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2009 Hugo Award Winners
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The 2009 Hugo Award winners are:
- Best Novel: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
- Best Novella: “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress
- Best Novelette: “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear
- Best Short Story: “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang
- Best Related Book: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi
- Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director
- Best Editor Short Form: Ellen Datlow
- Best Editor Long Form: David G. Hartwell
- Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
- Best Semiprozine: Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
- Best Fan Writer: Cheryl Morgan
- Best Fanzine: Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima
- Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
And the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines): David Anthony Durham.
More info: The Hugo Awards
Mythopoeic Awards: 2009 Winners Announced
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The Mythopoeic Society has announced the winners for the 2009 Mythopoeic Awards.
The winners of the fantasy awards are:
Adult Literature:
- Carol Berg: Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone (Roc)
Children's Literature:
- Kristin Cashore: Graceling (Harcourt Children’s Books)
Source: Mythopoeic Society
Urban Fantasy Book Cover Parade
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Jack Vance: The Genre Artist
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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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Finncon-Animecon 2009 DVD is for sale. Trailer in Youtube. 