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Update 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage.
A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream.
There were 2100 valid voting ballots were counted, 2086 electronic and 14 by postal mail.
Best Novel (1813 ballots)
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Best Novella (1467 ballots)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Best Novelette (1469 ballots)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Short Story (1597 ballots)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work (1220 ballots)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It,...
Update 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage.
A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream.
There were 2100 valid voting ballots were counted, 2086 electronic and 14 by postal mail.
Best Novel (1813 ballots)
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Best Novella (1467 ballots)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Best Novelette (1469 ballots)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Short Story (1597 ballots)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work (1220 ballots)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It,...
- 8/21/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
The Hugo Award nominees for 2011 have been announced, which means that come August 20th, 15 amazingly talented people will be awarded the highest form of recognition (and greatest award trophy of all time!) that the science fiction/fantasy community can bestow. Check ‘em out below.
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette...
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette...
- 4/25/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Hollywood set decorator Margaret Goldsmith has lost her battle with ovarian cancer. She was 55.
Goldsmith, who helped style films including After Dark, My Sweet and Drugstore Cowboy, died in Los Angeles on 11 August.
She got her start in music video production, working on promos such as Janet Jackson's Nasty, and moved on to film set dressing in the mid-1980s.
Her other movie credits include 1987's Less than Zero and Stephen Gyllenhaal's 1993 drama A Dangerous Woman, starring the director's son and daughter Jake and Maggie.
Later in life, Goldsmith pursued a career in real estate.
She is survived by her husband of 23 years, cinematographer Mark Plummer and two sons.
Goldsmith, who helped style films including After Dark, My Sweet and Drugstore Cowboy, died in Los Angeles on 11 August.
She got her start in music video production, working on promos such as Janet Jackson's Nasty, and moved on to film set dressing in the mid-1980s.
Her other movie credits include 1987's Less than Zero and Stephen Gyllenhaal's 1993 drama A Dangerous Woman, starring the director's son and daughter Jake and Maggie.
Later in life, Goldsmith pursued a career in real estate.
She is survived by her husband of 23 years, cinematographer Mark Plummer and two sons.
- 8/20/2010
- WENN
“Pleasant” isn’t usually a word used to praise horror films, but it describes quite a bit of A Perfect Getaway, which is really more of a suspense-thriller than an out-and-out shocker. It spends a lot more time hanging out with its characters in extremely attractive scenery than it devotes to them being menaced and killed, and in the scheme of this particular scenario, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
An opening series of camcorder snippets from a wedding celebration introduces us to newlyweds Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich), who take their honeymoon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. While driving to the starting point of a long hike to a beautiful, isolated beach, they stop to pick up a couple of hippie-ish hitchhikers—but while Cleo (Marley Shelton) seems friendly enough, her boyfriend Kale (Chris Hemsworth) has a menacing air about him, and Cliff and Cydney renege on the ride.
An opening series of camcorder snippets from a wedding celebration introduces us to newlyweds Cliff (Steve Zahn) and Cydney (Milla Jovovich), who take their honeymoon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. While driving to the starting point of a long hike to a beautiful, isolated beach, they stop to pick up a couple of hippie-ish hitchhikers—but while Cleo (Marley Shelton) seems friendly enough, her boyfriend Kale (Chris Hemsworth) has a menacing air about him, and Cliff and Cydney renege on the ride.
- 8/7/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Often times, Fango and other sites of a similar nature will cover and review films that skirt the very edges of horror and don’t fall neatly into the genre. A Perfect Getaway is definitely one such film. While more easily and probably correctly described as a thriller, it is however, definitely a lot of fun and on one or two occasions, features little nasty bits of violence and comedy.
Getaway, isn’t a huge film, it’s pretty contained, taking place on an island in Hawaii that serves as a paradise of stunning beaches, coves, rainforests and a scenic trail that at times is difficult to navigate. Cydney and Cliff (Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn) have elected to spend their honeymoon on this island of Kaua’i, hoping for much alone time in the outdoors. They end up however, passing the time with two couples. The first of which,...
Getaway, isn’t a huge film, it’s pretty contained, taking place on an island in Hawaii that serves as a paradise of stunning beaches, coves, rainforests and a scenic trail that at times is difficult to navigate. Cydney and Cliff (Milla Jovovich and Steve Zahn) have elected to spend their honeymoon on this island of Kaua’i, hoping for much alone time in the outdoors. They end up however, passing the time with two couples. The first of which,...
- 8/7/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
An unwritten rule of film is that movies are either made or broken by their twists. If you really want to get down and dirty, M. Night Shyamalan’s career is defined by the twists in his films (two of which were fine, the rest of all have been atrocious shock value.) There are times when a film doesn’t need a twist in order to sustain it’s greatness. Sometimes, a bad twist will destroy and otherwise great and engaging film. Finally, we have movies that are elevated to greatness because their twist is so suspenseful and earth shattering. A Perfect Getaway falls into another category altogether, that of a lame twist in an already boring and stupid film.
It’s quite alarming how terrible this movie is, yet in the interest of fairness the few positives will be focused on first. Leading the pack is Timothy Olyphant who...
It’s quite alarming how terrible this movie is, yet in the interest of fairness the few positives will be focused on first. Leading the pack is Timothy Olyphant who...
- 8/7/2009
- by Philip Barrett
- Atomic Popcorn
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