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68th World Science Fiction Convention
The 68th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Aussiecon Four, was held on 2–6 September 2010 in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The co-chairs were Perry Middlemiss and Rose Mitchell. Participants Guests of Honour * Kim Stanley Robinson (author) * Robin Johnson (fan) * Shaun Tan (artist) Awards 2010 Hugo Awards The 2010 Hugo Award statue base was designed by Nick Stathopoulos with laser etching by Lewis Morley and incorporating the Aussiecon 4 logo by Grant Gittus. * Best Novel: (tie) '' The City & The City'' by China Miéville and ''The Windup Girl'' by Paolo Bacigalupi * Best Novella: "Palimpsest" by Charles Stross * Best Novelette: "The Island" by Peter Watts * Best Short Story: "Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh * Best Related Book: ''This is Me, Jack Vance!'' by Jack Vance * Best Graphic Story: ''Girl Genius'', Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm, written by Kaja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worldcon 68 Aussiecon 4 Logo
Worldcon, or more formally the World Science Fiction Convention, the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), is a science fiction convention. It has been held each year since 1939 (except for the years 1942 to 1945, during World War II). The members of each Worldcon are the members of WSFS, and vote both to select the site of the Worldcon two years later, and to select the winners of the annual Hugo Awards, which are presented at each convention. Activities Activities and events at the convention typically include (but are not limited to): * Activities to fund fan and external charities ( fan funds auctions, blood drives, etc.). * Art shows presenting paintings, drawings, sculpture and other work, primarily concerning science fiction and fantasy themes. * Autographing sessions, literary beer or coffee meetings, "Walks with the Stars", and other chances to meet favorite science fiction and fantasy professionals. *Awards ceremonies: **Hugo Awards, Astounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Watts (author)
Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction. He earned a Ph.D from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1991, from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology. He went on to hold several academic research and teaching positions, and worked as a marine-mammal biologist. He began publishing fiction around the time he finished graduate school. Career His first novel ''Starfish'' (1999) reintroduced Lenie Clarke from his short story, "A Niche" (1990); Clarke is a deep-ocean power station worker physically altered for underwater living and the main character in the sequels: ''Maelstrom'' (2001), ''βehemoth: β-Max'' (2004) and ''βehemoth: Seppuku'' (2005). The last two volumes constitute one novel, but were published separately for commercial reasons. ''Starfish'', ''Maelstrom'', and ''βehemoth'' make up a trilogy usually referred to as "Rifters" after the modified humans de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Jones
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films ''Moon'' (2009), ''Source Code'' (2011), ''Warcraft'' (2016), and ''Mute'' (2018). For ''Moon'', he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. He is the son of English singer-songwriter David Bowie. Early life Jones was born in Bromley Hospital, Bromley, London, on 30 May 1971, the only child of English singer-songwriter and musician David Bowie (1947-2016) and his first wife, Angela "Angie" Bowie (''née'' Barnett), an American model and actress. His maternal grandfather, George, was a United States Army veteran and mining engineer who ran a mill for the Cyprus Mines Corporation, while his maternal grandmother, Helena, was a naturalised Canadian. His mother was born and raised in Cyprus, and has Polish ancestry.Bowie, Angela. ''Backstage Passes'', pp. 29–30 His birth prompted his father t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Parker (writer)
Nathan Parker is an English screenwriter. He was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay at the British Independent Film Awards 2009 and a BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards for the 2009 film ''Moon'', and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for the 2018 film '' Our House''. In addition to his screenplays, he directed the short film ''Remember Alice Bell?'' in 2011. He is the son of filmmaker Alan Parker (1944–2020). '''', 18 May 2009. Filmography * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon (2009 Film)
''Moon'' is a 2009 science fiction film directed by Duncan Jones (in his directorial debut) and written by Nathan Parker from a story by Jones. The film follows Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Moon. Kevin Spacey voices Sam's robot companion, GERTY. ''Moon'' premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was released in selected cinemas in New York and Los Angeles on 12 June 2009. The release was expanded to additional theatres in the United States on 10 July and to the United Kingdom on 17 July. A follow-up film containing an epilogue to the film's events, ''Mute'', was released in 2018. A third installment, a graphic novel called ''Madi: Once Upon A Time in the Future'', was released in 2020. ''Moon'' was modestly budgeted and grossed just under $10 million worldwide but was well-received by critics. Rockwell's performance found praise. The movie won nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Award For Best Dramatic Presentation
The Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is given each year for theatrical films, television episodes, or other dramatized works related to science fiction or fantasy released in the previous calendar year. Originally the award covered both works of film and of television but since 2003, it has been split into two categories: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) and Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). The Dramatic Presentation Awards are part of the broader Hugo Awards, which are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the first science fiction magazine, ''Amazing Stories'', and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award. The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction". History The award was first presented in 1958, and with the exceptions of 1964 and 1966 was gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Foglio
Philip Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art. Early life and career Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in Mount Vernon, New York, and moved with his family to Hartsdale, New York, where he lived until he was 17. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago, Illinois, and was a member of the university's science fiction club, art-directing & co-editing the group's fanzine, ''Effen Essef''. He was nominated for both the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1976, and won ''Best Fan Artist'' in 1977 and 1978. After living in the DePaul dorms for a few years, Phil moved to the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago and hosted weekly Thursday Night Meetings of Chicago-area science fiction fans. He drew the first known Unix daemons for a limited series of T-shirts in 1979. Beginning in 1980, Foglio wrote and illustrated the comic strip '' What's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaja Foglio
Kaja Foglio (born January 12, 1970) is a Seattle-based writer, artist, and publisher. Foglio co-won the first Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2009 for ''Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones'', a series which went on to win two more Hugo Awards. Biography Early life and education Born Kaja Murphy in Bellevue, Washington, Kaja was raised in Kirkland, Washington. She graduated from Juanita High School in Kirkland, Washington in 1988. She attended the University of Washington, where she was heavily involved with the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism. She graduated from the University of Washington, and she married Phil Foglio in 1993. Career Kaja, with Phil, founded Studio Foglio, LLC in 1995. The studio became the venue for her art prints, many of which have been produced as cards for Magic: The Gathering. Kaja Foglio co-writes and illustrates the webcomic ''Girl Genius'' with Phil Foglio. She serves as the chief graphic designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Genius
''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story three times, has been nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist and twice for Eisner Awards, and won multiple WCCA awards. ''Girl Genius'' has the tagline of "Adventure, Romance, Mad Science!". It follows the main character Agatha Heterodyne (introduced in 1995) through an alternate-history Victorian-style "steampunk" setting, although elements veer from what is usually thought of as steampunk. Kaja Foglio describes it as "gaslamp fantasy" instead to suggest its more fantastic style. As well as the comics, the Foglios have also written four Girl Genius novels, all published by Night Shade Books, and two games based on the world have been made. Overview Setting The setting has been described as steampunk, with reviewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Award For Best Graphic Story
The Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story is given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories told in graphic form and published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. It has been awarded annually since 2009. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing". In the 17 nomination years, 94 works from 58 series have been nominated, including Retro Hugos. Works from 12 different series have won the award, including Retro Hugos. ''Girl Genius'', written by Kaja and Phil Foglio, drawn by Phil Foglio, and colored by Cheyenne Wright, won the first three awards. After their third straight win in 2011, the Girl Genius team announced that, in order to show the category was a "viable award", they were refusing nomination for the following year (after which the award was up for re-ratification); ''Girl Genius'' was nominated a fourth time in 2014. For the following five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names. Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984, and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 15th SFWA Grand Master, Grand Master in 1997, and the EMP Museum#Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers. His most notable awards included Hugo Awards in 1963 for ''The Dragon Masters'', in 1967 for ''The Last Castle (novella), The Last Castle'', and in 2010 for his memoir ''This Is Me, Jack Vance!''; the Nebula Award in 1966, also for ''The Last Castle''; the Jupiter Award (science fiction award), Jupiter Award in 1975 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Me, Jack Vance!
''This is Me, Jack Vance!'' is a memoir by science fiction, fantasy, and mystery author Jack Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) published by Subterranean Press. It won a Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ... in 2010. Rich Horton's review of the memoir for ''SF Site'' states that the release of the memoir is helpful to science fiction fans, as "...Vance has been fairly reticent about his personal life and also about his writing"; the memoir has "...little to say about his fictionwhich Vance has long preferred to stand on its own." Horton calls the memoir an "engaging" and "...easy-going narrative, generous throughout in its depiction of the people and places Vance encounters" during his travels. References {{Jack Vance American memoirs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
