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of the Woodwork 126. Hugo Awards Winners Winners of this year's Hugo Awards were announced Saturday evening, September 1st, 2007, at the World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan. NOVELRainbows End, Vernor Vinge (Tor) NOVELLA "A Billion Eves", Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2006) NOVELETTE "The Djinn's Wife", Ian McDonald (Asimov's Jul 2006) SHORT STORY "Impossible Dreams", Tim Pratt (Asimov's Jul 2006) RELATED BOOK James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips (St. Martin's) DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: LONG FORM Pan's Labyrinth (Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Picturehouse.) DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: SHORT FORM Doctor Who (Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn. BBC Wales/BBC1.) EDITOR, SHORT FORM Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF) EDITOR, LONG FORM Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor) PROFESSIONAL ARTIST Donato Giancola SEMIPROZINE Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi FANZINE Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan & Randy Byers FAN WRITER Dave Langford FAN ARTIST Frank Wu John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo] Naomi Novik The Prometheus Award for Best Novel goes to the novel Glasshouse by Charles Stross The Prometheus Hall of Fame Award was a tie this year with awards going to the novel It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis and the novella “True Names” by Vernor Vinge This year the Libertarian Futurist Society voted a Special Award for the motion picture V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue, screenplay by the Wachowski brothers Chesley Awards Best Cover Illustration - Hardback: Stefan Martiniere (for Pyr’s
edition of River of Gods by Ian McDonald)
SFWA reports that Joseph Louis "Joe" Hensley, died Monday, August 27, 2007 of complications from Leukemia. A long time resident of Madison, Indiana, he passed away at King's Daughters' Hospital in that community. He was 81. He wrote science fiction and crime fiction as Joe L. Hensley and Louis J. A. Adams. After publishing short fiction in the 1950s, his first published novel was The Color of Hate, published by Ace in 1960. Full SFWA obituary Chinese science fiction readers have honoured acclaimed Canadian writer Robert J. Sawyer with a Galaxy Award at the China International Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival and Conference this weekend. Sawyer picked up the reader-voted honour, which recognizes the most popular foreign author of the year for his or her body of work, at a gala ceremony Sunday at the Museum of Science and Technology in Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province. Full story SF author/editor Charles N. Brown won a Lifetime Achievement Award and 22 winners of the International Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests were honored on August 24 at the 23rd L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards held at the Athenaeum Club on the CalTech campus in Pasadena, California. In accepting his award, Brown, founder and editor of Locus magazine with 23 Hugo Awards to his credit and 60 years experience in the science fiction and fantasy genre, wanted to focus his attention on the winners of the contest that he has supported since Hubbard initiated it in 1983. "Yes, we always need new authors and new artists to replace us old, cynical ones," he said. "We say, ‘somebody did it 40 years ago,’ but they think somebody is going to do it now." Full story Harry Potter and Stephen King. Fantastic Literature fans may be interested in Stephen King's thoughts on Harry Potter: <http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044270_20044274_20050689,00.html> All best wishes-- Valerie Stephen King - a vandal! Author Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal when he started signing books during an unannounced visit to a shop in Australia, according to local media.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said staff at the Alice Springs book store did not initially realise the writer was autographing his own novels. Bookshop manager Bev Ellis said: "When you see someone writing in one of your books you get a bit toey [nervous]. "We immediately ran to the books and lo and behold, there was the signature." Full BBC story Dept of smug self satisfaction - continued Hi Simon, My new book arrived today 21st Aug 07. That is faster than some purchases here at home in Australia. I have left positive feedback for you on the Amazon site. Thanks Colin A Horn http://www.fantasticliterature.com We also buy books and travel around the country to purchase, we will pay a finders fee to anyone who puts us in touch with a collection we later purchase. Instant ordering on our web site in
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