grew up on what may be the flattest half-section of land on the planet, six miles north of Carman, and is now a lawyer living in Brandon. After celebrating the launch of his novel, Black Bottle Man, he was kind enough to answer a few questions for our website.
Categories: Interview, SciFi & Fantasy
St. George killed his dragon -- centuries ago. But there is more to the legend. He was but one of many dragonslayers and now the task has fallen to George's last living descendant: Georgia Quincey. Unfortunately, Georgia, the last hope to stop the Dragon, is also an addict.
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy, Horror
The ballot for the 2010 Hugo Awards has been released and there are two Canadians among the nominees. Both and have previously won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Sawyer in 2003 for Hominids and Wilson in 2006 for Spin. Sawyer's Wake is also nominated for an Aurora Award.
In the best novel category:
- The Windup Girl by
- The City & The City by
- Boneshaker by
- Wake by
- Palimpsest by
- Julian Comstock: A Novel of 22nd Century America by
The Hugos will be presented at Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, September 2nd-6th.
A list of nominees in all categories can be found here: Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasy
To HBO, at least. Fans of A Song of Ice and Fire who are eagerly awaiting the fifth book in popular fantasy series, will have to continue to wait for A Dance with Dragons.
Martin announced the news recently, that HBO has greenlighted A Game of Thrones for a full ten episode first season, due to air next spring. The plan is to adapt one book in the series per season. The cast includes Lord of the Rings alumni, Sean Bean in the role of Eddard (Ned) Stark, Lord of Winterfell and the King's new Hand.
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The Prix Aurora Awards have announced their shortlists in all categories. This year the prizes will be awarded in Winnipeg as part of Manitoba's local Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, KeyCon, now in its 27th year.
Voting for the Auroras is open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and may be done at the Prix Aurora website, here. For those who plan on attending KeyCon, there will be onsite voting as well.
The nominees for best novel in English:
A complete list of nominees may be found here:
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