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Astounding Award For Best New Writer
The ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous calendar years. It is named after ''Astounding Science Fiction'' (now ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''), a foundational science fiction magazine. The award is sponsored by Dell Magazines, which publishes ''Analog''. Between its founding in 1973 and 2019, the award was named after ''Astounding''s long-time editor John W. Campbell, one of the most influential figures in the early history of science fiction. In the aftermath of 2019 winner Jeannette Ng's acceptance speech, in which she described Campbell as a fascist, the science fiction fandom community discussed whether it was appropriate to continue honoring Campbell in this way; the editor of ''Analog'' subsequently announced that the award had been renamed. The nomination and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Pournelle With The 1973 John W
Jerry may refer to: Animals * Jerry (Grand National winner), racehorse, winner of the 1840 Grand National * Jerry (St Leger winner), racehorse, winner of 1824 St Leger Stakes Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Jerry'' (film), a 2006 Indian film * "Jerry", a song from the album ''Young and Free'' by Rock Goddess * Tom and Jerry (other) People * Jerry (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Harold A. Jerry, Jr. (1920–2001), New York politician * Thomas Jeremiah (d. 1775), commonly known simply as "Jerry", a free Negro in colonial South Carolina Places * Branche à Jerry, a tributary of the Baker River in Quebec and New Brunswick, Canada * Jerry, Washington, a community in the United States Other uses * Jerry (company) * Jerry (WWII), Allied nickname for Germans, originally from WWI but widely used in World War II * Jerry Rescue (1851), involving American slave William Henry, who called himself "Jerry" See also * Geri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Involution Ocean
''Involution Ocean'' is a science-fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling, published in 1977. Plot summary ''Involution Ocean'' is a novel about a drug addict who joins the crew of a whaling ship on the planet Nullaqua when the drug is outlawed, to get near the whales which are the source of the drug. Reception Howard Thompson reviewed ''Involution Ocean'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 15. Thompson commented that "Sterling's plot and world hang together in believable fashion if you ignore science." Reviews *Review by Tom Hosty (1979) in Foundation Foundation may refer to: * Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization ** Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S. ** Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause ..., #15 January 1979 References 1977 American novels 1977 science fiction novels category:American science fiction novels Jove Books books Novels by Bruce Sterling {{1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Foul's Bane
''Lord Foul's Bane'' is a 1977 fantasy novel by American writer Stephen R. Donaldson, the first book of the first trilogy of ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'' series. It is followed by '' The Illearth War''. __TOC__ Plot summary Thomas Covenant is a young author whose world is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with leprosy. After six months' treatment, he returns home to find himself divorced by his wife Joan and outcast from his community. On a rare trip into town, he is accosted by a beggar. Disturbed by the encounter, Covenant stumbles into the path of an oncoming police car and is rendered unconscious. He wakes to find himself in "the Land", a classic fantasy world, where he meets the evil Cavewight Drool Rockworm and Lord Foul the Despiser. Foul prophesies that he will destroy the Land within 49 years; however, if Drool isn't stopped, this doom will come to pass much sooner. He tells Covenant to deliver this message to the rulers of the Land. Covenant meets a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ender's Game (short Story)
"Ender's Game" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Orson Scott Card. It first appeared in the August 1977 issue of ''Analog'' magazine and was later expanded into the 1985 novel '' Ender's Game''. Although it serves as the foundation of the ''Ender's Game'' series, the novelette is not considered to be properly a part of the ''Ender's Game'' universe, as there are many discrepancies in continuity between it and the novel. Plot summary This story begins as Ender is made the commander of Dragon Army at Battle School, an institution designed to make young children into military commanders against an unspecified enemy. Armies are groups of students that fight mock battles in the Battle Room, a null gravity environment, and are subdivided into "toons". Due to Ender's genius in leadership, Dragon Army dominates the competition. After his nineteenth consecutive victory, Ender is told that his Army is being broken up and his toon leaders made commanders in their turn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1977. Events * February 20 – An episode of '' Doctor on the Go'', co-written by Douglas Adams and Graham Chapman, marks the beginning of Adams' career as a writer for BBC radio. *March 4 – Andrés Caicedo commits suicide by overdose, aged 25, about a month after the publication of his novel '' ¡Que viva la música!'' ("Let Music Live!", translated as ''Liveforever'') is published in his hometown of Cali, Colombia. * April 27 – Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Argentine comic book writer born 1919), is kidnapped by the military authorities; he is believed to have died in detention a few months later. *July 11 – The English magazine '' Gay News'' is found guilty of blasphemous libel for publishing a homoerotic poem, "The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name" by James Kirkup, in a case ('' Whitehouse v Lemon'') at the Old Bailey in London, on behalf of Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers and Listen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gate Of Ivrel
''Gate of Ivrel'' is a 1976 novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, her first published work. It is the first of four books composing the Morgaine Stories, chronicling the deeds of Morgaine, a woman consumed by a mission of the utmost importance, and her chance-met companion, Nhi Vanye i Chya. Cherryh lists it on her website as a fantasy novel, and noted author Andre Norton agreed with her. Others, however, classify it as science fiction or science fantasy. Plot summary The pre-technological land of Andur-Kursh is fought over by rival clans, among them the Nhi and the Chya. Vanye is the despised bastard son of a Nhi lord and a Chya captive. One day, he kills one legitimate half-brother and maims the other after being baited. Exiled for his crimes, Vanye inadvertently frees Morgaine, a beautiful woman whom he recognizes as a legend from the past. Morgaine had been trapped in stasis for a century in one of the many "Gates" (passageways through space and time) which dot the land. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1976. Events *January – The first Kolkata Book Fair opens in India. * June 21 – The Market Theatre (Johannesburg) is opened as a multiracial venue by Barney Simon. *September 3 – Novelist Antonio di Benedetto is released from prison after 18 months of imprisonment and torture under the National Reorganization Process ( military dictatorship) in Argentina. *September 9 – The Royal Shakespeare Company starts a noted production of Shakespeare's '' Macbeth'' at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in the leading roles, directed by Trevor Nunn. *October 25 – The Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank opens in premises designed by Sir Denys Lasdun, with a performance of Goldoni's 18th-century comedy ''Il Campiello''. Its Lyttleton Theatre first previews on 8 March, followed on 16 March by a performance of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' by Albert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Lightfoot Sue
"San Diego Lightfoot Sue" is a 1975 fantasy short story by American writer Tom Reamy. It was first published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Plot summary In the early 1960s, a naive teenager from Kansas moves to Los Angeles, where he falls in love with a former prostitute. Reception "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" won the 1975 Nebula Award for Best Novelette,San Diego Lightfoot Sue at ; retrieved June 4, 2018 and was a finalist for the 1976 |
1975 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1975. Events *January 1 – English-born comic writer P. G. Wodehouse is awarded a knighthood, six weeks before he dies in the United States. *January – Colin Dexter's detective novel ''Last Bus to Woodstock'' introduces his Oxford police officer, Inspector Morse. *April 23 **Barbara Pym and Philip Larkin meet in person for the first time, at the Randolph Hotel, Oxford, after years of correspondence. **Harold Pinter's play ''No Man's Land'' is premièred by the National Theatre at The Old Vic in London, directed by Peter Hall and starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. *April 28 – Harold Pinter leaves his first wife, the actress Vivien Merchant, having begun an affair with the married biographer Lady Antonia Fraser on January 8. *May 10 – Leftist Salvadoran poet, journalist and political activist Roque Dalton (born 1935) is assassinated by former colleagues in the People's Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holdfast Chronicles
''The Holdfast Chronicles'' is a series of books by American feminist science fiction author Suzy McKee Charnas. The series consists of four books: * ''Walk to the End of the World'' (1974) * ''Motherlines'' (1978) * ''The Furies'' (1994) * ''The Conqueror's Child'' (1999). Reception Salon.com reviewer Polly Shulman declared that "the ''Holdfast'' tetralogy offers a fascinating look back at the permutations of the feminist imagination in recent years, and it underlines the ideals and challenges faced by feminists ..." Awards The entire series was inducted into the Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame in 2003. ''Motherlines'' and ''Walk to the End of the World'' won a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and ''The Conqueror's Child'' won the award in 1999. ''The Furies'' was nominated for the 1994 Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
