the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & Its time... let s do it again in 2010 Australia is bidding ta hold its fourth World Science Fiction Convention and we'd like you to join us on a wild ride towards that goal. Australia has a reputation (gained from its three Aussiecons in 1975, 1985 and 1999) of producing intimate, compact Worldcons where everyone has a good time. For more details contact one of our representatives, visit our website, or meet one of us at a convention near you.
Committee US Agent UK Agents European Agent Chair: Perry Middlemiss Bavid Evans Eve & John Harvey Vince Bocherty Treasurer: Rose Mitchell 114 Shorebird Circle 8 The Orchard Koninginnegracht 75a General Committee: Redwood Shores Tonwell 2514 AH Ben Haag Stephen Boucher CA 94BB5-5101 Herts The Netherlands Bavid Evans USA UK SG12 OHR Janice Gelb Mark Linneman Alan Stewart Julian Warner Committee contact address: GPO Box 1212, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 3001 Email: [email protected] Website: www.australia2010.org/index.html This bid is supported by Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau.
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16 - David Brin the 65th World YOKOHAMA by Gregory Benford Science Fictionl at Pacifico Yokohama Conventionf#^ the 46thfJapan 20 - Yoshitaka Amano ScierFce Fiction The artworks ^Convention
22 - Japan Travelers' Tips John & Peggy Rae Sapienza 23 - Getting to Yokohama from Narita AuthorGoH ArtistGoH byTrevor Knudsen, Rodrigo Juri & Wake Lankard Sakyo Komatsu Yoshitaka Amano 25 - Seiun Award Nominations David Brin Michael Whelan 27 - The Hugo Awards 29-SF Awards
30 - Standing Rules FanGoH WSFS W 31 - PROPOSED AGENDA Takumi Shibano N i ppon2007 1811^ 32 - Programmings
29-Notifications
36 - Japanese SF List Transelated Abroad
41- Membership Map
42- Rates, AD Rates Advertisers Gio : 2 - Aussiecon 2010 Bid 39 - ARCHCON 31/9th NASFiC (2007 ) Manga by Eiji Yokoyama wer 11 lustration: Botan Hanayashiki 40 -STAR alliance V>7j' • tlt|jjX.GU EMY 5X F : Back Cover ’L0CUS Nippon2007 Progress Report 5 April, 2007 Nippon2007/JASFIC Nippon2007 / JASFIC 4-20-5-604, Mure, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0002 JAPAN t 181 - 0002 4 - 20 - 5 - 604 [email protected] CONTACT US http://www.nippon2007.org North America: Europe: Australia and NZ: Peggy Rae Sap Vincent Docherty Craig Macbride Nippon2007 Koninginnegracht 75a PO Box 274 Post Office Box 314 Burton Stone Lone 2514AH Den Hoag World Trade Centre, Vic, 8005 Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 York, GREAT BRITAIN, YO30 6EE Netherlands Australia [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & 2TS7 the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention FromtheChair INFORMATIOi We’ve started this year in Japan We’re steadily making progress in Childcare with a record-breaking warm winter. events planning, and investigating res At Nippon2007, there will be Chil In Tokyo, we haven’t even seen the first taurants and markets around the conven dren’s Programs for kids to have fun snow yet. Japan has a mostly temperate tion center. Babysitting service is also available a climate, but I’m afraid that this summer, There are many things left to do, but Babysitter’s Room for babies and chil the average temperature may be more in we’re working hard so that we can greet dren from 12 months to seven year line with a sub-tropical zone. 1 suppose you all with smiling faces at the end of old. We will entrust the operation o it doesn’t matter —with this year’s SF August. the Babysitter’s Room to a member (o fans in Yokohama, it’s going to be the If you have any requests, please feel members) of All-Japan Babysitter Asso hottest town around. free to ask. Of course, we can’t answer ciation and the fee will be approximate!; So, we have entered the seventh year everything. But we will spare no effort $15/hour per child. As we need to mak, of the 21st century, and the world isn’t to make this summer the best summer an estimate for the number of babysit rosy but we haven’t fallen into a nuclear for all of you. ters to be sent, please let the Committee winter, either. Hiroaki Inoue know in advance if you are planning t< I wonder how the future, which SF Nippon 2007 Executive Committee use the Babysitter’s Room. writers have dreamed of and feared, will Chairman It would also be helpful if you couL turn out. write when you are planning to leav Well, we’ve got half a year before your children at the Babysitter’s Room the Nippon 2007 WorldCon will start. (Example: During the Masquerade) Fo As we put together the standards of the Children’s Programs, we are plannin past WorldCons and the standards of the some “fun” events for kids older tha Japanese conventions, there are many seven. times we find cultural differences. We spend a lot of time worrying about how Dealers Room, Fanzine to come to terms with the differences in Alley and Fan Tables small details and fundamental basics. As much as possible, we’d like to - What's the difference? take the best of both worlds, and have At early Japanese National Scienc a convention where all the participants Fiction Conventions, the space we ovei can have a good time. In Japan and over seas fen think of as the Dealers Rooi seas, the staff is working with a forward Nippon2007 Committee meeting held in the clothes looking attitude. market area in Tokyo. ^J^riS-cNipponZOOTO^Kijili Nippon2007cti, bVa^At-JUc, .i1» A) t HiJKTti c OJfpmiiJ LTl'S tWC ifijftTt, Z777IJ lEEgOggi e- y y JtZuo 'TV'S-To 8&MISI15FJ nWcft&TLj: do ti l: d omv'A'i:, y y s >-t y^-js]
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6 thef i rstWorldconi n Japan nission from subjects before submitting or would like to volunteer, please contact heir image for publication. Also, respect us at [email protected] rtists and copyright holders: Do not •holograph original works without per- Nippon 2007 Mas event of loss or theft of items from the nission. Photographs may be submitted querade and changing rooms, the event organizers n JPEG or TIFF format. Printed photo and staff, location hosts, and sponsors graphs may be scanned. The Newsletter Hall Costuming I Cos bear no responsibility. taff will attempt to accommodate other play Rules For the purposes of Nippon 2007, nedia and formats than those listed but We look forward to having you par the convention spaces where people can annot guarantee compatibility. ticipate in our costuming events. We're wear their Hall Cosplay and Hall Cos 4. Illustrations: For clarity of repro- working to incorporate the best of all tumes includes the Pacifico Yokohama luction, please submit original illus- worlds and provide something special Conference Center, the attached Inter rations in ink on a white background, that will make for an enjoyable event for Continental Grand Yokohama Hotel, ’lease provide at con contact informa everyone. Please be aware that we have and the nearby Minato Mirai 21 shop ion if you would like your originals re- some unique concerns and rules for Nip ping area. We do not recommend wear urned. pon 2007. ing costumes away from this area. 5. Translations: The Nippon2007 Nippon 2007 is providing men's and A cloak room is available in the Newsletter will have translators on staff, women's changing rooms in the Pacifico Pacifico Yokohama, but attendees are vll submissions requiring translation Yokohama conference center. If you do advised to keep valuables with them. aust meet the deadline one day prior to not have a room at either of the above Again, event organizers and staff, loca he usual deadline to allow for transla- convention hotels, or your costume is tion hosts, and sponsors bear no respon icn and proofreading. too large or bulky to get dressed in and sibility for the loss of any items from the 6. Although we will attempt to walk over to the Pacifico Yokohama con cloak room. The cloak room will be next ublish all submissions, the Newsletter ference space, you will want to change to the changing rooms in the Pacifico aay lack space to publish everything. here. Please do not change costumes in a Yokohama and run by the Nippon 2007 Ve reserve the right to edit submissions bathroom stall and make it so that people Committee. A small fee may be charged or various reasons, including content, who need to use the toilet are prevented (something like 100 Yen ($1 USD)) per rammar, and length, and to reject any from doing so. item. nsigned (anonymous) items. Late sub- Changing rooms are not secured lissions may be published in the fol areas, so please be responsible for your General Costuming Rules owing issue of the Newsletter. personal belongings. If your belongings The Japanese are more modest than block emergency exit routes, they will people in other parts of the world, and do If you have any questions or con- be removed without notifying or obtain not seek to attract attention to themselves. erns about the Nippon 2007 Newsletter ing the permission of the owner. In the So the American tradition of "freaking
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13. Contestants must show up no Do not bring commercial tapes with will divide contestants into the follow later than the specified check-in time for other music than what you want to play ing skill classes. If you have received the masquerade. on it. Only the music for your presenta awards at international competitions, 14. Contestants agree to allow vid tion can be on the tape. you must compete in the stated classes eo recording and photography of their Your music should be the first thing that follow. Note: A competitor may al costumes for non-profit purposes. This on the tape. ways choose to compete in a higher class includes allowing your photos or video Label cassettes "Play This Side," than that which the Masquerade Direc recorded images to be used to promote and on the other side, "Wrong Side." tor has placed him or her. However, he or subsequent Worldcon masquerades, and F. Providing Music on CDs: she may not choose to compete in a low to be displayed on the Nippon 2007 web If you are "burning" your own CD- er class. If you have doubts about what site after the convention. R, test it on various CD players to as class level you should enter as, please 15. Music/Sound: If you are using sure it is compatible! There is a possibil ask the Masquerade Director. music or sound effects with your presen ity that our equipment won't be able to 1. Junior/Youth. This is for chil tation, it can be on mini-disc, audiocas read your CD-R discs depending on the dren up to age 13 who make their own sette or compact disk. equipment you burn the CD-R and the costumes with minimal help from their A. We recommend that you bring quality of CD-R disks. parents. Children over the age of 13 are two copies of your music: one to give to Do not use CD-RW discs, to avoid encouraged to enter as a Novice. A child us, and one to keep for rehearsing and as possible compatibility problems. wearing a costume designed and built a back-up. To increase the chances of your CD entirely by an adult/parent should either B. Your tapes/disks need to be la being readable, please be sure to use a be entered in the adult's skill class or en beled with your real name and costume high-quality CD-R media at low speed tered as an Exhibition Entry. name. (lx or 2x) when you burn your CD-R. 2. Novice. For the first-time costum C. Your tape/disks need to be sub You can provide CD-R that include er, or a contestant who has not won any mitted to us no later than Saturday noon. .wav or MP3 data. When you provide major awards such as "Best in Show" or If you cannot arrive until later that day, MP3 data, please use high-bitrate (at "Best Novice" at an international com send your music to us in advance, so we least 256k/second recommended) to petition. Minor awards may be counted have it. compress MP3 files so that we can pre towards placement at the discretion of D. NO microphones are available for vent degradation of the sound quality. the costumer. Awards won at regional contestants! Any needed speech must be Skill Classes. "International compe competitions may be counted towards on your recording, or supplied as text for titions," in the rules below, mean World- division placement at the discretion of the Master of Ceremonies to read. cons and Costume-cons. To compare the costumer and the Masquerade Di E. Providing Music on Cassettes: people of similar skills, Nippon 2007 rector. People who may not enter as a
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Novice include: A contestant who has competed and larly proud of something that you did or Professional costumers. This is won in the Master division at an interna your costume or prop, you are encouragec someone who earns more than 50 per tional competition. to enter it for workmanship judging. This cent of their income from crafting or A contestant who has won "Best in is the judging for how a costume or prop is creating costumes for hire, or sewing Show" or "Best Journeyman" at an inter constructed by contestants. Nothing that is costumes for customers. national competition. purchased or made by a professional cos A contestant who has competed and A contestant who has won more than turner or prop maker may be entered fo won in any division other than Novice at three major awards in the Journeyman workmanship judging. an international competition. division in international competition. Within each skill class, we have twe A contestant who has won "Best in Awards won at regional competi categories: Show" or "Best Novice" at an interna tions may be counted towards placement 1. Original. This is an original ide; tional competition. at the discretion of the costumer and the by the costumer. No source documenta A contestant who has won numerous Masquerade Director. tion is needed, but the judges appreciate major awards in the Novice division at in Minor awards may be counted towards a brief (no more than two paragraphs ternational competitions is encouraged to placement at the discretion of the costumer. explanation of your idea if it's needed. enter in the Journeyman division. 4. Master. This is an open class that 2. Re-creation. This is the costum 3. Journeyman. The costumer who anyone may enter and has no limitations. er's interpretation of someone else's idea has won some awards and received rec 5. Exhibition. For showing a cos The source can be text from a book ognition, such as "Best Novice" at an in tume to the audience, but not submit artwork from manga, from a televisioi ternational convention needs to compete ting it forjudging. The judges will leave show, or a movie. To allow for accurate as a Journeyman. People who may not the room to judge the other contestants judging, a copy or image of the costume enter as a Journeyman include: before the exhibition entries come on must be provided. Sources can include: Professional costumers. This is stage. Rerun and Hall costumes may be A copy of the book page highlightins someone who earns more than 50 per entered as Exhibition Entries. The Mas the description of the costume with the bool cent of their income from crafting or querade Director reserves the right to title and author indicated on the page. creating costumes for hire, or sewing limit the number of Exhibition Entries. A copy of the cover art, if it is you costumes for customers. 6. Workmanship. If you are particu source, is allowed.
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A copy of the manga artwork page processing. If you wish to have your cos 1. All photographers must use avail >r pages. Please do not bring the whole tume judged for workmanship, you must able light. Absolutely NO flash photog nanga. be in the green room early to have this raphy! Many of the contestants have A still or stills from a television done. When traveling between your hotel limited vision, and a flash could blind how or movie showing as many views room and the Masquerade green room and them. Violation of this rule will get you )f the costume as possible. changing rooms, you must make sure that ONE warning. The second violation will Changing Room. Women's and your costume, costume parts or compo get you removed from the masquerade Men's areas will be set aside for chang- nents, and props do not cause problems for theater. ng into your costume if you do not have the people around you. Guests staying at 2. All photographs are for personal i room at the convention hotel, or your the InterContinental or Pan Pacific hotels use only. The contestants agree to this jostume is too large or bulky for you to may change in their rooms and come di use when they enter the masquerade. hange into your costume in your con rectly to the Masquerade Green Room. All 3. Photographers must not block the tention hotel room and walk over to the other masquerade participants need to use view of or endanger the other audience Masquerade area. the provided Changing Rooms. members. Note: The Changing Room is not the Photographing in the Fan Photo Areas: Masquerade Green Room. If you do not General Photography Rules This the area where people can take heckin at the Masquerade Green Room, Photographing Hall Costumes/Co- flash photographs of the contestants af ve will not know that you are here and splay Costumes: ter they come off the masquerade stage. eady to go on stage. If you and your group You must get any costumer's permis We are going to set up an American Fan lo not check in by the cutoff time, your sion before taking their picture. Even if Photo Area. ntry will be deleted from the masquerade. there is a language barrier, please be sure American Fan Photo Area. A photo Green Room. This is a room in the that the person or people that you want to graphic backdrop and seats will be provided Conference Center where Masquerade photograph understand that you want to for the photographers. This allows for more •articipants wait to get processed and go take their photograph, and that they agree. formal poses to be done. If you would like to *n stage. You need to be available and Photographing in the Masquerade be in the American Fan Photo Area, please hecked into the Green Room 1.5 to 2 Theater: send an e-mail to Carole Parker at mas- tours before the Masquerade for proper [email protected], so we may have lUixy b V-rt ST0 j®£lci*Wx S x Tfl^nTcx 773. - - ^ISM&DST '> a x—3 •WSOXr-iW iL tc C E X y77 b ^/j[l y "Jb
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prohibited by Japanese law and/or consid- weapon should be able to remove it for photo making this truly amazing event happen. 3redto be dangerous will be confiscated and graphic puiposes. You won't need any special knowl not returned to you, and you could possibly edge for most convention work, and be arrested if you try to bring them into the when needed, we'll help you learn the re country. Volunteers quired skills. Most jobs use skills you've Prohibited weapons include: Volunteers are what make any World already acquired through work, hobbies, Guns: hand guns, rifles, machine guns, Science Fiction Convention happen - and or other areas of life inside and outside cannons, shot guns, and other guns which have Nippon 2007 is no different. Whatever of fandom. Helping at conventions can he capability to shoot pnojectiles/bullets. your talents and experience, we can use mean everything from putting out flyers Knives/Swords: sword, spear, or pole you and would like your help! Whether and posters or newsletters for everyone sword whose blade is longer than 15 centime- a long-time science fiction fan or attend to see, to coordinating an activity. :ers (6 inches), daggers, and switchblades with ing your first Worldcon, you will learn As the first Worldcon in Japan, Nip ictual edges to them. valuable skills through volunteering, pon 2007 has some unique challenges, Bows: bows, bowguns, blowguns, and and have a wonderful time. And it's a some wonderful opportunities and some slingshots which have the capability to shoot great way to make new friends! delicate balancing acts. Few of our Eng mows, stones, or other projectiles. Volunteers in Registration, Opera lish speaking fans are fluent in Japanese. Even prop weapons which mimic actual tions, and Information (and pretty much While many Japanese fans have been weapons may be confiscated. Consult with the everywhere else!) get to meet authors, Masquerade Director if you have any questions. artists, editors, and countless fellow fans. When walking around the convention Masquerade volunteers have the chance to site with costume weapons: see those amazing costumes up close, and All weapons must be bolstered or help their talented creators put them on. sheathed, so they do not seem threatening. Art Show volunteers have the opportunity All weapons must be secured, so that no to see gorgeous artwork, and talk to the me can unexpectedly remove a weapon from artists who brought the ideas to life. Every ts holster or sheath. Only the owner of the volunteer gets to share in the excitement of
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“World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, “World Science Fiction Convention”, “Worldcon”, “NASFIC”. and “Hugo Award” are sen ice marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society Nominators Votes Range Best Novel (327 Ballots Cast) Novel 327 1009 35-58 Eifelheim by Michael Flynn (Tor) Novella 167 424 26-34 His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik Novelette 19I 564 21-34 Short Stories 214 608 16-43 (Del Rey: Voyager 1/06 as Temeraire) Related Books 190 403 21-93 Glasshouse by Charles Stress (Ace) Dramatie Pres. (Long) 243 677 40-102 Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Tor) Dramatic Pres. (Short) 179 525 22-64 Blindsight by Peter Watts (Tor) Prof. Editor (Short) 211 584 26-92 No Award Prof. Editor (Long) 191 543 28-88 Professional Artist 199 695 28-71 Scmiprozine 159 361 22-76 Best Novella (167 Ballots Cast) Fanzine 155 362 23-28 Fan Writer 182 493 21-39 “The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko Fan Artist 141 305 23-59 Campbell Award (Asimov’s April/May 2006) 200 551 24-81 “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s October/November 2006) “Inclination” by William Shunn (Asimov’s April/May 2006) “Lord Weary’s Empire” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s December 2006) Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson (PS Publishing) No Award
Best Novelette (191 Ballots Cast) ___ “Yellow Card Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Asimov’s December 2006) ___ “Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth” by Michael F. Flynn (Asimov’s October/November 2006) “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s July 2006) ___ “All the Things You Are” by Mike Resnick (Jim Baen’s Universe October 2006) ___ “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” by Geoff Ryman (Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2006) ___ No Award
Best Short Story (214 Ballots Cast) ___ “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things, William Morrow) ___ “Kin” by Bruce McAllister (Asimov’s February 2006) ___ “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt (Asimov's July 2006) ___ “Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed (Asimov's June 2006) ___ “The House Beyond Your Sky” by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Strange Horizons September 2006) ___ No Award
Best Related Book (190 Ballots Cast) ___ About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany (Wesleyan University Press) ___ Heinlein’s Children: The Juveniles by Joseph T. Major (Advent: Publishing) ___ James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin's) ___ Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio by John Picacio (MonkeyBrain Books) ___ Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari, eds. (ISFiC) ___ No Award
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (243 Ballots Cast) ___ Children of Men Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby. Based on the Novel “The Children of Men” by P.D. James. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. (Universal Pictures) ___ Pan’s Labyrinth Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. (Picturehouse) ___ The Prestige Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Based on the Novel by Christopher Priest. Directed by Christopher Nolan. (Touchstone Pictures) ___ A Scanner Darkly Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Based on the Novel by Philip K. Dick. Directed by Richard Linklater. (Warner Independent Pictures) ___ V for Vendetta Screenplay by The Wachowski Brothers. Based on the Graphic Novel illustrated by David Lloyd. Directed by James McTeigue (Warner Bros.) No Award Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (179 Ballots Cast) Battlestar Galactica "Downloaded" Written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle. Directed by Jeff Woolnough. (NBC Universal/British Sky) Doctor Who "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" Written by Russell T. Davies. Directed by Graeme Harper. (BBC Wales/BBC1) ____Doctor Who "Girl in the Fireplace" Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn. (BBC Wales/BBC1) ____Doctor Who "School Reunion" Written by Toby Whithouse. Directed by James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1) Stargate SG-1 "200" Written by Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper & Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie & Carl Binder & Martin Gero & Alan McCullough. Directed by Martin Wood. (Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal) No Award
Best Editor, Short Form (211 Ballots Cast)
____Gardner Dozois (The Year’s Best Science Fiction) David G. Hartwell (Year’s Best SF/New York Review of Science Fiction) Stanley Schmidt (Analog) ____Gordon Van Gelder (Fantasy and Science Fiction) Sheila Williams (Asimov’s) No Award
Best Editor, Long Form (191 Ballots Cast) Best Professional Artist (799 Ballots Cast)
____Lou Anders (Pyr Books) Bob Eggleton James Patrick Baen (Baen Books) Donato Giancola Ginjer Buchanan (Ace Books) Stephan Martiniere ____David G. Hartwell (Tor Books) John Jude Palencar Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Books) John Picacio No Award No Award
Best Serniprozine (759 Ballots Cast) Best Fanzine (755 Ballots Cast) Ansible edited by Dave Langford ____Interzone edited by Andy Cox Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey ____Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and Mark Plummer edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III ____Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, ____The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies ____The New York Review of Science Fiction and Mike Scott edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell ____Science-Fiction Five-Yearly and Kevin J. Maroney edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan and No Award Randy Byers No Award
Best Fan Writer (782 Ballots Cast) Best Fan Artist (141 Ballots Cast)
Chris Garcia Brad W. Foster John Hertz Teddy Harvia Dave Langford Sue Mason John Scalzi Steve Stiles Steven H Silver Frank Wu No Award No Award
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 2005 or 2006 (200 Ballots Cast) (Not a Hugo - Sponsored by Dell Magazine)
Scott Lynch (1st year of eligibility) Brandon Sanderson (2nd year of eligibility) Sarah Monette (2nd year of eligibility) Lawrence M. Schoen (2nd year of eligibility) Naomi Novik (1st year of eligibility) No Award thef i rstWorldconi n Japan t>ombura-con. Party on board
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a century or maybe less. So say some of how civilization reacts to science-driven ment of technology has ameliorated the the dolphin and chimp experts who have change. effects of these threats, but the spectacu joined his league of fans. He expresses this range of inter lar march of information technology ant What this shows is that Brin doesn't est in the variety of his literary works: the clever application of new biotechnol just know astrophysics; biology, psy "Some authors have fans who say: 'make ogies, assisted by stringent conservatioi chology and the soft sciences all figure me feel the same as you did last time.' laws, have only succeeded in keepint strongly in his work, along with a keen My readers say: 'take me someplace I've the world one step ahead of a final col sense of the context of history. How is never been before.'" lapse. this possible? As we became friends, He showed me his next novel manu While David focused on environ I recognized the phenomenon. David script, titled "The Tides of Kithrup". He mental concerns like global warming Brin is less interested in any one par published a novelette from it in 1981. I long before they hit public awareness ticular field than he is transfixed by the gave him some hints about how to write some also credit EARTH with portray process of scicnce-by how it works, and better titles, using my usual water/astro ing a mature and vivid World Widt motif, and he reshaped the novel into the Web, back when nobody ever heard o smash hit. STARTIDE RISING. A great WWW. success. A bit later came THE UPLIFT From THE POSTMAN (better thai IVAR, about genetically modified chim the movie version!) to GLORY SEASON panzees in a far future. and BRIGHTNESS REEF (a title Davie Conceptual space opera! first came up with in echo of my owi David came home to near future series of titles, mixing stellar and oce dilemmas in his next novel, the equal anic images), the rich variety of David? ly massive but rather more ambitious novels may have chased away some o EARTH (1989). Set fifty years in the those who like repetition. Okay, let then future, it examines the plight of the eco- read quest novels. But innovation alway: sphere under the accumulated stresses attracts the core of SF-readers who wan of population pressure and pollution. something bold and new. The greenhouse effect has altered the Still, I think David Brin shines evei world's climate (good call!), the decay better in his short fiction than in novels of the ozone layer has made direct sun Take the stories in his latest collection light dangerous (at least we've fixed that running the gamut from amusing tc somewhat), and the struggle to supply deeply moving, from insightful to fast the lifestyles of the developed nations paced. Each one contains a unique ide; "Across the Sea of Suns" by Gregory Benford, has put an enormous strain on food and (sometimes several), but all share a com Published by Hayakawa Shobo mineral resources. The rapid advance mon zest.
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In his short stories you'll find the tain America," which David wrote for sive tomorrow. breadth of ideas that has made David my collection, HITLER VICTORIOUS, Later I recruited David to take on so widely read. He's even better in short was a wild ride, through the imagery of volume three of our Second Foundation lengths, for his inventive mind finds com gaudy comics, to the horrors of Hitler Trilogy. Those three novels extrapolate pressed energy from working it small (1986). America's attempts to win World what the late Isaac Asimov left unfin spaces. From the outrageous premise of War II seem to be doomed when Nazi ished in his vast universe, when he died "Fortitude" to the frightening optimism experiments in black magic contrive to too young. The trilogy begins a fresh in "Stones of Significance," winner of the secure physical existence for the blood adventure of the legendary Hari Seldon 2000 Analog Award, to our latest collabo thirsty Norse gods. Whoosh! I'm glad I with my own FOUNDATION'S FEAR, ration, the just-plain-fun story "Paris Con dared him to write this one. It came in and concludes in typical David Brin fash quers all". You'll see how wide-ranging his second for a Hugo, and has been expand ion, in FOUNDATION'S TRIUMPH-by mind is. David plays for high stakes even ed into a lavish hardcover graphic novel earnestly and ingeniously tying together in shorter lengths. He wants us to lose our THE LIFE EATERS that David calls "the several loose or dangling threads Isaac complacency and realize how wondrous darkest thing I ever wrote". He's certain left, even from his most obscure novels. we can be. ly no Pollyanna. It even makes sense now! Well, most of I have collaborated with David, long Now David is married to beauti it. After all. real history doesn't often since that first meeting. We wrote a novel ful Cheryl, with three children, having seem plausible, either. together, HEART OF THE COMET, which long abandoned his research career for David will be a fine Worldcon Guest built on David's area of expertise. His doc fame as a writer. He has a mini-estate in of Honor. Enjoy his time among you- torate thesis proposed that Halley's Comet Southern California and enjoys a popu because he certainly enjoys this world and others like it would have layers of lar speaking career as well. Not bad for he so ingeniously twists into new vi dark dust on their surfaces, the residue of that somewhat timid graduate student I sions. And he enjoys you. w ice that had sublimed away. When Halley's still remember. Comet next visited, it was a big triumph Nor has he forgotten his roots. Many for David. Not merely that our novel came of us recall how science fiction rescued out just as the comet appeared to the naked us from the oppressive ennui that often eye, but that the European and Japanese accompanies youth. David recruited spacecraft observations proved his theory Greg Bear and me — his fellow "Killer (and his doctoral dissertation) right! More Bs" — to help in an ongoing campaign over, the facts fit our speculations in the to persuade the SF community to re novel, too. member its origins, its duty to the next Science fiction doesn't get more sat generation. To recruit new readers and isfying than that. new passionate fans of the literature of Oh, one story, "Thor meets Cap- tomorrow-so we can have a truly expan-
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L £ L £ 0 "Killer B" "Shin-Garou Den" by Baku YUMEMAKURA "Teki ha Kaizoku ■ Kaizoku-ban" "Chimera - Seiryu-hen" by Chohei KAN BAYASH I by Baku YUMEMAKURA "Shin-Garou Den" by Baku YUMEMAKURA "Alien Hihou-gai" by Hideyuki KIKUCHI "Gin-iro no Shanoon" by Reiko HIKAWA thefi rstWorldconi n Japan "The Eternal Champion" by Michael Moorcock "Ryujin Senshi Hannibal" "The Castle of Dark" by TANAKA Tanith Lee Fumio “The Guin Saga - Arcanum ofAlceis" by Kaoru KURIMOTO "FINAL FANTASY III", by SQUARE ENIX "Dream Weaver and Other Stories" by Jane Yolen "The Roaring Trumpet" by Fletcher Pratt "Ginga Yubin ha "Ai" wo Hakobu" by Mariko Ohara 1 the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & k IDI)»n2T>7 the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention slot plug; it just won't be grounded. It's als< J a pa nTravelers'Ti ps a good idea to bring a two-prong extensio cord to go from the outlet at the wall to th by Johna nd Peggy RaeSapienza adapter at your equipment's plug, as the out lets may not be where you want them. Credit Cards plex, one block from the convention center in Machine Filters Remember to cal [ your card-issuer before Yokohama. (Our favorite food court is in tire If you use a machine requiring filter you leave the country, so they don't think your Bl L part of the Queen's East building.) You pay bring extra filters with you. as you may hav card was stolen by a foreigner and freeze your more for a sit-down meal than take-out food, trouble buying them overseas. We foun account. And get used to paying cash, the Jap but there is no tipping expected. anese expect it. Hotels accept credit cards, but we replaced our CPAP filters twice as ofte we were surprised to find that places like mu Hotel Rates while staying in Japan as here at home. seum shops and fast-food stores would not. Hotel rooms are usually priced per- Handkerchief person, so a hotel quoting a room at 8000¥ Japanese Currency There are not always paper towels or aii will actually bill a couple 1600C¥. Ask for drying machines in public bathrooms. Th Don't be frightened by large numbers. special rates, and go elsewhere if you arc Japanese always cany a large handkerchic Remember that 1000% 5000¥, and 10000¥ not satisfied. Also, hotels are rated tourist or small towel with them; you should, too. bills are worth roughly $10. $50, and $100, class, business class, and city class, in in so a 1800¥ shirt or cloak may be a great creasing order of cost. We were happy to Cell Phones bargain, if well made. Don't be disconcert stay in business class hotels. We found the ed by the lack of commas in yen prices, JR tourist office in major railway stations American cell phones do not work i just count the number of zeros carefully. extremely helpful in finding hotels. Japan because they use different techno ogy (this is true in a lot of countries outsid Japanese Coins Western vs. Japanese Rooms of North America). You can rent or buy pre paid cell phones before you leave for use i The Japanese use what would be Be sure to ask for western-style beds specific countries, but they are expensiv 1 cent, 10 cent, 50 cent, $1, $2, and $5 and toilet with your room. The standard Jap (so is your usual cell phone; we tend to foi coins to us (read: 1, 10, 50, 100, 200, and anese accommodation is futon cushions on a get that). We were happy to have Japanes 500 yen coins). Get a coin pouch, you'll hard floor, and a squat-over flushing facility phones on our trip, but didn't actually us get a lot of coins as change because there that requires strong knees and leg muscles. them often. Consider doing without. are no $1 and $5 bills. All Japanese coins A "traditional Japanese" room may sound have readable western numbers, except quaint, but a real western mattress and sit- JR Rail Pass the 5 yen copper coin with the hole in it down toilet may be worth paying more. (not to be confused with the silver 50yen Traditional Japanese toilets are every For our three week trip to Japa coin with the hole in it, which does have where, but there usually is also a western we got JR rail passes, and found thcr a number). Foreign coins are fun. toilet. A large public bathroom will often extremely convenient because we tra\ have a mix, so look in several stalls. When in eled a lot. They work on the entire JI Getting Money doubt, ask for help. The Japanese like to help network of trains, subways, busses, an Get cash at Post Offices or foreign tourists. Pay attention to the signs (a sign ferries (but not on competing networks banks like Citibank. Many ATMs in Japan showing a person seated next to a baby seat Instead of buying exact fare tickets an do not accept foreign-issued cash cards, is a western toilet with a safe seat for your going through the electronic gates, u even the ATMs showing VISA or Mas baby on the wall). On trains there are usually showed our passes to the attendant at th terCard acceptance. Also, Japanese ATMs clearly-marked western and Japanese toilet booth at the side of the gates. use Japanese characters, not romanized stalls. If there are no stalls marked western, Remember if you want rail passes yo letters (Roma-ji or western alphabet). If look for stalls marked handicapped. must make arrangements for them befor the first screen does not have an "English" leaving home; you can't get them after yo button, ask the friendly Japanese for help Electrical Adapters arrive in Japan. But do some pre-planning o how much rail travel you expect to actual! setting the ATM to display in English. Electrical Adapter. Japan uses two-slot use. There is no point getting a rail pass ifyo electrical wall outlets like those used in the are only going to use it two days of a trip. Price Cautions US. If your computer or medical equipment Always read prices carefully. Fancy ho has a different kind of plug you will need an Luggage Light tel restaurants will happily charge you 17500¥ adapter. You can get fancy multiple-coun ($175) for a fine four-course meal, but you can try adapters for Japan at traveler's shops or Japanese trains have little space ft fill up on 900¥($9) getting take-out sushi down Amazon on the Internet. But US fans can get luggage, narrow isles, and short perioc tire street to bring back to your hotel room. We a cheap alternative at a drug store that lets in-station to get you and luggage aboan bought food a lot in tire Queen's Square com three-prong US equipment plug into a two- Next trip, I'm limiting myself to one ful 22 thef i rstWorldconi n Japan size suitcase and a carry-on wheel-aboard, in. Nippon2007 will have a cloakroom in way signs show information in both Japanese one suitcase for each hand. For a small fee, the conference center where members may and English, and we learned to wait patiently most hotels will ship your suitcases ahead store their property for a small fee. However, for the sign to cycle over to the English part. to your next hotel, but be careful to carry event organizers and staff, location hosts, You'll see these signs both on the platform anything you can't live without for a day in and sponsors bear no responsibility for the and in the trains (and some subways, like the case your suitcase is delayed. loss of any items from the cloak room. Minato Mirai line in Yokohama). Laundry List Travel Dates Helpful Japanese Traveling light means doing laundry You will not arrive in Japan the day We found that all we had to do was while you travel. I found that doing hand you leave, if you are leaving from North stand forlornly in a railway station looking laundry in the hotel room required about America. Similarly, if you have a direct up at a complex sign to get someone to stop 12 hours drying time-try your clothes at flight, you will arrive home the same day and ask if they could help us. But it is useful home to test your needs. Hotels generally you leave Japan (on the east coast, you to learn to say "sumimasen" ("sue-mee-mah have coin-operated washer/dryer facili should arrive about the same time you left sehn," excuse me) in order to stop someone ties, which is much more convenient. Ask Japan), rather than the next day, or much to ask for help, and "eigo o hanashimasu ka?" the hotel fora "coin laundry." later that day. It would be sad if you were (ay-goh oh ha-nah-shee-mahs kah?) which to miss the whole first day of the Worldcon means, "Do you speak English?", "arigatou" Safe Deposit Boxes because you departed on August 30th. ("ah-ree-gah-too," thank you). The person Many hotels have free safe deposit box you stop is likely to understand English bet es ("safety boxes") for their guests, although English Aids ter than they may be able to respond in Eng the number is limited-ask when you check We were pleased to find that most rail lish. They will probably be glad to help,so be patient as well as polite. Gettingto Yokohama byTrevor Knudsen RodrigoJu JR service center, from Narita providing Japan rail After arrival, going down to the JR line station. WakeLonkord pass,. the article about the JR Rail Passes in a previous Progress Report or look on the website at http://www.nippon2007.us.) The train will take you all the way to the Yokohama Station (you will not need to transfer to a different train). It is easi est to take a taxi from Yokohama Station to the convention center or your nearby (*2) If you want to use JR trains, pur One of the easiest and fastest ways to hotel. The trip costs roughly 1000 yen chase them from the JR ticket machines get to Yokohama from Narita Airport is (about 10 USD) by taxi. There are taxis or the JR Ticket Office, note that there are to take the JR. Sobu line rapid train (*1). waiting outside of all the exits of the sta also ticket machines for the Keisei train It costs 1890 yen (less than 20 USD) and tion. (Look for the sign "Taxi".) lines in the same downstairs area. takes about 2 hours. The rear doors of taxis in Japan are (*3) JR Rail Passes arc valid for As you exit customsjook the for the sign automatically opened and closed by the blocks of seven, fourteen or twenty-one for Japan Railways (JR). The sign is above driver. (Do not open or close the rear door sequential days. the stairs/escalators which lead to the train when you enter or leave a taxi in Japan.) **On Wednesday, 28 March 2007, East area. Once down the stairs, you can pur (*1) If you buy a JR rail pass or Japan Railway (JR East) will introduce its chase a train ticket at the JR ticket machines don't mind paying an additional 1290 new discount Suica & N’EX ticket at a price (*2) or at the "JR Ticket Office" counter. yen, you can take the "Narita Express" of ¥3,500, on sale at the JR stations in both Many of these employees speak English. train which leaves from the same plat terminals of Narita Airport. The N’EX part If you are exchanging the JR vouch form and takes about 30 minutes less. of this new package offers foreign visitors er for a JR rail pass (*3), you can do so Tickets for the Narita Express can be (anyone entering the country on a non-Japa- at the "JR East Travel Service Center" purchased at machines next to the regu nese passport) a discount fare on the Narita that is located in the same area within lar JR ticket machines or at the Ticket Express one way from the airport stations to sight of the JR ticket machines. (See also Office counter. any point in the JR Tokyo Urban Zone. 23 the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention This includes popular downtown des Ticket Vender, you can choose English guidance Track No.2 is our train to Yokohama. tinations such as Tokyo Station, as well as more distant spots such as Yokohama and Ofuna. The Suica card included in FJM this package allows ¥1,500 worth of travel on most local trains (both JR and non-JR) and many buses in the Tokyo metropoli Jo r ChibaJe^oskX *«»S» Connects with Shintos^bu''u’° tan area. The Suica is a ‘smart card’ that is easy to use: just touch it above a scanner to enter or exit station platform areas.Please note that this new ticket will only be sold time zone(PST), Summer time, is 16 hr: at the JR stations in both terminals of Nar Counters, which are located in the arrival ita Airport; credit cards are accepted. See lobby in both Passenger Terminals One behind Japan Time. USA&CANADA Mountain tim< details; http://www.jreast.co.jp/e/suica- and Two in Narita Airport. See (http:// nex/index.html www.limousinebus.co.jp/en/timetable/ zone(MST), Summer time, is 15 hrs be ***For those who will be staying at narita/yokohamah.html) hind Japan Time. USA&CANADA Central tim< the Intercontinental Hotel and would like ****When you come to Yokohama zone(CST), Summer time, is 14 hrs be to go directly there from the airport with from U.S., please pay attention to time zones. out having to change trains at Yokohama For Example, Thursday 7 p.m. in L.A.is hind Japan Time. USA&CANADA Eastern tinn station, there is a Airport Limousine bus Friday 11 a.m. in Yokohama. zone(EST), Summer time, is 13 hrs be service that goes there directly. Tickets Japanese Standard Time is 9 hours (3500yen one-way) have to be purchased ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT/ hind Japan Time. see:http://www.timezoneconverter.com at one of the Airport Limousine Ticket UTC+9). USA&CANADA Pacific Standard Me • MWrXfTtHI^LTmi tt^A^wom^oio ^fcSoXl^C O/j mWmMf»)V'fcUT)o »§{TltX4o0^To W0®£kmfiJ»a£ffiXHlx £ To i .KWliiiiiifcittfizfr A ££ c o 0 Ho TV'S fflfko E c 6 lci± il;8! 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Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion I Hisashi Asakura Seiun Award is voted on by the attendees of the Japanese B “Sergeant Chip” Bradley Denton / Maoy Nakahara National SF Convention.Following is the list of works and ac C “The Planck Dive” Greg Egan / Makoto Yamagishi tivities nominated as references for the Seiun Award which will D “Almost Home” Terry Bisson / Toru Nakamura be given 46th Japanese National SF Convention (held simulta E “Reports of Certain Events in London” neously with Worldcon) “Nippon 2007”. China Mieville /Masamichi Higurashi You can also check the regulations on Science Fiction Fun F “The Eyeflash Miracles” Gene Wolfe / Kiichiro Yanashita Group Joint Conference Website: Y Abstain / Z Others Regulations of Seiun Award http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/regaward.html [Media] How to Vote A “THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME” 1) Voting by mail Mamoru Hosoya Please circle the works and activities nominated as refer B “Zegapain" Shimoda Masami ences which are printed on the postcard enclosed in the Prog C “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” Tatsuya Ishihara ress Report 5. If you want to vote on the works and activities D “PAPRIKA” Shatoshi Kon which are not on the list of references, write the title/publisher E “Nippon igai zenbu chinbotsu” Minoru Kawasaki etc. of the works and activities on “Others” section in Japanese. Y Abstain / Z Others Please forward the postcards to SF Fan Group Joint Conference with postage. We appreciate your payment for the postage. [Comics] 2) Voting on the webpage A “DEATHNOTE” Obata Ken You can also vote online from the webpage of SF Fan Group B “Buso Renkin” Watsuki Nobuhiro Joint Conference C “Karakuri Circus" Fujita Kazuhiro The voting method is same as the voting by mail. D “Alfheim no Kishi” Seika Nakayama http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/index.html E “Yokohama kaidashi kiko” Hitoshi Ashina Y Abstain / Z Others [Japanese Long Stories] [Artworks] A “Tengai no Toride” Issui Ogawa AMikio Masuda B “Mardock Velocity” Tow Ubukata B Yoshitaka Amano C “Ai no Monogatari” Hiroshi yamamoto C Iwasato Juryoku D ‘‘Japan Sinks II” Sakyou Komatsu & Koshu Tani D Sasai Ikko Y Abstain / Z Others E Kato Ryoyu [Japanese Short Stories] F Goto Kcisuke G Tanaka Hikaru A “Laterna Magika" Hirotaka Tobi Y Abstain / Z Others B ‘‘Close it. ” Hirotaka Tobi C “Ohburoshiki to Kumo no ito” Housuke Nojiri [Nonfiction] D “Kamery gets onto TV” Yuusaku Kitano A “Spirit of Science Fiction" Sakyo Komatsi E “The Day Shion came” Hiroshi Yamamoto B “How to Translate Science Fiction and Other Related Essays’ Y Abstain / Z Others Nozomi Ohmor [Foreign Long Stories] C “When I met a kangaroo" Hisashi Asakurt D “Passport into Space 3 Space Pioneers-A Frontline Report A “Singularity Sky” Charles Stross/Hiroshi Kaneko Yuichi Sasamotc B “Mortal Engines” Philip Reeve/Rei Anno E “SF Gaka Katoh Naoyuki -Bijo Meka Powered suit” C “Mars Crossing” Geoffrey A. Landis/Kazuko Onoda Naoyuki Kate D “Ilium" Dan Simmons/Akinobu Sakai Y Abstain / Z Others E “The Collapsium” Wil McCarthy/Youichi Shimada F “Chasm City” Alastair Reynolds/Naoy Nakahara [Free] Y Abstain / Z Others A “M-VRocket" Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA [Foreign Short Stories] B “Project OpenSky” Hachiya Kazuhikc A “The Astronaut from Wyoming" Y Abstain / Z Others thef i rstWorldconi n Japan TheHugoAwa rds Nippon 2007 is delighted to an 2007 Hugo Award Nominees Related Book nounce the nominees for the 2007 Hugo (Total Voters : 409) Votes: 403 Voters: 190 Awards (for work done in 2006). The Novel Range: 21-93 Hugo Awards are science fiction's high Votes: 1009 Voters: 327 est honor for professional and fan work. Range: 35 - 58 “About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Let The winners will be announced at ters, and Five Interviews" by Samuel R. the Hugo Awards Ceremonies during “Eifelheim” by Michael Flynn (Tor) DeIany(Wesleyan University Press) the 65th World Science Fiction Conven “His Majesty's Dragon” by Naomi Novik “Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles" by tion in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, (Del Rey: Voyager 1/06 as Temeraire) Joseph T. Major (Advent: Publishing) September 1st. “Glasshouse” by Charles Stross (Ace) “James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of The ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. “Rainbows Encl" by Vernor Vinge (Tor) Alice Sheldon” by Julie Phillips (St. JPT. The Worldcon will be held in the “Blindsight" by Peter Watts (Tor) Martin's) PACIFICO YOKOHAMA Convention “Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio” Novella Center on August 30th - September 3, by John Picacio (MonkeyBrain Books) Votes: 424 Voters: 167 2007. “Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches” Range: 26 - 34 The Hugo Awards (and site selec by Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari, eds. tion) ballots are being mailed to our “The Walls of the Universe” by Paul (ISFiC Press) members in a stand-alone mailing in Melko (Asimov's April/May 2006) Dramatic Long Form addition to being included in Progress “A Billion Eves" by Robert Reed Votes: 678 Voters: 242 Report 5, due to be mailed in late April. (Asimov's October/November 2006) Range: 30 - 101 Online voting will be available to all “Inclination" by William Shunn eligible voters, and printable versions (Asimov's April/May 2006) “Children of Men” of the ballot will also be included on the “Lord Weary's Empire” by Michael Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron and Nippon 2007 web site. Only supporting Swanwick (Asimov's December 2006) Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Alfon and attending members of Nippon 2007 Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert so Cuaron. (Universal Pictures) may vote on the Hugo Awards. Charles Wilson (PS Publishing) Pan’s Labyrinth To join Nippon 2007 and vote for Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. the works and people you think were Novelette Directed by Guillermo del Toro. the best in 2006, write us at the address Votes: 564 Voters: 191 Range: 21-34 (Picturehouse) above or see our web pages (www.nip- “The Prestige" pon2007.us) for more information. “Yellow Card Man" by Paolo Baciga Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and The 2007 Hugo Awards nomina lupi (Asimov's December 2006) Christopher Nolan. Directed by Chris tions include finalists in 14 categories, “Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours topher Nolan. (Touchstone Pictures) plus the John W. Campbell Award (not a of the Earth” by Michael F. Flynn “A Scanner Darkly” Hugo), listed below. As part of the tran (Asimov's October/November 2006) Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Di sition between rule sets, the sponsors of “The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald rected by Richard Linklater. (Warner the John W. Campbell award extended (Asimov's July 2006) Independent Pictures) the eligibility for writers whose eligibil “All the Things You Are" by Mike Resn “Vfor Vendetta” ity was reduced to one year because of ick (Jim Baen's Universe October 2006) Screenplay by David Lloyd. Directed the rules change that went into effect in “Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fan by James McTeigue (Warner Bros.) 2006. This will only affect the awards tasy)” by Geoff Ryman (Fantasy and for 2007. Science Fiction October 2006) Dramatic Short Form As a result of a change ratified by Votes: 525 Voters: 179 the World Science Fiction Society in Short Story Range: 22 - 64 2006, the former Best Professional Edi Votes: 608 Voters: 214 Battlestar Galactica tor category has been replaced with two Range: 16 - 43 categories: Best Editor, Short Form and “Downloaded” Writers Bradley Best Editor, Long Form. “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Thompson and David Weddle. Direct Gaiman (Fragile Things, William Morrow) ed by Jeff Woolnough. (NBC Univer- “Kin” by Bruce McAllister (Asimov's sal/British Sky) February 2006) Doctor Who “Army of Ghosts” and “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt "Doomsday" Written by Russell T. (Asimov's July 2006) Davies. Directed by Graeme Harper. “Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed (BBC Wales/BBCl) (Asimov's June 2006) Doctor Who "Girl in the Fireplace" “The House Beyond Your Sky" by Ben Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by jamin Rosenbaum (Strange Horizons Euros Lyn. (BBC Wales/BBCl) September 2006) Doctor Who "School Reunion" Written ■L27! the 65ih World Science Fiction Convention & IDD«n2V>7 the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen The Big Heart, highest service by Toby Whithouse. Directed by James Trombi award in the science fiction community, Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBCl)" "The New York Review of Science Fic is given each year for good work and Stargate SG-1 "200" Written by Brad tion” edited by Kathryn Cramer, David great spirit long contributed. G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Magnanimity, bigheartedness, is Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, among the highest virtues. It is in our Martin Gero, and Alan McCullough. Fanzine best tradition. Directed by Martin Wood. (Double Se Votes: 362 Voters: 155 cret Productions/NBC Universal)" Range: 23 - 28 The Award has gone to fans; it has gone to pros; in our community some Editor, Long "Banana Wings" edited by Claire Bri- are both. It often goes to a person whose Votes: 543 Voters: 191 aley and Mark Plummer service may have had thanks but little Range: 28 - 88 "Challenger" edited by Guy H. Lillian HI applause. The pros who received it were "The Drink Tank " edited by Chris Garcia not thus honored for their professional "Plokta edited" by Alison Scott, Steve Lou Anders (Pyr) achievement. A few, like E.E. "Doc" Janies Patrick Bacn (Baen Books) Davies and Mike Scott Smith, were famously helpful. Others Ginjer Buchanan (Ace Books / Roc) "Science-Fiction Five-Yearly” edited by Lee David G. Hartwell (Tor Books) Hoffman, Geri Sullivan and Randy Byers were generous with labor, money, friend Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Books) ship, behind the scenes, unconcerned Fan Artist with who went into the spotlight. Editor, Short Votes: 305 Voters: 141 The Big Heart was begun at the Votes: 584 Voters: 211 Range: 23 - 59 death and in the memory of E. Everett Range: 26 - 92 Evans, “Triple E", one of the more big- Brad W. Foster hearted we have known. It was adminis Gardner Dozois (The Year's Best Sci Teddy Harvia tered forty years by Forrest J Ackerman, ence Fiction) Sue Mason David G. Hartwell (Year's Best SF I Steve Stiles another. At the new millennium, itself a New York Review of Science Fiction) Frank Wu moment long in the science-fiction eye, Stanley Schmidt (Analog) Ackerman stepped down, and handed Gordon Van Gelder (Fantasy and Sci Campbell Award over administration of the Award to ence Fiction) Votes: 551 Voters: 200 Dave Kyle. Although they are unrelated Range: 24 - 81 Sheila Williams (Asimov's) by blood, Kyle's middle name is Acker man. It could also be said that science Pro Artist Scott Lynch (1st Year) fiction, or for that matter bigheartedness, Votes: 695 Voters: 199 Sarah Monette (2nd year) Range: 28-71 Naomi Novik (1st year) is each of these fans' middle name. Brandon Sanderson (2nd Year) The Big Heart is presented at the Bob Eggleton Lawrence M. Schoen (2nd Year) World Science Fiction Convention. It is Donato Giancola one of very few awards given on Hugo Stephan Martiniere Night other than the Hugo Awards them John Jude Palencar selves. Since the Worldcon is held in John Picacio various locations, the Big Heart inclines Fan Writer Votes: 493 Voters: 182 DiSIFL, DaveKyie^WA^') £ Lfco Range: 21 - 39 mwo/i l Lmw^ 2ACiiniO'OA70 C 0 Dave KyieCi BTWWWo B F/b • A-AA'AckemianAOT’To SF, fe^Vli Chris Garcia bigheaiKxlness 0AV\b) LtA, SAOVTyO^. John Hertz tlli^^OB^Of^&DrhT'^bTlTV bOUT'—ZAMA^TLi oo Dave Langford c o¥to2T£gCcci, 7 t y 1v 'tiff7 □ tv' c y/v- b wit*yiSFAeT$4£ John Scalzi SDVkiCi, YrY^n^v^A/A^Ao Steven H Silver Ev^^bM £A£iW£L WOfcV ^AJVAftV toT-To 7-A TO5ZA MAklTV^V'A^m^^D £ loofe^A/j^nt Semi Prozine -To ftoT2HL7i7nti, SMlcftLT^W TiTcL, 0 1c < V Votes: 361 Voters: 159 'OT'To EE "Doc" SmitliO A Ait Widner (1989^^11) OffIJA Range: 22 - 76 F2Y F&iStf ^WyVYY^XYWfrTETLTie A d l$TSFW%£A7ia^t-To 7-;V Fn>IOWi*X b >TL7c*\ Witte "Ansible edited" by Dave Langford tf "j b HCi, E Everett EvansOix^l^jfi Ci 7 7 LfcT'X b YOTIr Strange "Interzone edited" by Andy Cox IftkLSA Lfc, Triple E tTO aubTM LTV Lfc, 2 77WjW 7 y^FT. "Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet ed b*4-7^7-T\ AO7 AO5 %O • AZAVidne by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link ited" Forrest J AkermanftSjljf £ LTV LfcZA $tLV ''T TcAfcOT't’o Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, fAO^ftti, Torconlll (2003'A) TKyielcM^ thef i rstWorldconi n Japan Recipients of SFAwards the Big Heart Award TheBig HeartAwa rd 1959 E.E. Smith Tr°ns'°tecl br bvJohnHertz 1960 Bob Bloch, Sam Moskowitz KB J ASF IC Ei'=i"j • JI—"J 1961 Rick Sneary 1962 Bob Tucker 1963 James Taurasi to persons living near that year's World- and what we have been doing. 1964 Bjo Trimble con or associated with it. The associa Like much with us, the Award is col 1965 Walter Ernsting tion can be imaginative. In Art Widner's ored by custom. After Dr. David Keller, 1966 David H. Keller year he lived near San Francisco. The it was not given posthumously, although 1967 Janie Lamb Worldcon was in Boston. But Widner an exception was made when Bob Pavlat 1968 Walt Daugherty had been active in the Stranger Club, suddenly died and the Award was none 1969 Harry Warner, Jr. founders of fan activity there; the en theless given to both him and his widow 1970 Herbert Haussler tire club was Fan Guest of Honor, and Peggy Rae (later Peggy Rae Sapienza), 1971 C.L. Barrett he was one of seven to attend. Speaking who each had amply earned it. 1972 Stan Woolston for myself, after During Ackerman's tenure we were 1973 David A. Kyle Kyle at Torcon III surprised me with stymied. It takes one to know one; there 1974 Robert Madle the Award, I realized the connection be was no better to administer it. But what 1975 Donald Tuck tween my conventional headgear and the were we to do about Ackerman himself? 1976 Ron Graham handmade propeller beanie involved with This was resolved by Heaven, or fate, 1977 Elaine Wojciewoski giving the Award to Kyle at Torcon II. as you prefer. Big Hearted Howard De- 1978 Bill Rotsler The Award has also an indicative Vore, long so known by his own earn 1979 Georges Gallet use. Stretches of our history remain ing with no further help, was to receive 1980 LouTabakow unmapped. For the 1940s and 1950s the Award while Fan GoH at L.A.con IV 1981 Walt Leibscher we have the unequaled studies by Har in 2006. In the previous December he 1982 Darrell Richardson ry Warner, Jr., All Our Yesterdays and passed away. By two settled customs 1983 Peggy Rae & Bob Pavlat A Wealth of Fable; before and after we his death had no effect whatever on 1984 Terri & Tom Pinckard so far have only blazes along the trail. his Guesthood, and equally halted giv 1985 Bill Crawford Whenever no map is at hand, one is ing him the Award. With two decisive 1986 Rusty Hevelin grateful to trailblazers. The Big Heart gestures it was given to Ackerman, and 1987 Wiktor Bukato, names, starting as the 1950s end, are renamed the Forrest J Ackerman Big Takumi Shibano, Tetsu Yano worth following. Look them up. Pursue Heart Award. Duni vivimus, vivamus 1988 Andre Norton them. Like the names of Hugo winners, — while we live, let us live. _ 1989 Art Widner they are pointers to where we have been 1990 Jay Kay Klein 1991 Julius Schwartz 1992 Samanda Jeude KASHIWAZAKI and Ouna KUDOU. TheSenseof and later coordinated by The Japanese As sociation of Feminist Science Fiction anc Gender Award by Mari KOTANI Fantasy. The winner will receive a certifi cate, a trophy, a fan (“sensu” in Japanese sounding like a perfect pun on the “sense’ The James Tiptree, Jr. Award Translated byJASFIC of gender) and a book autographed by < SSIR : SF (founded in 1991) and the Sense of Gen feminist SF writer regularly attending der Award (founded in 2001), also known WisCon, the one and only feminist sci as the Japanese Tiptree Award, are an Tiptree, Jr. By her impulsive choice of ence fiction convention. From 2005, the nual literary prizes celebrating works a masculine pen name, Sheldon decon Sense of Gender Award goes not only tc of science fiction or fantasy that helped structed the border between “women's Japanese native writers but also to foreigi expand or explore our understanding of writing” and “men's writing.” Five judg writers whose works are readable in Japa gender. es read and discuss the gender-bending nese translation. The founding mothers of the Tiptree novels and short stories published in The year 2007 will see a joint cer Awards are award-winning SF authors the previous year. The winner will be emony of the Tiptree Award and the Pat Murphy and Karen Joy Fowler. The awarded $1000 and a box of chocolate. Sense of Gender Award, both of whicl award is named for Alice B. Sheldon, The Sense of Gender Award was will be given at the Worldcon “Nippoi who wrote under the pseudonym James established by Mari KOTANI, Reona 2007”. 7x7 AX' • At7F V- • -by b U—7x_TM-T'JX-'7x;b W£bu7T- x-A7-zo&cw 5A0MSM0ilffi#3&4lc We apologise for making misstake in Progress Report 2. 7n7AXU7-b2tcMLyt^»0te4jff^O^u^0^LAO 'h Nippon SF Shinjin Sho is different from Komatsu Sakyo Award. Ei4(» ^0117-^ The two awards both are for newcomers, and established the |jy^0 Wc cw&fc'frltl > A L S < 4b® 4' L±U% L J Uc. same year, but organizers are different. instructions are to report to the Main Business Meeting. The such proposals arc distributed to the attendees at the Work Preliminary Business Meeting may not postpone consideration con by the Worldcon Committee. All proposals must be lei Standing Rules of a Constitutional amendment beyond the last Preliminary ibly signed by a maker and at least one seconder. Business Meeting. The Preliminary Business Meeting may not Rule 2.3: Interpretation of Motions. The I’residin for the Governance of amend a Constitutional amendment pending ratification. The Officer shall reject as out of order any proposal or motic Preliminary Business Meeting may consider any business not that is obviously illegal or hopelessly incoherent. In tl the World Science Fiction Society expressly forbidden to it by the Standing Rules or expressly re absence of the maker of a motion or instructions to tl served to the Main Business Meeting. contrary, the Presiding Officer shall be free to interpn Business Meeting Rule 1.3: Main Business Meeting(s). The Main Business the meaning of any motion. Meeting may reject, pass, or ratify amendments to the Constitu Rule 2.4: Short Title. Any item of new business consii Web /S—>UT«KL'/-cLST<, tion. One Main Meeting shall be also be designated as the Site- ered by the Business Meeting shall contain a short title. Selection Meeting, where Site-Selection business shall be the Group 1 - Meetings special order of business. Group 3: Debate Time Limits Group 2 - New Business Rule 1.4: Scheduling of Meetings. The first Main Rule 3.1: Main Motions. The Presiding Officer shall de Group 3 - Debate Time Limits Meeting shall be scheduled no less than eighteen (18) ignatc the default debate time for main motions. The Busine Group 4 - Official Papers hours after the conclusion of the last Preliminary Meeting. Meeting may, by majority vote, set the initial debate time lin Group 5 - Variations of Rules No meeting shall be scheduled to begin before 10:00 or for any motion to any positive whole number of minutes. Group 6 - Mark Protection Committee Elections after 13:00 local time. Rule 3.2: Allotment of Time. If a question is divide Group 7 - Miscellaneous Rule 1.5: Smoking. If smoking is allowed in the place the time limits applicable to the question before it was divi where the Business Meeting is held, the Presiding Officer ed shall apply to each portion of the divided question. Deba Group 1: Meetings shall divide the room into smoking and non-smoking sections time shall be allotted equally to each side of a question. Tin Rule 1.1: Meeting and Session. The Annual Meeting at the beginning of each meeting. spent on points of order or other neutral matters arising fro of the World Science Fiction Society shall consist of one or a motion shall be divided equally and charged to each side more Preliminary Business Meetings and one or more Main Group 2: New Business Rule 3.3: Amendments. Debate on all amendmer Business Meetings. The first meeting shall be designated as Rule 2.1: Deadline for Submission of New’ Business. to main motions shall be limited to five (5) minutes, allott< a Preliminary Business Meeting. All meetings at a Worldcon The deadline for submission of non-privileged new business equally to each side. Time spent on debate of an amendme (preliminary, main, or otherwise) shall be considered a single to the Business Meeting shall be two (2) hours after the offi shall be charged against the time for the main motion. "session" as defined in the Parliamentary /Authority (see sec cial opening of the Worldcon or eighteen (18) hours before the Rule 3.4: Motions Allowed After Expiration. M tion 5.1 of the WSFS Constitution), regardless of whether first Preliminary Meeting, whichever is later. The Presiding tions that adhere to the main motion shall not be out such gatherings are called "meetings" or "sessions." Officer may accept otherwise qualified motions submitted order because of the expiration of debate time, but sh. Rule 1.2: Preliminary Business Meeting(s). The Prelimi after the deadline, but all such motions shall be placed at the be undebatablc. nary Business Meeting may not directly reject, pass, or ratify end of the agenda. Rule 3.5: Minimum Substantive Debate. If the deb: amendments to the Constitution; however, all motions adher Rule 2.2: Requirements for Submission of New Busi time expires before either or both sides of the question have h ing to a Constitutional amendment are in order if otherwise al ness. Two hundred (200) identical, legible copies of all pro an opportunity for substantive debate, any side that has not h lowed. The Preliminary Business Meeting may not refer a Con posals for non-privileged new business shall be submitted to such an opportunity shall have two (2) minutes to be used sol stitutional amendment to a committee unless the committee’s the Presiding Officer before the deadline in Rule 2.1 unless for the purpose of substantive debate. thef i rstWorldconi nJapan for the Previous Question, the Presiding Officer shall, with Selection Meeting, committees bidding for the right to host Group 4: Official Papers out debate, ask for a show of hands of those persons who still any Worldcon whose selection will take place in the next cal Rule 4.1: Indicating Revisions. The Business Meet wish to speak to the matter under consideration. endar year shall be allocated five (5) minutes of program time ing staff shall clearly indicate all changes (including dele Rule 5.6: Lay on the Table. The motion to Lay on the Table shall to make such presentations as they wish. The time limits in require a two-thirds (2/3) vote for adoption. tions) from the previous year’s version when they provide the this rule may be modified by majority vote. Rule 5.7: Adjournment. The incidental main motion Constitution and Standing Rules for publication prior to the Rule 7.2: Dilatory Actions; Misuse of Inquiries. The to adjourn sine die shall not be in order until all Special and following Worldcon. However, the failure to indicate such sole purpose of a "point of information" or "parliamentary General Orders have been discharged. changes shall not affect the validity of the documents. inquiry" is to ask the Presiding Officer for an opinion of Rule 5.8: Suspension of Rules. Rules protecting the Rule 4.2: Corrections. Any correction of fact to the the effect of a motion or for guidance as to the correct pro rights of absentees, including this rule, may not be suspended. Minutes or to the Constitution or Standing Rules as published cedure to follow. The Presiding Officer shall treat as dila should be brought to the attention of the Secretary of the Busi tory any attempts to circumvent the rules of debate under Group 6: Mark Protection Committee Elections ness Meeting in question and of the next available Business the guise of points of information, parliamentary inqui Rule 6.1: Nominations. Nominations for election to Meeting as soon as they are discovered. ries. or other queries and requests. the Mark Protection Committee shall be allowed from the Rule 4.3: Numbers, Titles, References, and Technical Rule 7.3: Counted Vote. The Presiding Officer shall floor at each Preliminary Business Meeting. To be listed on Corrections. Numbers and titles of the various parts of the Con take a counted vote upon the request of ten percent (10%) the ballot, each nominee must submit to the Secretary of the stitution and Standing Rules are for the sake of easy reference of those members attending the meeting. Business Meeting the nominee's consent to nomination and only. They do not form a substantive part of these documents Rule 7.4: Carrying Business Forward. Motions other the nominee's current region of residence. A nominee shall nor of any motion to amend these documents. The Business than Constitutional amendments awaiting ratification may be ineligible if the nominee could not be elected due to the Meeting Secretary shall incorporate into these documents ap be carried forward from one year to the next only by being regional residence restrictions. The deadline for submitting propriate changes as required by newly adopted amendments. postponed definitely or by being referred to a committee. such consent to nomination shall be set by the Secretary. When making any such adjustments required by this section, Rule 7.5: Continuing Resolutions. Resolutions of Rule 6.2: Elections. Elections to the Mark Protection the Business Meeting Secretary shall change article and sec continuing effect ("continuing resolutions") may be re Committee shall be a special order of business at a desig tion numbers, titles, and internal cross-references as necessary pealed or amended by majority vote of subsequent Busi nated Main Business Meeting. Voting shall be by written to maintain a consistent, parallel structure, which shall not be ness Meetings without notice, and shall be automatically preferential ballot with write-in votes allowed. Votes for altered unless the Business Meeting explicitly so directs. The repealed or amended by applicable amendments to the write-in candidates who do not submit written consent to Business Meeting Secretary may change punctuation, capital Constitution or Standing Rules or by conflicting resolu nomination and region of residence to the Presiding Offi ization. grammar, and other wording in the Constitution and tions passed by subsequent Business Meetings. cer before the close of balloting shall be ignored. The bal Standing Rules only insofar as such changes clarify meaning Rule 7.6: Committees. All committees are autho lot shall list each nominee’s name and region of residence. and enhance consistency, and only insofar as such changes do rized to organize themselves in any lawful manner and to The first seat filled shall be by normal preferential ballot not modify the substantive meaning of the documents. adopt rules for the conduct of their business, which may procedures as defined in Section 6.3 of the WSFS Consti include conducting balloting by mail and limiting debate, tution. There shall be no run-off candidate. After a seat is Group 5: Variations of Rules subject to any contrary provisions of the Constitution, the filled, votes for the elected member and for any nominee Rule 5.1: Nonstandard Parliamentary Authority. If a Standing Rules, or instructions given to the committee by who is now ineligible due to regional residence restrictions Worldcon Committee adopts for the governance of the Business the Business Meeting. shall be eliminated before conducting the next ballot. This Meeting a parliamentary authority other titan that specified in the Rule 7.7: Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee. procedure shall continue until all seats are filled. In the Constitution, the Committee must in timely fashion publish infor The Business Meeting shall appoint a Nitpicking and Fly event of a first-place tic for any seat, the tic shall be broken mation about how to obtain copies of the authority in question. specking Committee. The Committee shall: unless all tied candidates can be elected simultaneously. Rule 5.2: Constitutional and Standing Rule Amend (1) Maintain the list of Rulings and Resolutions of Should there be any partial-term vacancies on the com ments. Motions to Amend the Constitution, to Ratify a Continuing Effect mittee, the partial-term seat(s) shall be filled after the full Constitutional Amendment, and to Amend the Standing (2) Codify the Customs and Usages of WSFS and of term scats have been filled. Rules shall be considered ordinary main motions, except the Business Meeting. as otherwise provided in the Standing Rules or Consti Rule 7.8: Worldcon Runners’ Guide Editorial Com Group 7: Miscellaneous tution. An object to consideration shall not be in order mittee. The Business Meeting shall appoint a Worldcon Rule 7.1: Question Time. During the Site-Selection against ratification of a constitutional amendment. Runners' Guide Editorial Committee. The Committee Meeting, fifteen (15) minutes of program time shall be allo Rule 5.3: Postpone Indefinitely. The motion to Post shall maintain the Worldcon Runners’ Guide, which shall cated to each future seated Worldcon committee. During the pone Indefinitely shall not be allowed. contain a compilation of the best practices in use among first five (5) minutes, each committee may make such presen Rule 5.4: Amend; Secondary Amendments. Second those who run Worldcons. tations as they wish. The remaining time shall be allocated ary amendments (amendments to amendments) are not al for questions to be asked about that committee’s Worldcon. lowed except when the primary amendment is to substitute. The above copy of the Standing Rules for the Gover Questions may be submitted in writing at any previous meet Rule 5.5: Previous Question. A person speaking to a nance of the WSFS Business Meeting is hereby Certified ing. Questions submitted in writing shall have priority over motion may not immediately offer a motion to close debate. to be True, Correct, and Complete: other questions if the person who submitted the question is The motion for the Previous Question (also known as the mo Kevin Standice, Chair present and still wishes to ask the question. No person may tion "close debate," "call the question," and "vote now") shall Pat McMurray, Secretary ask a second question as long as any person wishes to ask a not be in order when there is less than one minute of debate 2006 WSFS Business Meeting first question. Questions are limited to fifteen (15) seconds time remaining, nor when either or both sides of the debate and responses to two (2) minutes. If time permits at the Site- have yet to speak to a question. Before voting on the motion Znit. Nippon2007 Wbtl*. L.A.CON4 Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW); Elected 2005, term ending in 2008: Lynn Anderson (Central), Stephen Boucher (RotW), Sue Francis (Cen tral) PROPOSED AGENDA Elected 2006, term ending in 2009: Scott Dennis (Central), Donald Eastlake III (East), Ruth Sachter (West) FOR Nippon 2007 World con Representatives: Interaction - Cheryl Mor gan, L.A. Con IV - Craig Miller, CascadiaCon (NAS- Including Business Passed On from L.A. con IV FiC) - Linda Deneroff, Nippon 2007 - Bob Macintosh, Arcnon 31, the 9th NASFiC - Steve Norris, Denvention the World Science Fiction Society 3 - Kent Bloom. 1.2. Nitpicking & Flyspecking Committee Business Meeting The Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee members ore Don Eastlake, Tim Illingworth, Pat McMurray and 1. Committee Reports current residence zone within one hour of the end of Kevin Standlee. the Preliminary Business Meeting. Committee reports may include motions. Motions made by committees consisting of more than one per The members whose terms of office expire at this 1.3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee son need not be seconded. Worldcon are: Ben Yalow (East), Kevin Standlee The Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW). Due to zone residency member is Sharon Sbarsky (Chair) and others to be 1.1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nomina restrictions, we can elect at most two people from the advised. tions for MPC) Western zone, none from the Central zone, two peo 1.4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) The Mark Protection Committee will meet at a time to ple from the Eastern zone, and 3 people from the Rest Committee be announced, probably on Thursday evening of the of the World. Write-in votes are allowed, but write-in The HEROW Committee members ore Vince Docherty convention. A formal report is unlikely to be available candidates must submit their consent to election by (Chair), Perianne Lurie, Pam Fremon, Paul Haqgerty, Gayle Surette, Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee. until the Saturday Business Meeting at the earliest. the close of balloting. (See the head table staff for a Nominations for the WSFS Mark Protection Commit nomination acceptance form.) tee are in order at the Preliminary Business Meeting. Mark Protection Committee members are 1.5. Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Com Nominees must accept nomination and indicate their Elected 2004, term expires 2007: Ben Yalow (East), mittee The FOLLE Committee members are Mark Olson (Chair), Craig Miller, Dave Grubbs, Joe Siclari, Kent Bloom, Richard Lynch, Kevin Standlee, Tim Illingworth, Vince Docherty. 1.6. The Taming the Digital Wilderness Committee Programmings The Taming the Digital Wilderness Committee are Glenn Glazer (Chair), Paul Haggerty, Gayle Surette, Ben Yalow, Seth Breidbart, Cheryl Morgan, Tim Illing worth and Peter Wilkinson. Now Nippon2007 commitee are making plans for program 2. Worldcon Reports ings. Here we introduce some of them. This time there arc 2.1 Past Worldcons 2.1.1. ConAdian (1994) mainly Japanese, but we are plannning to show others on th< 2.1.2. The Millennium Philcon (2001) website and Progress Report 6. 2.1.3 Torcon 3 (2003) 2.1.4 Noreascon 4 (2004) Contact information and web resources Possible program participant form 2.1.5 Interaction (2005) ( https://ss!1 .secure-c.net/%7Ejasfic/nippon2007/program/apply.cgi) 2.1.6 CascadiaCon (2005) 2.1.7 L.A. con IV (2006) recommended size of sticker is 24mr 2.2 . Seated Worldcons & NASFiC Sticker Exchange Program 2.2.1 Nippon 2007 by 17mm (1" by 2/3"). At the conventior 2.2.2 Archon 31, the 9th NASFiC (2007) (Siiru Kikaku) 2.2.4 Denvention 3 (2008) the members will receive a blank boo Recently, Japan SF Convention has 3. Business Passed On from L.A. con IV (mount) with approximately 30 mr The following Constitutional Amendments were ap "Sticker Exchange" activity throughout grids on it for placing stickers in. proved at L.A. con IV and passed on to Nippon 2007 the period of the Convention. The stick for ratification. If ratified, tney will become part of the There are a number of ways to ge Constitution at the conclusion of Nippon 2007. ers are not simple one which you usually 3.1 Short Title: Best Artist Hugo Eligibility these stickers. Simply speak to the othe Moved to amend Section 3.9 of the WSFS Constitu receive at the Parties of the Worldcon, tion by adding text as follows attending members and ask for sticke but with original design. So, the collec Or, if you encounter the members wh Section 3.9: Notification and Acceptance. Worldcon tion of the stickers during the conven Committees shall use reasonable efforts to notify the are exchanging the sticker, do not hesi nominees, or in the case of deceased or incapaci tion will be a unique memorabilia of the tated persons, their heirs, assigns, or legal guardians, tate to join them. Another way is to al in each category prior to the release of such informa convention. First of all, the exchange is tion. Eoch nominee shall be asked at that time to ei tend the programs on the timetable, an ther accept or decline the nomination. If the nominee attractive and easy starter of the interac declines nomination, that nominee shall not appear the stickers by the program participant on the final ballot. In addition, in the Best Professional tion among the attending members. Artist category, the acceptance must include citations will be your evidence to have joined th of at least three (3) works first published in the eligible Another difference from the World program, if they have stickers. year. con is that the attendees of the Conven The language barrier will not interfer 4. New Business tion themselves prepare the stickers and 4.1. Resolutions the sticker exchange. Just remember eas Items under this heading may be voted upon and final exchange them among themselves. Ev action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting. Japanese words below. Let's exchange yot eryone is free to make their own stickers sticker and start interchanging with foreig 4.2. Standing Rules Amendments and bring them to the convention. Any Items under this heading may be voted upon and fi members. To stick your sticker on the Voc nal action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting. one can make as few or as many differ Standing rules amendments take effect at the conclu doo board may be a nice idea to notify yot sion of the 2006 Business Meeting unless given earlier ent kinds of stickers as they choose. The effect by specific provision and a two-thirds vote. In all arrival and to introduce your sticker. amendments, new text is shown in underline type and stricken text is shown in strikelhru type. IBS. NiDDon2007TI3B4s:Elf*]-;S7l'6'5tS<7’F dv'tf'/bT v' £ -to t £ li c o+FY X S F-y F0yL7X©'H? Wrc^ntiAAAWo <7 7 T XDfgtcov Al SAiiti 2 0 £TO i o L £ To / E' 7 X0?tf • 7 v T >0® Himx RP2 Lv-1 fe&fctcti-r(Aim thef i rstWorldconi n Japan Siiru o kudasai Perry Rhodan etta, there was a wide variety. = Could you give me your sticker? Summer School So what makes a film a jidaigeki Siiru Koukan shite kudasai film? Organizers arc planning to introduce = How about exchanging our sticker? Is it enough that the characters all the latest news on the Perry Rhodan Arigatou gozaimasu = Thank you. series. Volume 2400 will be published have topknots? If that's what you think, Sutekina Siiru desune = Your sticker is nice. this year in Germany. So far, Japanese who am I to argue? Sumimascn, fans are about 1700 volumes behind in the Themes which are difficult to express Watashi wa Siiru o motte imasen series, since these stories have yet to be in a contemporary setting can be explored =Sorry, I do not have my sticker. translated from German into Japanese. with a near-future backdrop. It's at that *“Siiru” (seal) in Japnese means point that jidaigeki and SF intersect. sticker. You need to take care that in Take a stab at Ninja Films Since the silent era the popularity of conversations with Japanese. ninja films has been such that audiences The history of ninja movies is a cheered and applauded when the ninja long one. During a film shoot during the disappeared or flew off on a cloud. Nin Mobius, Klein RP2 silent era, one of the actors left the set -We can see four dimension jas chanted incantations and made sym while a cameraman was changing reels. al space, and greater than bolic finger gestures, summoning giant Later when the film was shown the actor four dimensional spaces- toads from clouds of smoke. These ka seemed to disappear. I will give an introductory talk buki influences could still be seen even This accident is how the ninjitsu eiga about the Mobius strip and the Klein after the postwar period. However the began. (“Eiga” means “film” or “movie” bottle, gadgets which have often spread of television among households in Japanese.) appeared in SF novels. in the 1960s created a more demanding I will also talk about RP2 (the two- Originally, jidaigeki films were film audience, and the money spent at movie dimensional, real projective plane), versions of Kabuki plays, but to meet houses dwindled. which is connected with the Moebius public demand various other genres were At the same time however there was strip and the Klein bottle. explored, from sword action and ninja a boom in novels such as “Fukurou no We will make models in order to films to historicals, traveling gambler shiro” (Owl's Castle) and “Shinobi no understand these paradoxical gadgets. and yajikita stories (both being types of Mono" (Person of Stealth) series, which These models may help you visualize road movies), doomed romances, mys depicted the ninja in a more realistic way four-dimensional space and, furthermore, teries, sword heroine movies... From and resulted in successful film versions. greater-than-four-dimensional spaces. straight drama to comedy, even oper Shall we feel higher dimensions Thus the ninja with supernatural together? c n e> wr s Tc^ic AU—□-0>»BI2OO7 ^FT7T2400flBlC^TS^V- • □- ±0) (SMtfL) £-3-0 iTSS FfT^X7-X77 • LALW fyv'JX $y • 1700101® nr S F 0»O LOT'feS, iSPAtcM# J± 01^0 wcj 2 v '%> El A07 7 y ic Wf L £ -To -siKfi'miiiij 0 im&m WT 7 HXOH 7c IT 2002 W H* SF A£ c /VJ (JW.D £^M0iE5£krSv\ -9-y yy (T • ICTLfc0M 7 4 /EA0^4'L+7 y 70iiu0(Jh^A-A u 0(5fr£7cV > < X. fcWK ' 7c 7JE0/FM jOcS £ ® A < A’ o Teo L 7c SF7»$my7Y7li'J< A 4 'TOi&fTVM£0THTS 6, «®®fr£A*Uf-9hiiU7'Co A powers was transformed into the spy or Ronin wish to make his life with his sword Beheading (1962) Director: Kenji Misu- guerrilla. Rather than summoning a gi but he can not do as like Ninja. In their battle mi, Screenwriter: Kaneto Shindo, Star ant toad, the ninja used shuriken to foil with each other, both ninja and samurai alike ring: Raizo Ichikawa, Color Daieiscope. their enemies. Their families and way of are expendable. With its hard-hitting vio 71 minutes, English Subtitles. Sponsored life were depicted, as was their question lence presented in high-contrast black and by the Japan Foundation. ing of the strict codes that they lived by. white, this story is told with a hard-boiled “Ninja Gari” (Ninja Hunt), the film style devoid of either justice or compassion. Making of Japanese Sword we are showing at this convention, took the “Ninja Gari" marked the debut by In addition to Japanese ninja and ninja genre one step further, not only fo the 29-year-old director Tetsuya Yamau- samurai film programs, we would like tc cusing on the ninja themselves, but also how chi made his directorial debut with “Ninja introduce to you one of the living the ninja used common tools in their work. Gari” when he was 29, the same age as traditions of Japan. “Ninja Gari’’ was produced in 1964, screenwriter Koji Takada and assistant di the same year as the Tokyo Olympics, rector Sadao Nakajima. The cameramen Although there are no real live when Japan felt it had to try and catch up and other crewmembers were newcomers ninja or samurai today, the craft oi with the West. Civil unrest and student with an average age of 26. sword-making is still being kept alive as protests against the the U.S.-Japan Secu Even in 2007 the claustrophobic an art form. rity Treaty were sweeping the country. feeling created by those young filmmak Even though swords have not turned The old was steadily being cast aside. The ers can be felt as strongly as it was 43 out to be competitive as battlefield weap movie industry was also on the decline years ago. ons and swordmaking has not become t but for two or three years jidaigeki films Even so, this is not complex cinema. major industry, the Japanese Sword and focusing on group rivalries rather than a It's an entertaining, low-budget ninja the manufacturing process of its special single hero were meeting with success. movie. With the ronin leader played by steel tire the ultimate development o: One of the best films representing the long-time action star Jushiro Konoe and ancient manufacturing techniques. feelings of that period was “Ninja Gari”. the lead ninja played by top small-screen The story is simple for even newcom baddie Bin Amatsu, it's a showdown fans We welcome Mr. Kobayashi, the ers to the genre. Ninjas hired by the Bakufu of jidaigeki continue to love. professional swordsmith. Starting from (Shogunate) to destroy an unfavored clan I hope that all Nippon2007 attend "tatara", the ancient Japanese steel clash with the Ronin hired by the clan to stop ees, from both Japan and overseas, enjoy manufacturing process, Mr. Kobayash them. Not only the actions of the ninja but Ninja Gari. will introduce to you the ingenious crafi their use of everyday objects as weapons. Scheduled Double-bill “Kirn”, aka and inner structure of the Japanese Sword. 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JASFIC". the Moon" with SELENE (see the SELENE detail http://sclene.tksc.jaxa.jp/index_e.html) Nippon2007 have sent a message to the moon with the moon-exploring satel Contact information and web lite named "SELENE". Japan Aerospace resources Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to Possible program participant form:(with launch from Tanegashima Space Center web-infos: [email protected]) in summer 2007 using the H-IIA launch vehicle. Our message, which will fly to 7-7msyny©Jgfta 20 ?x 20 firm SFJgiJffiSSIZOUT filiJLTc A4 B5 ©fflffi££±T'$CTT ildftffiMO KlA # zb Cfr'&gigft W: $ 46 00* SF Aft Nippon2007 tiratc f J TifdAL-TFS^o ^©AtClSb-drTl 'TcTct t±:-r+Xb^i?L MS-DOS ^7 7 7Zb £7c, WEL < >zb: 7 y7-v >zb TcTc L«©WrAlit 7-XZ)^D^ro &«ggL-rZn % L A(1=a, [sjA,UdcW L A(W^^ £45^DTSV'o © £ £ ISffl t % 35 the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & • • the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention Japanese SF List Transelated Abroad Author original title Japanese in Alphabet translated title anguage translator publisher / magazine or anthology Japanese Translatioi TiPmillAM )ai yon kanpyoki nter Ice Age 4 English Dale Saunders lerkley 1958 1959 (obo Abe (lilAO® Tanin no kao The Face of Another inglish Jale Saunders Vintage. 256pp 1964 1962 MS < 5A Jakobune sakura-maru fhe Ark Sakura inglish luliet Winters Carpenter Vintage. 352pp 1984 1984 lapan Sinks inglish Michael Gallagher Jarper & Row. N.Y. 184 pp. 1973 1976 lapan Sinks inglish Michael Gallagher Rew English Library. London 1973 1977 lapan Sinks inglish Michael Gallagher Kodansha International Ltd. .Tokyo. 238pp. 1973 1995 Gibel drakona Russian Z. Rakhlin Mir. Moskva. 600pp. 1973 1977 .a submesion du Japon Tench M.et Mme Shibata Albin Michel.Paris. 256pp. 1973 1977 La submesion du Japon Tench M.et Mme Shibata Tiilippc Pecquier. Paris,231pp. 1973 1991 lapan se hunde Spanish J.Vazquez 3iana.Mexico.27 Opp. 1973 1978 Wenn Japan versinkt German Klaus Scheltz Zsolnay.Wien 1973 1979 HAitft Nippon Chinbotsu Japan sjunker Slovakia S.Lestander Delta,Brotnma.231 pp. 1973 1980 Japan sinkt German Klaus Schultz Volk und Welt. Berlin.262pp. 1973 1987 Japanas nogrimsana ^atvia E.Katajs Zinatne. Riga.506pp. 1973 1982 Fotevaneto na lapaniia Bulgaria Elza Dimiitrova Otechestvo.Sofiia.463pp. 1973 1983 Wenn Japan versinkt German Klaus Scheltz Moewig.Munchen. 157pp. 1973 1985 Japan sinkt German Klaus Scheltz Volk und Welt.Berlin. 266pp. 1973 1991 A sarkany halala Mager G.Sarkozy Kozmosz,Budapest. 2v. 1973 1986 Gibel drakona Russian Z.Rakhim lapanskaia fantasticheskaia proza.p 1973 1989 AIWJS Sakyo Komatsu HAitS Chinese 1973 2005 Fukkatsu no Hi Der Tag der Auferstehung German Micliael Morgentai und KeikoMJnaba Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Munchen.332pp. 1974 1987 A hoinap elrabloi Mager Piroska Torok Kossuth,Budapest.284pp. 1965 1971 IW01&& Asu Dorobou Rytdlenos grobikai Lithuania A.Alisauskas Vaga.Vilnius, 199pp. 1965 1973 Asu Dorobou & other Pokhititel'zavtrashnego dnia Russia Z.Rakhim Mir. Moskva. 317pp. 1965 1970 iHHiSW (ill stories Ritdienas nolaupitaji Latvia A.Plesums Ainatne.Riga.336pp. 1965 1977 The Best Japanese SF Stories. Dember 1989 Kyoubou na Kuchi The Savage Mouth English Judith Merril Books. N.Y. p.74-84 The Best Japanese SF Stories.Dember 1989 fcxGtK&V' Oerabikudasai Take Your Choice English Shiro Tamura & Grania Davis Books. N.Y. p.85-103 Chini wa Heiwa wo Froede aif Erden German Shimada Shingo & Zillig SF aus Japan, p 150-195 1963 1982 ASIffiW Jinrui Saiban The Trial of Humanity English Patrick Harlan Komatsu Sakyo Magazine. No. 18 2005 HKD Nemuri to Tabi to Yume SleepingTraveling. and Dreaming English Akio Tanaka looking for a publisher El nudo de Gordias Spanish Yasutoshi Nakazima Vease este pagina(200I) 2001 zf;LA/7X<0 Gordias no musubime teas WHAS FzAFATTXOteail 2004 r o p n m e b y 3 e n Russia p.8-92 Fuori della zanzariera ■ C.S.Coop. Studi. Torino. I ALIA4J Kaya no soto Italian Massimo Soutnare' 2007 Variazione sul tetna di Onaoshi Giappone.p77-93 fetiicBa-rs’O Ore ni kansuru uwasa The Rumors About Me N/A r?aat Tatazumu Hito Standing Woman David Lewis JtW£ Hokkyoku Oh Polar King Yoshida Kyoko Saigo no Kitsuensha The Last of the Smokers Andrew Rankin http://www.jali.or.jp/tti/en/short/short- Nwru Houhou How to Sleep English Fujiwara Takuya index.htm Yume no Ken-etsukan The Dream Censor Aft fUt ft Sakana The Fish Elizabeth Freud Kaze The Wind Fujiwara Takuya Shogun ga Mezameta toki When The Shogun Awoke Wakui Takashi rnz.r-wz Dabadaba sugi The Dabba Dabba Tree tstHcBars'g Ore ni kansuru uwasa Rumours about Me ATA Warau na Don't Laugh HCIl/WA Gorohachi kouku Farmer Airlines Wlim Yasutaka Tsutsui ffficOAAW Kuma no ki honsen Bear's Wood Main Line AJSOffiS? Kofuku no genkai The Very Edge of Happiness "Salmonella Men on Planet Porno". w. w Kavoi no guntai Commuter Army English Andrew Driver 2007 YAH! Hello. Hello. Hello 2007. Alma Books MV'fctltW Katamuita sekai T he World is Tilting t-wlAE Motsuaruto den Bravo Herr Mozart! Saigo no kitsuensha The Last Smoker Shinzo ni warui Bad for the Heart AA/iSMO'D" Poruno wakusei no Salmonella Men on Planet M&A^AIUI sarumonera ningen Porno Mujer Plantada Spanish Martin Lendinez Zikkurath 5 (1981) Tatazumu Hito fi'ti'A Mujer de pie(mismo con Axxon 89 (1997) "Muter Plantada") Spanish Whitt the Maid Saw: Eight Kodansha America: 1st ed edition (July A/A A IS Kazoku Hakkei Psvchic Tales English 1990) hi.Wr- Shinichi Hoshi Hajou Kougeki Sales Pitch h'i-.'i - Shinichi Hoshi HOTffl Fukusayou Unexpected Side Effects • Shinichi Hoshi •KAOAfl Shanai no Jiken It Happened on a Train h!«i - Shinichi Hoshi Onna no Kouyou Woman to the Rescue ffltf - Shinichi Hoshi Id'fr Bikou The Tail y.Sfi- Shinichi Hoshi Wiffi Shoushin The Promotion Shinichi Hoshi Aru Shoubai Funnv Business "A Bag of Surprises" 1989. Kodansha 1989 h!0t - Shinichi Hoshi S£Oifi Tousou no Michi The Escape English Stanleigh H. Jones Int'l Ltd. Kurisumasu Ibu no Twas the Night Before Shinichi Hoshi Dekigoto Christmas ®»r • Shinichi Hoshi Ifl/jlWJJ Kyouryokutekina Otoko A Model of Cooperation Shinichi Hoshi telt Shihen The Slip of Paper >i!»r - Shinichi Hoshi Kinenshashin Souvenir Photographs h?«Tr— Shinichi Hoshi Yume to Taisaku The Dream Shinichi Hoshi Rinjuu no Kusuri Last Moment Medicine l|!«i ■ Shinichi Hoshi 5$ UX h Author original title Japanese in Alphabet translated title language translator publisher / magazine or anthology Japanese Translation Futari no Mori no Chinese Takumi Ishitobi ft'hSi 1989 1997 EflUU^ tryyx Rabirinsu IWa-Rlffl (JKft) -/i Kasei Tetsudou 19 Martian Railroad 19 Mitsuhiro Toma 1986 1993 iJiPWi Koushu Tani English J1NGAIKY0. Koushu Tani Fan Club HSWR-Si Housen kyori 12.000 Shooting Range 12,000km Mineko Yamamoto 1984 1996 —0 0 0 hWf<») Hoshi e iku Fune A Ship to the Stars 1981 1984 y'J-> • Naomi Anderson Curiin Rekuiemu Green Requiem 1980 1984/7/25 Motoko Arai -fiz. English Koudansha Inti Ltd. 7-5 .y Burakku kyatto Black Cat Kate McCandless 1984 1991/6/15 1- nJtBCI’f Shiseikan Administrator 1974 /(ft Haruka naru Mahiru A Distant Noon m-hU Taku Maytunura ^o/Eae> Honoo to Hanabira Flame and the Flower English Daniel JACKSON Kurodahan Press Iseki no Kaze Wind in the Ruins IWH'/X Genkai no Yanus Two-Faced Janus nuiiE«e Yamada Masaki 77Ut 1-t- Afurodiite Aphrodite English Daniel JACKSON 1980 S-F Magazine.2000/9 No.533 Hayakawa WHW-f Publishing Hiroe Suga Sobakasu no figyua Freckled Figure English Stephen M. Baxter & Dana Lewis Siftil 4^7 Year's Best SF 5 Interzone. Number 141. March 1999 v;b F-y-y 7 • Xz/7>7/b M a r d o c k Scramble Kompression: Mardock- — The First -The First. Compression Cora Hartwig 2006/6 Trilogie 1 Compression Asshuku E«i v;b F7-y 7 • X75>7;b Mardock Scramble -The Heyne Verlag To Ubukata Expansion: Mardock- German r — The Second Second, Combustion http://www.randomhouse.de/heyne/ 2007/1 Trilogie 2 Combustion Nensho til v;b F 7 7 7 • X75>7;b Mardock Scramble -The Implosion: Mardock- Cora Hartwig 2007/6 — The Third Third. Exhaust Haiki Trilogie 3 Exhaust i# xC 2 0 3 1 WflO 1 Seikai no Monsho I Crest of the Stars 1: 1996/4/15 2006/9/12 "Teikoku no 0jo" Princess of the Empire KWW II Crest of the Stars 2: A Seikai no Monsho II 1996/5/15 2007/1/9 Hiroyuki Morioka "Sasavaka na Tatakai" Modest War English TOKYOPOP Crest of the Stars 3: EWOftiS III Seikai no Monsho III "ikyo Returning to a World 1996/6/15 2007/5/8 e no Kikan Unfamiliar T’-O'-v—ff® The Guin Saga: Book 1 :The Hyoutouno kamen 1979/9/30 2003/6 f-JUficOlfe® Leopard Mask 7'Yy-9—zf® The Guin Saga: Book 2 : Kouya no Senshi 1979/10/15 2003/10 Warrior in the Wilderness y-otf-zn The Guin Saga: Book 3 : The Alexander O. Smith. Elye J. NOSPHERUS no Tatakai English Vertical: http://www.vertical-inc.com/ 1980/3/15 2003/12 /X7xvXm' Battle of Nospherus Alexander 7V >7-/j® The Guin Saga: Book 4 : Ragon no Ryoshuu 1980/6/30 vzixMWi Prisoner of the Lagon The Guin Saga: Book Two : Henkyou no Ouja 1980/10/15 Warrior in the Wilderness Kaoru Kurimoto num 7'i' >+/—Zf i Die Guin Saga 01. Im Auge Hyoutouno kamen 1979/9/30 2005/9 des Leoparden. 7V>+f-Zf'2. Die Guin Saga 02. In den Kouya no Senshi 1979'10'15 2006/3 tSYfWKl: Faengen des Kriegers T’-Yy+F-ZJ® Die Guin Saga 03. Die NOSPHERUS no Tatakai German Norbert Stobe Blanvalet Verlag 1980/3/15 2006/10 7X7x7X®Wl' Schlacht von Nospherus 7'Y>7— Z/4 Die Guin Saga 04. Ragon no Ryoshuu 1980/6/30 2006/12 ■yX>OJJ?PJ Gefangene tier Lagon 7Y>7-ZJs Die Guin Saga 05. Der Konig Henkyou no Ouja I980/KV15 2007/9 i/WJ Efi der Verfemten The great adventures of Kodansha 1987/8 r dirtv pair Haruka Takachiho 7— Dartypair no Daibouken English David Lewis The great adventures of DH Press (Distribution by: Diamond AWIfc 2007/6 dirtv pair Book Distributors) Y y A’oy^i. Iriyano natu. yuufoo no fJ’!l!WMJc?E UFO MSA 2005/8/12 Mizuhito Akiyama UFO OS. <* Chinese 2001/10 fttbSiA natsu (sono 1) (1) iWfiTiS O 1> the 65th World Science Fiction Convention & >D«n29>7 the 46th Japan Science Fiction Convention Author original title Japanese in Alphabet translated title language translator publisher / magazine or anthology Japanese Translation 'J'fe/rJ?; Sakyo Komatsu SWfcU Kyoubou na Kuchi The Savage Mouth Judith Merril 'I'-rtfillE Kazumasa Hirai Kakumei no Toki A Time for Revolution David Aylward MFWlT: Tensei Kono ft Hikari Hikari Dana Lewis I'll Get Rid of Your Fuman Shori Shimasu M. Hattori & Crania Davis icit-nn Taku Mayumura Discontent TiJHShi) Takashi Ishikawa Umi e no Michi Tlie Road to the Sea Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano Tori wa Ima Doko wo Where Do the Birds Fly Kouichi Yamano Dana LEWIS iltJfif'i— Tobuka Now "Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Aritsune Toyota Prince of Wales Futatabi Another 'Prince of Wales' David Aylward fillflUtii X’-TAcAcCF English Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume I". Masami Hana no Inochi wa Kurodahan Press teOfliiiftK T The Flower's Life Is Short Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano MSiE'Jlf Fukushima Miiikakute WSSO f Mariko Ohara Shojo Girl Alfred Birnbaum Ryo Hanmura Bohru Bako Cardboard Box Dana Lewis Origami Uchuusen no The Legend of the Paper Tetsu Yano Gene van Troyer ___ Densetsu Snaceshio WraiSifl Shinji Kajio fn fOffi'iTii Reiko no Hako-Uchuu Reiko's Universe Box T. Toyoda lll±&» Hiormi Kawakami Ugoro-Mochi Mogcra Wogura Michael Emmerich Yoshimasu Gozo 7 FD±'J> Adorenarin Adrenalin the author & Marilyn CHIN JUlIIDt no published "Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of ftittfili Ryu Mitsuse 2 2 17 <(•: Rakuyd 2217 Nen The Sunset. 2217 A.D. English Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume II ", Kurodahan Press 'CfSiU/J Kobo Abe Mahou no chohku The Magic Chalk English Alison Kibrick d'tH/rlW Sakvo Komatsu Shaka no Tenohira Palm of Buddha English T. Toyoda The Snow Woman: A Hoshi Shin’ichi Yuki no Onna English Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano ffiWr- Modem Legend SlSt • Hoshi Shin’ichi 8! Kagi The Key English Nobuyoshi Saitoh Yasutaka Tsutsui jigicimrs^ Ore ni Kansuru Uwasa Rumors About Me English Dana Lewis -T-WEL Ryo Hanmura Tansu Tansu English Grania Davis and Hitomi Dames thr< th rSJ5m£ Tensei Kono Toraikeratoppusu Triceratops English Dana Lewis Shinji Kajio iitV'T-xv/y Omoide Emanon Emanon. A Reminiscence English Edward Lipsett XKii D /> b/b • 7< Mariko Ohara Mentoru Fuimehru The Mental Female English Kazuko Behrens & Gene van Troyer T- — x— Ponrappe Guntou no War In the Ponrappe Yoshio Aramaki English Kazuko Behrens Heiwa Islands Freckled Figure English Dana Lewis tvffiii: Hiroe Suga ^3.7 Sobakasu no figyua Akutna no Kodomo no Shiro Murano Birth of the Demon's Child English Patrick Fulmer Shussei SF? SF? wiftou^y^- Vampire Hunter D Volume DH Press (Distribution: Diamond Book Hideyuki Kikuchi Kyuuketsuki Hantaa Dii English Kevin Leahy 2005/5/1 ^Ifll^tf "D" 1 Distributors) Hideaki Sena LTV Parasaito ibu Parasite Eve English Tvran Grillo Vertical: http://www.vertical-inc.com/ Kidousenshi GUNDAM SEED SEED 2006/4/22 Liu Goto SEED DESTINY! 1) Ikareru Chinese friWBIISft J11 nJ 2005/3/1 u >> DESTINY(l) $g DESTINY (1) Hitomi Suzumiya Haruhi no Nagaru Tanigawa Chinese « WaF!?. fH 111 .i|f.'.W/) < n] 2003/6/6 2031'12/3! 8fll £ Yuutsu no novel / no tlanslated lYoshitaka Amano f [Worlds of Amano [English | | 12007/3/21 > ff Manga W'X 1 Tera e 1 To Terra...Volume 1 2007/2 fftfji' r Keiko Takemiya WA 2 Tera e 2 To Terra...Volume 2 English Vertical: http://www.vertical-inc.com/ 2007/4 ffllfcR^x 3 Tera e 3 To Terra...Volume 3 2007/6 Dear attending members members! who are unable to read Jap We are still looking for more infor anese, mation, including corrections to this list. We have prepared a list of science There are some works we were unable 13* s 312;- fiction works of Japan which have been to list here, so please visit our web site b4^P32^/cl±, '^(httpiZAW translated into foreign languages. (See (http://www.sf-japan.sakura.ne.jp/) sfjapan.sakura.ne.jp/)CTi I' 21 ''o page 32 of Progress Report 4) to add your information or to get more Let’s start searching for books to information. m prepare for conversations with Japanese tflief i rstWorldconi n Japan 9th NASFiC - Collinsville, IL - August 2-5, 2007 Currently confirmed Guests of Honor: Featured Guest Barbara Hambly Artist Darrell K. Sweet Gaming James Ernest (Cheapass Games) Costuming Elizabeth Covey Filking Barry & Sally Childs-Helton Media Mira Furlan Fan Nancy "Cleo Hathaway Toastmaster Roger Tener Masquerade MC Vic Milan For information, write to Archon 31/2007 NASFiC, P.O. 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