Our friends at Tor have uploaded another Wild Cards video, spliced together from the interviews they did last year at the Kansas City worldcon.
This time we’re talking about jokers.
Check it out… then go read some Wild Cards books!
(Speaking of which, I finished correcting the page proofs for MISSISSIPPI ROLL this afternoon, so our twenty-fourth volume is rolling ahead towards its December pubdate).
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pleased
Kevin Andrew Murphy takes the stage on the Wild Cards blog today, with a tribute to his favorite WC character (aside from his own), Mister Nobody.
Check it out at: http://www.wildcardsworld.com/
Lots of other fun content there as well.
And speaking of Wild Cards, we’re almost done with another new volume. I hope to be able to deliver it to our publishers within the week. More details when I do.
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amused
Our genre is blessed (or cursed, some might say, but not me, nosir) with a wide range of awards and honors for outstanding achievement. We have the Nebula, the Tiptree, the Bram Stoker, the LOCUS Award, the Sidewise Award, the World Fantasy Award (previously the Howie, now the Creepy Tree), the Stabbie, the Saturn, the Seiun, the Prometheus, and many more whose names I am likely forgetting.
The Hugo Award, first given in 1953, is the oldest and most prestigious.
The Dragon Award, first given last year, is the newest. It’s way too new to know how prestigious it will be in the long run.
The Dragon is a fan award, and aspires to be the Peoples’ Choice Award for SF and fantasy. It is given at Dragoncon, the huge Labor Day convention down Atlanta way, but you don’t need to be a Dragoncon member to vote on it. All you need to do is register, here:
http://application.dragoncon.org/dc_fan_awards_signup.php
Dragoncon has provided a handsome trophy for the winners, which is a good start. GAME OF THRONES won one last year, so I can testify to that. But the true prestige of any award derives not from the hardware (mind you, nice hardware helps), but from the works it honors.
I remember talking to Eric Flint about the Dragon Awards at Kansas City last year. He had a hand in their creation, and it was his hope that in time the Dragon would become a major broad-based award voted on by a wide spectrum of fans from all over the country. It’s not there yet, by any means… but it could become that, if enough people decide to take part. So far that has not happened. But it could. That’s up to you.
There is no cost to vote for the Dragons. You don’t even need to join the con. So if you’d like to cast a ballot for the novels, games, TV shows, and movies you liked best last year, register at the link above and vote. But do it soon. Registration closes in a couple of days.
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calm
Oh, about those successor shows…
‘Nuff said.
Current Mood: 
mischievous
I am home again in the Land of Enchantment, after almost a month on the road.
I flew to New Jersey for my nephew Sean’s wedding, which was a lot of fun.
Then I went to New York City for a week, checking in with my editors, publishers, and agents, and some old dear friends as well. Did a pizza crawl, had myself a Cel-Ray and an egg cream and a pastrami sandwich (New York health food), and did a lot of business.
From there it was off across the ocean to Helsinki for worldcon. My third visit to Finland, which never disappoints. Helsinki is a beautiful city, and it was a terrific con. Sure, we lost the Hugo, but the Hugo Losers Party kicked ass.
After worldcon, we hopped a train for Russia. A few days in St. Petersberg — my god, what a stunning city — and then off to the woods for Assembly Con. Our Russian hosts were warm and wonderful.
All in all, a great trip, but an exhausting one. The trip home was grueling.
Let me catch my breath, and might be I’ll have some more to say.
Right now, I need some green chile.
Current Mood: 
tired
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