{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"The Public Life of a Public Librarian","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/","description":"The Public Life of a Public Librarian - LiveJournal.com","lastBuildDate":"Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:35:31 GMT","generator":"LiveJournal \/ LiveJournal.com","copyright":"NOINDEX","image":{"url":"https:\/\/l-userpic.livejournal.com\/8700085\/654814","title":"The Public Life of a Public Librarian","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/","width":"100","height":"100"},"item":[{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/459006.html","pubDate":"Tue, 07 Dec 2021 21:35:31 GMT","title":"Donald Beeler 1937-2021","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/459006.html","description":"Firstly Get Vaccinated!

My father died on the weekend from complications from COVID and he was not vaccinated. Granted he had asthma and was in his mid 80s but still it would have helped.

I spent my first 8 years living with him and from that I got a love for camping, car racing and Chinese food among other things. I also developed a fear of failure that later in life would cause me to not take challenges or try to take the easy way out to avoid failing.

For the next 8 years he would visit about once a month and usually take us on a vacation week. From this I continued my love of camping and acquired a love of movie theatres because that was an easy thing for us to do. Also we ate more Chinese food. From this I definitely developed a love of the Other. Then he moved to Vancouver Island so I only saw him every year or so. Over the years we grew apart following different passions and beliefs. Still he is gone now and that is a sadness for the family.

\"\"","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/459006.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458652.html","pubDate":"Tue, 14 Apr 2020 19:36:08 GMT","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458652.html","description":"1. Are you an Essential Worker? No, I'm working being retired real soon now.

2. How many drinks have you had since the quarantine started? None.

3. If you have kids... Are they driving you nuts? No Kids but cats are as they are not used to me being home.

4. What new hobby have you taken up during this? Social Influencing

5. How many grocery runs have you done? Four.

6. What are you spending your stimulus check on? I don't qualify

7. Do you have any special occasions that you will miss during this quarantine? Four birthdays and Easter so far.

8. Are you keeping your housework done? I have started doing housework

9. What movie have you watched during this quarantine? Prospect Been mostly watching television shows and YouTube videos.

10. What are you streaming with? YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Cogeco On Demand

11. 9 months from now is there any chance of you having a baby? No

12. What's your go-to quarantine meal? Frozen Chicken Vindaloo

13. Is this whole situation making you paranoid? Only in the sense that watching what is happening in the USA is alarming. We seem to be going to opposite way in Canada.

14. Has your internet gone out on you during this time? Occasionally slow

15. What month do you predict this all ends? Never will, we will have a new normal in the end.

16. First thing you\u2019re gonna do when you get off quarantine? Talk to friends face to face.

17. Where do you wish you were right now? Hard to say

18. What free-from-quarantine activity are you missing the most? Socializing with people face to face

19. Have you run out of toilet paper and hand sanitizer? No.

20. Do you have enough food to last a month? Probably although variety is going to go down.","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458652.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458307.html","pubDate":"Thu, 06 Apr 2017 03:02:03 GMT","title":"Should I stay or should I go now?","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458307.html","description":"

Looks like many are leaving livejournal.<\/p>

I am just setting up on dreamwidth with the same user name.<\/p>

I am a permanent user and don't have much here lately so I am not sure I will delete.<\/p>

What are you doing?<\/p>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458307.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458179.html","pubDate":"Tue, 17 Jan 2017 04:36:20 GMT","title":"Meme Quiz Time!","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458179.html","description":"What was your first screen name?

backmasseur on a BBS

What was your worst day ever?

February 2nd 1992 the day my grandfather who raised me died, the first major death in my life 3 days after I had to put down a pet for the first time.

What is your favorite smell?

Coffee, steak, a summer day

What cocktail are you most like and why?

Not a cocktail guy.

What were you doing at midnight last night?

Playing Red Orchestra an online computer game.

What did your last text message you received say?
Gordon is like that. I nearly missed my driveway.

What is a word you say a lot?

Sorry

Who was your first crush?

Lisa from Grade 1

What was your worst injury ever?

Sprained wrist way back when.

What was the last song you listened to?

Not sure but it was on 91.3 the St. Clair County Community College radio station.","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/458179.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457979.html","pubDate":"Sun, 11 Dec 2016 15:05:17 GMT","title":"Where I stayed overnight meme","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457979.html","description":"Many fewer than in my 1990's peak:

Novi, Michigan for ConFusion continuning a streak that started in 1988
Toronto, Ontario for The OLA Superconference continuning a streak that started in oughts I forget when
Richmond Hill, Ontario for Ad Astra off and on since 1982 mostly on
Ferndale, Michigan for the Ann Arbor Art Fair since about 2000
Livonia, Michigan for ConClave the last one which I first attended in 1987","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457979.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457581.html","pubDate":"Wed, 23 Nov 2016 02:42:28 GMT","title":"A wild quiz appears! Via Gridlore!","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457581.html","description":"\n\n

1. Are you named after someone?<\/b> After my grandfather in part
2. When is the last time you cried?<\/b> Cannot remember
3. Do you like your handwriting?<\/b> Its workable
4. What is your favorite lunch meat?<\/b> Roast beef.
5. Do you have kids?<\/b> No
7. Do you use sarcasm?<\/b> Not well
8. Do you still have your tonsils?<\/b> Yes.
9. Would you bungee jump?<\/b> Not at this point.
10. What is your favorite kind of cereal?<\/b> Large flake Oatmeal
11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?<\/b> Yes.
12. Do you think you're strong?<\/b> Mostly
13. What is your favorite ice cream?<\/b> I can no longer tolerate ice cream
14. What is the first thing you notice about people?<\/b> Looks
15. Football or Baseball?<\/b> Why choose?
16. What is the least favorite thing you like about yourself?<\/b> Physically, the weight I have gained and the lack of power to weight. Mentally, my procrastination problem.
17. What color pants are you wearing right now?<\/b> Black
18. What was the last thing you ate?<\/b> A chocolate alomond fudge Clift bar
19. What are you listening to right now?<\/b> The computer spin
20. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?<\/b> Red
21. Favorite smell?<\/b> BBQ sirloin steak
22. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?<\/b> a client at work
23. Favorite sport to watch?<\/b> Sports car racing LeMans style
24. Hair color?<\/b> Dark brown, grey and bald
25. Eye color?<\/b> dark brown
27. Favorite food to eat?<\/b> Thai
28. Scary movies or happy endings?<\/b> Happy endings. I really prefer thoughtful endings
29. Last movie you watched?<\/b> In the theater, Fatastic Beasts and Where to FInd Them<\/i>
30. What color shirt are you wearing?<\/b> navy blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457581.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457361.html","pubDate":"Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:31:19 GMT","title":"David G. Hartwell, July 10, 1941 - January 19, 2016. ","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457361.html","description":"Originally posted by <\/a>kylecassidy<\/b><\/a><\/span> at David G. Hartwell, July 10, 1941 - January 19, 2016. <\/a>
I went to Worldcon in 2009 partly to sell a book I was working on, Where I Write: Fantasy & Science Fiction Writers in Their Creative Spaces<\/a> and the timing couldn't have been better. My website had gone viral, getting more than two million hits a day, Wired Magazine had just written it up, I was at the center of everything Science Fiction.

I had a meeting scheduled with David Hartwell from Tor Books that night, at the gigantic Tor party and I was pretty confident.

The party itself was amazing. John Scalzi was there, Neil Gaiman was there, George R. R. Martin was there, the place was packed. David and I sat down on a sofa and he looked at every page of my book layout and poured over every one. He was very enthusiastic, telling stories about writers, looking over all the bookshelves. I think it probably took him half an hour to go over the whole thing. He was filled with praise. And I said, "Well, is this something you'd be interested in?" and he said "No."





The Tor Party. Click to see larger.<\/a><\/center>



And I was kind of stunned. Why had he sat there saying all these glorious things for the past half hour? Why waste this block of time on me when he could be talking to George R. R. Martin or Charlie Stoss?

"For what it would cost to print this," he said, "we could publish five Jay Lake novels. The money's just not there to make this a viable book for us. It is beautiful. Thank you for showing me."

He gave me some leads and went back to the party. I realized that he'd known the whole time they weren't going to publish it, he'd known when he saw the Wired magazine article. And the reason that he'd agreed to a meeting was because he cared about Fantasy and Science fiction, he loved it, and he loved all the people I'd been photographing. He'd agreed to a meeting not because he was a bad editor, but because he was a good person.

I think most other editors would have told me on the phone they wouldn't publish it but David gave me 30 minutes of careful praise instead, because he thought it was something that deserved his kind words. Thank you David, for that.






David in Montreal for my "Fandom" collection.
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<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457361.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457000.html","pubDate":"Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:25:19 GMT","title":"David Geddes Hartwell, 1941-2016","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457000.html","description":"
I first encountered David G. Hartwell at worldcons most likely in Winnipeg in 1994 where I saw him hosting the TOR party in an aloha shirt or a kimono leading the party guests in a rendition of Teen Angel.
<\/div>
David was one of the elder statesmen of science fiction, founding the World Fantasy Convention, starting the New York Review of Science Fiction among other feats.
<\/div>
Later he and his family began attending my local convention ConFusion and I got to know them on a more personal basis. We had a good few quick chats and he was always warm and friendly to me. I also got to host he and Kathryn Cramer his wife as ConFusion Fan Guests of Honour. A unique honour for them but then he was a unique person as is Kathryn.
<\/div>
one of the other highlights of our relationship was when I got to interview him at the 2010 World Fantasy Convention in Columbus.
<\/div>
He will be greatly missed.<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/457000.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456729.html","pubDate":"Thu, 07 Jan 2016 20:04:55 GMT","title":"Bakka Phoenix the Toronto SF book store's TOP SELLERS IN 2015 which ones have you read","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456729.html","description":"Originally posted by <\/a>cszego<\/b><\/a><\/span> at OUR TOP SELLERS IN 2015<\/a>

It's always fun to look back at which titles sold best over the course of the year. Here they are, by format (an * means 'Canadian author').<\/p>

Mass Market
1. Goblin Emperor<\/i>, Katherine Addison
2. Rendezvous With Rama<\/i>, Arthur C. Clarke<\/b>
3. Foxglove Summer<\/i>, Ben Aaronovitch
4. Midnight Riot<\/i>, Ben Aaronovitch
5. Name Of The Wind<\/i>, Patrick Rothfuss
6. Written In Red<\/i>, Anne Bishop
7. Who Fears Death<\/i>, Nnedi Okorafor
8. Hounded<\/i>, Kevin Hearne
9. Good Omens<\/i>, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman<\/b>
10. Dune<\/i>, Frank Herbert<\/b><\/span><\/p>

Trade Paperback
1. Ancillary Justice<\/i>, Ann Leckie<\/b>
2. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep<\/i>, Philip K. Dick
3. Vn<\/i>, Madeline Ashby*
4. Lilith's Brood<\/i>, Octavia Butler
5. The Martian<\/i>, Andy Weir<\/b>
6. Virga<\/i>, Karl Schroeder*<\/b>
7. Ancillary Mercy<\/i>, Ann Leckie
8. ST: The Klingon Dictionary<\/i>, Marc Okrand
9. Ancillary Sword<\/i>, Ann Leckie<\/b>
10. Defiant<\/i>, Karina Sumner-Smith*<\/p>

Hardcover
1. Scorpion Rules<\/i>, Erin Bow*
2. Inheritance Of Ashes<\/i>, Leah Bobet*
3. Fangirl's Guide To The Galaxy<\/i>, Sam Maggs*
4. Shepherd's Crown<\/i>, Terry Pratchett
5. Uprooted<\/i>, Naomi Novik
6. Book Of Spirits And Thieves<\/i>, Morgan Rhodes*
7. An Ancient Peace<\/i>, Tanya Huff*
8. The Affinities<\/i>, Robert Charles Wilson*
9. Prairie Fire<\/i>, E.K. Johnston*
10. Just City<\/i>, Jo Walton*<\/p>

Extra commentary
- It's not surprising to see Canadians dominate the hardcover list; we launch a lot of books for local(ish) authors. Like, a LOT.
- The #1 mass market paperback sold more than twice as much as #2. Because we loved it. Handselling works.
- Ann Leckie owned our trade paperback list this year.
- These top 10s aside, our most-sold author this year was Terry Pratchett. Only two of his titles made this list, but overall, we sold more of his titles to more people than any other single author. Which isn't entirely suprising. And makes us happy.<\/p><\/div><\/div>I have bolded the ones I have read.<\/b>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456729.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456656.html","pubDate":"Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:23:24 GMT","title":"#AlterXmas classics The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl and Junkies Christmas!","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456656.html","description":"","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456656.html?view=comments#comments","category":"xmas"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456263.html","pubDate":"Sun, 17 May 2015 17:16:24 GMT","title":"Meme: The Toast's books white guys own","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456263.html","description":"

Meme
<\/div>
The Toast gives a list of 79 books which, allegedly, all white men own.
Bold those you own.
Italicize those you have read.
Underline those you've never heard of would have to be paid to read.
Bonus points if you're not a white male.<\/div>
1. Shogun, James Clavell<\/i><\/div>
2. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut<\/i><\/div>
3. A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole<\/div>
4. Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace<\/u><\/div>
5. A collection of John Lennon’s drawings.<\/div>
6. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway<\/div>
7. The first two volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin<\/b><\/div>
8. God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens<\/i><\/div>
9. Catch-22, Joseph Heller<\/div>
10. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Tucker Max<\/u><\/div>
11. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand<\/u><\/div>
12. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, Oliver Sacks<\/div>
13. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger<\/i><\/div>
14. The Godfather, Mario Puzo<\/div>
15. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/i><\/div>
16. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov<\/div>
17. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk<\/i><\/div>
18. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov<\/u><\/div>
19. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown<\/div>
20. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck<\/div>
21. The Stand, Stephen King<\/div>
22. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson<\/div>
23. The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer<\/div>
24. Tuesdays With Morrie, Mitch Albom<\/i><\/div>
25. It’s Not About the Bike, Lance Armstrong<\/u><\/div>
26. Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson<\/div>
27. Portnoy’s Complaint, Philip Roth<\/u><\/div>
28. Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand<\/u><\/div>
29. John Adams, David McCullough<\/div>
30. Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow<\/div>
31. Lucky Jim, Kingsley Amis<\/u><\/div>
32. America: The Book, Jon Stewart<\/div>
33. The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman<\/u><\/div>
34. The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell<\/div>
35. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon<\/div>
36. Exodus, Leon Uris (if Jewish)<\/div>
37. Trinity, Leon Uris (if Irish-American)<\/div>
38. The Road, Cormac McCarthy<\/u><\/div>
39. Marley & Me, John Grogan<\/u><\/div>
40. Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt<\/div>
41. The Rainmaker, John Grisham<\/div>
42. Patriot Games, Tom Clancy<\/div>
43. Dragon, Clive Cussler<\/div>
44. Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond<\/i><\/div>
45. The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone<\/div>
46. The 9\/11 Commission Report<\/div>
47. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, John le Carre<\/i><\/div>
48. Rising Sun, Michael Crichton<\/div>
49. A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson<\/div>
50. Airport, Arthur Hailey<\/div>
51. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki<\/div>
52. Burr, Gore Vidal<\/div>
53. Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt<\/div>
54. The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan <\/div>
55. Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer<\/i><\/div>
56. Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer<\/div>
57. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson<\/b><\/div>
58. Godel, Escher, Bach, Douglas Hofstadter<\/u><\/div>
59. The World According to Garp, John Irving<\/b><\/div>
60. A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking<\/div>
61. The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass<\/div>
62. On the Road, Jack Kerouac<\/div>
63. Lord of the Flies, William Golding<\/i><\/div>
64. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien<\/div>
65. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe<\/div>
66. Beowulf, the Seamus Heaney translation<\/div>
67. Rabbit, Run, John Updike<\/div>
68. The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie<\/div>
69. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<\/div>
70. The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler<\/div>
71. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey<\/i><\/div>
72. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess<\/i><\/div>
73. House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski<\/u><\/div>
74. The Call of the Wild, Jack London<\/div>
75. Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon <\/u><\/div>
76. I, Claudius, Robert Graves <\/div>
77. The Civil War: A Narrative, Shelby Foote<\/div>
78. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis<\/u><\/div>
79. Life, Keith Richards<\/div>

Underlined are a boig mix of never heard of and no desire to read since I have heard of the latter.
Working at a Public Library I tend to read books that I have no desire to own.<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456263.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456169.html","pubDate":"Mon, 29 Dec 2014 05:24:30 GMT","title":"My year in Genre Television","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456169.html","description":"
Which TV shows did you start watching in 2014?<\/b><\/div>
Helix, Z-Nation, True Detective, Fargo, Penny Dreadful, Gotham, The Librarians, The Strain,  American Horror Story - Coven and Freakshow,
<\/div>
Which TV shows did you let go of in 2014?<\/b><\/div>
Almost Human because it was cancelled and deserved another season I think.<\/div>
The Strain it was just too dumb.
<\/div>
Which TV shows did you mean to get into but didn't in 2014? Why?<\/b><\/div>
Arrow mainly because of an awkward time slot and that it takes itself too seriously.
Flash for the same time slot reasons.
Outlander too.<\/div>
Which TV shows do you intend on checking out in 2015?<\/b><\/div>
Agent Carter, Constantine, Westworld,
<\/div>
Which TV show impressed you least in 2014?<\/b><\/div>
Warehouse 13 which had a horrible last season.<\/div>
Which TV show do you think you might let go of in 2015 unless things significantly improve?<\/b><\/div>
Survivor<\/div>
Which TV shows do you think you'll never let go of no matter how crappy they get? Why?<\/b><\/div>
Supernatural, I love the dynamic between brothers Dean and Sam and the whole tone and feel of the series.<\/div>
Which TV show did you enjoy the most in 2014?<\/b><\/div>
Supernatural tied with the non-rapy parts of Game of Thrones tied with Person of Interest.<\/div>
Your main fandom of the year?<\/b><\/div>
Literary science fiction conventions are still number one!<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/456169.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/455813.html","pubDate":"Mon, 29 Dec 2014 04:59:10 GMT","title":"The overnights meme: ","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/455813.html","description":"
The overnights meme: <\/div>
List the places where you spent a night away from home this year, marking places where you spent two or more non-consecutive nights with an asterisk.

January Detroit, MI* for ConFusion
Toronto, ON for the Ontario Library Association Superconference
April Richmond Hill On for Ad Astra
Southfield, MI for Penguicon
July Detroit for Detcon1*
October Detroit for ConClave*
December Ferndale MI
<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/455813.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/455389.html","pubDate":"Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:49:01 GMT","title":"The Detcon Award for Young Adult and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction.","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/455389.html","description":"
There currently is no Hugo Award for young Adult science fiction.

As a result, this year's North American Science Fiction Convention Detcon1<\/b>http:\/\/detcon1.org\/<\/a>, has created the Detcon1 Award for YA and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction<\/b>.
<\/div>
And the nominees are…<\/div>
Young Adult<\/b><\/div>
Allegiant<\/i> by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)<\/div>
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown<\/i> by Holly Black (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)<\/div>
The Dream Thieves<\/i> by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Press)<\/div>
The Summer Prince<\/i> by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Arthur A Levine Books)<\/div>
Middle Grade<\/b><\/div>
Handbook for Dragon Slayers<\/i> by Merrie Haskell (HarperCollins)<\/div>
House of Hades<\/i> by Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion)<\/div>
Zombie Baseball Beatdown<\/i> by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)<\/div>
Eligibility to vote:<\/div>
You must be a Detcon1 member (attending or supporting) to vote. Visit the registration page for more information or to purchase a membership.<\/div>
How to vote:<\/div>
Online voting is now available. You can submit a partial ballot and update\/edit\/complete the ballot at a later date by returning to the page and re-authenticating. Your previous selections will be reloaded into the form, which you can then alter, delete or leave as is.<\/div>
A paper ballot for voting by mail will be available in the soon-to-be published Progress Report #2.<\/div>
Deadline<\/div>
All nomination ballots must be received by 11:59 pm CDT on June 22, 2014.
<\/div>
If you're a member of Detcon 1, and if you are not you can be quite easily even a supporting member, you should vote for these awards. Loncon can keep the Hugos. We have the Detcon!<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/455389.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/454914.html","pubDate":"Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:01:12 GMT","title":"Remember December 6th, 1989","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/454914.html","description":"
December 6th, 10:13<\/div>
Geneviève Bergeron (b. 1968), civil engineering student.<\/div>
Hélène Colgan (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.<\/div>
Nathalie Croteau (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.<\/div>
Barbara Daigneault (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.<\/div>
Anne-Marie Edward (b. 1968), chemical engineering student.<\/div>
Maud Haviernick (b. 1960), materials engineering student.<\/div>
Maryse Laganière (b. 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department.<\/div>
Maryse Leclair (b. 1966), materials engineering student.<\/div>
Anne-Marie Lemay (b. 1967), mechanical engineering student.<\/div>
Sonia Pelletier (b. 1961), mechanical engineering student.<\/div>
Michèle Richard (b. 1968), materials engineering student.<\/div>
Annie St-Arneault (b. 1966), mechanical engineering student.<\/div>
Annie Turcotte (b. 1969), materials engineering student.<\/div>
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (b. 1958), nursing student.<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/454914.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/453809.html","pubDate":"Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:51:04 GMT","title":"Help Us\/LJ Support Planned Parenthood","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/453809.html","description":"Originally posted by <\/a>jophan<\/b><\/a><\/span> at Help Us\/LJ Support Planned Parenthood<\/a>
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Does this plot of a short story sound familiar to anyone?<\/div>
Its from before the early 1960's<\/div>
The atmosphere of the Earth has been poisoned people are told so everyone lives in little rooms and talks back and forth via computer terminals and has their food delievered automatically.<\/div>
A son wants to meet his mother face to face but she is strangely reluctant to do so.<\/div>
He comes and gets her and they go to the surface and find that things are not as bad as they had been told.<\/div>
It was part of a book of short stories we used have at the Sarnia Library and was also used in a high school English class in the early 1960's.<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/453599.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/453367.html","pubDate":"Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:10:41 GMT","title":"The 2013 Hugo Awards Nominees:","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/453367.html","description":"
Best Novel (1,113 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)<\/div>
Blackout by Mira Grant (Orbit)<\/div>
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)<\/div>
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi (Tor)<\/div>
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (DAW)
<\/div>
Best Novella (587 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress (Tachyon Publications)<\/div>
The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)<\/div>
On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press)<\/div>
San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant (Orbit)<\/div>
“The Stars Do Not Lie” by Jay Lake (Asimov’s, Oct-Nov 2012)
<\/div>
Best Novelette (616 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
“The Boy Who Cast No Shadow” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Postscripts: Unfit For Eden, PS Publications)<\/div>
“Fade To White” by Catherynne M. Valente (Clarkesworld, August 2012)<\/div>
“The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi” by Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)<\/div>
“In Sea-Salt Tears” by Seanan McGuire (Self-published)<\/div>
“Rat-Catcher” by Seanan McGuire (A Fantasy Medley 2, Subterranean)
<\/div>
Best Short Story (662 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
“Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard (Clarkesworld, June 2012)<\/div>
“Mantis Wives” by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, August 2012)<\/div>
“Mono no Aware” by Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)<\/div>
Note: category has 3 nominees due to a 5% requirement under Section 3.8.5 of the WSFS constitution.<\/i>
<\/div>
Best Related Work (584 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature Edited by Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge UP)<\/div>
Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them Edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Sigrid Ellis (Mad Norwegian Press)<\/div>
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who Edited by Deborah Stanish & L.M. Myles (Mad Norwegian Press)<\/div>
I Have an Idea for a Book… The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg Compiled by Martin H. Greenberg, edited by John Helfers (The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box)<\/div>
Writing Excuses Season Seven by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson
<\/div>
Best Graphic Story (427 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Grandville Bête Noire written and illustrated by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse Comics, Jonathan Cape)<\/div>
Locke & Key Volume 5: Clockworks written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)<\/div>
Saga, Volume One written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)<\/div>
Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (Hypernode Media)<\/div>
Saucer Country, Volume 1: Run written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Ryan Kelly, Jimmy Broxton and Goran Sud\u017euka (Vertigo)
<\/div>
Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) (787 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
The Avengers Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)<\/div>
The Cabin in the Woods Screenplay by Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon; Directed by Drew Goddard (Mutant Enemy, Lionsgate)<\/div>
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro, Directed by Peter Jackson (WingNut Films, New Line Cinema, MGM, Warner Bros)<\/div>
The Hunger Games Screenplay by Gary Ross & Suzanne Collins, Directed by Gary Ross (Lionsgate, Color Force)<\/div>
Looper Screenplay and Directed by Rian Johnson (FilmDistrict, EndGame Entertainment)
<\/div>
Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (597 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Doctor Who:“The Angels Take Manhattan” Written by Steven Moffat, Directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)<\/div>
Doctor Who:“Asylum of the Daleks” Written by Steven Moffat; Directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)<\/div>
Doctor Who:“The Snowmen” Written by Steven Moffat, Directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Wales)<\/div>
Fringe:“Letters of Transit” Written by J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Akiva Goldsman, J.H.Wyman, Jeff Pinkner. Directed by Joe Chappelle (Fox)<\/div>
Game of Thrones:“Blackwater” Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)
<\/div>
Best Editor – Short Form (526 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
John Joseph Adams<\/div>
Neil Clarke<\/div>
Stanley Schmidt<\/div>
Jonathan Strahan<\/div>
Sheila Williams
<\/div>
Best Editor – Long Form (408 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Lou Anders<\/div>
Sheila Gilbert<\/div>
Liz Gorinsky<\/div>
Patrick Nielsen Hayden<\/div>
Toni Weisskopf
<\/div>
Best Professional Artist (519 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Vincent Chong<\/div>
Julie Dillon<\/div>
Dan Dos Santos<\/div>
Chris McGrath<\/div>
John Picacio
<\/div>
Best Semiprozine (404 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Apex Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore and Michael Damian Thomas<\/div>
Beneath Ceaseless Skies edited by Scott H. Andrews<\/div>
Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker<\/div>
Lightspeed edited by John Joseph Adams and Stefan Rudnicki<\/div>
Strange Horizons edited by Niall Harrison, Jed Hartman, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Abigail Nussbaum, Sonya Taaffe, Dave Nagdeman and Rebecca Cross
<\/div>
Best Fanzine (370 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer<\/div>
The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia and James Bacon<\/div>
Elitist Book Reviews edited by Steven Diamond<\/div>
Journey Planet edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Emma J. King, Helen J. Montgomery and Pete Young<\/div>
SF Signal edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester
<\/div>
Best Fancast (346 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe<\/div>
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)<\/div>
SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester, John DeNardo, and JP Frantz<\/div>
SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)<\/div>
StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith
<\/div>
Best Fan Writer (485 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
James Bacon<\/div>
Christopher J Garcia<\/div>
Mark Oshiro<\/div>
Tansy Rayner Roberts<\/div>
Steven H Silver
<\/div>
Best Fan Artist (293 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Galen Dara<\/div>
Brad W. Foster<\/div>
Spring Schoenhuth<\/div>
Maurine Starkey<\/div>
Steve Stiles
<\/div>
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (476 ballots)<\/b><\/div>
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2011 or 2012, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).<\/i><\/div>
Zen Cho *<\/div>
Max Gladstone<\/div>
Mur Lafferty *<\/div>
Stina Leicht *<\/div>
Chuck Wendig *
<\/div>
* Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.<\/i><\/div>

Via John Scalzi<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/453367.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/452939.html","pubDate":"Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:14:51 GMT","title":"The 2013 Hugo Nomination Period is open!","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/452939.html","description":"So what have people seen or read that I should consider nominating?

Originally posted by <\/a>jeffreyab<\/b><\/a>
<\/a>james_nicoll<\/b><\/a><\/span> at The 2013 Hugo Nomination Period is open!<\/a>
Originally posted by <\/a>bovil<\/b><\/a>

\"Join<\/a>
Join hugo_recommend<\/strong>, the Hugo Awards recommendation Livejournal community<\/a><\/p>

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Originally posted by <\/a>bovil<\/b><\/a>

\"Join<\/a>
Join hugo_recommend<\/strong>, the Hugo Awards recommendation Livejournal community<\/a>
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January: Epic ConFusion was indeed Epic in many ways.

February: The Ontario Library Association conference was fun and interesting and I went to Saturday programming and shopping for the first time.

March: held a birthday party after First Friday at Limbo a Sarnia bar and found that I know way  more women than men in the Sarnia area, and that this does not necessarily lead to an active dating life.

April: was commuter Penguicon my first commuter science fiction convention I won't do it again as its too easy to get locked out of your crash space.  The con itself was fun met with the folks of Scrub Club Records and hang out with a great bunch of people.

May: GenreCon the literary convention I started at the library I work at hits its tenth year! The other big event happened on Mother's Day when I adopted two orphaned kittens that my sister had been hand feeding since they were one week old.  They have been delighting and driving me crazy ever since. Finally my home town football team opened what would be a winning season.

June: I road the Big Bike for Cancer again and on surface streets for the first and in very cool weather. Next was volunteering again for Art Walk our local art and music festival. I also made it back to Michicon one of the oldest boardgaming conventions in America.

July: The usual Canada Day celebration, the third annual HadouCon anime convention that I run at the library, and my annual trip to the Ann Arbor Art Fair.

August:  was a train trip to Chicon 7 the world science fiction convention in Chicago where I got to spend time with old con friends and make some new ones.  I also got to meet astronaut Storey Musgrave a very cool person.

September: saw the rest of Chicon 7 and was otherwise quiet.

October: Was Star Wars Reads Day and Zombiefest.  People preferred the latter which was much more colourful.

November:  I ran Operations for the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto and flared my Plantar fasciitis such that it is still bothering me.  Like Chicon 7 I got to hang out with and work with some old con friends and again made some new ones. Spent the next weekend back in Toronto also at a convention the much more relaxing SFContario where I got to host and attend some great parties and have some great fun.

December: roadtripped to Watford to take the kittens to the vet for the first time and found that they are females not males like I had been told way back when they were younger.  In general I worked myself too hard this much and I hope I can relax more in the New Year.","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/452527.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/452214.html","pubDate":"Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:06:55 GMT","title":"Happy Holidays! Some favourite Christmas memories of mine","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/452214.html","description":"

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Earth rise Christmas 1968 my first in the city of Sarnia where I have lived except for unversity ever since.

The Pogues featuring Kirsty McColl "A Fairytale of New York"



The movie "A Christmas Story"  a homage to life and Christmas in the period from the 1930's to 40's the radio period before televison:

Finally from 1965 the first television show I ever watched in colour "A Charlie Brown Christmas"  featuring the timeless music of the Vince Guaraldi Trio:<\/div>


Its been a slow year only about 8 entries all together.  I am still here watching and posting mostly over at Twitter and Facebook.  I will try to post more in the new year.<\/div>","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/452214.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451925.html","pubDate":"Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:40:34 GMT","title":"Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 Meme","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451925.html","description":"
From Martin Wisse:

Which one of those below have you read (italics), do you own (bold) or dislike (struck through)?


The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)<\/i>
Ender’s Game (1985)<\/i><\/b>
Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
Always Coming Home (1985)
This Is the Way the World Ends (1985)
Galápagos (1985)
The Falling Woman (1986)
The Shore of Women (1986)
A Door Into Ocean (1986)
Soldiers of Paradise (1987)
Life During Wartime (1987)
The Sea and Summer (1987)
Cyteen (1988)<\/b><\/i>
Neverness (1988)
The Steerswoman (1989)
Grass (1989)
Use of Weapons (1990)
Queen of Angels (1990)
Barrayar (1991)<\/b><\/i>
Synners (1991)
Sarah Canary (1991)
White Queen (1991)
Eternal Light (1991)
Stations of the Tide (1991)
Timelike Infinity (1992)
Dead Girls (1992)
Jumper (1992)
China Mountain Zhang (1992)
Red Mars (1992)
A Fire Upon the Deep (1992)<\/b><\/i>
Aristoi (1992)
Doomsday Book (1992)<\/b><\/i>
Parable of the Sower (1993)
Ammonite (1993)
Chimera (1993)
Nightside the Long Sun (1993)
Brittle Innings (1994)<\/b><\/i>
Permutation City (1994)
Blood (1994)
Mother of Storms (1995)<\/b><\/i>
Sailing Bright Eternity (1995)
Galatea 2.2 (1995)
The Diamond Age (1995)<\/b><\/i>
The Transmigration of Souls (1996)
The Fortunate Fall (1996)
The Sparrow\/Children of God (1996\/1998)
Holy Fire (1996)<\/b><\/i>
Night Lamp (1996)
In the Garden of Iden (1997)
Forever Peace (1997)<\/b><\/i>
Glimmering (1997)
As She Climbed Across the Table (1997)
The Cassini Division (1998)
Bloom (1998)
Vast (1998)
The Golden Globe (1998)<\/i><\/b>
Headlong (1999)
Cave of Stars (1999)
Genesis (2000)
Super-Cannes (2000)
Under the Skin (2000)
Perdido Street Station (2000)
Distance Haze (2000)
Revelation Space trilogy (2000)
Salt (2000)
Ventus (2001)
The Cassandra Complex (2001)
Light (2002)
Altered Carbon (2002)
The Separation (2002)
The Golden Age (2002)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2003)
Natural History (2003)
The Labyrinth Key \/ Spears of God
River of Gods (2004)
The Plot Against America (2004)
Never Let Me Go (2005)
The House of Storms (2005)
Counting Heads (2005)
Air (Or, Have Not Have) (2005)
Accelerando (2005)
Spin (2005)<\/b><\/i>
My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (2006)
The Road (2006)
Temeraire \/His Majesty’s Dragon (2006)
Blindsight (2006)
HARM (2007)
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)<\/b><\/i>
The Secret City (2007)
In War Times (2007)<\/i>
Postsingular (2007)
Shadow of the Scorpion (2008)
The Hunger Games trilogy** (2008-2010)<\/i>
Little Brother (2008)<\/i>
The Alchemy of Stone (2008)
The Windup Girl (2009)
Steal Across the Sky(2009)
Boneshaker (2009)
Zoo City (2010)
Zero History (2010)
The Quantum Thief (2010)

** Read the first one.
<\/a>

Looks like for me 1992 was a good year for science fiction too.  ","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451925.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451674.html","pubDate":"Mon, 07 May 2012 13:49:53 GMT","title":"'Golden age' of sci-fi celebrated | Local | News | Sarnia Observer","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451674.html","description":"'Golden age' of sci-fi celebrated | Local | News | Sarnia Observer

A<\/a> nice article and picture about GenreCon the literary convention I run at the Sarnia Branch of the Lambton County Library where I work.  We got about 85 warm bodies through this year many of them writers themselves.  I am looking forward to HadouCon in July which is a multimedia style convention.","comments":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451674.html?view=comments#comments"},{"guid":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451473.html","pubDate":"Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:45:56 GMT","title":"Hugo Nominees 2012","author":"jeffreyab","link":"https:\/\/jeffreyab.livejournal.com\/451473.html","description":"

2012 World Science Fiction Convention Awards<\/h2>
Which ones have you read, seen or ever heard of?

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1101 valid nominating ballots were received and counted.<\/span>

Best Novel (932 ballots)<\/b>
Among Others<\/i><\/b> by Jo Walton (Tor)
A Dance With Dragons<\/i><\/b> by George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra)
Deadline<\/i><\/b> by Mira Grant (Orbit)
Embassytown<\/i><\/b> by China Miéville (Macmillan \/ Del Rey)
Leviathan Wakes<\/i><\/b> by James S. A. Corey (Orbit)<\/p>

Best Novella (473 ballots)<\/b>
Countdown<\/i><\/b> by Mira Grant (Orbit)
“The Ice Owl”<\/b> by Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November\/December 2011<\/i>)
“Kiss Me Twice”<\/b> by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's June 2011<\/i>)
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist”<\/b> by Kij Johnson (Asimov's September\/October 2011<\/i>)
“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”<\/b> by Ken Liu (Panverse 3<\/i>)
Silently and Very Fast<\/i><\/b> by Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)<\/p>

Best Novelette (499 ballots)<\/b>
“The Copenhagen Interpretation”<\/b> by Paul Cornell (Asimov's July 2011<\/i>)
“Fields of Gold”<\/b> by Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four<\/i>)
“Ray of Light”<\/b> by Brad R. Torgersen (Analog December 2011<\/i>)
“Six Months, Three Days”<\/b> by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
“What We Found”<\/b> by Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March\/April 2011<\/i>)<\/p>

Best Short Story (593 ballots)<\/b>
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”<\/b> by E. Lily Yu (Clarkesworld April 2011<\/i>)
“The Homecoming”<\/b> by Mike Resnick (Asimov's April\/May 2011<\/i>)
“Movement”<\/b> by Nancy Fulda (Asimov's March 2011<\/i>)
“The Paper Menagerie”<\/b> by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March\/April 2011<\/i>)
“Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue”<\/b> by John Scalzi (Tor.com)<\/p>

Best Related Work (461 ballots)<\/b>
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition<\/i><\/b> edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)
Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and Other Observations about Science Fiction Movies<\/i><\/b> by Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)
The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature<\/i><\/b> by Jeff VanderMeer and S. J. Chambers (Abrams Image)
Wicked Girls<\/i><\/b> by Seanan McGuire
Writing Excuses, Season 6<\/i><\/b> by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson<\/p>

Best Graphic Story (339 ballots)<\/b>
Digger<\/i><\/b> by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)
Fables Vol 15: Rose Red<\/i><\/b> by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
Locke & Key Volume 4, Keys to the Kingdom<\/i><\/b> written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication<\/i><\/b> written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)
The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan<\/i><\/b> created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross. Written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)<\/p>

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) (592 ballots)<\/b>
Captain America: The First Avenger<\/i><\/b>, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely, directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)
Game of Thrones (Season 1)<\/i><\/b>, created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin; directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor (HBO)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2<\/i><\/b>, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner Bros.)
Hugo<\/i><\/b>, screenplay by John Logan; directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount)
Source Code<\/i><\/b>, screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)<\/p>

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (512 ballots)<\/b>
“The Doctor's Wife”<\/b> (Doctor Who<\/i>), written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard Clark (BBC Wales)
“The Drink Tank<\/i>'s Hugo Acceptance Speech,”<\/b> Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon (Renovation)
“The Girl Who Waited”<\/b> (Doctor Who<\/i>), written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)
“A Good Man Goes to War”<\/b> (Doctor Who<\/i>), written by Steven Moffat; directed by Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)
“Remedial Chaos Theory”<\/b> (Community<\/i>), written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna; directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)<\/p>

Best Semiprozine (357 ballots)<\/b>
Apex Magazine<\/i><\/b> edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason Sizemore
Interzone<\/i><\/b> edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed<\/i><\/b> edited by John Joseph Adams
Locus<\/i><\/b> edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
New York Review of Science Fiction<\/i><\/b> edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer<\/p>

Best Fanzine (322 ballots)<\/b>
Banana Wings<\/i><\/b> edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
The Drink Tank<\/i><\/b> edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia
File 770<\/i><\/b> edited by Mike Glyer
Journey Planet<\/i><\/b> edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.
SF Signal<\/i><\/b> edited by John DeNardo<\/p>

Best Fancast (326 ballots)<\/b>
The Coode Street Podcast<\/i><\/b>, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast<\/i><\/b>, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)
SF Signal Podcast<\/i><\/b>, John DeNardo and JP Frantz, produced by Patrick Hester
SF Squeecast<\/i><\/b>, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
StarShipSofa<\/i><\/b>, Tony C. Smith<\/p>

Best Professional Editor - Long Form (358 ballots)<\/b>
Lou Anders
Liz Gorinsky
Anne Lesley Groell
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Betsy Wollheim<\/p>

Best Professional Editor - Short Form (512 ballots)<\/b>
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Sheila Williams<\/p>

Best Professional Artist (399 ballots)<\/b>
Dan dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Michael Komarck
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio<\/p>

Best Fan Artist (216 ballots)<\/b>
Brad W. Foster
Randall Munroe
Spring Schoenhuth
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne<\/p>

Best Fan Writer (360 ballots)<\/b>
James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
Jim C. Hines
Steven H Silver<\/p>

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (396 ballots)<\/b>
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2010 or 2011, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).<\/i>
Mur Lafferty
Stina Leicht
Karen Lord *
Brad R. Torgersen *
E. Lily Yu<\/p>

*2nd year of eligibility<\/p>
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