Newsletter/Kawaraban Hugo Nominees list – Saturday Afternoon 65th Annual World Science Fiction Convention & 46th Annual Japan Science Fiction Convention 21 “Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth” Best Short Story (cont’d) Top 15 Hugo Nominees by Category (Michael F. Flynn; Asimov's October/November 2006) 10 “Tin Marsh” (Michael Swanwick; Asimov’s, August 19 “Counterfactual” (Gardner Dozois; Fantasy & Science 2006) 9 “In the Abyss of Time” (Stephen Baxter; Asimov's, Best Novel Fiction, June 2006) 19 “The Cartesian Theater” (Robert Charles Wilson; August 2006) 58 Rainbows End (Vernor Vinge; Tor) Futureshocks, Roc) 9 “The American Dead” (Jay Lake; Interzone, April 48 Glasshouse (Charles Stross; Ace) 17 “Journey into the Kingdom” (M. Rickert; Fantasy & 2006) 46 Blindsight (Peter Watts; Tor) Science Fiction, May 2006) 9 “Under Hell, Over Heaven” (Margo Lanagan; Red 39 His Majesty’s Dragon (Naomi Novik; Del Rey) 13 “Damascus” (Daryl Gregory; Fantasy & Science Spikes, Allen & Unwin) 35 Eifelheim (Michael Flynn; Tor) Fiction, December 2006 9 “The Electrisarian” (Sean McMullen; Polder, Old 29 Sun of Suns (Karl Schroeder; Tor) 11 “Salt Wine” (Peter Beagle; Fantasy Magazine #3) Earth Books) 29 Farthing (Jo Walton; Tor) 11 “I, Row-Boat” (Cory Doctorow; Flurb, Fall 2006) 8 “Mahmoud's Wives” (Janis Ian; Helix, July 2006) 26 The Jennifer Morgue (Charles Stross; Golden 11 “When SysAdmins Ruled the Earth” (Cory Doctorow; 7 “The Measure of Eternity” (Sean McMullen; Inter- Gryphon Books) Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006) zone, July/August 2006) 25 The Lies of Lock Lamora (Scott Lynch; Spectra) 10 “El Regalo” (Peter S. Beagle; The Line Between, 6 “The Saffron Gatherers” (Elizabeth Hand; Saffron & 23 Crystal Rain (Tobias Buckell; Tor) Tachyon 2006) Brimstone, M Press) 23 Wintersmith (Terry Pratchett; HarperTeen) 10 “Pop Squad” (Paolo Bacigalupi; Fantasy & Science 6 “Age of Ice” (Liz Williams; Asimov's, April/May 2006) 23 The Ghost Brigades (John Scalzi; Tor) Fiction, October/November 2006) 5 “The Beekeeper” (Jamie Barras; Interzone, October 21 Three Days to Never (Tim Powers; HarperCollins) 10 “Ghost Wars” (Stephen Baxter; Asimov's, January 2006) 20 The Privilege of the Sword (Ellen Kushner; Spec- 2006) 5 “Revelation” (Albert Cowdrey; Fantasy & Science tra) 10 “In the House of the Seven Librarians” (Ellen Klages; Fiction, October/November 2006) 15 Trial of Flowers (Jay Lake; Nightshade Books) Firebirds Rising, Firebird) 5 “World of No Return” (Carol Emshwiller; Asimov's, 15 Odyssey (Jack McDevitt; Ace) 9 “Dead Men Walking” (Paul J. McAuley; Asimov's, January 2006) 15 The Last Witchfinder March 2006) 5 “Medic!” (William Ledbetter; Jim Baen's Universe, (James Morrow; William Morrow) 8 “Farmers in the Sky” (Rob Chilson; Analog, May August 2006) 15 The Androids Dream (John Scalzi; Tor) 2006) 5 “Of Metal Men and the Scarlet Thread and Dancing 14 End of the World Blues 8 “The Kewlest Thing of All” (David Ira Cleary; Asi- with the Sunrise (Ken Scholes; Realms of Fantasy, (Jon Courtenay Grimwood; Gollancz) mov's, March 2006) August 2006) 14 Variable Star 8 “Kansas, She Says, is the Name of the Star” 5 “Pimpf” (Charles Stross; Jim Baen's Universe, June (Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson; Tor) (R. Garcia Y. Robertson; Fantasy & Science Fiction, 2006) 14 The Road (Cormac McCarthy; Knopf) July 2006) Best Related Book 14 Soldier of Sidon (Gene Wolfe; Tor 8 “Under the Graying Sea” (Jonathan Sherwood; Asi- 13 A Small and Remarkable Life mov's, Feb 2006) 93 James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. (Nick DiChario; Fitzhenry and Whiteside) 8 “Penultima Thule” (Chris Willrich; Fantasy & Science Sheldon (Julie Phillips; St. Martin’s) 4 Dauntless (Jack Campbell; Ace) Fiction, Aug 2006) 56 Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches 4 Polaris (Jack McDevitt; Ace) 7 “A Flight of Numbers Fantastique Strange” (Beth (Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari, eds.; ISFiC) 4 Fugitives of Chaos (John C. Wright; Tor) Bernobich; Asimov's, June 2006) 32 Heinlein’s Children: The Juveniles 4 Red Lightning (John Varley; Ace) 7 “Lady be Good” (John G. Hemry; Analog, April 2006) (Joseph T. Major; Advent: Publishing) 7 “A Siege of Cranes” (Benjamin Rosenbaum; Twenty 24 Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio (John Best Novella Epics: All Start Stories, LuLu.com) Picacio; MonkeyBrain Books) 34 “Inclination” 7 “Home Movies” (Mary Rosenblum; Asimov's, 21 About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, (William Shunn; Asimov's April/May 2006) April/May 2006) and Five Interviews 30 Julian: A Christmas Story 7 “Incarnation Day” (Walter Jon Williams; Escape (Samuel R. Delany; Wesleyan University Press) (Robert Charles Wilson, PS Publishing) From Earth: New Adventures in Space, Science Fic- 18 The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of 28 “The Walls of the Universe” tion Book Club) Horror (John Clute; Payseur & Schmidt) (Paul Melko; Asimov's April/May 2006) 6 “The Singularity Needs Women” (Paul Di Filippo; 17 Spectrum 13 27 “Lord Weary’s Empire” Forbidden Planets, DAW) (Arnie & Cathy Fenner; Underwood Books) (Michael Swanwick; Asimov's December 2006) 6 “The Night Whiskey” (Jeffrey Ford; Salon Fan- 15 Daughters of Earth, Feminist Science Fiction in 26 “A Billion Eves” tastique, Thunder's Mouth Press) the Twentieth Century (Robert Reed; Asimov's October/November 2006) 6 “The Cathedral of Universal Biodiversity” (Gary W. (Justine Larbalastier, ed.; Wesleyan University Press) Shockley; Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2006) 20 Missile Gap (Charles Stross; Subterranean Press) 9 Future Prime: The Top 10 Science Fiction Films 5 “From Wayfield, From Malagasy” (Robert J. Howe; 18 “The Little White Nerves Went First” (John Barnes; (John Flynn Ph.D. & Bob Blackwood, Ph.D. Galactic Analog, Oct 2006) Analog, March 2006) Books) 5 “The Teosinte War” (Paul Melko; Futureshocks, 16 “The Revivalist” (Albert E. Cowdrey; Fantasy & Sci- 7 The Acme Catalog Roc) ence Fiction, March 2006) (Charles Carney & Scott Grass; Chronicle Books) 5 A Soul in a Bottle (Tim Powers; Subterraen Press) 15 “The Plurality of Worlds” (Brian Stableford; Asimov's, 6 Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction (Don 5 “Signal to Noise” (Alastair Reynolds; Zima Blue and August 2006 D'Amassa; Facts on File) Other Stories, Night Shade Books) 14 “Planet of Mystery” (Terry Bisson; Fantasy & Science 6 Making Comics 5 “Postsingular” (Rudy Rucker; Asimov's, September Fiction, January/February 2006) (Scott McCloud; Harper Paperbacks) 2006) 14 “Botch Town” (Jeffrey Ford; The Empire of Ice 5 The History of Science Fiction 5 “Except the Music” (Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Asi- Cream, Golden Gryphon Press (Adam Roberts; Palgrave) mov's, April/May 2006) 12 “Where the Golden Apples Grow” (Kage Baker; 5 Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall Escape From Earth: New Adventures in Space, Best Short Story (Bill Willingham; Vertigo) Science Fiction Book Club) 4 The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford 43 “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” (Neil Gaiman; Frag- 11 The Voyage of the Night Shining White (Chris English Dictionary (Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall & ile Things, William Morrow) Roberson; PS Publishing) Edmund Weiner; Oxford University Press) 28 “Impossible Dreams” (Tim Pratt; Asimov's, July 10 “Riding the Crocodile” (Greg Egan; One Million 4 Kiddography: The Life and Art of Tom Kidd (Tom 2006) A.D., Science Fiction Book Club) - Published 2005 Kidd; Paper Tiger) 26 “Eight Episodes” (Robert Reed; Asimov's, June 2006) 9 “JQ211F and Holding” (Nancy Kress; Forbidden 4 Doctor Who: A Critical Reading of the Series

Planets, Science Fiction Book Club) (Kim Newman; BFI Publishing) 17 “The House Beyond Your Sky” (Benjamin Rosen- 7 “The Good Kill” (Barry B. Longyear; Analog, November 4 FenCon III Program Book baum; Strange Horizons, September 2006) 2006) (Tim Miller and Ed Draveckie, eds.; FenCon: The Dallas 16 “Kin” (Bruce McAllister; Asimov's, February 2006) 7 Nightingale (Alastair Reynolds; Galactic North) Future Society) 7 “Map of Dreams” (M. Rickert; Map of Dreams, 14 “Nano Comes to Clifford Falls” (Nancy Kress; Asi- 4 Wally’s World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Golden Gryphon Press) mov's, July 2006) Death of Wally Wood, The World’s Second-Best 13 “Chu and the Nants” (Rudy Rucker; Asimov's, June Comic Book Artist (Steve Starger & J. David Spurlock, Best Novelette 2006) eds.; Vanguard) 34 “The Djinn’s Wife” 12 “Lighthouse” (Michae Shara and Jack McDevitt; 3 Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's (Ian McDonald; Asimov's July 2006) Analog, April 2006) World Newton Universe (Win Scott Eckert; Monkey- 26 “Yellow Card Man” 12 “Life on the Preservation” (Jack Skillingstead; Asi- Brain Books) - Published 2005 (Paolo Bacigalupi; Asimov's December 2006) mov's, June 2006) 3 Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles 25 “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) (Geoff Ry- 11 “Another Word for Map is Faith” (Christopher Rowe; and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry's man; Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2006) Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2006) Star Trek (David Gerrold and Robert J. Sawyer, eds.; 24 “All the Things You Are” (Mike Resnick; Jim Baen's 11 “The Small Astral Object Genius” (James Van Pelt; Benbella Books) Universe October 2006) Asimov's, October/November 2006)

Best Related Book (cont’d) 12 The Tragical Historie of Guido- 6 Lisa Snellings-Clark 6 Prolapse 3 Greetings From Lake Wu (Jay lon, the Giant Space Chicken 6 Shaun Tan 6 Vanamonde Lake & Frank Wu; Wheatland Press) – 11 Life on Mars: Episode One 6 Stephen Youll 4 E.I. Published 2003 11 Battlestar Galactica: “Exodus” 4 Steam Engine Time 3 Polder Parts 1 & 2¹ Fan Writer 4 Strange Horizons (Farah Mendleshon editor; Old Earth 11 Doctor Who: “Impossible 4 Trapdoor Books) Planet” / “Satan Pit”¹ 39 Chris Garcia 4 Vegas Fandom Weekly 3 Origins: The Art of John Jude 10 Doctor Who: “Age of Steel” / 33 Dave Langford 3 BestSF net Palencar (John Jude Palencar; Under- “Rise of the Cybermen”¹ 23 John Scalzi 3 Flytrap wood Books) 9 Battlestar Galactica: “Resurrec- 22 John Hertz 3 Fosfax 3 Stargate SG-1: The Ultimate tion Ship” Parts 1 & 2¹ 21 Steven H Silver 3 Lofgeornost Visual Guide (Kathleen Ritter; DK 8 Doctor Who: “Love & Monsters” 19 Claire Brialey 3 The MT Void Publishing) 7 Stargate SG-1: “Memento Mori” 19 Frank Wu 3 Paradox 2 Frontiers Past and Future: Sci- 6 Stargate SG-1: “Camelot” 16 Guy H. Lillian III 3 WSFA Journal ence Fiction and the American West 6 Torchwood: “Captain Jack Hark- 11 William Lexner (Carl Abbott; University Press of Kan- ness”– original airing 1/7/2007 11 Joseph T Major Fan Artist sas) 6 Doctor Who: “Doomsday” 11 Matthew Cheney 2 Fairies (Yoshitaka Amano; DH 6 Eureka: “Once in a Lifetime” 11 Teresa Nielsen Hayden 59 Frank Wu Press) ¹ Qualifies as both Long and 10 Cheryl Morgan 30 Sue Mason 2 Voyages of Imagination: The Short Forms. Voters placed it in the 10 Jay Lake 27 Steve Stiles Star Trek Fiction Companion Short Form category 10 Ted White 25 Teddy Harvia (Jeff Ayers; Star Trek; Pocket Books) 9 Lloyd Penney 23 Brad W. Foster 2 James Bama: American Realist Best Editor - Long Form 7 James Nicoll 13 Dan Steffan (James Bama, Flesk) 7 Mike Glyer 9 Taral Wayne 2 The Long and Short of It 88 David Hartwell 6 John Flynn 7 Alan White (Robert Borski, iUniverse) 80 Patrick Nielsen Hayden 6 Rick Kleffel 6 Sheryl Birkhead 2 Star Wars on Trial (David Brin 43 Lou Anders 5 Arnie Katz 6 Marc Schirmeister and Matthew Woodring Stover, eds.; 30 James Patrick Baen 5 Bob Devney 5 Alexis Gilliland Benbella Books) 28 Ginjer Buchanan 5 Ernest Lilley 5 Alison Scott 2 75 Years of Universal Monsters 25 Jim Frenkel 5 Jay Tomio 4 Harry Bell (John L. Flynn; Galactic Books) 23 Teresa Nielsen Hayden 5 Kevin Roche 4 Kurt Erichsen 2 Blood and Thunder 21 Marty Halpern 5 Michael A. Burstein 4 Theresa Mather (Mark Finn, editor; MonkeyBrain Books) 20 Anne Groell 5 Randy Byers 4 Bill Rotsler 2 Walt Disney: Triumph of the 15 Betsy Mitchell 4 Andy Hooper 4 Stu Shiffman American Imagination (Neal Gabler, 15 Juliet Ulman 4 Elizabeth Bear 4 Ray Van Tilburg Knopf) 12 Beth Meacham 4 Evelyn C. Leeper 3 Randy Cleary 2 The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A 11 Jennifer Brehl 4 Mark Plummer 3 Deb Kosiba Critical Anthology (Paul Kincaid, ed.; 11 Simon Spanton 4 Mark R. Leeper 2 Alan F. Beck Serendip Foundation) 9 Ellen Asher 4 Patrick Nielsen Hayden 2 Sara Butcher 2 RGK: The Art of Roy G. Krenkel 9 Sharyn November 4 Sam Tomaino 2 Chrissy Ellsworth (Roy G. Krenkel; Vanguard Produc- 7 Toni Weisskopf 3 Bruce Gillespie 2 Ken Fletcher tions) 7 James Minz 3 James Bacon 2 Steve Jeffries 2 Mechademia 1: Emerging 6 Gardiner Dozois 3 Nick Mamatas 2 Rachael Mayo Worlds of Anime and Manga 6 Jason Williams 3 Tobias Buckell 2 Erin McKee (Frenchy Lunning, editor; University 6 Jo Fletcher 2 Jean Pierre Normand of Minnesota Press) Semi Prozine 2 Spring Schoenhuth 2 Quantumscapes: The Art of Editor Short Form 2 Craig Smith Stephan Martiniere (Stephan Marti- 76 Locus Magazine 2 Howard Taylor niere, Design Studio Press) 92 Gordon Van Gelder 62 The New York Review of Sci- 2 Michael Whelan 2 Chronicles of the Wandering 76 Shelia Williams ence Fiction 2 Charlie Williams Star (Kelly McCullough; CIPS) 61 Stanley Schmidt 50 Interzone ** 34 individuals received 1 2 The Arrival (Shaun Tan; Lothian 33 Gardner Dozous 48 Ansible vote each Books) 26 David Hartwell 22 Lady Churchill's Rosebud 25 Ellen Datlow Wristlet Campbell Award Best Dramatic - Long Form 23 Peter Crowther 10 Internet Review of Science 20 Shawna McCarthy Fiction 81 Naomi Novik 102 The Prestige 18 Eric Flint 10 Shimmer (1st year) 100 Pans Labyrinth 18 Mike Resnick 10 Strange Horizons 39 Sarah Monette 96 Children of Men 17 Jay Lake 8 Emerald City (2nd year) 73 V for Vendetta 12 Andy Cox 7 Subterranean Magazine 34 Scott Lynch 40 A Scanner Darkly 11 Esther Friesner 6 Talebones (1st Year) 31 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead 9 Deborah Layne 4 Andromeda Spaceways In- 26 Brandon Sanderson Man's Chest 9 Susan Marie Groppi flight Magazine (2nd Year) 27 Superman Returns 8 Gavin Grant 4 Jim Baen's Universe 24 Lawrence M. Schoen 22 Hogfather 8 Jonathan Strahan 4 Nth Degree (2nd Year) 15 X-Men: The Last Stand 7 Lou Anders 4 Postscripts 22 Justine Larbalestier 13 Stranger Than Fiction 3 Apex Digest 20 David Louis Edelman 11 The Illusionist Pro Artist 3 Intergalactic Medicine Show 17 Beth Bernobich 11 The Lost Room 2 Clarkesworld Magazine 17 Cherie Priest 8 Night at the Museum 71 Donato Giancola 2 Fantasy Magazine 11 Ken Scholes 7 Cars 67 Stephen Martiniere 2 Futurismic 10 Cat Rambo 7 Heroes (season 1) - airing 62 John Picacio 2 The Leading Edge 10 Eugie Foster completed 5/21/2007 50 Bob Eggleton 2 Neo-Opsis 8 Jonathan Sherwood 7 Nanny McPhee 28 John Jude Palancar 2 On Spec 8 Maria V. Snyder 7 The Ant Bully 27 John Harris 2 Tales of the Unanticipated 7 Alma Alexander 6 Déja Vu 20 Jon Foster ** 17 Magazines received 1 vote 6 Kameron Hurley 6 Night Watch 18 Jim Burns each 6 Meghan McCarron 5 Finding the Future: A Science 18 Phil Foglio 6 Joel Shepherd Fiction Conversation – Released 2004 5 Hal Duncan 13 Charles Vess Fanzine 12 Tom Kidd 5 Elaine Isaak Dramatic Short Form 10 Michael Whelan 28 Challenger 5 Alethea Kontis 9 Max Bertolini 27 The Drink Tank 5 Vylar Kaftan 64 Doctor Who: “Girl in the Fire- 8 Yoshitaka Amano 26 Plotka 5 Heather Lindsley place” 8 David Mattingly 24 Banana Wings 5 Samantha Ling 25 Battlestar Galactica: “Down- 8 Dominic Harman 23 Science Fiction Five Yearly 5 S.E. Ward loaded” 8 J.K. Potter 15 File 770 4 Barth Anderson 24 Doctor Who: “School Reunion” 7 Alan Lee 13 Chunga 4 Lou Antonelli 23 Doctor Who: “Army of Ghosts’ / 7 Don Maitz 13 Electric Velocipede 4 Daniel Braum “Doomsday”¹ 7 Gary Lippincott 12 Bento 4 Marie Brennan 22 Stargate SG1: “Episode 200” 7 Greg Bridges 12 Pixel 4 Chris Dolley 21 Heroes: “Genesis” (episode 1) 7 Hicaru Tanaka 10 Alexiad 4 N.J. Jemisen 17 Battlestar Galactica: “Exodus” 7 John Howe 9 Argentus 4 Alaya Dawn Johnson Part 2 7 Kinuko Y. Craft 8 Pacheco Progress 4 William D. McIntosh 16 Battlestar Galactica: “Lay Down 7 Omar Rayyan 8 SF Signal 4 Vandana Singh Your Burdens” Parts 1 & 2¹ 7 Scott Fisher 8 SFRevu 4 Karina Sumner-Smith 12 Heroes: “Homecoming” (Ep. 9) 6 Dave McKean 7 I Hope I Didn't Just Give 12 Torchwood: “Out of Time” 6 Jean-Pierre Normand Away The Ending Issue N of Changing Tides/SF Kawaraban brought to you by: Martha Holloway, Paul Fischer, Marilyn Mix, Christina Ellis, Flick, Vincent Docherty, Elsa Chen, Nanase Tominaga and Sachiyo Matsushita (Publishing Editor). Illustrations by Sue Mason, Michael Whelan, Steve Stiles, and Paul Fischer (with a little help from Photoshop).