| Ustopia |
[Oct. 14th, 2011|09:46 am]
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"Ustopia is a word I made up by combining utopia and dystopia – the imagined perfect society and the opposite – because, in my view, each contains a latent version of the other... But any writer of ustopias has to answer three necessary questions: where is it, when is it, and – in relation to maps – what shape it is? For unless we readers can believe in the ustopia as a potentially mappable place, we will not suspend our disbelief willingly."
Poll #1786455
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Utopias and dystopias each contains a latent version of the other
Any writer of ustopias has to answer three necessary questions: where is it, when is it, and what shape it is?
"Ustopia"
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| A perfectly reasonable portmanteau term |
   3 (12.5%) |
| Meh |
| 1 (4.2%) |
| Argh! My eyes, my eyes! |
| 20 (83.3%) |
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| Diamond |
[Jun. 28th, 2011|01:48 pm]
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Poll #1756737
SF writers of our time
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Mick Resnick
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[Jun. 21st, 2011|01:53 pm]
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Poll #1754085
DGLA
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"The concept of any book award being anything other than positive for writing is simply unhinged."
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| Hugo recommendation: "The Tempest" |
[Jan. 4th, 2011|10:53 am]
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As I noted on Facebook (for those of you who are on my FB list), I think that Julie Taymor's version of "The Tempest" (with Helen Mirren as Prospera) would be an excellent choice for BDP Long Form Hugo.
Granted, it's been in VERY limited release, but it was really very good.
Crossposted to my own LJ,  hugo_recommend and instant_fanzine |
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| 2009 Clarke Award Poll |
[Apr. 27th, 2010|02:11 pm]
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Time for the traditional poll:
Poll #1556919
Clarke Award
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20
Who should win?
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| Spirit, Gwyneth Jones |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| The City & The City, China Miéville |
| 10 (52.6%) |
| Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| Galileo's Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 2 (10.5%) |
| Far North, Marcel Theroux |
| 5 (26.3%) |
| Retribution Falls, Chris Wooding |
| 2 (10.5%) |
Who will win?
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| Spirit, Gwyneth Jones |
| 1 (5.3%) |
| The City & The City, China Miéville |
| 9 (47.4%) |
| Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts |
| 4 (21.1%) |
| Galileo's Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 2 (10.5%) |
| Far North, Marcel Theroux |
| 3 (15.8%) |
| Retribution Falls, Chris Wooding |
| 0 (0.0%) |
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