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2009 Hugo Winners Announced

What better way to cap off another great Worldcon than with the Hugo Awards. For those that don’t already know, the Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction [...]

Hugo Semiprozine Saved

One of the more contentious issues surrounding this year’s Worlcon in Montreal was the vote on whether or not to continue with the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. The final decision came down at the annual World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) Business Meeting in a vote of 73 to 32 in favor that the Hugo [...]

Aurora Award Banquet Tickets on Sale Now!

The Aurora Awards is building on its success in Winnipeg last year, and promises to be a badge of pride for Canada on the Worldcon stage. The Awards presentation banquet will have Canada’s best and brightest authors presenting the Awards, and also some surprise guests from outside the literary community, who are appearing nowhere else [...]

5 Ways SF/F Publishers Can Increase Sales, Save Money, and Promote Publicity I

In these troubled times publishers can use every advantage to make them one step ahead of their competition. However, with a stressful ever-increasing workload sometimes it’s easy to become jaded into what your readers think about your imprint when you work from the inside of the publishing industry. Fortunately, I’m in the unique position of [...]

Anticipation Progress Report 4 Released

This week the latest progress report for Anticipation (the 67th Worldcon Science Fiction Convention) was released. This makes it the final report of the convention up until the first week of August, so if you’re planning to attend the event it would be a good idea to view its contents at www.anticipationsf.ca or downloading it [...]

Stargate Universe Trailer Unveiled

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Last week’s series finale of Battlestar Galactica entitled “Daybreak” brought with it several previews of television shows currently in production for the SciFi Channel including a trailer for the upcoming Stargate Universe and seven scenes of the Battlestar Galactica prequel, [...]

Hugo Awards Shortlist Announced

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Since the Prix Aurora Awards were announced yesterday it only makes sense that the Hugo Awards shortlist be announced the following day since both are going to be presented at this year’s 67th Worldcon in month. The Hugos are among the most coveted awards [...]

RIP: Philip Jose Farmer

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Well-known science fiction author, Philip Jose Farmer passed away yesterday at the age of 91. An American author, he was made famous by his science fiction and fantasy novels as well as his short stories. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, but spent [...]

Review of ‘Spin’ by Robert Charles Wilson

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I had first met Robert Charles Wilson in my freshman year at York University, and this wasn’t the first Robert Charles Wilson book I’d read (the other two being ‘Bios‘ and [...]

My Nominations for the Hugo Ballot

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With my invitation to the Worldcon this year better known as ‘Anticipation 2009′ in Montreal comes the invitation to select this year’s ballot for the Hugo, Aurora, and the John W. Campbell Award. I don’t know that much about the science fiction community [...]