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Happy Canada Day!
Jul. 1st, 2012 01:51 pm
Although who knows if Canada will survive the next few years of a conservative majority.
Jul. 1st, 2012
Although who knows if Canada will survive the next few years of a conservative majority.
I don't immediately see a way to link to a specific news story on this site. Sorry.
The winners of this year's John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction have been revealed, Christopher McKitterick, Director of the University of Kansas Center for the Study of Science Fiction, announced today.
The Campbell Award is shared by Christopher Priest's The Islanders (Gollancz) and Joan Slonczewski's The Highest Frontier (Tor). Third place goes to China Miéville's Embassytown (Ballantine/Del Rey), and Lavie Tidhar's Osama (PS Publishing) takes Honorable Mention.
Paul McAuley's "The Choice" (Asimov's) won the Sturgeon Award. Second place goes to Charlie Jane Anders' "Six Months Three Days" (Tor.com), and third place goes to Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie" (F&SF). Finalists for both awards were also announced on the Center's website.
Dirty Girl
Jul. 1st, 2012 02:47 pmHarmless but completely, utterly predictable at every turn [1]. Maybe I should have gone with Goon. I'm going to assume the reason everything looked 1970ish in a movie set in the 1980s is because her community is backwards.
I keep not recognizing Juno Temple, even though she's been in lots of stuff. She doesn't look at all like a person from the 1980s in this. Body type wrong, probably physical regimen wrong too.
1: Think Roxy Carmichael, now with free road trip. If you have not seen Roxy Carmichael, don't feel bad; most people didn't, which is why it only recouped about a third or a quarter of its budget.
I keep not recognizing Juno Temple, even though she's been in lots of stuff. She doesn't look at all like a person from the 1980s in this. Body type wrong, probably physical regimen wrong too.
1: Think Roxy Carmichael, now with free road trip. If you have not seen Roxy Carmichael, don't feel bad; most people didn't, which is why it only recouped about a third or a quarter of its budget.
Exploring Tomorrow: Made In Avack aka Fair Fight
Another one of those stories that depends on one character not informing another character of a critical fact, in this case one directly relevant to the activity the two were engaged in, (spoilers) ( Read more... )
Another one of those stories that depends on one character not informing another character of a critical fact, in this case one directly relevant to the activity the two were engaged in, (spoilers) ( Read more... )