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Hugos and Eagles
Thanks very much to everyone who was so kind about Captain Britain. But onwards and upwards. I'm honoured to have been asked to present the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form in Montreal this summer. I promise, in the face of whatever pressures are put on me, not to fiddle with the envelopes. And phew, this means I get into the Hugo party without having to pretend to be Lou Anders' date.
Hugo voting is now open!
For those of you who've joined the convention, either as a full of supporting member. And John Scalzi tells us that his voter packet of the majority of nominated material, free to those who've signed up (and making signing up such a bargain, given that you get a bunch of bestselling novels) has now actually grown!
I love the fact that there's been such a focus on the Hugos this year, across our community. It feels like the nominated works have been thoroughly read and talked about this time round. I'm proud of the health of SF's central awards system.
The Eagle Awards, Britain's comics awards (although they apply to US, UK and other European titles), are without a ceremony this year, and in a process of rebuilding, but from the look of their website, they've started in the right way. You have until Friday to nominate in the various different categories. Why not pop along and nominate some of your favourites?
I hope to see some of you at the Plokta convention this weekend, which I'm very much looking forward to. Hopefully, I'll have got rid of this throat condition, which makes me sound, as the wife put it, 'like Peter O'Toole'. I don't know if that's good or bad. Until then, Cheerio.
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... I may have been liberally generous with my Captain Briatain & MI-13 praise in the voting :o)
The fact that Doctor Who has been so well represented in the Hugos each year since its return (OK, let's face it, Moffat has swept the perishing thing so far) is testament to the quality of the show, and one I hope continues. I'll be curious to see if any of the specials from this year make the list in '10.
Hey, there are famous writers lining up around the block to be my date. I don't need you. I'll have my own Hugo Ceremony. With blackjack and hookers. Only forget about the Hugo ceremony.
This may have already been covered elsewhere, but this seemed the best place to ask if not... To wit, are you the voice behind the tweets (heh) on twitter.com/Captain_Britain ? It's great, funny stuff! I applaud whoever did it, and was hoping you could shed some light on the player(s). I'll go back to sleep now. Thanks, and get well!
TS, the Cap twitter was written by Cornell. And it was indeed good stuff.
If you're going to Montreal for the Hugos, be sure to try a smoked meat sandwich at a real deli. And if you try the poutine, bring a defibrillator.
And there are worse things than sounding like Peter O'Toole.
Peter Lorre, not good.
Thanks, all. And hey, thanks Jay. Vinnie: I'll be nominating them, I'm sure. Lou: I look forward to Worldcon even more now. TS: yes, that was me. Mr. Furious: thanks for the advice, I'll make sure to do that. And today it's more Clint Eastwood.