Nyhetstjänsten SFJ tar inte sommarledigt. Här några notiser, bl a från Locus
och Europa SF:
* Karin Tidbeck-roman kommer på engelska:
Dystopian SF novel, the first novel by the author whose collection “Jagannath:
Stories” won the Crawford Award, about an information assistant who discovers
strange situations in the remote colony of Amatka.
Penguin Random House’s site has this description with an excerpt:
“Vanja, an information assistant, is sent from her home city of Essre to the
austere, wintry colony of Amatka with an assignment to collect intelligence for
the government. Immediately she feels that something strange is going on:
people act oddly in Amatka, and citizens are monitored for signs of subversion.
Intending to stay just a short while, Vanja falls in love with her housemate,
Nina, and prolongs her visit. But when she stumbles on evidence of a growing
threat to the colony, and a cover-up by its administration, she embarks on an
investigation that puts her at tremendous risk.
In Karin Tidbeck’s world, everyone is suspect, no one is safe, and nothing—not
even language, nor the very fabric of reality—can be taken for granted. Amatka
is a beguiling and wholly original novel about freedom, love, and artistic
creation by a captivating new voice.”
* Artikel om denmördade sf-fanen och bokhandelsägsren Dwain Kaiser. Dockinget
nytt om omständigheterna krin mordet som skedde 3 juli av en inneboende tonrin
(SFJ:s teori: pojkvaskern var påtänd). Hans bokhandel Magic Door used Books
kommer att hållas öppen av änkan JoAnn för att sälja av böckerna, tills de är
avsålda.
http://www.dailybulletin.com/arts-and-entertainment/20170711/pomona-bookstores-reopening-binds-community-after-owners-death
* The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) has announced the
winners of the annual Rhysling Awards for SF, fantasy, and horror poetry in
short and long form categories. This year’s winners are:
SHORT POEM:
First Place
“George Tecumseh Sherman’s Ghosts”, Marge Simon (Silver Blade Fall 2016)
Second Place
“Build a Rocketship Contest: Alternative Class A Instructions and
Suggestions”, Wendy Rathbone (Asimov’s 1/16)
Third Place (tie)
“The Box of Dust and Monsters”, Beth Cato (Devilfish Review 8/16)
“Godzilla vs. King Kong”, James S. Dorr (Dreams and Nightmares 103)
“Richard Feynman’s Commute”, Jon Wesick (The Were-Traveler 12/16)
LONG POEM:
First Place
“Rose Child”, Theodora Goss (Uncanny 11-12/16)
Second Place
“The Rime of the Eldritch Mariner”, Adam Bolivar (Spectral Realms Summer ’16)
Third Place
“Not Like This”, Mary Soon Lee (Apex 8/16)
Poems are chosen by the membership of the SFPA, who vote on a list of
nominations made by individual members and published in the Rhysling Anthology.
Winners are often reprinted in the annual Nebula Awards Anthology.
(Comet-JohanBensin Jr uttrycker sitt djupa MISSNÖJE av att förnekas ocks
dessa priser!)
* Nelsan Ellis—best known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s True
Blood—has died of complications from heart failure. He was 39.
* Winners of the Heinlein Society’s annual undergraduate scholarships for
academic year 2017-2018 were announced July 7, 2017 (Heinlein’s 110th
birthday). This year’s winners are Alec Jobbins, Lydia Pscholka, and Emma
Riedi. The scholarship awards $1,250 to each recipient.
Pscholka received the Virginia Heinlein Memorial Scholarship, which is
dedicated to female candidates majoring in engineering, math, or science.
The scholarship contest is open to residents of any country who are enrolled
as full-time students at an accredited four-year university and majoring in
math, engineering, the physical sciences, or science fiction as literature.
Applicants must submit a 500-1,000 word essay on one of the provided topics.
* Tidningen Metro hade för några dagar sedan ett helt uppslag om medeltidssåpan
Game of Thrones.
https://www.metro.se/.../här-är-allt-du-behöver-veta-inför-säsong-7-av-game-of-thrones
(Noterar f ö att årets medletidsvecka på Gotland är ungefär samtidigt
somsf-världskongressen Worldcon75 iHelsingfors. Då blir vi av med dem som leker
riddare! Medeltidsveckanbörjar 6 aug, Worldcon75 8 aug.
* The winners for the 2016 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced. The
award is given by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) and
“celebrates the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australian or
New Zealander.”
Best Short Fiction
“His Shining Day”, Richard Harland (Dreaming in the Dark)
Best Collected Works
Crow Shine, Alan Baxter (Ticonderoga)
Best Edited Work
Dead of Night, Shane Jiraiya Cummings, ed. (Australian Horror Writers
Association)
Best Novel
The Grief Hole, Kaaron Warren (IFWG)
Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction
“Tipuna Tapu”, Dan Rabarts (And Then…: The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure
Tales, Vol I)
The AHWA executive committee has created a new President’s Award, to be given
to an AHWA member “who has not only gone out of their way to promote their
work, but assisted with the horror genre in general, as well as enhanced the
public perception, reputation and awareness of the Australasian Horror Writers
Association in general.”
Winners for the AHWA Flash and Short Story competition have also been announced:
Short Story Winner: “Fish”, Chrisi Reardon
Short Story Runner-Up: “Byzantium”, Joshua Kemp
Flash Fiction Winner: “Elizabeth”, Xanthe Knox
Flash Fiction Runner-Up: “Rambling Man”, Andrew Cull
Mentorships have been awarded to Isobel Blackthorn, Anthony Ferguson, and
Helen Stubbs, who will each co-edit upcoming issues of Midnight Echo, the
magazine of the Australasian Horror Writers Association.
* Ytterligare en korrupplaga (väsentligt utökad!) av Fandboken som PDF är på
gång RSN! Harjobbativeckor med deen. Den som har bra tips om sf-fans aktiva
senast 1995 (Fandboken går fram till det året) som kanske kan bidra med info,
kommentarer m m får gärna tipsa Ahrvid (ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx - jodå, känner många
som var fanaktiva då, men fler skadar inte).
* The 2017 Chesley Awards winners have been announced:
Best Cover Illustration: Hardcover
Tran Nguyen for Kushiel’s Dart, Jacqueline Carey (Subterranean)
Best Cover Illustration: Paperback or E-book
Julie Dillon for Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge, Ellen Campbell, ed.
(Astral)
Best Cover Illustration: Magazine
Galen Dara for Uncanny 5-6/16
Best Interior Illustration
Greg Ruth for “Freedom is Space for the Spirit”, Glen Hirshberg (Tor.com 4/16)
Best Color Work: Unpublished
Michael Whelan for “In a World of Her Own” (acrylic)
Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished
Allen Williams for “The Fall of Night” (pencil)
Best Three-Dimensional Art
Forest Rogers for “La Belle Crustace” (premier air-dry clay & washi paper)
Best Gaming-Related Illustration
Ryan Yee for “Die Young” (Wizards of the Coast)
Best Product Illustration
Donato Giancola for Portal Promotional art for Illuxcon
Best Art Director
Irene Gallo
Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award
Hayao Miyazaki
The awards are given by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists
(ASFA). Winners were announced at NorthAmeriCon 17, the 12th North American
Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), held July 6-9 2017 at the Sheraton Puerto
Rico Hotel and Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
* Skrivare kan besöka cafémötet Writers Fika, Espresso House, Drottning 90B,
Sthlm, torsdag kl 18. (Eder red har aldrig varit på deras möten - har inte haft
tid - men det hindrar ingen annan att prova. Tror att det är en del
engelskspråkiga inblandade i gruppen. Deras infoutskick är på engelska.)
* The Library of Congress named Tracy K. Smith as its 22nd Poet Laureate
Consultant in Poetry on June 14, 2017. Smith’s collection Life on Mars
(Graywolf) contains science fiction and speculative themes and won the 2012
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
As part of their responsibilities, “the Laureate gives a reading to open the
Library’s annual literary series and a lecture to conclude the series, the
oldest in the Washington area and among the oldest in the United States.”
* The Science Fiction Research Association announced the winners of the SFRA
Awards at the 2017 Science Fiction Research Association conference held June 28
through July 1, 2017 at the Marriott Riverside in Riverside CA.
Pioneer Award (Best Critical Essay-length Work)
“Forms of Duration: Preparedness, the Mars Trilogy, and the Management of
Climate Change”, Lindsay Thomas (American Literature 3/16)
Pilgrim Award (Lifetime Contributions to SF/F Scholarship)
Tom Moylan
Thomas D. Clareson Award (Outstanding Service & Promotion of SF/F)
Pawel Frelik
Mary K. Bray Award (Best Essay, Interview, or Extended Review in SFRA Review)
A.P. Canavan
Student Paper Award (Best Student Paper Presented at Previous SFRA Conference)
Francis Gene-Rowe
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