ANTICIPATION 2009 :PREMIILE AURORA,SIDEWISE ŞI CHESLEY

În a patra zi a celei de a 67-a Convenţii Mondiale de Science Fiction(Worldcon),
ANTICIPATION 2009(6-10 August),care are loc la Palatul Congreselor în Montreal(Quebec,Canada),s-au comunicat laureaţii Premiilor Aurora,Sidewise şi Chesley.

Premiile Aurora (premii canadiene pentru SF în engleză şi franceză)
Roman:
"Marseguro"-Edward Willett
"Les vents de Tammerlan"-Michele Laframboise
Povestire:
“Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta”- Randy McCharles
“Le Dome de Saint-Macaire” - Jean-Louis Trudel
Revistă:
"Neo-Opsis" - editor Karl Johanson
"Solaris" - editor Joel Champetier
Fanzin:
"The Original Universe" - editor Jeff Boman

coperta:Bob Eggleton (Premiu Chesley)
Premiile Sidewise
Roman: Chris Roberson,"The Dragon’s Nine Sons",editura Solaris
Povestire: Mary Rosenblum,"Sacrifice",din antologia "Sideways in Crime",editura Solaris

Coperta:Maurizio Manzieri(Premiu Chesley)
Premiile Chesley
(fondate în 1985 de către ASFA - Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists pentru a recompensa excelenţa în arta SF&F,din 1986 au primit numele artistului Chesley Bonestell)
Best Cover Illustration: Hardback
Donato Giancola-"A Book of Wizards" editor Marvin Kaye (SFBC,aprilie 2008)
Best Cover Illustration: Paperback
John Picacio-"Fast Forward 2", editor Lou Anders (Pyr,noiembrie 2008)
Best Cover Illustration: Magazine
Matts Minnhagen -"Clarkesworld",aprilie 2008
Best Interior Illustration
Donato Giancola-“The Wraith” de J. Robert Lennon (Playboy,noiembrie 2008)
Best Color Work: Unpublished
Simon Dominic-"The Gift"
Best Monochrome Work: Unpublished
Simon Dominic-"The Kraken"
Best Three-Dimensional Art
Vincent Villafranca-"The Celestial Itinerant",bronz
Best Product Illustration
Dan Dos Santos-"Hellboy II promotional art",Dark Horse & Universal Pictures
Best Gaming - Related Illustration
Volkan Baga-"Stoic Angel","Magic Card","Shards of Alara",WotC
Best Art Director
Lou Anders, Pyr Books
Artistic Achievement
Julie Bell
Vom reveni cu amănunte despre Premiile Hugo,Prix Boréal,Prix Jacques-Brossard, Premiul Prometheus,Premiile Seiun,First Fandom şi Golden Duck.
Reamintim nominalizările la premiile Hugo:
Roman
"Anathem"-Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK)
"Little Brother"-Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; HarperVoyager UK)
"Saturn's Children"-Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
"Zoe's Tale"-John Scalzi (Tor)
"The Graveyard Book"-Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)
Nuvelă
"The Erdmann Nexus"-Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
"The Political Prisoner"-Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)
"The Tear"-Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)
"True Names"-Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
"Truth"-Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
Nuveletă
"Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders"-Mike Resnick (Asimov's Jan 2008)
"The Gambler"-Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
"Pride and Prometheus"-John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)
"The Ray-Gun: A Love Story"-James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb 2008)
"Shoggoths in Bloom"-Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)
Povestire
"Article of Faith"-Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
"Exhalation"-Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
"From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled"-Michael Swanwick (Asimov's Feb 2008)
"26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss"-Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
"Evil Robot Monkey"-Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)