I'm back
I've seen many amazing things but I'm still sorting through the evidence so my first post is going to go through some of the interesting things that happened when I was away.
The Nebulas were awarded last weekend:
Novel
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella
The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, October/November 2011)
Novelette
What We Found by Geoff Ryman (F&SF, September/October 2011)
Short Story
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu (F&SF, March/April 2011)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife” by Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult SF and Fantasy Book
The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
Damon Knight Grand Master Award
Connie Willis
Solstice Award
Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute
Service to SFWA Award
Bud Webster
I don't have much to say as I haven't read any of that but I noticed that that's the second woman winning best novel in a row. Maybe that's the change in literature that led Esquire to start e-books imprint called "Fiction for Men". Because if women took over even the SFF stronghold men need to find a new place to call their own. Enjoying "plot-driven and exciting, where one thing happens after another" written by a woman can give you cooties or, even worse, ideas. I also don't believe finding a new Alistair MacLean or Frederick Forsyth writing the same book in different setting is going to help with men readership.
Now something more enjoyable before I get to really big wank tomorrow. The whole thing of SpaceX sending a craft into space that I missed because I was on a plane. One day someone will say that about mission to Mars because they'll be flying suborbital.
The Nebulas were awarded last weekend:
Novel
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
Novella
The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, October/November 2011)
Novelette
What We Found by Geoff Ryman (F&SF, September/October 2011)
Short Story
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu (F&SF, March/April 2011)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife” by Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)
Andre Norton Award for Young Adult SF and Fantasy Book
The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman (Big Mouth House)
Damon Knight Grand Master Award
Connie Willis
Solstice Award
Octavia Butler (posthumous) and John Clute
Service to SFWA Award
Bud Webster
I don't have much to say as I haven't read any of that but I noticed that that's the second woman winning best novel in a row. Maybe that's the change in literature that led Esquire to start e-books imprint called "Fiction for Men". Because if women took over even the SFF stronghold men need to find a new place to call their own. Enjoying "plot-driven and exciting, where one thing happens after another" written by a woman can give you cooties or, even worse, ideas. I also don't believe finding a new Alistair MacLean or Frederick Forsyth writing the same book in different setting is going to help with men readership.
Now something more enjoyable before I get to really big wank tomorrow. The whole thing of SpaceX sending a craft into space that I missed because I was on a plane. One day someone will say that about mission to Mars because they'll be flying suborbital.
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