Fantagraphics)
Habibi, by Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
Ivy, by Sarah Olekysk (Oni)
Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, adapted by Ramón K. Pérez (Archaia)
One Soul, by Ray Fawkes (Oni)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint
Big Questions, by Anders Nilsen (Drawn & Quarterly)
The Death Ray, by Dan Clowes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition, by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
WE3: The Deluxe Edition, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC)
Zahra's Paradise, by Amir and Khalil (First Second)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips
Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, by Alex Raymond and Don Moore, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Forgotten Fantasy: Sunday Comics 1900–1915, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)
Prince Valiant vols. 3-4, by Hal Foster, edited by Kim Thompson (Fantagraphics)
Tarpé Mills's Miss Fury Sensational Sundays, 1944–1949, edited by Trina Robbins (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse vols. 1-2, by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books
Government Issue: Comics for the People: 1940s–2000s, edited by Richard L. Graham (Abrams ComicArts)
The MAD Fold-In Collection, by Al Jaffee (Chronicle)
PS Magazine: The Best of Preventive Maintenance Monthly, by Will Eisner (Abrams ComicArts)
The Sugar and Spike Archives, vol. 1, by Sheldon Mayer (DC)
Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor Artist's Edition (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material
Bubbles & Gondola, by Renaud Dillies (NBM)
Isle of 100,000 Graves, by Fabien Vehlmann and Jason (Fantagraphics)
Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot, by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette (Fantagraphics)
The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories, by Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt (Dark Horse Books)
Night Animals: A Diptych About What Rushes Through the Bushes, by Brecht Evens (Top Shelf)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
A Bride's Story, by Kaoru Mori (Yen Press)
Drops of God, by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto (Vertical)
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
Saturn Apartments, vols. 3-4, by Hisae Iwaoka (VIZ Media)
Stargazing Dog, by Takashi Murakami (NBM)
Wandering Son, vol. 1, by Shimura Takako (Fantagraphics)

Best Writer
Cullen Bunn, The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Mike Carey, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)
Jeff Jensen, Green River Killer: A True Detective Story (Dark Horse Books)
Jeff Lemire, Animal Man, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. (DC); Sweet Tooth (Vertical/DC)
Mark Waid, Irredeemable, Incorruptible (BOOM!); Daredevil (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist
Rick Geary, The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti (NBM)
Terry Moore, Rachel Rising (Abstract Studio)
Sarah Oleksyk, Ivy (Oni)
Craig Thompson, Habibi (Pantheon)
Jim Woodring, Congress of the Animals (Fantagraphics), "Harvest of Fear," in The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror #17 (Bongo)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team
Michael Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia)
Chris Samnee, Captain America and Bucky, Ultimate Spider-Man #155 (Marvel)
Marcos Martin, Daredevil (Marvel)
Paolo Rivera/Joe Rivera, Daredevil (Marvel)

Best Cover Artist
Michael Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC)
Francesco Francavilla, Black Panther (Marvel); Lone Ranger, Lone Ranger/Zorro, Dark Shadows, Warlord of Mars (Dynamite); Archie Meets Kiss (Archie)
Victor Kalvachev, Blue Estate (Image)
Marcos Martin, Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel)
Sean Phillips, Criminal: The Last of the Innocent (Marvel Icon)
Yuko Shimizu, The Unwritten (Vertigo/DC)

Best Coloring
Laura Allred, iZombie (Vertigo/DC); Madman All-New Giant-Size Super-Ginchy Special (Image)
Bill Crabtree, The Sixth Gun (Oni)
Ian Herring and Ramón K. Pérez, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand (Archaia)
Victor Kalvachev, Blue Estate (Image)
Cris Peter, Casanova: Avaritia, Casanova: Gula (Marvel Icon)

Best Lettering
Deron Bennett, Billy Fog, Jim Henson's Dark Crystal, Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, Mr. Murder Is Dead (Archaia); Helldorado, Puss N Boots, Richie Rich (APE Entertainment)
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! The Meaning of Life . . . And Other Stuff (Atheneum)
Laura Lee Gulledge, Page by Paige (Amulet Books/Abrams)
Tom Orzechowski, Manara Library, with L. Lois Buholis (Dark Horse); Manga Man (Houghton Mifflin); Savage Dragon (Image)
Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Best Comics-Related Journalism
The AV Club Comics Panel, by Noel Murray, Oliver Sava et al., www.avclub.com/features/comics-panel/
The Beat, produced by Heidi MacDonald et al., www.comicsbeat.com
The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, and The Comics Journal website, www.tcj.com, edited by Timothy Hodler and Dan Nadel (Fantagraphics)
The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon, www.comicsreporter.com
TwoMorrows Publications: Alter Ego edited by Roy Thomas, Back Issue edited by Michael Eury, Draw edited by Mike Manley, and Jack Kirby Collector edited by John Morrow

Best Educational/Academic Work
Alan Moore: Conversations, ed. by Eric Berlatsky (University Press of Mississippi)
Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice, by Ivan Brunetti (Yale University Press)
Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods, edited by Matthew J. Smith and Randy Duncan (Routledge)
Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield (University Press of Mississippi)
Projections: Comics and the History of 21st Century Storytelling, by Jared Gardner (Stanford University Press)

Best Comics-Related Book
Archie: A Celebration of America's Favorite Teenagers, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW/Yoe Books)
Caniff: A Visual Biography, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising, edited by Rick Marschall and Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics/Marschall Books)
Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
MetaMaus, by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)

Best Publication Design
Genius Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/Library of American Comics)
Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, designed by Eric Skillman (Archaia)
Kinky & Cosy, designed by Nix (NBM)
The MAD Fold-In Collection, designed by Michael Morris (Chronicle)
Richard Stark's Parker: The Martini Edition, designed by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)

The finalists for the 2012 Hugo Award have been announced.

Best Novel

   
• Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
• A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra)
• Deadline by Mira Grant (Orbit)
• Embassytown by China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey)
• Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

Best Novella

   
• Countdown by Mira Grant (Orbit)
• "The Ice Owl" by Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011)
• "Kiss Me Twice" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's June 2011)
• "The Man Who Bridged the Mist" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's September/October 2011)
• "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary" by Ken Liu (Panverse 3)
• Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Best Novelette

   
• "The Copenhagen Interpretation" by Paul Cornell (Asimov's July 2011)
• "Fields of Gold" by Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)
• "Ray of Light" by Brad R. Torgersen (Analog December 2011)
• "Six Months, Three Days" by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
• "What We Found" by Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2011)

Best Short Story

   
• "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees" by E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld April 2011)
• "The Homecoming" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April/May 2011)
• "Movement" by Nancy Fulda (Asimov's March 2011)
• "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2011)
• "Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue" by John Scalzi (Tor.com)

Best Related Work

   
• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)
• Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies by Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)
• The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature by Jeff VanderMeer and S. J. Chambers (Abrams Image)
• Wicked Girls by Seanan McGuire
• Writing Excuses, Season 6 by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story

   
• Digger by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)
• Fables Vol 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
• Locke & Key Volume 4, Keys to the Kingdom written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)
• The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. Written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

   
• Captain America: The First Avenger, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely, directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)
• Game of Thrones (Season 1), created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin; directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor (HBO)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)
• Hugo, screenplay by John Logan; directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount)
• Source Code, screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

   
• "The Doctor's Wife" (Doctor Who), written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
• "The Drink Tank's Hugo Acceptance Speech," Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon (Renovation)
• "The Girl Who Waited" (Doctor Who), written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
• "A Good Man Goes to War" (Doctor Who), written by Steven Moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)
• "Remedial Chaos Theory" (Community), written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)

Best Semiprozine

   
• Apex Magazine edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore
• Interzone edited by Andy Cox
• Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams
• Locus edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
• New York Review of Science Fiction edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer

Best Fanzine

   
• Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
• The Drink Tank edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
• File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
• Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.
• SF Signal edited by John DeNardo

Best Fancast

   
• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)
• SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, produced by Patrick Hester
• SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
• StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

Best Professional Editor — Long Form

   
• Lou Anders
• Liz Gorinsky
• Anne Lesley Groell
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Betsy Wollheim

Best Professional Editor — Short Form

   
• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Stanley Schmidt
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheila Williams

Best Professional Artist

   
• Dan dos Santos
• Bob Eggleton
• Michael Komarck
• Stephan Martiniere
• John Picacio

Best Fan Artist

   
• Brad W. Foster
• Randall Munroe
• Spring Schoenhuth
• Maurine Starkey
• Steve Stiles
• Taral Wayne

Best Fan Writer

   
• James Bacon
• Claire Brialey
• Christopher J Garcia
• Jim C. Hines
• Steven H Silver

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2010 or 2011, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award, * = 2nd year of eligibility).

   
• Mur Lafferty
• Stina Leicht
• Karen Lord *
• Brad R. Torgersen *
• E. Lily Yu

Congratulations to all the nominees!
The winners will be announced at Chicon 7, home of the 2012 World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon").
See also: Past winners

The winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award, presented annually for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States, has been announced: The Samuel Petrovich Trilogy by Simon Morden (Orbit)





A special citation was also given for The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett.

The finalists for the 2012 David Gemmell Legend Award, honoring fantasy novels in the spirit of David Gemmell's work, have been announced:

Legend Award (Best Book)

   
• The Heroes – Joe Abercrombie
• The Wise Mans Fear – Patrick Rothfuss
• Blood of Aenarion – William King
• Alloy of Law – Brandon Sanderson
• Black Veil – Kristen Britain

Morningstar Award (Best Newcomer)

   
• Prince of Thorns – Mark Lawrence
• Among Thieves – Douglas Hulick
• The Unremembered – Peter Orullian
• The Heir of Night – Helen Lowe
• Songs of the Earth – Elspeth Cooper

Ravenheart Award (Best Artist)

   
• Blood of Aenarion – cover art by Raymond Swanland
• The Heroes – cover art by Didier Graffet and Dave Senior
• Oracles Fire – cover art by Frank Victoria
• Among Thieves – cover art by Larry Rostant
• Journey By Night – cover art by Aaron Briggs

The winners of the 2011 British Science Fiction Association Award were announced last night at Eastercon.  The winners are:

   
• Novel: The Islanders - Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
• Short Fiction: "The Copenhagen Interpretation" (PDF) - Paul Cornell (Asimov's, July)
• Artwork: Cover of Ian Whates's The Noise Revealed - Dominic Harman (Solaris)
• Non-Fiction: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 3rd Edition ed. - John Clute, Peter Nicholls, David Langford and Graham Sleight

Visit the BSFA website for the complete list of nominees in all categories.  Congratulations to the winners and nominees.

eto ti ga sad... a 'vamo se cudom cude kad im se kaze da su infantilna sprdacina... 

Batina je  iz raja izašla...

samo ti zezaj, Mico, ali na ovo bi stvarno trebalo reci "hvala, ali ne". ali evo guglam i ne nalazim nista, Prist cuti.

Rekao je šta je imao...

Sada poseduje "ray-gun"...

nego, evo kako u francuskoj izgleda scena nagrada za strana zanrovska dela:


La liste définitive des nominés de la session 2012 du Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire vient d'être dévoilée.


2) Roman étranger

Zoo City de Lauren Beukes (Éclipse)
D'Obsidienne et de Sang de Aliette de Bodard (Éclipse)
The City & the City de China Miéville (Fleuve Noir)
L'Apprentie du philosophe de James Morrow (Au Diable Vauvert)
Drood de Dan Simmons (Laffont)

4) Nouvelle étrangère

Le Dragon Griaule (recueil) de Lucius Shepard (Le Bélial')
La Muse égarée (recueil) de Brian Stableford (Rivière Blanche)
Ainsi naissent les fantômes (recueil) de Lisa Tuttle (Dystopia)
L'Île de Peter Watts (Bifrost n°61)


6) Roman jeunesse étranger

Moi, Jennifer Strange, dernière tueuse de dragons de Jasper Fforde (Fleuve Noir)
Le Pacte des immortels de Eric Nylund (Castelmore)
Delirium de Lauren Oliver (Hachette jeunesse)
Le Dernier jour de ma vie de Lauren Oliver (Hachette jeunesse)
Divergent de Veronica Roth (Nathan)

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