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Volume 18 Number 12 Issue 236 May 2007

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Bram Stoker Awards Sorry for all the award news. Its been a busy month. Wrapping up a degree, prepping for a small family celebration, This is given out by the Horror Writers of America at World preparing a trip to Japan and taking care of a little thing going Horror Convention in , , . down on Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to everybody for their contributions to OASIS Superior Achievement in a NOVEL 20. There was no way I could have done it on my own. I think LISEY’S STORY by (Scribner) this is going to be a special one and everybody is part of that. Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL Thanks for Susan for coordinating the picnic. GHOST ROAD BLUES by (Pinnacle) Congrats to OASIS guest Bruce Boston for winning a Stoker for his poetry. And congratulations to Bruce and his Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION fellow OASIS 20 guests , Malcom Deeley for DARK HARVEST by Norman Partridge (Cemetery Dance) their Rhysling nominations The next issue may be late. There is a review I am Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION dying to do but have not found the time. Maybe next month. “Tested” by Lisa Morton (Cemetery Dance magazine #55) The Nebulas winners be in the next issue. Checkout JACON on Saturday if you wish to see your Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY editor in a suit for the Saturday night prom. See you next (Tie) RETRO PULP TALES by Joe R. Lansdale (Subterranean); month. and MONDO by John Skipp (Cemetery Dance)

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OASFiS Event Horizon Vol 18, Issue 236, May 2007. Published Monthly by the Orlando Area Society (OASFiS). All rights reserved by original Authors and Artists. Editor: Juan Sanmiguel, 1421 Pon Pon Court, Orlando, FL 32825. Subscriptions are $12.00 per year and entitle the subscriber to membership in the Society. Attending Memberships are $20.00 per year. Extra memberships to family members are $6.00 per year when only one newsletter is sent to the household. To subscribe or join OASFiS, send a check or money order to: OASFiS, PO Box 592905, Orlando, FL 32859-2905. To submit Articles, Artwork or Letters of Comment to the Event Horizon, send them to the Editor's address above or [email protected]. For additional information, call our Voice Mail at (407) 823-8715. OASFiS is a state chartered not for profit corporation whose goal is the promotion of Science Fiction in all its forms. All opinions expressed herein are solely those of the Author(s) and in no way represent the opinions of the Society or its members as a whole. Page two May 2007

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OASFiS Business Meeting Steve Cole 407-275-5211 Sunday, May 13 1:30 PM, Orange Public Library [email protected] (Downtown Orlando, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL Susan Cole 407-275-5211 32801,407-835-7323). Come join us as we discuss the [email protected] Heinlein juveniles. Arthur Dykeman 407-328-9565 [email protected] Mike Pilletere [email protected] To contact for more info: David Ratti 407-282-2468 OASFiS Business Meeting 407-823-8715 [email protected] Juan Sanmiguel 407-823-8715 [email protected] Locus Awards Finalists Pat and Roger Sims 407-226-2127 [email protected] Voting in this year's Locus Poll and Survey has closed. Here are Dick Spelman 407-363-2781 the finalists in each category. Winners will be announced in June [email protected] at the Locus Awards Ceremony in Seattle, June 16th, during the Patricia Wheeler 407-832-1428 Science Fiction Museum's Hall of Fame weekend. Finalists are [email protected] listed alphabetically by title, then by nominee. Any of these people can give readers information about the You can purchase tickets in advance to attend the Locus Awards club and its functions. To be included in the list call Juan. ceremony -- use this form. Wintersmith, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday UK; HarperTempest) Best Science Fiction Novel Best Novella Blindsight, Peter Watts (Tor) Carnival, Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra) "Botch Town", (The Empire of Ice Cream) Farthing, Jo Walton (Tor) "Lord Weary's Empire", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 12/06) Glasshouse, Charles Stross (; Ace) "Map of Dreams", M. Rickert (Map of Dreams) , (Tor) "The Mars Girl", Joe Haldeman (Escape from Earth) "Missile Gap", Charles Stross (One Million A.D.) Best Novel Best Novelette The Jennifer Morgue, Charles Stross (Golden Gryphon Press; Ace) "I, Row-Boat", (Flurb 1, Fall '06) The Last Witchfinder, James Morrow (Morrow) "The Night Whiskey", Jeffrey Ford (Salon Fantastique) The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra) "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)", Geoff Ryman (F&SF Soldier of Sidon, (Tor) 10-11/06) Three Days to Never, Tim (Subterranean Press; Morrow) "The Singularity Needs Women!", Paul Di Filippo (Forbidden Planets [Crowther]) Best First Novel "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth", Cory Doctorow (Baen's Universe 8/06) Crystal Rain, Tobias S. Buckell (Tor) The Glass Books of the Eaters, Gordon Dahlquist Best Short Story (Bantam; Viking UK) The Green Glass Sea, Ellen Klages (Viking) "How to Talk to Girls at Parties", () The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gollancz; Bantam "In the Abyss of Time", Stephen Baxter (Asimov's 8/06) Spectra) "Nano Comes to Clifford Falls", Nancy Kress (Asimov's 7/06) Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon/Throne of Jade/Black Pow- "Sob in the Silence", Gene Wolfe (Strange Birds) der, Naomi Novik (Del Rey; Voyager); as Temeraire: In the "Tin Marsh", Michael Swanwick (Asimov's 8/06) Service of the King (SFBC) Best Magazine Best Young Adult Book Analog The Keys to the Kingdom: Sir Thursday, Garth Nix (Allen & Asimov's Unwin; The Chicken House) Interzone Magic Lessons, Justine Larbalestier (Penguin/Razorbill) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Spirits That Walk in Shadow, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Viking) (Continued on page 3) Voices, Ursula K. Le Guin ( Children's; Harcourt) Page three May 2007

Strange Horizons Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, Win Scott Eckert (MonkeyBrain Books)

Best Publisher Best Art Book

Baen Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. Spectrum 13: The Best in Contem- Del Rey porary (Underwood) Night Shade Books , Amphigorey Again (Harcourt) Subterranean Press John Jude Palencar, Origins (Underwood Books) Tor , Cover Story (MonkeyBrain Books) Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell, The Fabulous Women of Boris Best Anthology Vallejo and Julie Bell (HarperCollins/Collins Design)

One Million A.D., , ed. (SFBC) Salon Fantastique, & , eds. The 2007 Winners will be announced at Reader- (Thunder's Mouth Press) con on July 7. The nominees are listed below. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Col- lection, Ellen Datlow, & , eds. (St. Mar- Short Poems First Published in 2006 tin's) The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collec- Duane Ackerson • Taking Back the Moon • Strange Horizons tion, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin's) (5/1/2006). Year's Best SF 11, David G. Hartwell & , eds. Mary Alexandra Agner • Sleeping Beauty • Strange Horizons (Eos) (11/13/06). • Bacchanal • Goblin Fruit (Autumn 2006). Best Collection Mike Allen • Manifest Destiny • Helix 2 (October 2006). Elizabeth Barrette • Beach Climbing • Strange Horizons The Best of Philip José Farmer, Philip José Farmer (10/16/06). (Subterranean Press) John Borneman • Love's Resistance-Crossing the Wheatstone The Empire of Ice Cream, Jeffrey Ford (Golden Gryphon Press) Bridge • From The Asylum (February 2006). Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline Review) Bruce Boston • I Build Engines • Lone Star Stories 13 Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz) (February 2006). The Ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories, Susanna Clarke Bruce Boston • In the Sweltering Ruins of the Old City • In (Bloomsbury) Shades Fantastic, Gromagon Press, 2006. Lida Broadhurst • To a Lover Dying Old • Mythic Delirium 15 Best Editor (Summer/Fall 2006). Kenneth B. Chiacchia • Casualty • In On Our Way to Battle: Baen Poetry From the Trenches, ed. Samantha Henderson. Carnifax Ellen Datlow Press, 2006. Gardner Dozois Jennifer Crow • When We Sent Our Poems into Space • David G. Hartwell Star*Line 29.1 (January/February 2006). Gordon Van Gelder Malcolm Deeley • Two Cathedrals • Dragons, Knights & An- gels 39 (December 2006). Best Artist James S. Dorr • The Edge Of The World • 40 Program Book (May 2006). Bob Eggleton Kendall Evans • Deepspace Meditation • Star*Line 29.6 (November/December 2006). John Picacio Robert Frazier • When Will Time Unfold • The Magazine of 7.4 (Spring 2006). Joe Haldeman • god is dead short live god • Mythic 1 (April 2006). Best Non-Fiction Samantha Henderson • First Festival • Goblin Fruit (Summer 2006). About Writing, Samuel R. Delany (Wesleyan University Press) K.J. Kirby • In All Probability • Strange Horizons (5/29/06). Blood & Thunder: The & Art of Robert E. Howard, Mark Deborah P. Kolodji • As the Moon Loses Its Smile • Tales of Finn (MonkeyBrain Books) the Talisman 2.3 (December 2006). The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror, John Clute David C. Kopaska-Merkel & Deborah P. Kolodji • The Spider (Payseur & Schmidt) Wakes • Star*Line 29.6 (November/December 2006). James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie John Edward Lawson • Demands of the Voluptuous Virginal Phillips (St. Martin's) Sacrifice • In The Troublesome Amputee, Raw Dog Screaming (Continued on page 4) Page four May 2007

Press, 2006. MASTER NOMINEE LIST Ursula K. Le Guin • The Mute • In Incredible Good Fortune, 2007 Eisner Awards Shambhala Publications, 2006. Sandra Lindow • Dwarves • The Magazine of Speculative Po- Best Short Story etry 7.4 (Spring 2006).  "The Black Knight Glorps Again," by , in Uncle Sandra Lindow • Touched by the Gods • The Magazine of Scrooge #354 (Gemstone) Speculative Poetry 7.4 (Spring 2006).  "Felix," by Gabrielle Bell, in Drawn & Quarterly Mayhall • [time stumbles sideways] • Scifaikuest 12 4 (Drawn & Quarterly) (May 2006).  "A Frog’s Eye View," by and , Hosho McCreesh • Very Soon... • Blue Collar Review 10.1 in : 1001 Nights of Snowfall (Vertigo/DC) (Autumn 2006). Jaime Lee Moyer • Sir Once Forgotten • Star*Line 29.4 (July/  "Old Oak Trees," by Tony Cliff, in Flight 3 (Ballantine) August 2006).  "Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man," by Stan Lee, Oliver Coipel, Jaime Lee Moyer • Twilight • In On Our Way to Battle: Poetry and Mark Morales, in Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man (Marvel) From the Trenches, ed. Samantha Henderson. Carnifax Press, "Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper," by , in Bart 2006. Simpsons’s Treehouse of Horror #12 (Bongo) Rich Ristow • The Graven Idol's Godheart • The Shantytown Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Anomaly 2 (March 2006).  /The Spirit #1: "Crime Convention," by William Sanders • The Last Madman • Helix 2 (October 2006). and (DC) Charles Saplak & Mike Allen • Template for a •  A Late Freeze, by Danica Novgorodoff (Danica Nov- 340 (June 2006). gorodoff) Lawrence Schimel • Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black  The Preposterous Adventures of Ironhide Tom, by Joel Hole • Helix 3 (Winter 2007) [published December 2006]. Priddy (AdHouse) Mirta Ana Schultz • Into the Heart • The Sword Review 16  Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, by Joshua Cotter (AdHouse) (July 2006). They Found the Car, by Gipi () Ann Schwader • Spiral Scream • Strange Horizons (9/25/06). Best Continuing Series Julia Sevin • It will appear on your water and sewerage bill • All Star , by and Quitely Abyss & Apex 17 (First Quarter 2006).  Marge Simon • Saint Jefferson Then and Now • Illumen 2.2 (DC) (Spring 2006).  , by and Sonya Taaffe • Ogygia • Not One of Us 36 (November 2006). (Marvel) Marcie Lynn Tentchoff • Spider Silk • Raven Electrick  Daredevil, by Ed Brubaker, , and Stefano (September 2006). Gaudiano (Marvel) Jessica D. Thompson • a Wing and a Prayer • PanGaia 43  Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz) (January-March 2006).  The Walking Dead, by and Charles Adlard JoSelle Vanderhooft • Pluto Contemplates His Next Career • (Image) Helix 3 (Winter 2007) [published December 2006] Young , by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and various Jo Walton • A Candlemass Poem • Lone Star Stories 13 (Marvel) (February 2006). Best Ian Watson • Cobwebs in Heaven • Mythic Delirium 14  Batman: Year 100, by Paul Pope (DC) (Winter/Spring 2006).  The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M, by Frank Beddor, Liz Neal Wilgus • Disneyesque • Dreams & Nightmares 75 Cavalier, and Ben Templesmith (Desperado/Image) (September 2006). Stephen M. Wilson • Frost Bitten • Dark Wisdom 10  The Other Side, by Aaron and (November 2006). (Vertigo/DC) Stephen M. Wilson & Roger E. Naylor • Atom's Apple • Scifai-  Scarlet Traces: The Great Game, by Ian Edginton and D’Is- kuest 13 (August 2006). raeli (Dark Horse) Elizabeth Jodi Woodward • Time Zones • 4th Dimension 11 Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident, by Tony Millionaire (Dark (September 2006). Horse) · Best New Series  , by Ed Brubaker and (Marvel Icon)  East Coast Rising, by Becky Cloonan ()  Gumby, by and (Wildcard)  , by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Tony Akins, and Andrew Pepoy (Vertigo/DC) The Lone Ranger, by Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello (Dynamite)

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Best Publication for a Younger Audience Best Graphic Album—Reprint  Chickenhare, by Chris Grine (Dark Horse)  Absolute DC: The New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)  Drawing Comics Is Easy (Except When It’s Hard), by Alexa  , by (Fantagraphics) Kitchen ( Publishing)  Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies(Abrams)  Gumby, by Bob Burden and Rick Geary (Wildcard)  Shadowland, by (Fantagraphics)  Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly) Truth Serum, by Jon Adams (City Cyclops) To Dance: A Ballerina’s , by Sienna Cherson and Mark Siegel (Simon & Schuster) Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips Best Humor Publication  The Complete Peanuts, 1959–1960, 1961–1962, by Charles  , by Bob Burden (Desperado/Image) Schulz (Fantagraphics)  Onionhead Monster Attacks, by Paul Friedrich (Hellcar)  Mary Perkins On Stage, by (Classic Comics  Schizo #4, by Ivan Brunetti (Fantagraphics) Press)  Tales Designed to Thrizzle, by Michael Kupperman  Moomin, by Tove Jansson (Drawn & Quarterly) (Fantagraphics)  Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics) Truth Serum, by Jon Adams (City Cyclops) Walt & Skeezix, vol. 2, by Frank King (Drawn & Quarterly) Best Anthology  Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, by Bill Willingham and Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books various (Vertigo/DC)  Abandon the Old In , by (Drawn &  Hotwire Comix and Capers #1, edited by Glenn Head Quarterly) (Fantagraphics)  Absolute Sandman, vol. 1, by Neil Gaiman and various  Japan as Viewed by 17 Creators, edited by Frédéric Boilet (Vertigo/DC) (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)  Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900–1969,  Kramers Ergot 6, edited by Sammy Harkham (Buenaventura by Dan Nadel (Abrams) Press)  The Eternals, by (Marvel) Project: Romantic, edited by Chris Pitzer (AdHouse) Ode to Kirihito, by (Vertical) Best Bee, in "Motel Art Improvement Service," by Jason Little, bee- comix.com Best U.S. Edition of International Material Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio, www.girlgeniusonline.com  A.L.I.E.E.E.N., by (First Second) Minus, by Ryan Armand, www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus1.html  De:TALES, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)  Hwy 115, by Matthias Lehmann (Fantagraphics) Phables, by Brad Guigar, www.phables.com  The Left Bank Gang, by Jason (Fantagraphics) Pizzeria Kamikaze, by Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka Sam and Max, by Steve Purcell, telltalegames.com/community/ (Alternative) comics/samandmax/issue-3 Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Japan Shooting War, by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman,  After School Nightmare, by Setona Mizushiro (Go! Comi) www.shootingwar.com  , by (Digital Manga)  Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, by Naoki Urasawa (Viz) Best Reality-Based Work  Old Boy, by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi (Dark  Fun Home, by (Houghton Mifflin) Horse Manga)  I Love Led Zeppelin, by (Fantagraphics) Walking Man, by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)  Mom’s Cancer, by Brian Fies (Abrams)  Project X Challengers: Cup Noodle, by Tadashi Katoh · Best Writer (Digital Manga)  Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Daredevil (Marvel); Crimi- Stagger Lee, by Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix nal (Marvel Icon) (Image)  Bob Burden, Gumby (Wildcard)  Ian Edginton, Scarlet Traces: The Great Game (Dark Horse) Best Graphic Album—New  Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, Batman, 52, Seven Sol-  American Born Chinese, by (First Second) diers (DC)  Billy Hazelnuts, by Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics) Bill Willingham, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of  Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin) Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)  Ninja, by Brian Chippendale (Gingko Press)  Scrublands, by Joe Daly (Fantagraphics) The Ticking, by Renée French (Top Shelf) (Continued on page 6) Page four May 2007

Best Writer/Artist Horse); , Batman/The Spirit, Superman (DC)  Allison Bechdel, Fun Home (Houghton Mifflin) , #17 (ACME Novelty)  Renée French, The Ticking (Top Shelf)  , Love and Rockets, New Tales of Old Best Lettering (Fantagraphics); Sloth (Vertigo/DC)  Ivan Brunetti, Schizo(Fantagraphics)  Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100 (DC)  , Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of , Klezmer, Vampire Loves (First Second) Snowfall, Pride of Baghdad, (Vertigo/DC); Fantastic Four: 1602, Eternals (Marvel); Lost Girls (Top Shelf) Best Writer/Artist—Humor  Clem Robins, BPRD, The Dark Horse Book of Monsters,  Ivan Brunetti, Schizo(Fantagraphics) Hellboy (Dark Horse); Loveless, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC)  Lilli Carré, Tales of Woodsman Pete (Top Shelf)  Richard Sala, The Grave Robber’s Daughter, Delphine  Michael Kupperman, Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics) (Fantagraphics) Chris Ware, Acme Novelty Library #17 (ACME Novelty)  Tony Millionaire, Billy Hazelnuts (Fantagraphics); Sock Monkey: The Inches Incident (Dark Horse) Lewis Trondheim, A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second); Mr. I (NBM) Special Recognition  Ross Campbell, Abandoned (Tokyopop); Wet Moon 2 (Oni) Best / or Penciller/Inker Team  , Dramacon(Tokyopop)  Mark Buckingham/, Fables (Vertigo/DC)  Hope Larson, Gray Horses (Oni)  Tony Harris/Tom Feister, Ex Machina(WildStorm/DC)  Dash Shaw, The Mother’s Mouth (Alternative) Kasimir Strzepek, Mourning Star (Bodega)  Niko Henrichon, Pride of Baghdad (Vertigo/DC)  Michael Lark/Stefano Gaudiano, Daredevil (Marvel) Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism  Sonny Liew, Wonderland (SLG) Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows) Steven McNiven/Dexter Vines, (Marvel)   Comic Art 8, edited by Todd Hignite () Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)  The Comics Journal, edited by , Dirk Deppey, Michael Dean, and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)  Nicolas De Crecy, Glacial Period (NBM) The Comics Reporter, produced by Tom Spurgeon and Jordan  Melinda Gebbie, Lost Girls (Top Shelf) Raphael (www.Comicsreporter.com)  Ben Templesmith, Fell (Image); The Looking Glass Wars: ¡Journalista!, produced by Dirk Deppey (Fantagraphics, Hatter M (Desperado/Image); Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse www.tcj.com/journalista/) (IDW)  , "A Dog and His Boy" in The Dark Horse Best Comics-Related Book Book of Monsters; "Love Triangle" in Sexy Chix (Dark  The Art of , edited by Joe Pruett (Desperado/ Horse);"Fair Division," in Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Image) (Vertigo/DC) Cartoon America: Comic Art in the , Brett Weldele, Southland Tales: Prequel Saga (Graphitti); Silent  edited by Harry Katz (Abrams) Ghost (Markosia)  Dear John: The Doodle Book, by John Hitchcock (Octopus Press) Best Cover Artist  In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary , by  John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); The Escapists Todd Hignite (Yale University Press) (Dark Horse); The Lone Ranger (Dynamite) Wally’s World, by Steve Sarger and J. David Spurlock (Vanguard)  Tony Harris, Conan (Dark Horse); Ex Machina (WildStorm/ DC) Best Publication Design  James Jean, Fables, Jack of Fables, Fables: 1001 Nights of Absolute DC: The New Frontier, designed by Darwyn Snowfall (Vertigo/DC)  Cooke (DC)  Dave Johnson, 100 Bullets (Vertigo/DC); Zombie Tales, Castle Waiting graphic novel, designed by Adam Grano Cthulu Tales, Black Plague (Boom!)  (Fantagraphics) J. G. Jones, 52 (DC)  Lost Girls, designed by Matt Kindt and Brett Warnock (Top Shelf) Best Coloring  Popeye: I Yam What I Yam, designed by Jacob Covey  Kristian Donaldson, Supermarket (IDW) (Fantagraphics)  Hubert, The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics) The Ticking, designed by Jordan Crane (Top Shelf)  Lark Pien, American Born Chinese (First Second)  Dave Stewart, BPRD, Conan, The Escapists, Hellboy (Dark (Continued on page 7) Page four May 2007

Hall of Fame James Tiptree Jr. Award Winners

Judges’ Choices: Robert Kanigher and Ogden Whitney This is given to works of Science Fiction or Fantasy which ex- plores or expands gender issues. Voters will choose four from among:  Ross Andru & Mike Esposito Half Life by Shelly Jackson  The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente  Bernard Baily

 Matt Baker Special recognition by the jury: James Tiptree Jr.:The Double  Wayne Boring Life of Alice B. Sheldon by  Creig Flessel  Harold Gray The awards will be presented at WisCon 31 and featured at Nip-  pon 2007.  Graham Ingels Philip K. Dick Award   Lily Renée (Peters) Phillips Given to a distinguished Science Fiction novel first published as  Bob Powell a paperback in the US.  Gilbert Shelton Cliff Sterrett Control by Chris Moriarty Carnival by Elizabeth Bear (special citation)

Sidewise Award British SF Awards (BSFA) The Sidewise Award for Alternate History nominations have been announced. Given each year since 1995, this award recog- Best Novel: End of the World Blues Jon Courteany Grimwood nizes excellence in alternate history writing. This year’s awards Best Short Fiction: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian MacDonald are expected to be presented at Tuckercon, the NASFiC in St. Best Art Work: “Angelbot”, cover of Time Pieces, by Faghorn Louis.

Pulitzers Long Form:

Robert Conroy, 1862, Presidio Press The Road by Cormac McCarthy worn the Pulitzer for Fiction Paul Park, The Tourmaline, received a special citation from the Pulitzer com- Charles Stross, The Family Trade, The Hidden Family, and The mittee for his career “as an unmatched author in science fiction Clan Corporate, Tor Books and fantasy.” Harry Turtledove, The Disunited States of America, Tor Books

Jo Walton, Farthing, Tor Books

Short Form: Stephen Baxter, "The Pacific Mystery," The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction, edited by Mike Ashley, Carroll & Graf Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, "O, Pioneer," Paradox 8 Gardner Dozois, "Counterfactual," F&SF, June 2006 Chris Floyd, "History Lesson," Moscow Times, February 22, 2006 Martin Gidron, "Palestina," Interzone June 2006 Brian Stableford, "The Plurality of Worlds," Asimov's August 2006 Andrew Tisbert, "The Meteor of the War," Paradox 9 OASFiS P.O. Box 592905 ORLANDO, FL 32859-2905

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