18th September 2007
R.I.P. James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (1948 – 2007)
Jim Rigney, better known as Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series passed away died September 16th, from complications from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (cardiac amyloidosis).

9th August 2007
Aurora prix Finalists
The host convention for 2007 is VCON 32 (www.vcon.ca) being held October 19 to October 21, in British Columbia. Pre-registration is $50 for adults, $37.50 for students, $25 for child. Complete details at www.vcon.ca/registration

And the Finalists are:

Best Long-Form Work in English
Meilleur livre en anglais

• Regeneration : Species Imperative 3, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW Books)
• Children of Chaos, Dave Duncan (Tor Books)
• Smoke and Ashes, Tanya Huff (DAW Books)
• Sun of Suns : Book One of Virga, Karl Schroeder (Tor Books)
• Blindsight, Peter Watts (Tor Books)
• Righteous Anger : Part Two of the Okal Rel Saga, Lynda Williams (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)

Meilleur livre en français
Best Long-Form Work in French

• Samuel de la chasse-galerie, Michel J. Lévesque (Médiaspaul)
• Les îles du Zodiaque 3. Le maître des bourrasques, Laurent McAllister (Médiaspaul)
• Reine de Mémoire 3. Le Dragon fou, Elisabeth Vonarburg (Alire)
• Reine de Mémoire 4. La Princesse de Vengeance, Elisabeth Vonarburg (Alire)

Best Short-Form Work in English
Meilleure nouvelle en anglais

• "All the Cool Monsters at Once", James Alan Gardner (Mythspring, Red Deer Press)
• "This Ink Feels Like Sorrow", Karin Lowachee (Mythspring, Red Deer Press)
• "Marked Men", John Mierau (Slipstreams, DAW)
• "Biding Time", Robert J. Sawyer (Slipstreams, DAW)
• "Lumen Essence", Hayden Trenholm (Neo-opsis SF Magazine 9)

Meilleure nouvelle en français
Best Short-Form Work in French

• «Le vol de l'abeille», Michèle Laframboise (Solaris 159)
• «Stiletto», Julie Martel (Solaris 160)
• «Le regard du trilobite», Mario Tessier (Solaris 159)

Best Work in English (Other)
Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre)

• The Hidden Path, Heather Dale (www.heatherdale.com/THP) [music cd]
• Jousting with Jesters : An ABC for the Younger Dragon, Martin Springett (Orca Book Publishers) [children's alphabet book]
• Mythspring : From the Lyrics and Legends of Canada, Julie E. Czerneda and Genevieve Kierans, editors (Red Deer Press) [anthology]
• Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl Johanson, editor (www.neo-opsis.ca) [sf magazine]
• Tesseracts Ten : A Celebration of New Canadian Speculative Fiction, Edo Van Belkom & Robert Charles Wilson, editors (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing) [anthology]

Meilleur ouvrage en français (Autre)
Best Work in French (Other)

• La Décennie charnière, Claude Janelle (dir.) (Alire)
• Solaris, réd. Joël Champetier (www.revue-solaris.com)
• Mario Tessier, Les Carnets du Futurible (Solaris 157-160)
• «Aux origines des petits hommes verts», Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 160)

Artistic Achievement
Accomplissement artistique

• Kenn Brown [www.mondolithic.com]
• Lar deSouza [old: www.lartist.com and new: www.lfgcomic.com/page/1]
• Janet Hetherington [www.best-destiny.com]
• Jean-Pierre Normand [www.jeanpierrenormand.com]
• Martin Springett [www.martinspringett.com]
• Ronn Sutton [www.ronnsutton.com]

Fan Achievement (Publication)
Accomplissement fanique (Publication)

• Brins d'Éternité, réd. Guillaume Voisine (www.alegracia.com/brins/faq/faq.php)
• MensuHell, réd. direction: Francis Hervieux (www.geocities.com/mensuhell)
• Nocturne, éditeurs: Jonathan Reynolds, Guillaume Houle et Fred Proulx (www.6brumes.com/fanzinenocturne)

Fan Achievement (Organizational)
Accomplissement fanique (Organisation)

• Debbie Hodgins (Avenging Dragon Squadron, KAG/Kanada)
• Roy Miles (I.D.I.C.)
• Cathy Palmer-Lister (Con*Cept)
• Joan Sherman (I.D.I.C.)
• Geoffrey Toop (DWIN)

Fan Achievement (Other)
Accomplissement fanique (autre)

• Fractale-Framboise, Éric Gauthier, Christian Sauvé, Laurine Spehner (blogue/blog) [www.fractale-framboise.com]
• Judith Hayman (filking)
• Lloyd Penney (fan writing/écriture fanique)
• Martin Springett (filking)
• Larry Stewart (entertainer / personnalité: amuseur)
• Peggi Warner-Lalonde (filking)

2nd Sept 2007
Added two cover artists
Two of my favourite artists are finally added; Kenn Brown & Chris Wren. Together the dynamic duo form the heart, soul and body of Mondolithic Studios.

Added some new books too, check the New Books listing for details.

1st Sept 2007
(Unofficial) 2009 Worldcon site
From reasonably realiable sources we are told Montreal was voted to be the site for the Worldcon in 2009. Congratulations!

1st Sept 2007
(Unofficial) Hugo Winners
Best Novel: 'Rainbows End' by Vernor Vinge
Best Novella: 'A Billion Eves' by Robert Reed
Best Novelette: 'The Djinn's Wife' by Ian McDonald
Best Short Story: 'Impossible Dreams' by Tim Pratt
Best Related Book: 'James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon'
by Julie Phillips
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: 'Pan's Labyrinth'
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: 'Doctor Who: Girl in the Fireplace'
Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
Best Semiprozine: Locus
Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
Best Fanzine: 'Science-Fiction Five-Yearly' edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri
Sullivan, and Randy Byers
Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 2006: Naomi Novik

Congratulations to all and one!

29th Aug 2007
Brushed up the Dragonlance: The New Adventures listing
Only had two of the books listed, added the missing ones. In doing so I also added some new authors: Tim Waggoner, Stan Brown, Jeff Sampson, Stephen D. Sullivan, Dan Willis and Christina Woods (work in progress).

30th Aug 2007
Forum enabled and guestbook removed
Finally enabled the forum again. I'm a bit nervous to see how it will work out. Just have to wait and see I guess. The guestbook has been removed, there wasn't really any point in having it. If anyone wants to provide feedback, they can use the forum.

13th Aug 2007
Links section disabled
Due to an extreme amount of spam bots filling the link section with
porn links and other nasty stuff, this section has been taken down
for the time being. It will be back up as soon as we find a better
solution, which might take a bit of time...

13th Aug 2007
Forum upgrade
Just upgraded the forum to phpBB 3.0, I hope this will help with all the spam problems we had with the forum. Will set it live again as soon as I am sure it will behave. ;-)

13th Aug 2007
Sci-Fi Week on XFire
August 13th - 17th, Xfire brings you 5 days of chats with the top authors, artists, and creators in one of the most prolific genres of our time. Join the Xfire Sci-Fi Week Guild to receive reminders about the week's events!

During Sci-Fi Week you have the amazing opportunity to chat online with your favorite science fiction and fantasy authors and artists, such as Larry Niven, Jim Butcher, Brian Herbert, and Kevin J. Anderson. Participants can also win awesome prizes like signed books.

If you're a fan, I'm sure you've read interviews and articles about these creators. But haven't you wanted to ask your own questions and express your own thoughts? By participating in Sci-Fi Week on XFire, you can do just that.

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