I’m filling out my World Fantasy ballot and having the usual struggle to remember what was published this year. So I thought I’d list my fantasy works published in 2009. If you’d like me to send you any of the short stories for consideration, please let me know.
And since I’m also trying to fill out my ballot, would you be a dear and mention your eligible works? I know I read it and liked it but what was it called and where was it published?
Short stories
At the Edge of Dying — Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness
Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery — Talebones #38
Prayer at Dark River — Innsmouth Free Press
Collection
Scenting The Dark and Other Stories — Subterranean (December, 2009)
I’m also going to put in a plug for Special Award – Professional for John Joseph Adams who is doing really good stuff, and of course my editor, Liz Gorinsky for whom I have a clear bias, but she’s up for a Hugo so it can’t be all in my head. For artist, I’ll mention John Picacio and Lee Moyer.
Looking at the Lifetime Achievement is always hard so I turned to the Women in SF meme to see if any of the ladies there were eligible. Kit Reed, Rachel Pollack and Joanna Russ seem like possible candidates. I arbitrarily decided that they had to be old enough to be my parents to count as having crossed the invisible barrier to “lifetime” status. Random, I know but writers keep writing so it’s not as though there’s a clear boundary on when one’s body of work stops accumulating.
Mary —
Duly noted and appreciated.
1. For your own work, SCENTING THE DARK had come to mind but I wasn’t sure if it was a 2009 or 2010. Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like that’s a lock for my ballot and I suspect (knock on wood) that will appear on many ballots. Good luck!
2. Thanks for the shoutout re: my own work. Appreciated. Here’s a hotlink that is more convenient — this is my 2009 body of work in one glance for all who wish to consider. (You might substitute this for the more general link above. Thank you!)
http://www.johnpicacio.com/2010/01/my-2009-published-work.html
3. Lifetime Achievement: Good thoughts, especially Joanna Russ. A couple of artists for consideration:
Jean “Moebius” Giraud — it’s hard to believe this guy’s not ALREADY a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner. May be one of the most influential and transcendent artistic forces for both science fiction and fantasy, melding the two in ways that changed the way the world sees the future. Has been doing it for decades and continues to do so. Even though his work was futuristic, I’ve always thought it was fantasy within an sf context rather than pure sf. Living legend by any definition.
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/giraud/moebius_futuristic.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Dv_tXOZgd3Y/SSs14sfhhZI/AAAAAAAABa0/7U8nwmQSeeI/s400/moebius+bird.gif
Michael Whelan — he may not be ancient but seeing that the man has now been inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame this year, it’s not inappropriate to acknowledge his legendary fantasy art that influences artists around the world since the ’70s. He’s one of the greatest fantasy painters of the modern era. I think he’s the only artist to ever win the World Fantasy Award three years in a row for Best Artist (the rules won’t allow for that anymore).
http://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/wp-content/uploads/michael_whelan.jpg