RENOVATION, WORLD CON-UL 2011 DIN RENO, NEVADA : 17 - 21 AUGUST

Cea de a 69-a Convenție mondială (Renovation) are loc în orașul Reno (The World's Biggest Little City !), Nevada, S.U.A. între 17-21 august 2011 la Reno-Sparks Convention Center.

Reno-Sparks Convention Center

Pînă la mijlocul anilor cincizeci, Reno a fost un Las Vegas avant la lettre, destinația favorită a americanilor în căutare de „gambling and easy entertainment”.

Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) este convenția anuală a World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). WSFS este o asociație americană a fanilor, majoritatea absolută a membrilor săi sînt cetățeni americani.
Evenimentul care durează cinci zile a avut loc începînd cu 1939 cu excepția anilor 1942-1945.
Activitățile de la Worldcon sînt centrate pe socializare, comunicare între fani și între fani și autori. Din anii cincizeci WorldCon-urile sînt de facto evenimente comerciale în cadrul cărora se promovează produsele industriei nord-americane de entertainment. La Worldcon-ul din 1995 de la Glasgow la care am participat, am asistat la vastele operațiuni de marketing și merchandising ale WSFS.

Sigla Worldcon-ului 2011.

Majoritatea Worldcon-urilor au avut loc în S.U.A. dar și în alte țări:
Canada (Toronto - Torcon I : 3-5 iulie 1948; Toronto - Torcon II : 31 august-3septembrie 1973; Winnipeg - ConAdian: 1-5 septembrie 1994; Toronto - Torcon 3: 28 august-1 septembrie 2003; Montreal - Anticipation: 6-10 august 2009);

Anglia (Londra : Loncon I: 6-9 septembrie 1957; Londra - Loncon II : 27-30 august 1965; Brighton - Seacon '79: 23-26 august 1979; Brighton - Conspiracy '87 : 27 august-1 septembrie 1987), Scoția (Glasgow - Intersection : 24-28 august 1995); Glasgow - Interaction : 4-8 august 2005);

Germania (Heidelberg - Heicon '70 : 20-24 august 1970);

Olanda (Haga - ConFiction : 23-27 august 1990);

Australia (Melbourne - Aussiecon One: 14-17 august 1975; Melbourne - Aussiecon Two: 22-26 august 1985; Melbourne - Aussiecon Three: 2-6 septembrie 1999; Melbourne -Aussiecon 4: 2-6 septembrie 2010);

Japonia (Yokohama - Nippon 2007 : 30 august-3 septembrie 2007).

În ultimii ani Worldcon-ul a atras între 3.000 și 6000 de participanți.
La Renovation se estimează o participare de 5000 de fani plătitori.


Cîștigătorii premiilor Hugo vor fi anunțați în seara zilei de sâmbătă 20 august în cadrul ceremoniei de decernare care va avea loc la Peppermill Hotel and Casino, Reno, Nevada.
Jay Lake și Ken Scholes vor fi maeștrii de ceremonie ai premiilor Hugo, secondați de Tim Powers, Boris Vallejo, Ellen Asher (Renovation Guests of Honour) împreună cu George R. R. Martin și Robert Silverberg.
Ceremonia va începe cu decernarea Premiului John W. Campbell for Best New Writer, premiu oferit de Dell Magazines. Apoi pe categorii anunțarea Premiilor Hugo, culminînd cu premiul pentru roman.


Atlantis Hotel

Comitetul de organizare se va aduna la hotelul Atlantis Casino Resort iar decernarea Premiilor Hugo și The Masquerade vor avea loc în gigantica sală Tuscany Ballroom din cadrul hotelului Peppermill.



Tuscany Ballroom

Guests of Honour vor fi Tim Powers, Ellen Asher, Boris Vallejo și post-mortem Charles N. Brown (voodoo ?).
Special Guests : Tricky Pixie and Bill Willingham.
Cu această ocazie va avea loc și The Renovation Independent/Fan Film Festival 2011.

Program :

Miercuri 17 august
•Opening Ceremony: Wednesday. 3 pm
•Music Night: Wednesday, evening
•Dr. Demento Guest Item: Wednesday, 5 pm
•Tricky Pixie Guest Concert: Wednesday, 7 pm
•Godson Performance, Wednesday, 9 pm

Joi 18 august
•ASFA Meeting: Thursday, 1 pm
•Ellen Asher GoH Interview: Thursday, 3 pm
•Art Night: Thursday, evening
•Chesley Awards Ceremony: Thursday, 6 pm, Atlantis, Grand Ballroom 4
•Many Ways to Tell a Story: Narrative and the Visual Arts Panel: Thursday, 7 pm
•Girl Genius Ball: Thursday, 8 pm

Vineri 19 august
•Tim Powers GoH Speech: Friday, 2 pm
•Three Interviews About Charles N. Brown: Friday, 3 pm
•Puppet Show - Whatnot: Friday 4 pm & 7 pm (limited seating)
•Masquerade: Friday, 8 pm, Peppermill, Tuscany Ballroom
•Regency Ball: Friday, 8 pm, Peppermill, Capri
•Club Dance: Friday, midnight, Peppermill, Capri

Sâmbătă 20 august
•Game of Thrones Presentation *, George RR Martin: Saturday, 11 am - 1 pm
•SFWA Meeting: Saturday, 1 pm
•Boris Vallejo Guest Presentation: Saturday, 2 pm
•Bill Willingham Guest Dialog: Saturday, 3 pm
•Hugo Awards Ceremony: Saturday, 8 pm, Peppermill Tuscany Ballroom
•Film: Radio Free Albemuth: Saturday, 11pm (after the Hugos), Peppermill Tuscany
•Match Game SF: Saturday, 11pm (after the Hugos), Peppermill, Sorrento 2 / 3 / 4.




Live streaming-video coverage of the 2011 Hugo Awards ceremony at 8 PM Pacific Daylight Time on Saturday, August 20 (ora României : duminică 21 august, ora 10 AM)
: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/worldcon1

CoverItLive (http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2011-hugo-awards/2011-hugo-awards-live-coverage/).

Nominalizările la Premiile Hugo 2011

Best Novel
„Blackout/All Clear” - Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
„Cryoburn” - Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
„The Dervish House” - Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
„Feed” - Mira Grant (Orbit)
„The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” - N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)


Best Novella
„The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” - Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
„The Lifecycle of Software Objects” - Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
„The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” - Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
„The Sultan of the Clouds” - Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010) - Read Online (PDF)
„Troika” - Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)

Best Novelette
„The Jaguar House, in Shadow” - Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010), traducere de Antuza Genescu, text postat pe site-ul SRSFF, aici.

„Eight Miles” - Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
„The Emperor of Mars” - Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
„Plus or Minus” - James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)
„That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” - Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)

Best Short Story
„Amaryllis” - Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
„For Want of a Nail” - Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
„Ponies” - Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)
„The Things” - Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)

Best Related Work
„Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001” - Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)
„The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing” - Mike Resnick & Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
„Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It”, editori Lynne M. Thomas & Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)
„Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: (1907–1948): Learning Curve” - William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
„Writing Excuses, Season 4” - Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells

Best Graphic Story
„Fables: Witches”, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
„Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse”, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
„Grandville Mon Amour” - Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
„Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel” - written and illustrated by Howard Tayler; colors by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode)
„The Unwritten, Volume 2: Inside Man” - written by Mike Carey; illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
„Inception”, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)
„Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner)
„How to Train Your Dragon”, screenplay by William Davies, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders; directed by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (DreamWorks)
„Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”, screenplay by Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright; directed by Edgar Wright (Universal)
„Toy Story 3”, screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich; directed by Lee Unkrich (Pixar/Disney)


Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: “Vincent and the Doctor,” written by Richard Curtis; directed by Jonny Campbell (BBC Wales)
Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury, written by Rachel Bloom; directed by Paul Briganti - Watch Online
The Lost Thing, written by Shaun Tan; directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan (Passion Pictures)

Best Editor, Short Form
John Joseph Adams
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form
Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
Moshe Feder
Liz Gorinsky
Nick Mamatas
Beth Meacham
Juliet Ulman

Best Professional Artist
Daniel Dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine
Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams
Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong
Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal

Best Fanzine
Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger, edited by Guy H. Lillian III
The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith

Best Fan Writer
James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
James Nicoll
Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist
Brad W. Foster
Randall Munroe
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2009 or 2010(sponsored by Dell Magazines - not a Hugo Award).
Saladin Ahmed
Lauren Beukes
Larry Correia
Lev Grossman
Dan Wells