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FINALISTS: 2014 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award





   

The Prometheus Awards — recognizing outstanding works of science fiction and fantasy that stress the importance of liberty as the foundation for civilization, peace, prosperity, progress, and justice — have announced the fianlists for the 2014 Prometheus Hall of Fame:

•"As Easy as A.B.C." – a short story by Rudyard Kipling published in London Magazine in 1912, presents an ambiguously utopian future that has reacted against mass society (which was beginning to emerge during Kipling's day) in favor of privacy and freedom of movement.

•"Sam Hall" – a short story by Poul Anderson published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1953, depicts a regimented future America obsessed with security and facing a libertarian revolution aided by cybernetic subversion.

•"'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" – a short story by Harlan Ellison published in Galaxy in 1965, is a dystopian satire set in an authoritarian society dedicated to punctuality, in which a lone absurdist rebel attempts to disrupt everyone else's schedules.

•Falling Free, a novel by Lois McMaster Bujold published in 1988, explores free will and self-ownership by considering the legal and ethical implications of human genetic engineering.

•Courtship Rite, a novel by Donald M. Kingsbury published in 1982, portrays a harsh desert planet's exotic human culture founded on applying the mathematical concept of optimization in biology, political organization, and ethics.

Kakva šarolikost...
Propozicije za ovo su verovatno gore od onih za Lazara Komarčiča... 

hehe, ja u najmanju ruku ocekujem vatrenu raspravu o Kiplingovoj moralno-politickoj podobnosti.

Robert A. Heinlein Award


For outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space.




The physical form of the Robert A. Heinlein Award consists of a sterling silver medallion bearing the image of Robert A. Heinlein as seen to the left depicted by the artist Arlin Robbins. The medallion is matched with a red-white-blue lanyard. In addition the winner receives two lapel pins for use when a large medallion is impractical, and a certificate plaque designating the award suitable for home or office wall display.

The award committee consists of science fiction writers and is chaired by Dr. Yoji Kondo, a long time friend of Robert and Virginia Heinlein. Prior to 2013 the Baltimore Science Fiction Society provided logistical support for this award including processing of donations, manufacture of award materials, shipping and this webpage. Selection of winners was by a committee originally selected by Virginia Heinlein and not by BSFS as a group. As of 2013 the award is sponsored by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society and the committee members originally selected by Virginia Heinlein have joined BSFS and serve as judges in a selection committee.

Virginia Heinlein authorized multiple awards in memory of her husband. The Robert A. Heinlein Award is not the one fully funded by Virginia Heinlein's estate. This award is supported by independent donations from the interested public. To donate contact dale at bsfs dot org for details.

Winners of the Robert A. Heinlein Award:
•2014 Geoffrey A. Landis
•2013 Allen Steele and Yoji Kondo
•2012 Stanley Schmidt
•2011 Connie Willis
•2009 Joe Haldeman and John Varley
•2008 Ben Bova and Spider Robinson
•2007 Elizabeth Moon and Anne McCaffrey
•2006 Greg Bear and Jack Williamson
•2005 Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven
•2004 Arthur C. Clarke
•2003 Michael Flynn and Virginia Heinlein

http://www.bsfs.org/bsfsheinlein.htm

FINALISTS: 2013 Philip K. Dick Award

The finalists for the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award, presented annually to a distinguished work of science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States, have been announced:


•A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock (47North)
•The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (Angry Robot)
•Self-Reference Engine by Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru)
•Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
•Life on the Preservation by Jack Skillingstead (Solaris)
•Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Books of Science Fiction edited by Ian Whates (Solaris)
•Countdown City by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

The winner and any special citations will be announced April 18, 2014 at Norwescon 37 in SeaTac WA.




FINALISTS: The 2013 Kitschies

Finalists for the The Kitschies, rewarding "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic", have been announced!


•Red Doc> by Anne Carson (Jonathan Cape)
•A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
•Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (Jonathan Cape)
•More Than This by Patrick Ness (Walker)
•The Machine by James Smythe (HarperCollins / Blue Door)
•Stray by Monica Hesse (Hot Key)
•A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock (47 North)
•Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
•Nexus by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot)
•Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
•Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill (Gollancz) / Design and illustration by Sinem Erkas
•The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher (Angry Robot) / Art by Will Staehle
•Homeland and Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow (Titan) / Design by Amazing15
•Stray by Monica Hesse (Hot Key) / Art by Gianmarco Magnani
•Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human (Century) / Art by Joey Hi-Fi

WINNER OF THE 2013 JAMES TIPTREE JR. AWARD ANNOUNCED

The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council (www.tiptree.org) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2013 Tiptree Award: N.A. Sulway for her novel Rupetta (Tartarus Press 2013).

The James Tiptree Jr. Award is presented annually to a work or works of science fiction or fantasy that explores and expands gender roles. The award seeks out work that is thought-provoking, imaginative, and perhaps even infuriating. It is intended to reward those writers who are bold enough to contemplate shifts and changes in gender roles, a fundamental aspect of any society.

N.A. Sulway's imaginative and highly original novel tells the story of Rupetta, an artificial intelligence created 400 years ago from cloth, leather, and metal, brought to life by the touch of her creator's hand on her clockwork heart. Although Rupetta is a constructed being, she is not a robot. Her consciousness is neither digital nor mechanical. Nor is she an android, a creature that is, etymologically, male. (The word is not gyndroid). Rupetta's power does not come from her brain, but from her heart. Sulway has placed her construct not in the future, but the past, and made her female, created with traditionally feminine technology: sewing and weaving. Rupetta is a woman, made by a woman in the image of a woman, and the world changes to accommodate her existence.

A deft blend of fantasy, science fiction, romance, and even gothic horror, this beautifully written story challenges the reader's expectations about gender and of a gendering society. It examines power and what makes an object of power, relationships and love, sexuality and identity, and how culture is shaped and history is made.

Rupetta was published by British independent publisher Tartarus Press in a limited hardback edition and a more widely available e-book version. Both are available for purchase from Tartarus's website (http://freepages.pavilion.net/tartarus/rupetta.htm).

Nike Sulway lives and writes in Queensland, Australia. Her novel The Bone Flute won the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Emerging Author in 2000. Since 2007, she has been the co-director of Olvar Wood Writers Retreat, and one of the editors of Perilous Adventures, a literary magazine.

WINNERS: The 2013 Kitschies

The winners of the Kitschies, rewarding "the year's most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements of the speculative or fantastic", have been announced!
•RED TENTACLE (NOVEL): Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being
•GOLDEN TENTACLE (DEBUT): Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice
•INKY TENTACLE (COVER): Will Staehle for Adam Christopher's The Age Atomic
•BLACK TENTACLE (DISCRETIONARY): Malorie Blackman

FINALISTS: 2013 Nebula Awards

•We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood)
•The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
•Fire with Fire, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
•Hild, Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
•Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
•The Red: First Light, Linda Nagata (Mythic Island)
•A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)
•The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker (Harper)



FINALISTS: 2013 Bram Stoker Award

•Joe Hill – NOS4A2 (William Morrow)
•Stephen King – Doctor Sleep (Scribner)
•Lisa Morton – Malediction (Evil Jester Press)
•Sarah Pinborough and F. Paul Wilson – A Necessary End (Thunderstorm/Maelstrom Press)
•Christopher Rice – The Heavens Rise (Gallery Books)

The winners for the 2013 Aurealis Awards, given to works of SF, fantasy, and horror by Australians, have beenannounced!
 
   

• PETER MCNAMARA CONVENORS' AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE: Jonathan Strahan
• BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL (Tie):
  • Burger Force by Jackie Ryan (self published)
  • The Deep Vol. 2: The Vanishing Island by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer (Gestalt Publishing)
  • BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK: The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie by Kirsty Murray (Allen & Unwin)
  • BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT FICTION: "By Bone light" by Juliet Marillier (Prickle Moon, Ticonderoga Publications)
  • BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (Tie):
    
             
    • These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
    • Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near (Random House Australia)
  • BEST HORROR SHORT FICTION: "The Year of Ancient Ghosts" by Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Ticonderoga Publications)
  • BEST HORROR NOVEL: Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near (Random House Australia)
  • BEST FANTASY SHORT FICTION: "The Last Stormdancer" by Jay Kristoff (Thomas Dunne Books)
  • BEST FANTASY NOVEL: A Crucible of Souls by Mitchell Hogan (self published)
  • BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FICTION: "Air, Water and the Grove" by Kaaron Warren (The Lowest Heaven, Pandemonium Press)
  • BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: Lexicon by Max Barry (Hachette)
  • BEST ANTHOLOGY (Tie):
    
             
    • The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012 by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Eds), (Ticonderoga Publications)
    • One Small Step, An Anthology Of Discoveries by Tehani Wessely (Ed) (FableCroft Publishing)
  • BEST COLLECTION: The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories by Joanne Anderton (FableCroft Publishing)

The winners of this year's BSFA Awards have been announced!

• BEST NOVEL: Tie between Gareth L. Powell for Ack Ack Macaque and Ann Leckie for Ancillary Justice.
• BEST SHORT FICTION: Spin by Nina Allan
• BEST ART: Cover of Tony Ballantyne's Dream London by Joey Hi-Fi.
• BEST NON-FICTION: Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer.

The winner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award was announced on Friday, April 18, at Norwescon 37, in SeaTac, Washington, and the winner for the distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during 2013 in the U.S.A. is:

• Countdown City by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)
• A special citation was given to:
• Self-Reference Engine by Toh EnJoe, translated by Terry Gallagher (Haikasoru)

I Točak vremena u trci!
http://www.art-anima.com/forumi/index.php?topic=2261.msg19102;boardseen#new

Jeste, u trci je ceo serijal, to zahvaljujući pravilu da se može nominovati ukoliko niti jedna pojedinačna knjiga nije bila nominovana... 


a evo i pobednika Artur C. Clake Award 2014:











opet nagradu odnosi debi roman, lepo, lepo... 

The finalists of the 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic have been announced!


 
 
NOVEL
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco)
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)
The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper (Orion-UK/ Simon & Schuster-US)
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (William Morrow)
Night Film by Marisha Pessl (Random House)
Wild Fell by Michael Rowe (ChiZine Publications)


NOVELLA
"Burning Girls" by Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com)
"Children of No One" by Nicole Cushing (DarkFuse)
"Helen's Story" by Rosanne Rabinowitz (PS Publishing)
"It Sustains" by Mark Morris (Earthling Publications)
"The Gateway" by Nina Allan (STARDUST, PS Publishing)
"The Last Revelation of Gla'aki" by Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing)
"Whom the Gods Would Destroy" by Brian Hodge (DarkFuse)


NOVELETTE
"Cry Murder! In a Small Voice" by Greer Gilman (Small Beer Press)
"A Little of the Night" by Tanith Lee (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 4, Mythic Delirium Books)
"My Heart is Either Broken" by Megan Abbott (DANGEROUS WOMEN, Tor Books)
"Phosphorus" by Veronica Schanoes (QUEEN VICTORIA'S BOOK OF SPELLS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF GASLAMP FANTASY, Tor Books)
"Raptors" by Conrad Williams (Subterranean Press Magazine, Winter 2013)


SHORT FICTION
"57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides" by Sam J. Miller (Nightmare Magazine, December 2013)
"Furnace" by Livia Llewellyn (GRIMSCRIBE'S PUPPETS, Miskatonic River Press)
"The Memory Book" by Maureen McHugh (QUEEN VICTORIA'S BOOK OF SPELLS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF GASLAMP FANTASY, Tor Books)
"The Statue in the Garden" by Paul Park (EXOTIC GOTHIC 5, PS Publishing)
"That Tiny Flutter of the Heart" by Robert Shearman (PSYCHO-MANIA!, Constable & Robinson)
"The Traditional" by Maria Dahvana Headley (Lightspeed, May 2013)

 
SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION
Before and Afterlives by Christopher Barzak (Lethe Press)
Everything You Need by Michael Marshall Smith (Earthling Publications)
In Search of and Others by Will Ludwigsen (Lethe Press)
North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press)
The Story Until Now by Kit Reed (Wesleyan)

 
EDITED ANTHOLOGY
The Book of the Dead edited by Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
End of the Road edited by Jonathan Oliver (Solaris)
Grimscribe's Puppets edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Miskatonic River Press)
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor Books)
Where thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe edited by Steve Berman (Lethe Press)
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, as well as one of the most famous short stories in the English language, "The Lottery." Her work continues to be a major influence on writers of every kind of fiction, from the most traditional genre offerings to the most innovative literary work.


The 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards will be presented on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Readercon 25, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Burlington, Massachusetts.


Congratulations to all the nominees!

I Bram Stoker... predvidljiv kao i uvek.


The winners of the 2013 Bram Stoker Award have been announced!



Lifetime Achievement Awards
•R.L. Stine
•Stephen Jones


Superior Achievement in a Novel
•Stephen King – Doctor Sleep (Scribner)




Superior Achievement in a First Novel
•Rena Mason – The Evolutionist (Nightscape Press)


Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
•Joe McKinney – Dog Days (JournalStone)


Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
•Caitlin R. Kiernan – Alabaster: Wolves (Dark Horse Comics)


Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
•Gary Braunbeck – "The Great Pity" (Chiral Mad 2, Written Backwards)


Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
•David Gerrold – "Night Train to Paris" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan./Feb. 2013)


Superior Achievement in a
Screenplay
•Glen Mazzara – The Walking Dead: "Welcome to the Tombs" (AMC TV)


Superior Achievement in an Anthology
•Eric J. Guignard (ed.) – After Death... (Dark Moon Books)


Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
•Laird Barron – The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories (Night Shade Books)


Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
•William F. Nolan – Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction (Hippocampus Press)


Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
•Marge Simon, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob, and Linda Addison – Four Elements (Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press)


The Specialty Press Award
•Gray Friar Press, Whitby, U.K.


The Richard Layman President's Award
•J.G. Faherty


The Silver Hammer Award
•Norman Rubenstein


The Bram Stoker Awards® were be presented at the 27th annual Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet held during the WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2014 in Portland, Oregon, on May 10th.

Congratulation to all the winners!

A evo i finalista za Lokus, naravno, navijam za MaddAddam, ali bice mi jednako drago i ako Shaman odese nagradu, oba romana su mi se silno dopala ionako.





SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
•MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart; Bloomsbury; Talese)
•Abaddon's Gate, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
•The Best of All Possible Worlds, Karen Lord (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher UK)
•Shaman, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
•Neptune's Brood, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)


FANTASY NOVEL
•The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
•NOS4A2, Joe Hill (Morrow; Gollancz as NOS4R2)
•River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc; Viking Canada; HarperCollins UK)
•Doctor Sleep, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
•The Republic of Thieves, Scott Lynch (Del Rey; Gollancz)


YOUNG ADULT BOOK
•Zombie Baseball Beatdown, Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)
•The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black (Little, Brown; Indigo)
•Homeland, Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; Titan)
•The Summer Prince, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)
•The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two, Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends)


FIRST NOVEL
•The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, Emily Croy Barker (Dorman)
•The Golden City, J. Kathleen Cheney (Roc)
•Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
•A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer)
•The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker (Harper)


NOVELLA
•"Wakulla Springs", Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com 10/2/13)
•Black Helicopters, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
•"The Princess and the Queen", George R.R. Martin (Dangerous Women)
•"Precious Mental", Robert Reed (Asimov's 6/13)
•Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)


NOVELETTE
•"The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling", Ted Chiang (Subterranean Fall '13)
•"The Waiting Stars", Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
•"A Terror", Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com 7/24/13)
•"The Sleeper and the Spindle", Neil Gaiman (Rags and Bones)
•"The Prayer of Ninety Cats", Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean Spring '13)



SHORT STORY
•"Some Desperado", Joe Abercrombie (Dangerous Women)
•"The Science of Herself", Karen Joy Fowler (The Science of Herself)
•"The Road of Needles", Caitlín R. Kiernan (Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales)
•"A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel", Ken Liu (F&SF 1-2/13)
•"The Dead Sea-Bottom Scrolls", Howard Waldrop (Old Mars)


ANTHOLOGY
•Queen Victoria's Book of Spells, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Tor)
•The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's Griffin; Robinson as The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 26)
•Unnatural Creatures, Neil Gaiman & Maria Dahvana Headley, eds. (Harper; Bloomsbury)
•Old Mars, George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, eds. (Bantam)
•The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)


COLLECTION
•The Best of Joe Haldeman, Joe Haldeman (Subterranean)
•The Ape's Wife and Other Stories, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
•Kabu Kabu, Nnedi Okorafor (Prime)
•The Bread We Eat in Dreams, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)
•The Best of Connie Willis, Connie Willis (Del Rey)

MAGAZINE
•Asimov's
•Clarkesworld
•F&SF
•Subterranean
•Tor.com

PUBLISHER
•Angry Robot
•Orbit
•Small Beer
•Subterranean
•Tor

EDITOR
•John Joseph Adams
•Ellen Datlow
•Gardner Dozois
•Jonathan Strahan
•Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

ARTIST
•Bob Eggleton
•John Picacio
•Shaun Tan
•Charles Vess
•Michael Whelan


NON-FICTION
•Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings, Stefan Ekman (Wesleyan)
•Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler, Rebecca J. Holden & Nisi Shawl, eds. (Aqueduct)
•The Man From Mars: Ray Palmer's Amazing Pulp Journey, Fred Nadis (Tarcher)
•Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer (Abrams Image)
•Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, Ytasha L. Womack (Lawrence Hill)

ART BOOK
•Hannes Bok, Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration, Joseph Wrzos, ed. (Centipede)
•Margaret Brundage, The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage, Stephen D. Korshak & J. David Spurlock, eds. (Vanguard)
•Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood)
•Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work, Justin G. Schiller, Dennis M.V. David & Leonard S. Marcus, eds. (Abrams)
•Shaun Tan, Rules of Summer (Hachette Australia; Hodder Children's; Levine '14)

From Locus Online: Winners will be announced during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle WA, June 27-29, 2014. Connie Willis will MC the awards ceremony and judge the annual Hawai'ian shirt contest. Additional weekend events include author readings; a kickoff Clarion West party honoring first week instructor Paul Park, Clarion West supporters, awards weekend ticket holders, and special guests; panels with leading authors; an autograph session with books available for sale thanks to
University
Book Store; and a lunch banquet, all followed by a Locus party on Saturday night with a celebration of Lucius Shepard.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

A jesi li čitala Stross-a?
Nešto od kratke forme?

Ponešto počela, ništa od toga završila. Znam da nije fer, ali eto, nismo uspeli da kliknemo, on i ja. Isto mi je bilo i sa Korijem... 

Postala si izgleda prezahtevna... 
Ja sam uspeo da pročitam ova dva "Korija" koja su kod nas objavljena,
a vala i ponešto od Stross-a u originalu...
Ne kažem da je nešto posebno, ali može da se čita...

Pa, sad... činjenica je da živimo u fascinantnom vremenu proznog obilja, pa ne vidim svrhe trošiti dragoceno vreme na ono što ne smatram vrednim čitanja, a ako se to smatra za prezahtevnost, onda... so be it. 
(btw, upravo čitam The Zebra-striped Hearse - ovaj put u originalu - i aaahhhh kako je TO dobro!!  )


Nego, imamo i finaliste za John W. Campbell:


2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominees


1.Lexicon by Max Barry (Penguin)
2.Proxima by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
3.The Circle by Dave Eggers (Knopf)
4.We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (Marian Wood / Putnam)
5.Hild by Nicola Griffith (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
6.The Cusanus Game by Wolfgang Jeschke (Tor, 1st English edition)
7.Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
8.The Disestablishment of Paradise by Phillip Mann (Gollancz)
9.Evening's Empires by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
10.The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata (Mythic Island Press)
11.The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
12.On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
13.Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
14.Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross (Ace)
15.Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux (Faber & Faber / Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)


(e, ovde ima super-uber-genijalnih stvari, zaista!)

a Nebula je sortirana, ovo su dobitnici:



The winners of the 2013 Nebula Awards Winners have been announced!

•NOVEL: Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
•NOVELLA: "The Weight of the Sunrise" by Vylar Kaftan (Asimov's 2/13)
•NOVELETTE: "The Waiting Stars" by Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
•SHORT STORY: "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" by Rachel Swirsky (Apex 3/13)
•RAY BRADBURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: Gravity
•ANDRE NORTON AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOK: Sister Mine, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)
•KEVIN O'DONNELL JR. SERVICE TO SFWA AWARD: Michael Armstrong
•2013 DAMON KNIGHT GRAND MASTER AWARD: Samuel R. Delany

Congrats to the winners!

The 2013 Nebula Awards were presented May 17, 2014 at the SFWA's 49th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend in San Jose, CA.

Sve je ovo manje-više očekivano, zar ne? Osim što bih volela da mi neko objasni tu popularnost Rejčel Svirski, do sada sam čitala dve-tri njene priče i svaki put se zaklinjala da je to poslednji put, stravičan PC kičerozni ornamentalizam.

btw, upravo čitam The Zebra-striped Hearse - ovaj put u originalu - i aaahhhh kako je TO dobro!


Ti ćeš da mi kažeš. 
To smo već čitali kad se pojavilo u Tragu 204 u "realnom vremenu", mada
pripada ranijem periodu (1962). Tad su popunjavali rupe...


Mogli bismo da otvorimo mali klub ljubitelja Rosa Mekdonalnda na Sagiti...

@ Jevtra: Donekle jeste predvidljivo, znaš i sama zašto (pogledaj samo frku oko Vox Day hjugovog fenomena, to je tuga i jad stvarno) ali koristim priliku da vam skrenem pažnju na We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Karen Joy Fowler), mene je ta knjiga toliko raspametila da prosto nemam reči da to opišem, i garant će mi ostane knjiga godine, jer stvarno ne verujem da ću išta bolje od te knjige pročitati u idućih 7 meseci, a ako se to i desi kojim slučajem, onda će ovo biti stvarno fenomenalna godina. A ako ništa o toj knjizi do sad niste čuli, onda vas molim da ne guglate nikakve rivjue, nego je samo zgrabite u šake  pročitajte, jer to je fenomen svoje vrste, najozbiljnije to tvrdim. Prijatno sam iznenađena što je nominovan (ja taj roman uopšte ne smatram za žanrovski, stvarno) i najvijam iz petnih žila za njega, iako je i par ostalih ovde itekako zaslužilo Kempbela.

@ Mica: bogami bi valjalo, ja evo trenutno imam 8 originala u e-zalihi i nameravam da ih sve overim. Nekoliko tih Trag izdanja i ja imam (ne ovde, alas  ) ali stvarno ne mogu da se ovako napamet setim koji su to.

Sve verujem i pokloniću joj zasluženu pažnju! Ona njena sjajna priča o gorilama, sad gledam, takođe je dobila Nebulu iako joj je žanrovski karakter... malo je reći, sumnjiv.

Ma ovaj je sumnjiv totalno ali ženo, patosiraće te garant, samo izbegavaj sve komentare, pa makar i blurbove, jer nema tog rivjuiste koji može pravično ovu knjigu da pomene a kamoli opiše. To se mora pročitati i gotovo. Trebalo mi je tri dana da dođem na sebe kad sam je završila.

a odabrani su i Analog/Asmov's favoriti u kratkim formama:

The winners of Analog Science Fiction and Fact's AnLab Award an Asimov's Science Fiction's Readers' Award have been annouhnced!


Analog Science Fiction and Fact Analytical Laboratory Winners
•Best Novella: "The Chaplain's Legacy" by Brad R. Torgersen (7-8/13)
•Best Novelette: "Buddha Nature" by Amy Thomson (1-2/13)
•Best Short Story: "The War of the Worlds, Book One, Chapter 18: The SergeantMajor" by John G. Hemry (1-2/13)
•Best Fact: "The Great Ptolemaic Smackdown and Down-and-Dirty MudWrassle" by Michael F. Flynn (1-2/13)
•Best Cover: July/August 2013 by Tomislav Tikulin (for "Thaw")



Asimov's Science Fiction Readers' Award Winners
•Best Novella: "The Application of Hope" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (8/13)
•Best Novelette: "Over There" by Will McIntosh (1/13)
•Best Short Story (Tie) ◦"The Wall" by Naomi Kritzer (tie) (4-5/13)
◦"The New Guys Always Work Overtime" by David Erik Nelson (tie) (2/13)

•Best Poem: "Rivers" by Geoffrey A. Landis (6/13)
•Best Cover Artist: Kinuko Craft

i, pobednici su:



•John W. Campbell Award: Strange Bodies, by Marcel Theroux


•Theodore Sturgeon Award: "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss," by Sarah Pinsker

FANTASY NOVEL
•The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review)
•NOS4A2, Joe Hill (Morrow; Gollancz as NOS4R2)
•River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay (Roc; Viking Canada; HarperCollins UK)
•Doctor Sleep, Stephen King (Scribner; Hodder & Stoughton)
•The Republic of Thieves, Scott Lynch (Del Rey; Gollancz)


Dr.Sleep?Oni se šale...pa ova nominacija je na čisto ime i stare zasluge, slavu.

Lokus je sortiran:


•Science Fiction Novel: Abaddon's Gate, by James S.A. Corey
•Fantasy Novel: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
• Young Adult Book: The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two, by Catherynne M. Valente
•First Novel: Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie
•Novella: Six-Gun Snow White, by Catherynne M. Valente
•Novelette: "The Sleeper and the Spindle," by Neil Gaiman
•Short Story: "The Road of Needles," by Caitlín R. Kiernan
•Anthology: Old Mars, edited by George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois
•Collection: The Best of Connie Willis, by Connie Willis
•Magazine: Asimov's
•Publisher: Tor
•Editor: Ellen Datlow
•Artist: Michael Whelan
•Non-Fiction: Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, by Jeff VanderMeer
•Art Book: Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner

( za Atvudovu...)

ASFA (the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists) has announced the finalists for the 2014

The ballot for this year's World Fantasy Award has been announced. The winners will be announced at a banquet at the World Fantasy Con held in Arlington, VA the weekend of November 6-9, 2014.



Novel
•Dust Devil on a Quiet Street, by Richard Bowes
•A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, by Marie Brennan
•The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
•A Stranger in Olondria, by Sofia Samatar
•The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker
•The Land Across, by Gene Wolfe

Novella
•"Wakulla Springs," by Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages
•Black Helicopters, by Caitlín R. Kiernan
•"The Sun and I," by KJ Parker
•"Burning Girls," by Veronica Schanoes
•Six-Gun Snow White, by Catherynne M. Valente

Short Story
•"The Ink Readers of Doi Saket," by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
•"The Prayer of Ninety Cats," by Caitlín R. Kiernan
•"Effigy Nights," by Yoon Ha Lee
•"Selkie Stories Are for Losers," by Sofia Samatar
•"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love," by Rachel Swirsky

Anthology
•xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths, edited by Kate Bernheimer
•Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
•Flotsam Fantastique: The Souvenir Book of World Fantasy Convention 2013, edited by Stephen Jones
•Dangerous Women, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
•End of the Road: An Anthology of Original Short Stories, edited by Jonathan Oliver
•Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Collection
•North American Lake Monsters: Stories, by Nathan Ballingrud
•The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories, by Laird Barron
•The Ape's Wife and Other Stories, by Caitlín R. Kiernan
•Flowers of the Sea, by Reggie Oliver
•How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future, by Rachel Swirsky

Artist
•Galen Dara
•Zelda Devon
•Julie Dillon
•John Picacio
•Charles Vess

Special Award—Professional
•John Joseph Adams, for magazine and anthology editing
•Ginjer Buchanan, for editing at Ace Books
•Irene Gallo, for art direction of Tor.com
•William K. Schafer, for Subterranean Press
•Jeff VanderMeer & Jeremy Zerfoss, for Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction

Special Award—Non-professional
•Scott H. Andrews, for Beneath Ceaseless Skies
•Marc Aplin, for Fantasy-Faction
•Kate Baker, Neil Clarke, and Sean Wallace, for Clarkesworld
•Leslie Howle, for Clarion West administration
•Jerad Walters, for Centipede Press

... sortiran je i 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards:




NOVEL
•American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett (Orbit)

NOVELLA
•"Burning Girls" by Veronica Schanoes (Tor.com)

NOVELETTE
•"Cry Murder! In a Small Voice" by Greer Gilman (Small Beer Press)

SHORT FICTION
•"57 Reasons for the Slate Quarry Suicides" by Sam J. Miller (Nightmare Magazine, December 2013)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION (tie)
•Before and Afterlives by Christopher Barzak (Lethe Press)
•North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY
•Grimscribe's Puppets edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Miskatonic River Press)

 

The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the finalists for the 2014 Prometheus Award, recognizing pro-freedom novels published in the last year, and the Hall of Fame Award for best classic fiction:


BEST NOVEL AWARD (Tie)
•Homeland by Cory Doctorow (Tor)
•Nexus by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot)

HALL OF FAME AWARD

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.
•Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold (1988)

Author-filksinger Leslie Fish also won a Special Prometheus Award in 2014 for the combination of her 2013 novella "Tower of Horses" and her filk song "The Horsetamer's Daughter".

The awards will be presented in a ceremony during the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention at 8 p.m. Aug. 16, 2014.

In a separate awards ceremony, four-time-Prometheus-winning author Vernor Vinge will receive a Special Prometheus Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented during Conjecture/ConChord Oct. 10-12, 2014 in San Diego, California.





(Drago mi je silno za Nexus (iskreno mislim da je Doctorow u ovaj taj upao samo po inerciji i nicem vise) jer to je prakticno debi roman u kom Namez Raam razvija i prozno oblikuje provokativne teze iz svoje prve objavljene knjige More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement koja je svojedobno izazvala silno odusevljenje kod ljudi kalibra Davida Brina i Grega Beara, a to je samo po sebi dovoljna preporuka svima koje zanima prozna varijanta prakticnih ideja transhumanizma.)

Quote from: PTY on 14-07-2014, 09:42:10
... sortiran je i 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards:

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION (tie)
•North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY
•Grimscribe's Puppets edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Miskatonic River Press)

drago mi je za ove ponajviše, čito sam i odlični su.

To je korisno znati... Čitala sam naslovnu Ballingrudovu priču i dopala mi se dovoljno da nabavim knjigu.

sortiran i Hjugo, Ann Leckie uzela prvo mesto sa svojim debi romanom!


The winners of the 2014 Hugo Award have been announced.


•BEST NOVEL: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
•BEST NOVELLA: "Equoid" by Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
•BEST NOVELETTE: "The Lady Astronaut of Mars" by Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
•BEST SHORT STORY: "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" by John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)BEST RELATED WORK: "We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative" by Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)
•BEST GRAPHIC STORY: "Time" by Randall Munroe (XKCD)
•BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (LONG FORM): Gravity written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)
•BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION (SHORT FORM): Game of Thrones: "The Rains of Castamere" written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)
•BEST EDITOR – SHORT FORM: Ellen Datlow
•BEST EDITOR – LONG FORM: Ginjer Buchanan
•BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: Julie Dillon
•BEST SEMIPROZINE: Lightspeed Magazine edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
•BEST FANZINE: A Dribble of Ink edited by Aidan Moher
•BEST FANCAST: SF Signal Podcast – Patrick Hester
•BEST FAN WRITER: Kameron Hurley
•BEST FAN ARTIST: Sarah Webb
•JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER (Not a Hugo): Sofia Samatar

Congratulations to all the winners!

sortiran i Sideways za alternativnu istoriju:




•SHORT FORM: Vylar Kaftan, "The Weight of the Sunrise" (Asimov's, 2/13)


•LONG FORM (Tie):

◦D. J. Taylor, The Windsor Faction (Pegasus, Chatto & Windus)

◦Bryce Zabel, Surrounded by Enemies: What If Kennedy Survived Dallas? (Mill City Press)

... a i 2014 Chesley Awards ima dobre vesti




The winners for the 2014 Chesley Awards have been announced!

•BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION: HARDBACK BOOK: Todd Lockwood for A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan; Tor, Feb. 2013





•BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION: PAPERBACK BOOK: Kerem Beyit for The Scroll of Years by Chris Willrich; Pyr, Sept. 2013
•BEST COVER ILLUSTRATION: MAGAZINE: Dan Dos Santos for Fables #136; Vertigo, Dec. 2013
•BEST INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION: Brian Kesinger for Walking Your Octopus, July 2013; Baby Tattoo Books
•BEST THREE-DIMENSIONAL ART: Devon Dorrity for Cecaelia, Queen of the Ocean, clay
•BEST UNPUBLISHED: COLOR WORK: Donato Giancola for Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin, oil on linen
•BEST UNPUBLISHED: MONOCHROME WORK: Ruth Sanderson for The Descent or Persephone, scratchboard
•BEST PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION: Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo for Jeannie's Kitten, IlluXCon 6 promotional art
•BEST GAMING-RELATED ILLUSTRATION: Lucas Graciano for The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield for The Battle of Five Armies Board Game, Ares Games
•BEST ART DIRECTOR: Irene Gallo, Tor & Tor.com
•LIFETIME ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Jim Burns

Congrats to all the winners!

Quote from: PTY on 18-08-2014, 09:22:42
sortiran i Hjugo, Ann Leckie uzela prvo mesto sa svojim debi romanom!

Samo da i ovde kažem jupiii! Jedino što će očekivanja od drugog romana sad biti priličan hendikep...

Priznajem da svojevremeno nisam uspela da sa time izađem na kraj: worldbuilding je bio žešće heavy duty za moj manir štrpkanja po 10-20 stana pre spavanja, a obaška što sam na sedamdesetoj strani shvatila da su svi oni likovi koje sam smatrala muškarcima zapravo žene, pa sam samo malko žmirnula i rekla u sebi "slušaj ti, mala, mene si našla, a...?"

Dobra je Leckie, nema tu zbora, ali pustiću ipak ja vas par zamoraca da okusite ceo serijal pre no što ga se i ja latim. 

Serijal... 


Može li neko danas da napiše roman na 250 stranica, koji neće imati nastavak?

Boban?

Stipan?

Mislio sam na prave pisce... 

Quote from: Mica Milovanovic on 18-08-2014, 21:15:05
Mislio sam na prave pisce... 

Priznaj da nisi mislio ništa kad si ovo napisao.

Ti baš nemaš osećaj za šalu...

A, ti si se šalio na račun Bobana i Stipana? Nisi primetio da je ovaj sajt postao mesto za banalno zajebavanje? Posebno onih koji još pišu domaću fantastiku.

Čak i da je tako, ne verujem da bi iko ove moje reči mogao da shvati drugačije nego kao šalu... 

Naravno da nije tako. I ja se samo šalim. ZS funkcioniše ko sat.