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Jack Vance: The Genre Artist

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Published on Sunday, 19 July 2009 3:00 am

Written by Thialfi

An article about Jack Vance in New York Times.

Dan Simmons, the best-selling writer of horror and fantasy, described discovering Vance as “a revelation for me, like coming to Proust or Henry James. Suddenly you’re in the deep end of the pool. He gives you glimpses of entire worlds with just perfectly turned language. If he’d been born south of the border, he’d be up for a Nobel Prize.”

Finncon-Animecon 2009 DVD

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Published on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 3:00 am

Written by Thialfi

Finncon-Animecon 2009 DVD is for sale. Trailer in Youtube.

Tähtifantasia Award 2009

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Published on Monday, 13 July 2009 3:00 am

Written by Thialfi

The Tähtifantasia award for best translated fantasy in 2008 was given to Ellen Kushner for her novel Thomas Riiminiekka (Thomas the Rhymer), published in Finnish by Vaskikirjat. The award is given by the Helsinki Science Fiction Society.

The book was translated by Johanna Vainikainen-Uusitalo and published by Vaskikirjat. Vainikainen-Uusitalo was also the translator for Jeff VanderMeer’s City of Saints and Madmen, which won the Tähtifantasia in 2007. Ellen Kushner is the Guest of Honor of Finncon 2010 in Jyväskylä.

Sources: Partial Recall, Science Fiction Awards Watch, Ellen Kushner's journal.