[Homesick Alien]

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT (two awards)
Donald M. Grant
Lloyd Alexander

NOVEL (tie)
The Facts of Life, Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
Ombria in Shadow, Patricia A. McKillip (Ace)

NOVELLA
"The Library", Zoran Zivkovic (Leviathan 3)

SHORT STORY
"Creation", Jeffrey Ford (F&SF May 2002)

ANTHOLOGY (tie)
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Viking)
Leviathan Three, Forrest Aguirre & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Ministry of Whimsy Press)

COLLECTION
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories, Jeffrey Ford (Golden Gryphon Press)

ARTIST
Tom Kidd

SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL
Gordon Van Gelder (for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)

SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL
Jason Williams, Jeremy Lassen & Benjamin Cossel (for Night Shade Books)

What do people think?

I was disapointed that A Portrait of Mrs Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford didn't win best novel, but that disapointment was offset by the fact he did win two other awards. Also, the only other nominee in that category I had read was The Scar by China Miéville, and I'm sure the winners are very worthy - both Graham Joyce and Patricia McKillip are renown fantasists. Also a little disapointed City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer didn't win in its category either, but again, an award for Leviathan Three is great.

Otherwise, this list of winners makes me feel seriously under-read. Sigh...

[Homesick Alien]

By the way, here is the full list of 2003 World Fantasy Award Winners and Nominees (http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/).

[FicusFan]

Actually on the cover of Mieville's PSS it is called SteamPunk. I don't think his publisher cares what genre classification he is in they just want the attention and the awards.They are also pushing him for a genre breakout into the 'literary' mainstream.


On-Topic:

Someone asked if anyone had read A Year in the Linear City by Paul di Fillipo. Yes I have.

The best I can say is it is like getting all dressed up for a fancy dress party and then being driven around the block as the main event, rather than going to the party.

I liked the world and the things in it - especially the death rituals. But I don't think he did much with it. I thought it was mostly a tale of sour grapes. He seemed to me to be taking potshots at the genre (SF&F) which supports him, for not being truly 'speculative' enough.

I was actually boggled that it was even nominated for an award.

If he could flesh it out, and work with the 'scales', the zero block, and any of the death creatures I think it could be marvelous.

[Clarkesworld]

I was hoping that Paul Di Filippo would get the award for A Year in the Linear City. It's an excellent story and he tends to be one of the more overlooked authors IMHO.

Still, I was really happy to see him nominated.

-Neil

[Homesick Alien]

Originally posted by Clarkesworld
I was hoping that Paul Di Filippo would get the award for A Year in the Linear City. It's an excellent story and he tends to be one of the more overlooked authors IMHO.

Still, I was really happy to see him nominated.

-Neil

Couldn't agree more.

[phil_geo]

I am very happy to see that Lloyd Alexander won a lifetime achievment award. I think his Taran Wanderer series is an often-overlooked gem of children's fantasy. I always felt it is better than a lot of other more famous children's fantasy, but for some reason doesn't get the attention it deserves.

[KatG]

Originally posted by Homesick Alien
KatG, is there another thread we can move this discussion too? I'd like to reply, but not here...
Well I'm not a mod for this forum, but I'll try to split the thread.