NPR‘s Neal Conan, of Talk of the Nation, interviewed Neil Gaiman on September 18th. Find the show here.
Sept. 18, 2003
The Sandman isn’t your typical comic book. It’s dark, geared towards adults and praised by the likes of Norman Mailer and Stephen King. Neil Gaiman, the comic book’s creator, joins host Neal Conan for a discussion on gods, myths and dreams.
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Congratulations Hugo winners!
The Hugo Awards for best science fiction works in 2002 were presented Saturday, August 30 at the 61th World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3, in Toronto, Ontario.
Best Novel: Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (Analog 1-4/02; Tor)
Best Novella: Coraline by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
Best Novelette: “Slow Life” by Michael Swanwick (Analog 12/02)
Best Short Story Category: “Falling Onto Mars” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Analog 7-8/02)
Best Related Book: Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary
Best Dramatic Presentation: “Conversations With Dead People” (20th Century Fox Television/Mutant Enemy Inc.)Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Category: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line Cinema)
Best Professional Editor: Gardner Dozois
Best Professional Artist: Bob Eggleton
Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
Best Fanzine: Mimosa edited by Rich and Nicki Lynch
Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
Best Fan Artist: Sue Mason
On audio, Gaiman’s Coraline, read by the author, is available from Harper Audio and Swanwick’s “Slow Life” is included in Audible.com‘s The Best of Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine 2002.
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On June 7, the Horror Writers Association gave their 2002 Bram Stoker Awards. There are audio editions of a few of the winners.
FIRST NOVEL
The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan, Unabridged, Recorded Books
FICTION COLLECTION
One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury, read by Campbell Scott, Harper Audio
WORK FOR YOUNGER READERS
Coraline by Neil Gaiman, read by the author, Unabridged, Harper Audio
ALTERNATIVE FORMS
“Imagination Box”, Steve & Melanie Tem, Lone Wolf Publications (multimedia CD)
J. N. Williamson and Stephen King were given Lifetime Achievement Awards. Find all the awards here.
Personally, the only work listed here that I’ve read is Gaiman’s Coraline which I enjoyed very much. Congrats to all the winners!
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And the winners are….
The 8th Annual Audie Awards were given this weekend. Here are the science fiction related winners:
Science Fiction
Dune: Butlerian Jihad
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, read by Scott Brick, Books on Tape, Inc.
Fiction or Non-Fiction, Licensed or Distributed
Two Plays For Voices by Neil Gaiman, read by Brian Dennehy, Bebe Neuwirth and a full cast, HarperCollins Publishers.
Achievement in Production
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis, read by a full cast, Focus on the Family
Find the winners and nominees in all the categories here.
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In the news… Neil Gaiman continues to collect well-deserved awards. A couple of weeks ago, he accepted the Nebula Award (Best Novel) for his American Gods. He’s on the list of Hugo nominees (Best Novella) for Coraline. The audio version of Coraline (read by the author) has just been given a Parent’s Choice Silver Award – see details here. His fiction is fabulous, folks. Drop what you’re doing and go read or listen to some.
The Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA) gave their Nebula Awards this weekend, and the Best Novel winner was American Gods by Neil Gaiman. HarperCollins produced an excellent unabridged audio version of the novel, read by one of the best – George Guidall. It’s also available for rental at Recorded Books.
Ursula K. LeGuin won a Grand Master Award at the same ceremony. Fantastic Audio has published several unabridged Le Guin titles, including The Birthday of the World and Other Stories and most of the incomparable Earthsea series.
Locus Magazine Online has a list of all the Nebula winners along with some pictures.
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