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Paul McAuley: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen... Kim Newman: Bon soir, mesdames et messieurs... Paul: ...and welcome to the...

Fiction scientifique -- comment #1 from Jasper Janssen

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 14:33:20 -0500

So are you saying the Hugos are not usually that brilliant? I sure had fun, but I have nothing to compare this one to. Even at 90 minutes, though, there were a few points where it could have been shorter, I think. Maybe shorter or just less video fragments for the DP awards.

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Posted August 13, 2005 2:33 PM by Jasper Janssen

Fiction scientifique -- comment #2 from Jonathan Vos Post

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 15:05:50 -0500

This was the Swiftest and funniest Hugo Awards ceremony I have seen, based on attending most worldcons since 1982. I sincerely hope that it is nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) in time for voting in L.A. next year. It was a well thought-through Alternate History (a la Alternate Worldcons, ed. M. Resnick). The presentations were clever even in the commentary on nominees (viz. George R. R. Martin on presenting the short story nominees on the basis of the shortness of his own work) and discussion of "the big one." Arguably Susanna Clarke's acceptance of the Best Novel (in which she thanked Patrick) made good point in embracing "Fantasy" as opposed to "Literature of the Fantastic," which was a subtle dig at J. K. Rowling, perhaps.

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Posted August 13, 2005 3:05 PM by Jonathan Vos Post

Fiction scientifique -- comment #3 from David

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:46:20 -0500

But they forgot about the dissident members of the Kirk of Spiritology who broke away to form Wee Free Zones...

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Posted August 13, 2005 5:46 PM by David

Fiction scientifique -- comment #4 from A.R.Yngve

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:52:44 -0500

Vraiment, a ceremony tr�s jolie!
Reading the "Three Laws of French Robotics" had me rolling on the floor...

Seems, all in all, that this year's Worldcon has set a standard of excellence which will be hard to match. (What in the word will they come up with for next year's Hugo Awards? )
:)

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Posted August 14, 2005 4:52 AM by A.R.Yngve

Fiction scientifique -- comment #5 from Serge

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 06:48:42 -0500

Meanwhile, did you realize that last year's Hugo ceremony in Boston was held where the Democractic Party's convention had been, only a few weeks before? The same thing happened in 1980.

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Posted August 14, 2005 6:48 AM by Serge

Fiction scientifique -- comment #6 from Alex Cohen

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:06:43 -0500

did you realize that last year's Hugo ceremony in Boston was held where the Democractic Party's convention had been, only a few weeks before?

Do you just mean the same city? The DNC was held in the FleetCenter (now the "TD Banknorth Garden"), WorldCon in the Sheraton & Hynes Convention Center.

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Posted August 14, 2005 8:06 AM by Alex Cohen

Fiction scientifique -- comment #7 from Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:32:48 -0500

Whereas the dealer's room/exhibit area at the 2001 Philadelphia Worldcon was in the exact same space where George W. Bush accepted the Republican nomination a year earlier. If you knew where to sniff, you could still smell the brimstone.

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Posted August 14, 2005 9:32 AM by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Fiction scientifique -- comment #8 from NelC

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 20:55:10 -0500

My second WorldCon*, but my first Hugo ceremony. I can only hope the next one I go to is as fun. I'm going to Yokohama in '07, but I wonder if my Japanese by then will be good enough to tell....

*My second convention ever, in fact. And my second in Glasgow, funnily enough.

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Posted August 16, 2005 8:55 PM by NelC

Fiction scientifique -- comment #9 from Marilee

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:47:33 -0500

A picture of Charlie Stross in formal kilt at the Hugo ceremony.

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Posted August 16, 2005 9:47 PM by Marilee

Fiction scientifique -- comment #10 from Stefan Jones

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 23:53:31 -0500

" . . . you could still smell the brimstone"

I would think b******t would be more appropriate. Particularly smooth, fiber-free b******t.

Unless Karl Rove was standing behind him, of course.

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Posted August 16, 2005 11:53 PM by Stefan Jones