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Minister Faust a Philip K. Dick Award nominee
Edmonton writer Minister Faust is among the nominees for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award.
The nominees are:
- Grey, Jon Armstrong (Night Shade Books)
- Undertow, Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra)
- From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain, Minister Faust (Del Rey)
- Nova Swing, M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra)
- Gradisil, Adam Roberts (Pyr)
- Ally, Karen Traviss (Eos)
Spider Robinson Wins Heinlein Award
Winners of this year's Robert A. Heinlein Award, given to recognize outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space, are Spider Robinson and Ben Bova. The award consists of a sterling silver medal, bearing the image of Robert A. Heinlein, and a certificate.
Guy Kay a World Fantasy Award Nominee
Guy Gavriel Kay's novel Ysabel (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc) has been nominated for a 2008 World Fantasy Award. The awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention in Calgary on November 2nd.
Jo Walton Wins Prometheus Award
Jo Walton's novel Ha'penny (Tor) has co-won a Prometheus Award (with Harry Turtledove's The Gladiator) for Best Novel from the Libertarian Futurist Society.
Cory Doctorow Wins Locus Award
On June 21st, Cory Doctorow won a 2008 Locus Award for his novella "After the Siege."
The Locus Awards are voted by readers of Locus Magazine in an annual poll.
Hopkinson, Sawyer and Wilson Are Finalists for Campbell Award
Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms (Grand Central Publishing), Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback (Tor) and Robert Charles Wilson's Axis (Tor) are among the 14 finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science-fiction novel.
No Canadians are finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for best short science fiction) this year.
Hopkinson and Kay Are Nominees for Mythopoeic Awards
Nalo Hopkinson and Guy Gavriel Kay are among the finalists for the Mythopoeic Society's 2008 scholarship and literature awards.
All the nominees for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature are:
Phyllis Gotlieb Presented with Lifetime Achievement Award by SF Canada
On Thursday, June 5, 2008, Phyllis Gotlieb was presented the first SF Canada Lifetime Achievement Award at a reception at the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy in Toronto, in recognition of an outstanding and groundbreaking body of work in science fiction.
Ms. Gotlieb, 82, of Toronto is considered to be one of the founders of contemporary Canadian science fiction and has been a prominent voice in the field for over four decades.
Kenneth Oppel Wins Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award
On May 8th, Kenneth Oppel's novel Darkwing won a Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award in the category of YA/Middle Reader.
Darkwing is also shortlisted for a Sunburst.
Nalo Hopkinson Wins Aurora Award
Nalo Hopkinson's 2007 novel The New Moon's Arms (Warner) won the Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English on May 18th at KeyCon 25 in Winnipeg. The full list of Aurora finalists and winners is here.
