Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

The nominations for this year’s Hugo awards have been announced. The award ceremony will be held at the 64th World Science Fiction Conventions, L.A.con IV in Anaheim California which runs from August 23rd to August 27th. Below is the list of nominees:

Novel:
Accelerando by Charles Stross
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Novella:
“Burn” by James Patrick Kelly
“Identity Theft” by Robert J. Sawyer
“Inside Job” by Connie Willis
“The Little Goddess” by Ian McDonald
“Magic for Beginners” by Kelly Link

Novelette: ”
“The Calorie Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“I, Robot” by Cory Doctorow
“The King of Where-I-Go” by Howard Waldrop
“TelePresence” by Michael A. Burstein
“Two Hearts” by Peter S. Beagle

Short Story:
“The Clockwork Atom Bomb” by Dominic Green,
“Down Memory Lane” by Mike Resnick,
“Seventy-Five Years” by Michael A. Burstein,
“Singing My Sister Down” by Margo Lanagan,
“Tk’tk’tk” by David D. Levine

Related Book:
Science Fiction Quotations by Gary Westfahl
The SEX Column and Other Misprints by David Langford
Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. Wolfe
Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers’ Workshop by Kate Wilhelm
Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 by Mike Ashley

Dramatic Presentation: Long Form:
Batman Begins
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Serenity
Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Dramatic Presentation: Short Form:
Battlestar Galactica “Pegasus”
Doctor Who “The Empty Child” and “The Doctor Dances”
Doctor Who “Dalek”
Doctor Who “Father’s Day”
“Jack-Jack Attack”
“Lucas Back in Anger”
“Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony”

Professional Editor:
Ellen Datlow
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams

Professional Artist:
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton
Donato Giancola
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Michael Whelan

Semiprozine:
Ansible
Emerald City
Interzone
Locus
The New York Review of Science Fiction

Fanzine:
Banana Wings
Challenger
Chunga
File 770
Plokta

Fan Writer:
Claire Brialey
John Hertz
Dave Langford
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H. Silver

Fan Artist:
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer:
K.J. Bishop
Sarah Monette
Chris Roberson
Brandon Sanderson
John Scalzi
Steph Swainston

Eoghann Irving is amongst other things the creator and Editor of Solar Flare. He has a life long interest in all forms of science fiction and fantasy and a pressing need to share this interest with anyone who will listen. Find out more at his personal website eoghann.com..

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