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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. -
Rambo: Last Blood Production Notes
RAMBO: LAST BLOOD PRODUCTION NOTES RAMBO: LAST BLOOD LIONSGATE Official Site: Rambo.movie Publicity Materials: https://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/rambo-last-blood Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rambo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RamboMovie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rambomovie/ Hashtag: #Rambo Genre: Action Rating: R for strong graphic violence, grisly images, drug use and language U.S. Release Date: September 20, 2019 Running Time: 89 minutes Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim aka Yenah Han, Joaquin Cosio, and Oscar Jaenada Directed by: Adrian Grunberg Screenplay by: Matthew Cirulnick & Sylvester Stallone Story by: Dan Gordon and Sylvester Stallone Based on: The Character created by David Morrell Produced by: Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, Yariv Lerner, Les Weldon SYNOPSIS: Almost four decades after he drew first blood, Sylvester Stallone is back as one of the greatest action heroes of all time, John Rambo. Now, Rambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission. A deadly journey of vengeance, RAMBO: LAST BLOOD marks the last chapter of the legendary series. Lionsgate presents, in association with Balboa Productions, Dadi Film (HK) Ltd. and Millennium Media, a Millennium Media, Balboa Productions and Templeton Media production, in association with Campbell Grobman Films. FRANCHISE SYNOPSIS: Since its debut nearly four decades ago, the Rambo series starring Sylvester Stallone has become one of the most iconic action-movie franchises of all time. An ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam, the legendary fighting machine known as Rambo has freed POWs, rescued his commanding officer from the Soviets, and liberated missionaries in Myanmar. -
Literary High-Flier by K.J
David Morrell: Literary High-Flier BY K.J. HOWE “Nobodyisbornawarrior, inexactlythesamewaythat nobodyisbornanaverage man.Wemakeourselves intooneortheother.” —Carlos Castaneda Ifthereisoneauthorwhohastransformed himselfintoaliterarywarrior,it’sDavid Morrell.DavidpublishedFirst Bloodin1972, andhehasnowwrittenover30books.With 18millioncopiesinprint,thisITWThriller © Jennifer Esperanza Masterhasbeentranslatedinto26languages. Perhaps the best word to describe David is untiring. them. He is a pioneer who made the thriller accept- Relentless in his pursuit of excellence, he has been able at a higher level.” a high-flier in the publishing world for four decades. TheMasterCraftsman As Jon Land (Strong Justice) says, “David is a true warrior who sets trends rather than follows them. “The more you sweat in training, the less you will He doesn’t please anyone other than himself. He bleed in battle.” Navy SEALs Motto creates standards and then exceeds them.” One I’ve had the pleasure of hearing David, a former lit- only has to look at the variety and volume of David’s erature professor, speak numerous times, and one books to see that he has always been ahead of the of the many gems he shared was his strategic ap- curve. proach to writing novels. When he invests a year David’s novels are timeless—you can pick up any of of his life in a book, he wants to learn and grow as his books and be guaranteed a great read, regard- a result. Perhaps this is why David has straddled less of when the novel was written. Jon explains genres and has written mostly stand-alone novels that “David’s books don’t limit themselves to a spe- in a time when publishing encourages authors to cific time and culture. -
Bcsfazine #412 © September 2007, Volume 35, #9, Is the Monthly Club Newsletter Published by the British Columbia Science Fiction Association, a Social Organization
The newsletter of the B.C. Science Fiction Association #412 $3.00 September 2007 Contents Condominiums with Aluminum Siding...........................................1 We Will LoC You............................................................................2 Advertisements................................................................................ 4 Calendar........................................................................................... 6 Around the World ........................................................................... 7 Masthead/Colophon/and other Wallpaper BCSFAzine #412 © September 2007, Volume 35, #9, is the monthly club newsletter published by the British Columbia Science Fiction Association, a social organization. ISSN: 1490-6406. Please send comments, subscriptions, suggestions, and/or submissions to Garth Spencer (the Editor), at [email protected] or Box 15335, VMPO, Vancouver, BC, CANADA V6B 5B1. BCSFAzine solicits electronic submissions, and black and white line illustrations in JPG or GIF format, and offers contributor's copies. BCSFAzine is printed most excellently by the good people at Copies Plus, at 1950 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, tel. 604-731-7868. BCSFAzine is distributed monthly at WHITE DWARF BOOKS, 3715 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6R 2G5, tel. 604-228-8223; email [email protected]. Single copies C$3.00/US$2.00 each. (Subscription/membership rates are given towards the end of this zine. This Month in BCSFA Friday, Sept. 14: BCSFAzine deadline – see Garth at FRED (from 8 pm on at Boston Pizza, Broadway near Granville) if you want to submit to issue #412 Thursday, Sept. 20: September book discussion at "Our Town" café, 245 East Broadway, Vancouver, starting at 7 pm. Book to be discussed will be a surprise! Saturday, Sept. 22: BCSFA party/meeting at 7 pm at Kathleen Moore-Freeman's, 7064 No. 1 Road, Richmond, BC V7C 1T6. See Mapquest or call Kathleen at 604-277-0845 for directions. -
Download a Copy of the 10Th Anniversary Book for the New
NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA BOOK AWARDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK NEW MEXICO BOOK CO-OP 925 SALAMANCA NW • LOS RANCHOS, NM 87107 Front Cover: Covers of books that have won the Best of Show Award, New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, 2010-2016 The New Mexico & Arizona Book Awards The First 10 Years In the past ten years, the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards has given out 1,968 awards, recognizing 1,210 titles/authors. Quite an accomplisment for an entirely volunteer collaborative organization. In ad- dition, the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards has donated almost 10,000 books to libraries and literacy programs. Introduction It was one of those things that had to be done industry in New Mexico to the forefront and to because everyone around us had a book awards acknowledge the largest book publisher in New programs. We do celebrate books in New Mexico. Mexico. Pat Hodapp won for her support of the The Enchanted Book Awards by the New Mexico Santa Fe Libraries, other libraries in New Mexi- Library Association honors books from anywhere. co, and New Mexico books. She also is a staunch The New Mexico Press Women’s Association has advocate of reading. The awards have been called: books (a few categories) in their Communications Friends of New Mexican Books, Friends of New Contest. But there was no book awards in all cat- Mexican Authors, and the New Mexican Literary egories for New Mexico Books. The New Mexico Award. Radio shows, websites, and book reviewers Book Association Design Awards came about years have also been honored. -
Renovation a Con Report by Evelyn C
Renovation A con report by Evelyn C. Leeper Copyright 2013 by Evelyn C. Leeper Table of Contents: l Getting There l Hotels l Registration l The Green Room l The Dealers Room l Exhibits l Art Show l Publications l Programming l A Trip to the Creation Museum l Designing Believable Physics l Done to Death: Program Topics That Have Out-Stayed Their Welcome l Before the Boom: Classic SF, Fantasy & Horror Movies Before 2001 & Star Trek l Short Films l The 1960s, 50 Years On l And the Debate Rages On: The Fanzine and Semi-Prozine Hugo Categories l Short but Containing the World: A Look at Novellas l Collaborative Fan Editing l Understanding Casino Gambling l The Autumn of the Modern Ages l Earth Abides: After We're Gone l Sidewise Awards l The Hidden Monkey Wrench in Cloning l The Solar System and SF: Setting SF on the Planets We Know l The Rode of the Science Adviser l The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Q&A Session with the Editor l The Future of Cities l Masquerade l SF Physics Myths l Historical Figures in Action! l From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne l SF: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow l Still Fresh: Why Philip K. Dick is Still Relevant l The Future in Physics: How Close Are We to Time Travel or Breaking the Light Barrier? l Hugo Awards Ceremony l Radio Free Albemuth l Miscellaneous Getting There Renovation was held Wednesday, August 17, through Sunday, August 21, 2011, in Reno, Nevada. -
Catalogue 143 ~ Holiday 2008 Contents
Between the Covers - Rare Books, Inc. 112 Nicholson Rd (856) 456-8008 will be billed to meet their requirements. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and Gloucester City NJ 08030 Fax (856) 456-7675 PayPal. www.betweenthecovers.com [email protected] Domestic orders please include $5.00 postage for the first item, $2.00 for each item thereafter. Images are not to scale. All books are returnable within ten days if returned in Overseas orders will be sent airmail at cost (unless other arrange- the same condition as sent. Books may be reserved by telephone, fax, or email. ments are requested). All items insured. NJ residents please add 7% sales tax. All items subject to prior sale. Payment should accompany order if you are Members ABAA, ILAB. unknown to us. Customers known to us will be invoiced with payment due in 30 days. Payment schedule may be adjusted for larger purchases. Institutions Cover verse and design by Tom Bloom © 2008 Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc. Catalogue 143 ~ Holiday 2008 Contents: ................................................................Page Literature (General Fiction & Non-Fiction) ...........................1 Baseball ................................................................................72 African-Americana ...............................................................55 Photography & Illustration ..................................................75 Children’s Books ..................................................................59 Music ...................................................................................80 -
The Mutual Influence of Science Fiction and Innovation
Nesta Working Paper No. 13/07 Better Made Up: The Mutual Influence of Science fiction and Innovation Caroline Bassett Ed Steinmueller George Voss Better Made Up: The Mutual Influence of Science fiction and Innovation Caroline Bassett Ed Steinmueller George Voss Reader in Digital Media, Professor of Information and Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts, Research Centre for Material Technology, SPRU, University University of Brighton, Visiting Digital Culture, School of of Communication Sussex Fellow at SPRU, University of Media, Film and Music, Sussex University of Sussex Nesta Working Paper 13/07 March 2013 www.nesta.org.uk/wp13-07 Abstract This report examines the relationship between SF and innovation, defined as one of mutual engagement and even co-constitution. It develops a framework for tracing the relationships between real world science and technology and innovation and science fiction/speculative fiction involving processes of transformation, central to which are questions of influence, persuasion, and desire. This is contrasted with the more commonplace assumption of direct linear transmission, SF providing the inventive seed for innovation– instances of which are the exception rather than the rule. The model of influence is developed through an investigation of the nature and evolution of genre, the various effects/appeals of different forms of expression, and the ways in which SF may be appropriated by its various audiences. This is undertaken (i) via an inter- disciplinary survey of work on SF, and a consideration the historical construction of genre and its on-going importance, (ii) through the development of a prototype database exploring transformational paths, and via more elaborated loops extracted from the database, and (iii) via experiments with the development of a web crawl tool, to understand at a different scale, using tools of digital humanities, how fictional ideas travel. -
Selected Scifi 201102.Xlsx
Selected Used SciFi Books- Subject to availability - Call/email store to receive purchasing link ([email protected] 540206-2505) StorePri AuthorsLast Title EAN Publisher ce Cross-Currents: Storm Season, The Face of Chaos, Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn B000GPXLOQ Nelson Doubleday,. $8.00 and Wings of Omen Adams, Douglas Life, The Universe and Everything 9780517548745 Harmony Books $8.00 Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless 9781127539635 BALLANTINE BOOKS $15.00 Adams, Douglas So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 9780795326516 HARMONY BOOKS $6.00 Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 9780517545355 Harmony $8.00 Adams, Richard MAIA 9780394528571 Knopf $8.00 Alan, Foster Dean Midworld B001975ZFI Ballentine $8.00 Aldiss, Brian W. Helliconia Summer (Helliconia Trilogy, Book Two) 9781111805173 Atheneum / $8.00 Aldiss, Brian W. Non-Stop B0057JRIV8 Carroll & Graf $10.00 Aldiss, Brian Wilson Helliconia Winter (Helliconia, 3) 9780689115417 Atheneum $7.00 Allen, Roger E. Isaac Asimov's Inferno 9780441000234 Ace Trade $6.00 Allen, Roger Macbride Isaac Asimov's Utopia 9781857982800 Orion Publishing Co $8.00 Allston, Aaron Enemy lines (Star wars, The new Jedi order) 9780739427774 Science Fiction $15.00 Anderson, Kevin J and Rebecca The Rise of the Shadow Academy 9781568652115 Guild America $15.00 Moesta Anderson, Kevin J,Herbert, Brian Hunters of Dune 9780765312921 Tor Books $10.00 Anderson, Kevin J. A Forest of Stars: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 2 9780446528719 Aspect $8.00 Anderson, Kevin J. Darksaber (Star Wars) 9780553099744 Spectra $10.00 Anderson, Kevin J. Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns - Book 1 9780446528627 Aspect $8.00 Anderson, Kevin J. -
Bcsfazine #414
#414 $3.00 November 2007 Contents Editorial.......................................................1 Locs.............................................................1 Ads ..............................................................2 Selected Conventions ..................................3 My Idea of News.........................................5 Masthead/Colophon/and other Wallpaper BCSFAzine #413 © October 2007, Volume 35, #10, is the monthly club newsletter published by the British Columbia Science Fiction Association, a social organization. ISSN: 1490-6406. Please send comments, subscriptions, suggestions, and/or submissions to Garth Spencer at P.O. Box 15335, VMPO, Vancouver, BC CANADA V6B 5B1. Or submissions in both electronic text and B & W line drawing in JPG form to: < garthspencer @ shaw.ca > and, if a non-member, receive a complimentary copy in return. BCSFAzine is distributed monthly at WHITE DWARF BOOKS, 3715 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6R 2G5, tel. 604-228-8223; email [email protected]. Single copies C$3.00/US$2.00 each. (Subscription/membership rates are given towards the end of this zine. This Month in BCSFA November 10 @ 7 pm BCSFA meeting/party at Kathleen Moore- Freeman’s place at 7064 No. 1 Road, Richmond, BC. Phone 604-277-0845 for directions. November 16 BCSFAzine deadline. See Garth at FRED. November 17 @ 8 pm Royal Swiss Navy Disorganizational Meeting at Garth’s place at 82 East 40th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. Phone (604) 325-7314 for directions. November 22 @ 7pm Book discussion at "Our Town" Coffee House 245 East Broadway, Vancouver This time the book is Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. November 30 BCSFAzine production. See Garth at FRED. Art Credits Sheryl Birkhead .......................................................... masthead Richard Bartrop: “Nersallan” (Okal Rel universe) ........... cover Joe Devoy (Royal Swiss Navy mascot).............................. -
Magicon Newsletter
Hhe (DupCicator's Apprentice Late Saturday, September 5, 1992 - Your awards listing Issue #5-A Produced twice daily by Fred Duarte, Editor, riding roughshod over an eclectic concatenation of Gossip Mongers and Rumor Millers for the enlightenment of MagiCon attendees. This zinc is copyright 1992 by MagiCon. All rights reserved. 1992 Hugo Award Winners Best Novel Best Professional Editor Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar. Analog'. July - October 1991 (Bacn) Gardner Dozois Best Novella Best Professional Artist Nancy Kress, "Beggars in Spain," Axolod Press, Analog: April 1991 Michael Whelan Best Novelette Best Semiprozine Isaac Asimov, "Gold," Analog: September 1991 Locus, Charles N. Brown (P.O. Box 13305 Oakland, CA 94661) Best Short Story Best Fanzine Geoffrey A. Landis, "A Walk in the Sun," Isaac Asimov's Science Mimosa, Dick & Nicki Lynch (P.O. Box 1350, Germantown, MD Fiction Magazine: October 1991 20875) Best Non-Fiction Book Best Fan Writer Charles Addams, The World of Charles Addams (Knopf) Dave Langford Best Original Artwork Best Fan Artist Michael Whelan, cover of The Summer Queen (Warner Questar) Brad W. Foster Best Dramatic Presentation John W. Campbell Award Terminator 2 (Carolco) Ted Chiang g=£> gj- cr> gs> ga> g 4- £=:> 1991 Chesley Award Winners Presented by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists - Best Cover Illustration: Hardback Book Best Monochrome/Unpublished Michael Whelan for The Summer Queen (by Joan D. Vingc) Michael Whelan for Study for All the W’cvrf of Pern Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book Best -
An Exploration on Nancy Kress' Beggars in Spain
JAC : A Journal Of Composition Theory ISSN : 0731-6755 P osthuman Social Consciousness: An Exploration on Nancy Kress‘ Beggars in Spain Chithra J L Department of English, Bishop Jesudasan CSI Arts and Science College, Mulayara, Thiruvananthapuram Email- [email protected] Mobile:8078700977 Abstract- Man is a social animal. Like all other organisms around, he cannot exist as an island without giving and taking help from others. In Karl Marx‘s opinion, the relationships formed within the social fabric is based on certain productive and economic relations among individuals with in a society. On par with the scientific and technological advancements, humanity underwent a lot of unforeseen changes. The whole world has been shrined to a digital village and given rise to revolutionary changes in the field of communication. To a great extant, it helped in nourishing social relations. The current paper explores the social consciousness among posthumans through a typical science fiction, Nancy Kress‘ Beggars in Spain which foretells the negative impact of genetic modification. The techno- savvy populace being extended their human traits beyond the normal, has ultimately become posthumans – implying the added advantages when compared to the previous generations. A typical science fiction, which depicts the struggle between the advantageous posthuman community of genetically modified sleepless and the normal sleepers underscores the inevitable social consciousness among both populations. The social bonding among the social groups strengthens especially at the face of a calamity. This is evident in the communities of both Sleepers and the Sleepless in Nancy Kress‘ Beggars in Spain. Volume XIII Issue II FEBRUARY 2020 Page No: 512 JAC : A Journal Of Composition Theory ISSN : 0731-6755 Keywords Posthumanism, social consciousness, genetic modification, science fiction etc.