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BSFA 2007 Awards Shortlists
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BSFA 2007 Awards Shortlists were announced on 21 January 2008.
BSFA is The British Science Fiction Association. BSFA was created 1958, when a group of leading authors, publishers, booksellers and fans decided that Britain needed an organisation to encourage science fiction in every form. Today BSFA unites members from Australia, Russia, Europe, USA, Canada and Argentina.
2007 World Fantasy Award Nominees
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The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering (almost a reunion) of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of Light and Dark Fantasy art and literature. This year the gathering was at Saratoga, New York. The main features of the convention are the World Fantasy Awards.
The winners at this year are:
- Special Award, Non-Professional: Gary K. Wolfe
- Special Award, Professional: Ellen Asher
- Best Artist: Shaun Tan
- Best Collection: Map of Dreams, M. Rickert
- Best Anthology: Salon Fantastique, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- Best Short Fiction: “Journey Into the Kingdom”, M. Rickert
- Best Novella: “Botch Town”, Jeffrey Ford
- Best Novel: Soldier of Sidon, Gene Wolfe
- Life Achievement: Betty Ballantine & Diana Wynne Jones
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Robert Jordan has died
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Robert Jordan, born James Oliver Rigney, Jr, died on Sunday, 16th of September at the age of 58. He was diagnosed with amyloidosis in March 2006.
His most famous work is the Wheel of Time -sequence, which is now left incomplete. Perhaps it will be finished based on his notes.
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Finncon 2009 GoHs
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Some Finncon 2009 Guest of Honours have already been announced! And they're really exciting names:
George R. R. Martin and Alastair Reynolds!
So Helsinki is the place to be in the 10th to 12th of July 2009!
More info to be announced at 2009.finncon.org
2007 Hugo Awards
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2007 Hugo Awards:
2007 Hugo Awards:- Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge [Tor, 2006]
- Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed [Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2006]
- Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald [Asimov’s July 2006]
- Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt [Asimov’s July 2006]
- Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon by Julie Phillips [St. Martin’s Press, 2006]
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro [Picturehouse]
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who - “Girl in the Fireplace” (2006) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn [BBC Wales/BBC1]
- Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
- Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
- Best Semiprozine: Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi
- Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly ed. by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, and Randy Byers
- Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
- Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
John W. Campbell Award to the best new author:
- Naomi Novik