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Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Hugo Award Hugo Award, any of several annual awards presented by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). The awards are granted for notable achievement in science �ction or science fantasy. Established in 1953, the Hugo Awards were named in honour of Hugo Gernsback, founder of Amazing Stories, the �rst magazine exclusively for science �ction. Hugo Award. This particular award was given at MidAmeriCon II, in Kansas City, Missouri, on August … Michi Trota Pin, in the form of the rocket on the Hugo Award, that is given to the finalists. Michi Trota Hugo Awards https://www.britannica.com/print/article/1055018 1/10 10/10/2017 Hugo Award -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia year category* title author 1946 novel The Mule Isaac Asimov (awarded in 1996) novella "Animal Farm" George Orwell novelette "First Contact" Murray Leinster short story "Uncommon Sense" Hal Clement 1951 novel Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein (awarded in 2001) novella "The Man Who Sold the Moon" Robert A. Heinlein novelette "The Little Black Bag" C.M. Kornbluth short story "To Serve Man" Damon Knight 1953 novel The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1954 novel Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury (awarded in 2004) novella "A Case of Conscience" James Blish novelette "Earthman, Come Home" James Blish short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" Arthur C. Clarke 1955 novel They’d Rather Be Right Mark Clifton and Frank Riley novelette "The Darfsteller" Walter M. Miller, Jr. short story "Allamagoosa" Eric Frank Russell 1956 novel Double Star Robert A. Heinlein novelette "Exploration Team" Murray Leinster short story "The Star" Arthur C. -
1: for Me, It Was Personal Names with Too Many of the Letter "Q"
1: For me, it was personal names with too many of the letter "q", "z", or "x". With apostrophes. Big indicator of "call a rabbit a smeerp"; and generally, a given name turns up on page 1... 2: Large scale conspiracies over large time scales that remain secret and don't fall apart. (This is not *explicitly* limited to SF, but appears more often in branded-cyberpunk than one would hope for a subgenre borne out of Bruce Sterling being politically realistic in a zine.) Pretty much *any* form of large-scale space travel. Low earth orbit, not so much; but, human beings in tin cans going to other planets within the solar system is an expensive multi-year endevour that is unlikely to be done on a more regular basis than people went back and forth between Europe and the americas prior to steam ships. Forget about interstellar travel. Any variation on the old chestnut of "robots/ais can't be emotional/creative". On the one hand, this is realistic because human beings have a tendency for othering other races with beliefs and assumptions that don't hold up to any kind of scrutiny (see, for instance, the relatively common belief in pre-1850 US that black people literally couldn't feel pain). On the other hand, we're nowhere near AGI right now and it's already obvious to everyone with even limited experience that AI can be creative (nothing is more creative than a PRNG) and emotional (since emotions are the least complex and most mechanical part of human experience and thus are easy to simulate). -
Nabokov, Vladimir That in Aleppo Once the Best American Short
Author Title_of_Story_or_Poem Title_of_Book Call_Number Story_or_Poem Nabokov, Vladimar The Vane Sisters American Fantastic PS 648 .F3 A44 2009 Story Tales: Terror and the v2 Uncanny from the 1940s to Now Nabokov, Vladimir Lance A College Treasury PE 1122 .J66 Story Nabokov, That in Aleppo Once The Best American PS 648 .S5 B42 Story Vladimir Short Stories of The 1999 Century Nabokov, That in Aleppo Once The Best American PS 648 .S5 B42 Story Vladimir Short Stories of The 1999 Century Nagai Taso Brief Encounter Contemporary PL 782 .E1 C6 2005 Story Japanese Literature Nai -an, Shih All Men Are Brothers Masterpieces of World PN 44 .M3 1952 Story Literature in Digest Form Naipaul, V. S. The Night Watchman’s The Oxford Book of PR 9205.8 .O94 Story Occurrence Book Caribbean Short 1999 Stories Naipaul, V. S. The Night Watchman’s The Oxford Book of PR 9205.8 .O94 Story Occurrence Book Caribbean Short 1999 Stories Nakasa, Nat Mr. Nakasa Goes to Harlem To Kill A Man’s Prid e PR 9348 .T6 1984 Story Naranjo, Carmen Floral Caper Contemporary Short PQ 7087 .E5 C66 Story Stories from Central 1994 America Nasby, Petroleum The Great Presidential A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story V. Excursion American Humor Nash, Ogden “My Child Is Phlegmatic…” – A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story Anxious Parent American Humor Nash, Ogden Bankers Are Just Like Anybody A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story Else, Except Richer American Humor Nash, Ogden Cat Naps Are Too Good for A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story Cats American Humor Nash, Ogden First Families, Move Over! A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story American Humor Nash, Ogden Let’s Stay Home and Make A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story Friends American Humor Nash, Ogden Requiem A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story American Humor Nash, Ogden The Song of Songs A Sub Treasury of PN 6161 .W5223 Story American Humor Nash, Ogden The Strange Case of Mr. -
The Biggest Science Fiction
PROGRESS REPORT No. 2 PICK-CONGRESS HOTEL ChicaGO August 31 — September 3 20th WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION POST OFFICE BOX 4864 CHICAGO 80, ILLINOIS Like Officialdom THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EARL KEMP JAMES O’MEARA ROSEMARY HICKEY GEORGE W. PRICE Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary Treasurer Chairmen for the Committee on: N3F...................................................... MARTHA BECK Morals................................................... A. J. BUDRYS Masquerade, Banquet & Registration............................... ANN DINKELM AN Special Gimmicks............................... LEWIS J. GRANT Fan Art Show..................................... NANCY KEMP Business Session............................... MARTIN MOORE Special Services.................................. GEORGE PETTERSON Retail................................................... VIC RYAN Editor................................................... JON STOPA Press & News Media........................ EDWARD WOOD Advisors to the Committee: DIRCE ARCHER F.M. & ELINOR BUSBY ROBERT E. BRINEY SIDNEY COLEMAN HOWARD DEVORE RICHARD HICKEY LYNN HICKMAN BOB PAVLAT LOU ANN PRICE LARRY & NOREEN SHAW ON LEAVE FROM THE COMMITTEE: Jerry DeMuth § Mark Irwin § Joe Sarno Advertising Rates: SPACE FAN RATE PRO RATE AD COPY SIZE Width Height Full page $8.00 $12.00 6-1/2” x 10” Half page 5.00 8.00 6-1/2” x 5” 1/3 page 4.00 6.00 6-1/2” x 3-1/4” 1/6 page 2.00 — 3-1/4” x 3-1/4” 1/16 page 1.00 — 3-1/4” x 1-1/4” NOTE: There is a $2.00 extra charge for copy not provided in the specified sizes. Rates are for one insertion only. (Specify whether your ad is for one of the Progress Reports or for the Program Booklet.) COPY DEADLINES: Progress Report # 3. .April 15, 1962 Progress Report # 4. .June 5, 1962 PROGRAM BOOK............. August 5, 1962 Final Report...................... -
Nanotech Ideas in Science-Fiction-Literature
Nanotech Ideas in Science-Fiction-Literature Nanotech Ideas in Science-Fiction-Literature Text: Thomas Le Blanc Research: Svenja Partheil and Verena Knorpp Translation: Klaudia Seibel Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar Special thanks to the authors Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf and Friedhelm Schneidewind for the kind permission to publish and translate their two short stories Imprint Nanotech Ideas in Science-Fiction-Literature German original: Vol. 24 of the Hessen-Nanotech series by the Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development, State of Hessen Compiled and written by Thomas Le Blanc Svenja Partheil, Verena Knorpp (research) Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar Turmstrasse 20 35578 Wetzlar, Germany Edited by Sebastian Hummel, Ulrike Niedner-Kalthoff (Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development, State of Hessen) Dr. David Eckensberger, Nicole Holderbaum (Hessen Trade & Invest GmbH, Hessen-Nanotech) Editor For NANORA, the Nano Regions Alliance: Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development, State of Hessen Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 75 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 611 815 2471 Fax: +49 (0) 611 815 49 2471 www.wirtschaft.hessen.de The editor is not responsible for the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of this information nor for observing the individual rights of third parties. The views and opinions rendered herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editor. © Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development, State of Hessen Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring 75 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany wirtschaft.hessen.de All rights reserved. No part of this brochure may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. -
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
Edition der SF – The Science Fiction Writers of America / SFWA Recherche: Lutz Schridde für www.sfgh.de <Recherche mit http://www.chpr.at , http://en.wikipedia.org , http://contento.best.vwh.net , http://www.locusmag.com , http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula.html und eigener Bibliothek> The Science Fiction Hall of Fame chosen by the members of The Science Fiction Writers of America Robert Silverberg (Ed.) - Science Fiction Hall of Fame 1 (USA 1970, 2003) Ben Bova (Ed.) - Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Bd. 2A (USA 1973, 2005) Ben Bova (Ed.) - Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Bd. 2B (USA 1973) Zusammenfassung: (Formuliert für Volltext-Suchmaschinen) Dieses Memo zur den ersten Anthologien Science Fiction Hall of Fame 1, 2A und 2B zeigt die Präsenz der bewerteten Geschichten in deutschen Ausgaben an. Nur die Geschichte des Initiators des 1965 gegründeten Schriftstellerverbandes Science Fiction Writers of America SFWA wurde nicht in deutscher Übersetzung gefunden. Die Geschichten kennzeichnen das Qualitätsverständnis der SFWA. Dieses Verständnis von professioneller Qualität wird durch Platzierung der Geschichten in weiteren Anthologien bestätigt. Es setzte sich innerhalb des SFWA bis heute durch die Vergabe des Nebula Award fort. Der erste Herausgeber Robert Silverberg vertieft alsbald grundsätzliche Kritik am Genre, sonst bisher besonders vertreten durch Samuel Delany und Barry N. Malzberg, weitere folgen. Es zeigt sich nebenbei ein loses Subgenre von Science Fiction der Science Fiction, teils mit Selbstanwendungen gewohnter Metaphern, das die Nerven des Genres bloßlegt. Auch eine interne Genre-Satire zeigt sich, z. B. 1949 mit What mad universe von Frederic Brown und 1969-1973 mit den Autoren-Parodien des Amerikaners und Wahl-Engländers John T. -
Midamerica ·Xxii
MIDAMERICA ·XXII The Yearbook of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature Edited by DAVID D. ANDERSON The Midwestern Press The Center for the Stndy of Midwestern Literature and Culture Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 1995 In honor of Douglas Wixson Copyright 1995 by the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America No part of this work may be reproduced in any form without pennission of the publisher. PREFACE With the observance of the Society's Twenty-fifth Annual Conference, the symposium "The Cultural Heritage of the Midwest" and the concurrent Midwest Poetry Festival in May 1995, this anniversary year concludes with the publication of MidAmerica XXII, containing the symposium's prize essay, Guy Szuberla's "George Ade at the 'Alfalfa European Hotel'" and the Festival's prize poem, Mary Ann Samyn's "Midnight in the Kitchen;' as well as a varied and distinguished array of. essays and the Annual Bibliography of Midwestern Literature for 1993, ably edited by Robert Beasecker. Suitably, this MidAmerica is dedicated to Douglas Wixson, recipient of the MidAmerica Award for 1995 and author of Worker-Writer in America: Jack Conroy and the Tradition of Midwestern Literary Radicalism, 1898-1990. A work that exem plifies the excellent studies that Society members have con tributed and continue to contribute to our understanding of the literature of our time and place, Wixson's study, a career-long pursuit, re-discovers and re-defines the work of a significant writer and a genre too long overlooked. October, 1996 DAVID D. -
Terraforming
TERRAFORMING Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 55 Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies Editor David Seed, University of Liverpool Editorial Board Mark Bould, University of the West of England Veronica Hollinger, Trent University Rob Latham, University of California Roger Luckhurst, Birkbeck College, University of London Patrick Parrinder, University of Reading Andy Sawyer, University of Liverpool Recent titles in the series 30. Mike Ashley Transformations: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazine from 1950–1970 31. Joanna Russ The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews 32. Robert Philmus Visions and Revisions: (Re)constructing Science Fiction 33. Gene Wolfe (edited and introduced by Peter Wright) Shadows of the New Sun: Wolfe on Writing/Writers on Wolfe 34. Mike Ashley Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazine from 1970–1980 35. Patricia Kerslake Science Fiction and Empire 36. Keith Williams H. G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies 37. Wendy Gay Pearson, Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon (eds.) Queer Universes: Sexualities and Science Fiction 38. John Wyndham (eds. David Ketterer and Andy Sawyer) Plan for Chaos 39. Sherryl Vint Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and the Question of the Animal 40. Paul Williams Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War: Representations of Nuclear Weapons and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds 41. Sara Wasson and Emily Alder, Gothic Science Fiction 1980–2010 42. David Seed (ed.), Future Wars: The Anticipations and the Fears 43. Andrew M. Butler, Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s 44. Andrew Milner, Locating Science Fiction 45. Joshua Raulerson, Singularities 46. Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel (edited, translated and with an introduction by Peter Swirski) 47. -
Science Fiction Book Club Interview with Christopher Cokinos (March 2020) Christopher Cokinos Is a Nonfiction Writer, Poet and C
Science Fiction Book Club Interview with Christopher Cokinos (March 2020) Christopher Cokinos is a nonfiction writer, poet and critic who teaches, among other things, the history of science fiction for the University of Arizona, where he is an associate professor of English. He's published critical work on Ray Bradbury, Clifford Simak and science-fiction film. Jim McClanahan: Both Clifford Simak and John Scalzi had newspaper careers (Scalzi in my own local rag, The Fresno Bee). Do you see any literary style similarities between the two as a result of their career arcs even though there is a pretty significant time difference? Chris: I don’t know Scalzi’s work, I am chagrined to say. I know the name. I am often overwhelmed (in a good way) by how much there is to read. I tend to read older authors. I returned to reading science fiction in my 40s after reading, oh, the usual suspects in childhood. I tutored myself with Brian Aldiss’s history, Trillion-Year Spree, and the SFWA Hall of Fame anthologies. So I got pretty interested in how science fiction became more lyrical in the 1950s and more experimental in the 1960s. That span remains my favorite era. So there are a lot of contemporary writers I’ve just not had time to read, though I’ll give a shout-out to Kim Stanley Robinson, who is my favorite living author. Richard Whyte: Do you think Simak’s writing changed after he retired from his ‘day job’ at the Minneapolis Star and Tribune? Chris: You know, that is an interesting question. -
A Textual Analysis of the Gunslinger by Stephen King
AND JUST AS FAR AS EVER FROM THE END: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE GUNSLINGER BY STEPHEN KING Sharmin T.M. Kent Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the Department of English, Indiana University November 2009 Accepted by the Faculty of Indiana University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. ______________________________________ Jonathan R. Eller, Ph.D., Chair ______________________________________ William F. Touponce, Ph.D. Master’s Thesis Committee ______________________________________ Robert Rebein, Ph.D. ii DEDICATION For Stephen King, who showed me the path; For my parents, who encouraged me to take it; And for my husband, who traveled the path with me. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My hometown public library is the coolest place on Earth, and my dad and I spent many afternoons together in its magical children’s section when I was little. Eventually, however, I started to notice the “grown-up” novels my mother brought home from the library, and began reading them on the sly. I soon learned there was no need to hide: my parents almost never kept me from reading anything I got my hands on. They encouraged me to read and ask questions, and to look for my own answers when theirs weren’t good enough for me. William and Geneva McGown nurtured my desire to learn, and for that, I owe them an infinite amount of gratitude and love. The success of this project is owed first and foremost to Dr. Jonathan Eller, who served as my thesis director, my personal science fiction historian, and my cheerleader. -
Notable SF&F Books
Notable SF&F Books Version 2.0.13 Publication information listed is generally the first trade publication, excluding earlier limited releases. Series information is usually via ISFDB. Aaronovitch, Ben Broken Homes Gollancz, 2013 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #4. Aaronovitch, Ben Foxglove Summer Gollancz, 2014 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #5. Aaronovitch, Ben The Hanging Tree Gollancz, 2016 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #6. Aaronovitch, Ben Moon Over Soho Del Rey, 2011 PB $7.99 \Rivers of London" #2. Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London Gollancz, 2011 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #1. Aaronovitch, Ben Whispers Under Ground Gollancz, 2012 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #3. Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Heinemann, 1987 HC $9.95 \Dirk Gently" #1. Adams, Douglas The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Pan Books, 1979 PB $0.80 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #1. Adams, Douglas Life, the Universe, and Everything Pan Books, 1982 PB $1.50 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #3. Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless Heinemann, 1992 HC $12.99 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #5. Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Heinemann, 1988 HC $10.95 \Dirk Gently" #2. Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Pan Books, 1980 PB $0.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #2. Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Pan Books, 1984 HC $6.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #4. Adams, Richard Watership Down Rex Collins, 1972 HC $3.95 Carnegie Medal. -
Science Fiction Review 44
SCIENCE FICTION FALL -QT71T TTT1TTT NUMBER 44 1982 XvHj V liL VV $2.00 HOW THINGS WORK BY NORMAN SPINRAD INTERVIEW: ANNE McCAFFREY FANTASY AND THE BELIEVING READER BY O.S. CARD SCIENCE FICTION REVIEW (ISSN: 0036-8377) Formerly THE ALIEN CRITIC P.O. BOX 11408 AUG, 1982 — VOL. 11, no.3 PORTLAND, OR 97211 WHOLE NUMBER 44 RICHARD E. GEIS—editor & publisher PHONE: (503) 282-0381 PAULETTE MINARE', ASSOCIATE EDITOR PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FEB.y MAY, AUG.7 NOV. SINGLE COPY — $2.00 ALIEN THOUGHTS BY THE EDITOR.A OTHER VOICES.52 BOOK RECIEWS BY WILLIAM GIBSON HOW THINGS WORK PHILIP M. COHEN BY NORMAN SPINRAD.8 DAVID PITT COVER BY STEPHEN FABIAN W. RITCHIE BENEDICT DEAN R. LAMBE TEN YEARS AGO IN SCIENCE FICTION JAfCS ANDERSON BY ROBERT SABELLA.17 STEVE ENG LEIGH KENNEDY PAUL C. MCGUIRE AND THEN I SAW... ALMA JO WILLIAMS MOVIE REVIEWS BY THE EDITOR.18 ANDREW M. ANDREWS SUE BECKMAN PATRICIA SHAW interview: ANNE McCAFFREY JOHN DIPRETE CONDUCTED BY CHRIS MORGAN.20 KENDRA USAK ROBERT SABELLA ALLEN VARNEY LETTERS.25 and a special review by GENE WOLFE TERRY CARR JOHN BRUWER IAN COVELL ROBERT BLOCH ALIEN CONCLUSIONS BOB SABELLA BY THE EDITOR.63 DARRELL SCHWEITZER BOB BARGER DEBBIE CROSS & PAUL WRIGLEY GEORGE WARREN MATT HARGREAVES INTERIOR ART— CYN MASON RONALD R. LAMiERT TIM KIRK—274718751 AVEDON CAROL Copyright (c) 1982 by Richard E. ONCE OVER LIGHTLY BRUCE CONKLIN—7738739742 BOOK REVIEWS BY GENE DEWEESE....34 Geis. One-time rights only have MIKE GILBERT—7, „ been acquired from signed or cred¬ GEORGE 0 NALE—97 57 _ m ited contributors, and all other THE VIVISECTOR ALLEN KQSZOWSKI—ID71271^39752 rights are hereby assigned to the BRAD W.