Hugo and Nebula awards

[karatasiospa]

Και το Way of Kings δεν υπήρχε πουθενά.....

 

E πως να υπάρχει αφού είναι fantasy. Το Hugo είναι αποκλειστικά για επιστημονική φαντασία.

[Dimzar]

Και το Way of Kings δεν υπήρχε πουθενά.....

 

E πως να υπάρχει αφού είναι fantasy. Το Hugo είναι αποκλειστικά για επιστημονική φαντασία.

 

Τα Hugos τα δίνει το World Science fiction Society για τα καλύτερα Science Fiction αλλά και Fantasy έργα. Για παράδειγμα ένα από τα υποψήφια βιβλία φέτος , ήταν το Hundred thousand Kingdoms , ένα πολύ χειρότερο fantasy βιβλίο από το Way of Kings (Για να μην αναφέρω το Towers of Midnight που τα πατάει και τα δύο) . Σε γενικές γραμμές βέβαια τα βραβεία είναι πολύ sci-fi heavy. Το τελευταίο δυνατό fantasy που ήταν υποψήφιο είναι το Feast for Crows το 2006 .

 

Το Way of Kings φέτος ήταν μέσα στην δεκάδα (αν δεν κάνω λάθος ), αλλά δεν ήταν στο shortlist των υποψήφιων. Κρίμα γιατί άν και έχει αρκετά προβλήματα , το Way of Kings είναι το καλύτερο νέο epic fantasy εδώ και πάρα πολύ καιρό.

[karatasiospa]

Ενιοτε μπορει να μπαινουν στις υποψηφιότητες και φαντασυ απο καποιους που ψηφιζουν για λογους που μονον αυτοι που τα ψηφισαν γνωριζουν. Το βραβειο ομως ειναι για scifi και μονον βιβλια scifi εχουν παρει και παιρνουν hugo σε αντιθεση με το nebula που δινεται και σε fantasy. Αν δεις την λιστα των βραβειων hugo απο τοτε που καθιερωθηκε θα το διαπιστωσεις.

Edited August 22, 2011 by karatasiospa

[Dimzar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugos

[Darkchilde]

Ενιοτε μπορει να μπαινουν στις υποψηφιότητες και φαντασυ απο καποιους που ψηφιζουν για λογους που μονον αυτοι που τα ψηφισαν γνωριζουν. Το βραβειο ομως ειναι για scifi και μονον βιβλια scifi εχουν παρει και παιρνουν hugo σε αντιθεση με το nebula που δινεται και σε fantasy. Αν δεις την λιστα των βραβειων hugo απο τοτε που καθιερωθηκε θα το διαπιστωσεις.

 

Λάθος, Hugo έχει πάρει και το Harry Potter, και το American Gods. Και τα δύο είναι fantasy.

 

@Dimzar: όσο για το Way of Kings, το είπες και μόνος σου ότι έχει προβλήματα το βιβλίο.

 

Δεν έχω διαβάσει το βιβλίο της Willis οπότε δεν μπορώ να πώ τίποτα για το αν αξίζει ή όχι.

[karatasiospa]

Αανακοινώθηκε το shortlist του BSFA (britsh science fiction association) award :

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)

 

 

 

[Mort13]

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards (presented in 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” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 2011)
• “Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente (WFSA Press; Clarkesworld Magazine, October 2011)
• “The Ice Owl” by Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2011)
• “The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2011)
• “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” by Ken Liu (Panverse Three, Panverse Publishing)
• “With Unclean Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2011)

Novelette

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

Short Story

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

Edited February 20, 2012 by Mort13

[karatasiospa]

Το shortlist του βραβείου Arthur C.Clarke

 

• Hull Zero Three - Greg Bear (Gollancz)
• The End Specialist - Drew Magary (Harper Voyager)
• Embassytown - China Miéville (Macmillan)
• The Testament of Jessie Lamb - Jane Rogers (Sandstone Press)
• Rule 34 - Charles Stross (Orbit)
• The Waters Rising - Sheri S. Tepper (Gollancz)

 

Και μια σκληρή κριτική για το shortlist

 

http://blastr.com/20...lams-dreadf.php

Edited March 30, 2012 by karatasiospa

[nikosal]

Παρακολούθησα live τις υποψηφιότητες hugo για το 2012.

 

Η short list για την κατηγορία καλύτερου μυθιστορήματος:

 

• Among Others, Jo Walton
• A Dance With Dragons, George R. R. Martin
• Deadline, Mira Grant
• Embassytown, China Miéville
• Leviathan Wakes, James S. A. Corey

Όποιος ενδιαφέρεται για τις υπόλοιπες κατηγορίες, εδώ.

[BladeRunner]

Πολύ ωραίο φαίνεται το Leviathan Wakes...

[heiron]

Οι φετινές υποψηφιότητες για τα Hugo

 

Best Novel (1113 nominating ballots cast)

• 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Blackout, Mira Grant (Orbit)
• Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
• Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi (Tor)
• Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed (DAW)

Best Novella (587 nominating ballots cast)

• After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, Nancy Kress (Tachyon Publications)
• The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)
• On a Red Station, Drifting, Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press)
• San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats, Mira Grant (Orbit)
• “The Stars Do Not Lie”, Jay Lake (Asimov’s, Oct-Nov 2012)

Best Novelette (616 nominating ballots cast)

• “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Postscripts: Unfit For Eden, PS Publications)
• “Fade To White”, Catherynne M. Valente ( Clarkesworld, August 2012)
• “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi”, Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)
• “In Sea-Salt Tears”, Seanan McGuire (Self-published)
• “Rat-Catcher”, Seanan McGuire ( A Fantasy Medley 2, Subterranean)

Best Short Story (662 nominating ballots cast)

• “Immersion”, Aliette de Bodard ( Clarkesworld, June 2012)
• “Mantis Wives”, Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, August 2012)
• “Mono no Aware”, Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)

Note: Category has only 3 nominees due to the minimum 5% requirement of Section 3.8.5 of the WSFS constitution.

Best Related Work (584 nominating ballots cast)

• The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature, Edited by Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge University Press)
• Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them, Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Sigrid Ellis (Mad Norwegian Press)
• Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who, Edited by Deborah Stanish & L.M. Myles (Mad Norwegian Press)
• I Have an Idea for a Book … The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg, Compiled by Martin H. Greenberg, edited by John Helfers (The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box)
• Writing Excuses Season Seven, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story (427 nominating ballots cast)

• Grandville Bête Noire, written and illustrated by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse Comics, Jonathan Cape)
• Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks, written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• Saga, Volume One, written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (Hypernode Media)
• Saucer Country, Volume 1: Run, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Ryan Kelly, Jimmy Broxton and Goran Sudžuka (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (787 nominating ballots cast)

• The Avengers, Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)
• The Cabin in the Woods, Screenplay by Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon; Directed by Drew Goddard (Mutant Enemy, Lionsgate)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro, Directed by Peter Jackson (WingNut Films, New Line Cinema, MGM, Warner Bros)
• The Hunger Games, Screenplay by Gary Ross & Suzanne Collins, Directed by Gary Ross (Lionsgate, Color Force)
• Looper, Screenplay and Directed by Rian Johnson (FilmDistrict, EndGame Entertainment)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (597 nominating ballots cast)

• Doctor Who, “The Angels Take Manhattan”, Written by Steven Moffat, Directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
• Doctor Who, “Asylum of the Daleks”, Written by Steven Moffat; Directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
• Doctor Who, “The Snowmen”, written by Steven Moffat; directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Wales)
• Fringe, “Letters of Transit”, Written by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Akiva Goldsman, J.H.Wyman, Jeff Pinkner. Directed by Joe Chappelle (Fox)
• Game of Thrones, “Blackwater”, Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)

Best Editor, Short Form (526 nominating ballots cast)

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

Best Editor, Long Form (408 nominating ballots cast)

• Lou Anders
• Sheila Gilbert
• Liz Gorinsky
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Artist (519 nominating ballots cast)

• Vincent Chong
• Julie Dillon
• Dan dos Santos
• Chris McGrath
• John Picacio

Best Semiprozine (404 nominating ballots cast)

• Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore and Michael Damian Thomas
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
• Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker
• Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams and Stefan Rudnicki
• Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Jed Hartman, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Abigail Nussbaum, Sonya Taaffe, Dave Nagdeman and Rebecca Cross

Best Fanzine (370 nominating ballots cast)

• Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
• The Drink Tank, edited by Chris Garcia and James Bacon
• Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
• Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Emma J. King, Helen J. Montgomery and Pete Young
• SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester

Best Fancast (346 nominating ballots cast)

• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)
• SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, and JP Frantz
• SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
• StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

Best Fan Writer (485 nominating ballots cast)

• James Bacon
• Christopher J. Garcia
• Mark Oshiro
• Tansy Rayner Roberts
• Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist (293 nominating ballots cast)

• Galen Dara
• Brad W. Foster
• Spring Schoenhuth
• Maurine Starkey
• Steve Stiles

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (476 nominating ballots cast)
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

• Zen Cho*
• Max Gladstone
• Mur Lafferty*
• Stina Leicht*
• Chuck Wendig*

[Διγέλαδος]

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (597 nominating ballots cast)

• Fringe, “Letters of Transit”, Written by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Akiva Goldsman, J.H.Wyman, Jeff Pinkner. Directed by Joe Chappelle (Fox)

 

Yes!!

[heiron]

Winners for each category appear in bold:

 

Best Novel

• Winner: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor)
• 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
• Blackout by Mira Grant (Orbit)
• Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
• Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor)
• Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (DAW)

Best Novella

• Winner: The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)
• After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress (Tachyon Publications)
• On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press)
• San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant (Orbit)
• “The Stars Do Not Lie” by Jay Lake (Asimov's, Oct-Nov 2012)

Best Novelette

• Winner: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)
• “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Postscripts: Unfit For Eden, PS Publications)
• “Fade To White” by Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld, August 2012)
• “In Sea-Salt Tears” by Seanan McGuire (Self-published)
• “Rat-Catcher” by Seanan McGuire (A Fantasy Medley 2, Subterranean)

Best Short Story

• Winner:  “Mono no Aware” by Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)
• “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld, June 2012)
• “Mantis Wives” by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, August 2012)

Note: category has 3 nominees due to a 5% requirement under Section 3.8.5 of the WSFS constitution.

Best Related Work

• Winner: Writing Excuses Season Seven by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson
• The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature Edited by Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge UP)
• Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Sigrid Ellis (Mad Norwegian Press)
• Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who Edited by Deborah Stanish & L.M. Myles (Mad Norwegian Press)
• I Have an Idea for a Book… The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg Compiled by Martin H. Greenberg, edited by John Helfers (The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box)

Best Graphic Story

• Winner: Saga, Volume One written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
• Grandville Bête Noire written and illustrated by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse Comics, Jonathan Cape)
• Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
• Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (Hypernode Media)
• Saucer Country, Volume 1: Run written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Ryan Kelly, Jimmy Broxton and Goran Sudžuka (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Winner: The Avengers Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)
• The Cabin in the Woods Screenplay by Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon; Directed by Drew Goddard (Mutant Enemy, Lionsgate)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro, Directed by Peter Jackson (WingNut Films, New Line Cinema, MGM, Warner Bros)
• The Hunger Games Screenplay by Gary Ross & Suzanne Collins, Directed by Gary Ross (Lionsgate, Color Force)
• Looper Screenplay and Directed by Rian Johnson (FilmDistrict, EndGame Entertainment)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Winner: Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)
• Doctor Who: “The Angels Take Manhattan” Written by Steven Moffat, Directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
• Doctor Who: “Asylum of the Daleks” Written by Steven Moffat; Directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
• Doctor Who: “The Snowmen” Written by Steven Moffat, Directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Wales)
• Fringe: “Letters of Transit” Written by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Akiva Goldsman, J.H.Wyman, Jeff Pinkner. Directed by Joe Chappelle (Fox)

Best Editor, Short Form

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

Best Editor, Long Form

• Winner: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Lou Anders
• Sheila Gilbert
• Liz Gorinsky
• Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Artist

• Winner: John Picacio
• Vincent Chong
• Julie Dillon
• Dan Dos Santos
• Chris McGrath

Best Semiprozine

• Winner: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker
• Apex Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore and Michael Damian Thomas
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews
• Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams and Stefan Rudnicki
• Strange Horizons edited by Niall Harrison, Jed Hartman, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Abigail Nussbaum, Sonya Taaffe, Dave Nagdeman and Rebecca Cross

Best Fanzine

• Winner: SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester
• Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
• The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia and James Bacon
• Elitist Book Reviews edited by Steven Diamond
• Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Emma J. King, Helen J. Montgomery and Pete Young

Best Fan Writer

• Winner: Tansy Rayner Roberts
• James Bacon
• Christopher J Garcia
• Mark Oshiro
• Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

• Winner: Galen Dara
• Brad W. Foster
• Spring Schoenhuth
• Maurine Starkey
• Steve Stiles

Best Fancast

• Winner: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)
• SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, and JP Frantz
• StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

• Winner: Mur Lafferty
• Zen Cho
• Max Gladstone
• Stina Leicht
• Chuck Wendig

[Eugenia Rose]

 

 

Μία φώτο όλων των νικητών του Hugo Award εκτός όπως λέει και η λεζάντα από...  "All the Hugo winners. Except for Paul Cornell, who sensibly ditched out for first crack at the food." Την ανέβασε η Elizabeth Bear στο tumblr της.

 

Στο βάθος όρθιο πίσω από τον καθιστό Μάρτιν βλέπουμε το "The Hound".  

"And Game of Thrones broke Doctor Who's long winning streak in the "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form" category. George R.R. Martin accepted, accompanied by actor Rory McCann (Sandor Clegane), who wore a kilt. And in his acceptance speech, Martin said we're in a golden age for science fiction and fantasy on screen."

 

Εδώ η μαρτυρία ενός μέλους της ομάδας του Clarkesworld: "Sitting right in front of me, literally three inches away as I was standing up, was George R.R. Martin. It was just like ... I mean, there are lots of different writers of all different levels all around, but he won for Game of Thrones TV show, so it was pretty mind-blowing. Also, he brought with him the actor who plays the Hound on the show, so this 6' 8" Scottish dude is standing right next to me -- I'm squashed up against him during the photo shoot. So just completely unreal."

 

 

Επίσης ο Ken Liu δεν παρεβρέθηκε στην τελετή και το βραβείο του παρέλαβε ο Alex Shvartsman που έβαλε τον G.R.R.Martin να το... ευλογήσει!!! Βλ. εικόνα πιο κάτω.

 

 

"This is George R. R. Martin, blessing Ken Liu's Hugo award. This means that, for the next year, Ken will have to randomly and mercilessly kill off his characters." Έγραψε ο Άλεξ στο fb.

 

Ήταν ένα μικρό ρεπορτάζ από τα Hugo awards. Πίσω σε εσάς.

Edited September 8, 2013 by Eugenia Rose

[heiron]

2014 Hugo Awards

Presented at:Loncon 3, London, United Kingdom, August 17, 2014

Host:

Base design:

Awards Administration: Dave McCarty, David Gallaher, Vincent Docherty, Ben Yalow

 

Direct administrative questions about the 2014 Hugo Awards to the Loncon 3 Hugo Administration Subcommittee.

Best Novel (1595 nominating ballots)

• Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
• Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
• Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
• Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles, Larry Correia (Baen Books)
• The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)

Note: The Wheel of Time series was nominated as and ruled to be a multi-part serialized single work, as defined in Section 3.2.4 of the WSFS constitution.

Best Novella (847 nominating ballots)

• The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
• “The Chaplain’s Legacy”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)
• “Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
• Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)
• “Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)

Best Novelette (728 nominating ballots)

• “Opera Vita Aeterna”, Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
• “The Exchange Officers”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)
• “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
• “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)
• “The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)

Best Short Story (865 nominating ballots)

• “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)
• “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)
• “Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)
• “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)

Note: Category had only 4 nominees due to the minimum 5% requirement of Section 3.8.5 of the WSFS constitution.

Best Related Work (752 nominating ballots)

• Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)
• Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
• “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)
• Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)
• Writing Excuses Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Story (552 nominating ballots)

• Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
• “The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who”, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)
• The Meathouse Man, adapted from the story by George R.R. Martin and illustrated by Raya Golden (Jet City Comics)
• Saga, Volume 2, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics )
• “Time”, Randall Munroe (XKCD)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (995 nominating ballots)

• Frozen,screenplay by Jennifer Lee, directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Walt Disney Studios)
• Gravity, written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence (Color Force; Lionsgate)
• Iron Man 3, screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, directed by Shane Black (Marvel Studios; DMG Entertainment; Paramount Pictures)
• Pacific Rim, screenplay by Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney Double Dare You)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (760 nominating ballots)

• An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)
• Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)
• Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)
• 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)
• Orphan Black: “Variations under Domestication” written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space/BBC America)

Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Best Editor, Short Form (656 nominating ballots)

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• Jonathan Strahan
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form (632 nominating ballots)

• Ginjer Buchanan
• Sheila Gilbert
• Liz Gorinsky
• Lee Harris
• Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Artist (624 nominating ballots)

• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Daniel Dos Santos
• John Harris
• John Picacio
• Fiona Staples

Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Best Semiprozine (411 nominating ballots)

• Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
• Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
• Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
• Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin

Best Fanzine (478 nominating ballots)

• The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
• A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher
• Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
• Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Lynda E. Rucker, Pete Young, Colin Harris, and Helen J.Montgomery
• Pornokitsch, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin

Best Fancast (396 nominating ballots)

• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
• Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch

  (Producer)

• SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht
• Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman and Peter Newman
• Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
• The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Note: Category has seven nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Best Fan Writer (521 nominating ballots)

• Liz Bourke
• Kameron Hurley
• Foz Meadows
• Abigail Nussbaum
• Mark Oshiro

Best Fan Artist (316 nominating ballots)

• Brad W. Foster
• Mandie Manzano
• Spring Schoenhuth
• Steve Stiles
• Sarah Webb

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (767 nominating ballots)

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

• Wesley Chu
• Max Gladstone*
• Ramez Naam*
• Sofia Samatar*
• Benjanun Sriduangkaew

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

1923 valid nominating ballots (1889 electronic and 34 paper) were received and counted from the members of LoneStarCon 3, Loncon 3 and Sasquan, the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Science Fiction Conventions.

A full breakdown of nominations, including how many nominations each work received and a list of works that did not make the final ballot but were in the top fifteen places, will be published after the Hugo Awards ceremony in August 2014.

UStream video coverage of the 2014 Hugo Awards Nomination Announcement

[Eugenia Rose]

http://io9.com/the-hugo-awards-were-always-political-now-theyre-only-1695721604

 

Edited April 5, 2015 by Eugenia Rose

[Old man & SiFi]

Κρίμα...

Κι εγώ ο πτωχός τω πνεύματι, νόμιζα ότι την αμφισβήτηση του κύρους

των βραβείων την είχα σε αποκλειστικότητα...

[nikosal]

Θέλω να διαβάσω δυο φορές το άρθρο πριν το σχολιάσω, ωστόσο το Hugo το αντιμετωπίζω συνήθως με κάποια αμφιβολία, λόγω του ότι ψηφίζει το ευρύ κοινό. Όχι ότι έχω κάτι με το κοινό και τις... δημοκρατικές διαδικασίες... Αλλά χμ... στη λογοτεχνία; Σας εμπνέει εμπιστοσύνη ένα βραβείο οι κριτές του οποίου δεν έχουν διαβάσει όλα τα υποψήφια βιβλία; (νομίζω ότι τα μέλη δεν έχουν σχετική υποχρέωση, αν και προφανώς παρακινούνται να το κάνουν). Έχω την αίσθηση ότι μια επιτροπή συγγραφέων και επαγγελματιών κριτικών θα κάνει πιθανότατα καλύτερη δουλειά. Από κει και πέρα, η πλήρης απαξίωση των βραβείων δεν με βρίσκει σύμφωνο. Σε γενικές γραμμές (με πολλές -αναπόφευκτα- εξαιρέσεις) ένα καλό βιβλίο ενδέχεται να βρει ευκολότερα τη θέση του από ένα προφανώς κακό είτε στη short list , είτε στο βάθρο (όπως κάλλιστα κινδυνεύει να θαφτεί ένα εξαιρετικό και καινοτόμο βιβλίο που βρίσκεται μπροστά από την εποχή του και τις αναγνωστικές της συνήθειες).

 

Λέγοντας αυτά, κάθε βραβείο από τα δεκάδες που «κυκλοφορούν» ετησίως έχει την αξία και τα όριά του. Εγώ τα χρησιμοποιώ ως ένδειξη, ως ανακάλυψη ή υπενθύμιση (για τα παλιότερα) του τι ίσως με ενδιαφέρει να διαβάσω. Πολλές φορές μέσω των βραβείων έχω βρει πολύ καλά βιβλία, όπως πχ. το China Mountain Zhang της McHugh, που βρέθηκε στις short list των Hugo & Nebula, ενώ κέρδισε τρία άλλα σημαντικά βραβεία -έξοχες ιδέες, χαρακτήρες και μοναδική ατμόσφαιρα. Πάνω από όλα, καλή λογοτεχνία. Δεν υπήρχε όμως ούτε μια πιθανότητα στις χίλιες να ακούσω για τη συγκεκριμένη συγγραφέα (που κινείται στο περιθώριο και δεν εκδίδεται από μεγάλους οίκους) ή το βιβλίο της, αν δεν διάβαζα τις λίστες... Γιατί λοιπόν να απαξιώσω σώνει και καλά τα βραβεία;

Edited April 5, 2015 by nikosal

[Eugenia Rose]

Κανείς δεν είπε ότι ένα βραβείο μπορεί να απαξιωθεί πλήρως. Και εγώ έχω βρεί ιστορίες που αξίζουνε και έχω μάθει συγγραφείς. Όμως αυτή εδώ η χρονιά φαίνεται πολύ δύσκολη για την αντικειμενικότητα του θεσμού, όση μπορεί να υπάρχει σε ένα βραβείο. Πίο δύσκολη απ' ότι συνήθως.

[heiron]

[heiron]

Mετά την όλη φασαρία σχετικά με τα Hugo ήρθαν τα Nebula να..αποκαταστήσουν την τάξη.

 

Μεγάλος νικητής ο Jeff VanderMeer.
 

Winners

Novel
Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; Harper Collins Canada)

Novella
Yesterday’s Kin, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)

Novelette
“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” Alaya Dawn Johnson (F&SF 7-8/14)

Short Story
“Jackalope Wives”by Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14)

•••
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

•••
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
Love Is the Drug, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)

•••
2015 Damon Knight Grand Master Award
Larry Niven

•••
Solstice Award
Joanna Russ (posthumous), Stanley Schmidt

•••
Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service Award
Jeffry Dwight

 

πηγή: http://www.sfwa.org/2015/06/nebula-award-winners-announced-2/

[Διγέλαδος]

Mετά την όλη φασαρία σχετικά με τα Hugo ήρθαν τα Nebula να..αποκαταστήσουν την τάξη.

 

Μεγάλος νικητής ο Jeff VanderMeer.

 

Winners

Novel

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; Harper Collins Canada)

Novella

Yesterday’s Kin, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)

Novelette

“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” Alaya Dawn Johnson (F&SF 7-8/14)

Short Story

“Jackalope Wives”by Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14)

•••

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

•••

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

Love Is the Drug, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)

•••

2015 Damon Knight Grand Master Award

Larry Niven

•••

Solstice Award

Joanna Russ (posthumous), Stanley Schmidt

•••

Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service Award

Jeffry Dwight

 

πηγή: http://www.sfwa.org/2015/06/nebula-award-winners-anno

Πολύ ωραίο παραμύθι το διήγημα “Jackalope Wives”by Ursula Vernon. Το νόημα μου θύμισε και λίγο Ούρσουλα Λε Γκεν.

[Eugenia Rose]

 

Mετά την όλη φασαρία σχετικά με τα Hugo ήρθαν τα Nebula να..αποκαταστήσουν την τάξη.

 

Μεγάλος νικητής ο Jeff VanderMeer.

 

Winners

Novel

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals; Fourth Estate; Harper Collins Canada)

Novella

Yesterday’s Kin, Nancy Kress (Tachyon)

Novelette

“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” Alaya Dawn Johnson (F&SF 7-8/14)

Short Story

“Jackalope Wives”by Ursula Vernon (Apex 1/7/14)

•••

Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

•••

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy

Love Is the Drug, Alaya Dawn Johnson (Levine)

•••

2015 Damon Knight Grand Master Award

Larry Niven

•••

Solstice Award

Joanna Russ (posthumous), Stanley Schmidt

•••

Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Service Award

Jeffry Dwight

 

πηγή: http://www.sfwa.org/2015/06/nebula-award-winners-anno

Πολύ ωραίο παραμύθι το διήγημα “Jackalope Wives”by Ursula Vernon. Το νόημα μου θύμισε και λίγο Ούρσουλα Λε Γκεν.

 

Όντως πολύ ωραίο αλλά και το όνομα πέρα από το νόημα πάλι Ούρσουλα σου θύμισε

[Διγέλαδος]

Είδες τι σου κάνουν τα υποσυνείδητα μηνύματα;

 

 

Όντως πολύ ωραίο αλλά και το όνομα πέρα από το νόημα πάλι Ούρσουλα σου θύμισε

 

 

Edited June 8, 2015 by Διγέλαδος

[nikosal]

Αν έχετε να χάσετε μισή ώρα, διαβάστε το κείμενο και τα σχόλια. Φτάστε τουλάχιστον ως το post του Wright... Για να θυμόμαστε ότι πίσω από ένα βιβλίο που μπορεί να μας άρεσε (δεν έχω διαβάσει Wright, γενικώς μιλώ) μπορεί να κρύβονται απίστευτες αντιλήψεις.