When I got home today I had issue #221 (June 2008) of the SFWA Forum waiting for me. The Nebula Awards report is included in these issues and I always skim through that section. So I’m skimming the section on Novelettes and whose name and story should I see but my own! That’s right, there…
On Saturday, I voted for the first time ever for the Hugo Awards. There are three votes which I was particularly proud to cast: 1. Best Novel: Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer. 2. Best Related Book: Breakfast in the Ruins by Barry N. Malzberg. 3. Best Editor, Short Form: Stanley Schmidt. I was also pleased…
When I got home from work this even, I had science fiction in the mail. It seems just about every print science fiction magazine I subscribe to was delivered today: The Bulletin, Spring 2008 (for my non-SF friends, this is the magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) ANALOG, September 2008 ASIMOV’S,…
Today is the last day to vote for the Locus Poll & Survey. I voted yesterday. I had the opportunity to vote for joe_haldeman‘s novel, The Accidental Time Machine for Best SF Novel. I voted for Kris Rusch’s novella, “Recovering Apollo 8” and Connie Willis’ “All Seated on the Ground” for Best Novellas. I was…
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For science fiction-lovers out there, issue #8 of InterGalactic Medicine Show is available on-line. It looks like Edmund Schubert put together his first “theme” issue, with some great art and what look to be great stories. Go check it out! (And for those of you who are not s.f. fans, or have never tried it,…
This afternoon, I bought my supporting membership to Denvention 3, a.k.a. the 66th World Science Fiction convention. I decided on a supporting membership because I really don’t know if I’ll be able to make it to Denver in August, as much as I’d like to, but (a) I still want to be able to vote…
I just read the sad news that Arthur C. Clarke has died at the age of 90. He was the last surviving member of the Big Three of science fiction writers, Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov being the other two, both of whom died more than a decade ago. I’m not sure I can…
Skimming through my 2000 diary, I found the following sad entry from Friday, March 10, 2000: 11 PM. Just discovered that the May 2000 SF Age will be the last! Fired off an email to Scott Edelman to see if this is true. A few days later, I called the magazine and sure enough, the…
This has been driving me crazy. Ten or twelve years ago, I posted to rec.art.sf.written asking about this story and someone identified it. I can’t for the life of me remember the name or author, now that a decade has passed. I think it might have been a Poul Anderson story. I looked back through…
Finally, finally, I am going to make it to Readercon. I’ve been wanted to go to this convention for a few years now, in large part because one of my favorite all-time authors–Barry Malzberg–usually attends. As it turns out, Dad is going to be in town July 17 – 23, but I checked with him…
The Nebula Awards final ballot has been released (hyperlinked stories are available online): Novels Odyssey – McDevitt, Jack (Ace, Nov06) The Accidental Time Machine – Haldeman, Joe (Ace, Aug07) The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Chabon, Michael (HarperCollins, May07) The New Moon’s Arms – Hopkinson, Nalo (Warner Books, Feb07) Ragamuffin – Buckell, Tobias (Tor, Jun07) Novellas…