Posted on 08/10/2008 10:16:21 AM PDT by EveningStar
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After a bit of hunting, I found the list of nominees. I was pleased to see that “STAR TREK NEW VOYAGES: World Enough and Time” actually had been nominated for a HUGO award. I’ve worked with the STNV crew (albeit not on this episode), and constantly amazed what can come out of a guy and a dream with a LARGE Garage.
I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!!
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The Yiddish Policemen’s Union was fascinating but I admit I never thought of it as science fiction, even though it did describe an alternate reality. Interesting choice.
The only one on that list I’ve read was Connie Willis’s (brilliant) novella. I see they’re continuing to see how many awards they can give that woman before she actually has any, you know, name recognition. (She must have a dozen by now, counting the Nebulas too)
Unfortunately she is a slow writer and it’s been 8 years since her last full-length novel. However she is hands down the best science fiction writer alive today.
Haven’t read any of ‘em . Can’t conceive of WANTING to read any of them. Pretty sad if you ask me.
I did see Gaiman’s Stardust and liked it.
Dang, I was really rooting for John Scalzi’s novel. He’s a very entertaining writer. Bot odd him getting best fan writer, what with having a good four published SF novels under his belt....
Yeah, well, I still thought it was fascinating. A slow read, though, not a page turner. Check it out and draw your own conclusion.
Connie Willis has won ten Hugos and six Nebulas, plus the odd World Fantasy Award here and there. Her “Doomsday Book” was the very first novel I ever got from the Science Fiction Book Club when I was a kid, and I remember it very fondly. “To Say Nothing of the Dog” was fantastic.
Resnick has been nominated for 31 Hugo Awards, and won five times. Aside from 1999 and 2003, he has received at least one nomination every year to date since 1989. - Wikipedia
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