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  1. Full voting/nomination stats available by AMK · · Score: 1 · on Among Others Wins Hugo For Best Novel

    The convention published the complete voting and nomination data (PDF), so you can find out who would have come in second and what things were nominated but didn't make it onto the ballot.

  2. Rules can be found... by Kraft · · Score: 2 · on Harry Potter Wins Hugo

    here (I keep getting a fcuking lameness filter abort, if I dont write anything here. Geez)

    Also, a review of most of the winning books are here

  3. Re:Its disappointing, But I am curious... by msk · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Bass, Bomb, Deluxitude

    I had the pleasure of visiting at length with ESR at the last Worldcon (Chicon 2000, for those of you who missed it). He is one of the most polite and gentle people I have met. (And one of the most opinionated, who appears to have made clearly-thought and researched choices.) I liked him.

  4. Re:Always know your sources by dsplat · · Score: 2 · on Secrets & Lies: Digital Security In A Networked World

    Bruce spoke on a couple of panels at Chicon. I hope he'll forgive me, but I am reconstructing this from somewhat sleep deprived memories. He was quite frank about the fact that when he wrote Applied Cryptography, he believed that the proper use of cryptography could provide security. He said that his actual observations since then have convinced him that it is not possible for humans to use a system and for it to remain completely secure. The limits on human memory for pass phrases and the need for access to the secured data are two of the biggest problems. Although I don't remember him saying it outright, another is the limits to individuals' ability to stay up-to-date is another.

  5. Re:*cough*Bullshit*cough* by dsplat · · Score: 2 · on Mage The Ascension
    Go fucking read - the same stuff is in EVERY White Wolf game. Why? To add an element of realism , gods forbid we should have anything but FANTASY in an RPG.


    I got back from Chicon Monday night. There were a number of panels discussing exactly this, although in the context of fiction rather than games. They had titles like:

    • The Physics of Fantasy
    • The Fantasy of Physics
    • The Sources of Fantasy: Folklore
    • The Sources of Fantasy: History


    The point of this is that even fiction that is acknowledged to depict the impossible must maintain a certain amount of internal consistency. It must make sense within its own context.
  6. Wishing I went... by Ravagin · · Score: 1 · on The Hugo Awards: Word From A Winner

    Since I placed in this(don't ask...my english teacher handed me a form a couple years ago when they started the contest and I've been entering ever since. It's compulsive.), I had a chance to attend Chicon. Unfortunately, it conflicted with school starting and some social engagements. But I really wish I had gone, primarily to see the Hugos. I seem to recall the ceremony at the Baltimore Worldcon was quite good, and it sounds like this was just as cool.
    One of the things which the author mentions is the pure craziness of being in the vicinity of all these authors and other perosnalities in the SF field. I certainly remember that from Balticon, but no petty panel discussion on alien evolution can beat this guy's experience. Hell, he makes me want to go and win a Hugo.
    Congrats, Cory. Now go write some more! ;)

    On a related note, I see that the Science of Discworld didn't make it. It' s apity, it really is a good book.

    On another related note, I see some people complaining that the Matrix didn't win. I'm not all that surprised. Phenomenal effects, yes. Intriguing storyline, yes. Lots and lots of shooting and killing and blowing things up, yes. But the "it's not real we're all in some grand simulation" idea isn't exactly brand-new (yes, I know, few ideas are, but it was just a wee bit formulaic). Galaxy Quest, on the other hand, was just as entertaining and effects-pumped, but it said a bit more about science fiction, star trek, fans, and humanity. I'll probably get my eyebrows singed for that one, but it had to be said. Please note that The Matrix was also an excellent film. I'm just saying that I can see why Glaxy Quest might have been chosen.

    On yet another related note, hurrah for Gardner Dozois. I don't know much about him other than that he edits Asimov's, but there's some tanj fine stuff in that magazine.
    -J

  7. My child's readling list. By two geeks. by bons · · Score: 3 · on Sci Fi Literature 101?
    Warning, includes fantasy.
    Warning, these books are based off of reading level, not content. Books may contain violence, sex, lots of gay people, or christianity.

    A wrinkle in time. by Madeleine L'Engle
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - (Note: get a copy of The AQnnotated Alice by Martin Gardner
    The hobbit. by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Anything by Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Alan Dean Foster, or Piers Anthony
    Darkover (any of the books) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow by Orsen Scott Card
    The Narnia series by C.S. Lewis.

    A decent collection of Science fiction, mostly suitable for children

    Also, Please attend the Worldcon, this year it's in Chicago followed by Philadelphia, PA, then San José. We have a lot of things for you and your children.

    of course, our little one is only 6 months old. Mostly he's an excuse to reread Harold and the Purple Crayon

    I aplogogise for any redundancies. This list took awhile to compile and find the links, especially as the co-author was breastfeeding at the time...

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