2007年5月13日星期日

新的星云奖出来了

今天看到douban上北星老大的转贴才发现星云奖已经出来了。长篇和长中篇都没看过,引两句北星老大的原话(show off部分就忽略不计吧,呵呵)

“Jack McDevitt 获得过11次提名,终于以Seeker第一次获得星云奖。俺有McDevitt给俺签名的Seeker!James Patrick Kelly 也获得过10次提名,这次也是第一次获星云奖(他得过两次雨果奖)。Kelley的长中篇Burn很长,单独出的一本书,讲的是外星殖民地上的森林救火员的故事,看着像是在地球上哪里的故事一样。祝贺Jack McDevitt和James Patrick Kelly终成正果!这两个人的提名分别是列星云奖提名数的第一和第二!……”

对于短中篇 Two Hearts,想起一个词——怨念。让我荒废了一个学期的翻译是不是正是个时候捡起来呢?怎么说我也翻了这一万多字的一半了啊。多不容易啊,呵呵。

那个Echo,F&SF网上有,迅速看过一次,真的是没看懂啊。

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Nebula Awards Winners

Winners of this year's Nebula Awards, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, were announced this evening, Saturday May 12, 2007, in New York City.

NOVEL
# Seeker, Jack McDevitt (Ace Books)

NOVELLA
# Burn, James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon Publications)

NOVELETTE
# "Two Hearts", Peter S. Beagle (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)

SHORT STORY
# "Echo", Elizabeth Hand (F&SF Oct/Nov 2005)

SCRIPT
# Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt

ANDRE NORTON AWARD
# Magic or Madness, Justine Larbalestier (Razorbill)

As previously announced, James Gunn was presented the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, and D.G. Compton was named Author Emeritus. Ronald D. Moore was Toastmaster. The SFWA Service Award was presented to Brook and Julia West.

These are first Nebula Award wins for Jack McDevitt, James Patrick Kelly, and Peter S. Beagle. McDevitt and Kelly had more nominations than any other living writers, 11 and 10 respectively (with the late Avram Davidson also at 10), before winning this year, while Beagle won with his first ever nomination. (Beagle's story also won a Hugo Award last year.) Elizabeth Hand had one earlier nomination and win, for novella "Last Summer at Mars Hill" in 1996.

This is the second year of SFWA's Andre Norton Award, created to honor young adult SF/F novels and named in honor of the late SFWA Grand Master. While not technically a Nebula Award, it is voted on by members in the same way the Nebula Awards are. Last year's winner was Holly Black's Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie.

2007年5月3日星期四

最近忙死了。连续好几天,每天凌晨三点多才睡,早上八点多起来。

期末总是这个样子,还好我以后应该不用再选课了(今年过了COMPS II 应该就能拿到master了吧)。

头一次在实验室工作到凌晨一点(多),还是因为自己的project。看来,跟着别人后面做实验和自己的实验是不同的。而且,正常的实验室工作时没有Due day的,老板即使push,即使希望你能早点出结果,但那也是没有时间限定的。但是课程的project就不一样了,说哪天交就得交,之前无论多难,有什么问题都得做完然后交上去。

还好做完了,paper也几乎写完了,现在就剩下一个presentation了,明天。还有另一门课的paper要交。还有Comps II的论文。恩。。。。。。。

不过还好,我想,最糟糕的几天都已经过去了。