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Nebula Award Winners, Hugo Nominees Announced

Posted by Hemos on from the get-your-read-on dept.

CBNobi writes "The 2002 Nebula Award winners have been announced this weekend. The winner for best novel was American Gods by Neil Gaiman (reviewed here at Slashdot), and the winner for best script was LotR:The Fellowship of the Ring. The nominees for the 2003 Hugo Awards have also been announced; Episodes of Enterprise, Firefly, and Buffy are all nominated for best short form dramatic presentation, and LotR and Spirited Away are among the nominees for best long form presentation."

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  1. The problem with network TV shows. by MtViewGuy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unfortunately, it also says way too much about how short-sighted TV executives are nowadays.

    TV executives frequently do not like hour-long dramas due to the high cost of production per hour; they still (unfortunately for us TV viewers :( ) like reality shows because reality shows have relatively low cost of production per hour. Even with its exotic locales, the best-known reality show (Survivor) is still a bargain compared to shows like the now-cancelled Firefly, the soon-to-end Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, and the potentially-cancelled Enterprise.

    The days of a network letting a show find its audience are long over. You'll never see anything like how NBC allowed Hill Street Blues to eventually become a big hit again.

  2. Re:Newflash by andy666 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    no it's really just the opposite. people treat "art" as this holy thing that isn't supposed to be something enjoyable.

  3. Re:Newflash by bsartist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think it was actually a fairly slow year for SF. Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Years of Rice and Salt" got good reviews, but for me it dragged - I couldn't even finish it. Maybe I'll try again. David Brin's "Kiln People" was better, but it wasn't his best.

    To be honest, I think it's been a slow decade for SF. Many of the Great Ones of the genre - from Asimov to Zelazny - are gone, and the younger generation seems to still be searching for its voice.

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  4. Re:I'm glad Ian McLeod didn't read anything by bsartist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm glad to see the Nebula voters have voted for right-thinking, American-proud authors like Gaimain

    LOL! Neil Gaiman is British.

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  5. Farscape and Others Forgotten by derrickh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Enterprise gets 2 nominations and Whedon gets 3?
    How about dumping the Trek spinoffs and put a couple of episodes of Farscape in. I'll put 'Prayer' up agaist 'Night in SickBay' any day of the week. And 'Carbon Creek' pales up against 'Kansas'.

    Also, this shows you how important mindshare is. By many peoples account, Firefly was a show with potential, but it wasn't really good yet. But Whedon's name on it made people believe that it has to be great and deserves an award.

    Solaris was easily the most 'sci-fi' movie of the year but Spiderman gets a nod instead?

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