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Hugo Nominations Announced
Embedded Geek writes "With the 2004 Nebula Awards being awarded this weekend, the Hugo nominations have been announced. As usual, the field is packed with lots of deserving entries, although I'm sure everyone has a favorite that was missed. I was particularly interested in the Short Form Drama, though, with Joss Wheadon getting three nominations for canceled shows (two Firefly, one Buffy) and Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards getting a nod. Also of interest are the Retro Hugos, an effort to look back and recognize SF published before anyone thought to hand out awards for it. Retro nominees include such greats as Childhood's End, Fahrenheit 451, and Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century (no, really!). You have until 31 July, 2004 to join Noreascon Four and vote for your favorites!"
Although, it'd be interesting to see a show take nominations in both its retro and current incarnation. Or a novel and sequel, perhaps.
Something that erhaps they didn't consider when making the retroes.
"Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."
"The nominating comittee", in this case, is the worldcon membership--or rather, those members who sent in nominations. But yes, the previously unaired episodes were the only ones eligible, since only they came out in 2003 (the others aired in 2002).
Also, "Serenity" was the last one broadcast. I guess "The last shall be first" and all that.
Check out this entry for best related book:
Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard -- William J. Widder (Bridge, 2003)
Bridge publications isn't just a CO$ front org... They're the publishers of all the Dianetics (tm, pat. pending, please don't sue me) materials.
Dammit I thought that Fandom had gotten smarter than that.
(posting anon, cuz these are a scary bunch of MFs to cross!)
It's an Easter Egg. Though I thought it was DVD 2 and not 1. There's also an EEgg on the FotR Extended Edition in the same place.
I talk about stuff.
I think it's safe to add that if you were never able to get into Homer's Iliad, this is an excellent (although semi-fictional after awhile) ramp into that story. Names, faces, characters come to life thru modes the old classic never bothered with. I can still see them, six months after finishing the book, and they're still amazing.
Ilium is worthy of study if for no other reason than Simmons illuminates some true character differences between ourselves and ancient Greeks. Hearing Odysseus speak on the notion of arete is likely superior to anything you've heard from a college professor. Exhilirating and highly recommended. Oh, and the best SciFi of the nominees.
He was the publisher of many early "pulp" SF magazines, and a big popularizer of the genre.
He wrote a bit too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gernsback
He doesn't judge a thing, being dead. The award was named in his honor.