louanders.blogspot.com - 11/5/2008
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Back from World Fantasy 2008 in Calgary, AB, Canada. The con felt smaller than most, but the hotel, the Hyatt Reg ency , was wonderful, the bar quite nice, the wait staff really friendly and helpful, and there were enough good restaurants in walking vicinity to provide options, but nothing so ...
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World Fantasy in Calgary...
In the Plane of the Ecliptic —
...was brilliant. It was only my second World Fantasy and it has become my favourite convention. I haven't made any pictures myself, so I will just point to the good people who have done so: Laura Anne Gilman's pictures; John Picacio's pictures (and blog post); Ellen Datlow's pictures (will put in link as soon as she puts them up); Lou Anders's pictures (and blog post); Kathryn Cramer's pictures; John Klima's pictures; Some of the many, many highlights ...
SF Tidbits for 11/6/08
SF Signal —
... Type interviews Kelly Link (Pretty Monsters). [via swivet] @Adventures in SciFi Publishing: Tobias S. Buckell. @Time: Margaret Atwood talks about her latest book (non-fiction), Payback: Debt as Metaphor and the Shadow Side of Wealth: "We've got two possible futures: a really horrible one and a really good one."
Lou Anders bits (as it were): Lou shares World Fantasy Convention pcitures. Omnivoracious interviews Lou Anders about his latest anthology ...
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World Fantasy Awards Winners! —
Tor.com
The winners of the 2008 World Fantasy Awards have been announced at the World Fantasy Convention , which took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada this year. The winners are as follow:
Life Achievement
Leo & Diane Dillon
Patricia McKillip
Novel
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2008 World Fantasy Award Winners —
Hassenpfeffer Archive
Last day of the World Fantasy Convention! The awards banquet wrapped up just an hour or so ago, and so without further ado, here are the winners of this year's World Fantasy Awards (with pictures of the actual recipients who were present--not a very high percentage, I'm afraid). Winners, as you ...
Fantasy Award Winners Named —
SCI FI Wire
Winners have been announced for this year's World Fantasy Awards, which are presented annually to works of fantasy art and literature. The announcement came on Nov. 2 at the 2008 World Fantasy Convention in Calgary, Canada.