domingo, 24 de agosto de 2014

Prémios Europeus ESFS 2014



ESFS Awards 2014

The European Science Fiction Society is proud to announce the Winners of the 2014 ESFS Awards. These awards were announced on the 24th of August 2014 at the 36th Eurocon, Shamrokon, in Dublin.


European Grand Master:
Jim Fitzpatrick – Ireland

Hall of Fame:
Best Author: Wolfgang Jeschke – Germany
Best Artist: Jim Fitzpatrick – Ireland
Best Publisher: Angry Robot – United Kingdom
Best Magazine: Cosmoport – Belarus
Best Translator: Ms. Kersti Juva – Finland
Best Promoter of Science Fiction: Dave Lally – Ireland

These Awards are granted just once by the European Committee by secret ballot from the nominations submitted by the National Delegates.

Spirit of Dedication:
Artist: Alexander Prodan – Ukraine
Best Performance: Adaption of Dr. Horribles Sing-along blog – Croatia
Best SF Website: Geek Ireland – Ireland
Best Fanzine: Darker – Russia
Best creator of children’s ScienceFiction or fantasy books:
Oisín McGann* – Ireland
Vladimir Arenev* – Ukraine

*A tie occurred and both creators are awarded.


Encouragement Awards
Marco Rauch – Austria
Victor Martinovich – Belarus
Genoveva Detelinova – Bulgaria
Irena Hartmann – Croatia
Míla Linc – Czech Republic
Anthea West – Ireland
Robert M. Wegner – Poland
Rui Alex – Portugal
Eugen Cadaru – Romania
Роман Шмараков/Roman Shmarakov – Russia
Lenka Štiblaríková – Slovakia
Igor Silivra – Ukraine

These Awards are granted according to the suggestions from the National Delegates to a young writer or artist from each European Country.



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ESFS Nominations 2014

The ESFS are happy to release the current nominees for the ESFS Hall of Fame Awards and for the Spirit of Dedication awards. The winner of these awards will be selected at the next general meeting of the ESFS, which will take place at the 36th Eurocon, Shamrokon, which takes place in Dublin, Ireland on the 22nd to the 24th of August.

HALL OF FAME

 

These Awards are granted just once by the committee of the ESFS, and are awarded to people who have had an impact not just in there own country.

Best Author:

 

  • Ulrike Schmitzer – Austria
  • Sergey Bulyga (Сергей Булыга)- Belarus
  • Nikolay Tellalov- Bulgaria
  • Vilma Kadlečková- Czech Republic
  • Dunyach, Jean-Claude- France
  • Wolfgang Jeschke- Germany
  • Dario Tonani- Italy
  • Romeu de Melo- Portugal
  • Liviu Radu- Romania
  • Вадим Панов/Vadim Panov- Russia
  • Juraj Červenák- Slovakia
  • Yana Dubinianska- Ukraine
  • Paul McAuley- United Kingdom
  •  

Best Translator:

 

  • D. Mogilevcev, K. Kurchenkova- Belarus
  • Sara Doke- Belgium
  • Adrian Lazarovski- Bulgaria
  • Jan Kantůrek- Czech Republic
  • Ms. Kersti Juva- Finland
  • Bernhard Kempen- Germany
  • Marco Crosa- Italy
  • Jorge Candeias- Portugal
  • Mihai Dan Pavelescu- Romania
  • Кирилл Плешков/Kirill Pleshkov- Russia
  • Sergey Legeza- Ukraine
  •  

Best Promoter:

 

  • Wolfgang Niederwieser – Austria
  • Raisa Borovikova – Belarus
  • The team of the Citadel (Citadelata.com) – Bulgaria
  • Mihaela Marija Perkovic – Croatia
  • Toni Jerrman – Finland
  • Dominique Martel and Ellen Hertzfeld (Quarante-Deux team) – France
  • Hermann Ritter – Germany
  • Dave Lally – Ireland
  • Silvio Sosio – Italy
  • Marcelina Gama Leandro – Portugal
  • Eugen Lenghel – Romania
  • Александр Сидорович/Alexandr Sidorovich-  Russia
  • Katka Bajzíková (Slavcon) – Slovakia
  • Brian Aldiss – United Kingdom
  • Yuriy Shevela – Ukraine
  •  

Best Magazine:

 

  • Visionarium – Austria
  • Cosmoport – Belarus
  • Almanah Fantastika – Bulgaria
  • phantastisch! – Germany
  • Fantasy & Science Fiction – Italy
  • CPSF Anticipatia – Romania
  • UFO (Ukrainian SFF Review) – Ukraine
  •  

Best Publisher

 

  • Septime (owner: Jürgen Schütz) – Austria
  • Galiafy – Belarus
  • Bard – Bulgaria
  • Argo – Czech Republic
  • L’Atalante – France
  • Ernst Wurdack – Germany
  • Swan River Press – Ireland
  • Delos Digital – Italy
  • Editura Tracus Arte – Romania
  • Азбука/Azbooka – Russia
  • Aertis Omnis – Slovakia
  • Angry Robot – United Kingdom
  • Family Leisure Club – Ukraine
  •  

Best Artist:

 

  •  Johann Peterka – Austria
  • Valeriy Slauk (Валерий Слаук) – Belarus
  • Petar Stanimirov – Bulgaria
  • Pavel Čech – Czech Republic
  • Didier Graffet – France
  • Lothar Bauer – Germany
  • Jim Fitzpatrick – Ireland
  • Tomasz Baginski – Poland
  • Pedro Piedade Marques – Portugal
  • Catalin Negrea – Romania
  • Сергей Шикин/Sergey Shikin – Russia
  • Michal Ivan – Slovakia
  • Alexander Prodan – Ukraine
  •  

Spirit of Dedication Award:

These Awards are granted by the ESFS for works and performances produced between the current and previous Eurocon.

Artist 

 

  • Petar Stanimirov – Bulgaria
  • Manchu – France
  • Marian Mirescu – Romania
  • Игорь Савин/Igor Savin – Russia
  • Alexander Prodan – Ukraine
  •  

Best Fanzine 

 

  • Citadelata – Bulgaria
  • Présences d’esprits – France
  • Antologia Fénix de Ficção Científica e Fantasia – Portugal
  • Gazeta SF – Romania
  • Darker – Russia
  • Jashubeg en Jered – Slovenia
  • Fantasy World – Ukraine
  •  

Best Website 

 

Best Dramatic Presentation

 

  • Aurelion: Eternal Balance – Bulgaria
  • Adaptation of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along blog – Croatia
  • Adrian Chifu – Romania
  • Трудно быть богом/Trudno byt bogom – Russia
  • Liubomyr Levytskiy (Unforgotten Shadows) –  Ukraine
  •  

Best creator of children’s SF or fantasy books

 

  • Nikola Raykov – Bulgaria
  • Oisín McGann –  Ireland
  • Vladimir Arenev –  Ukraine
  • Julia Donaldson –  United Kingdom

domingo, 17 de agosto de 2014

Hugo Awards 2014




 2014 Hugo Award winners
 
BEST NOVEL

* Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie (Orbit US / Orbit UK)

BEST NOVELLA

* “Equoid” by Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)

BEST NOVELETTE

* “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com /
Tor.com, 09-2013)

BEST SHORT STORY

* “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)

BEST RELATED WORK

* “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative” by Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

* “Time” by Randall Munroe (xkcd)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM

* Gravity
written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films;Warner Bros.)

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

* Game of Thrones “The Rains of Castamere” written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM

* Ellen Datlow

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM

* Ginjer Buchanan

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

*Julie Dillon

BEST SEMIPROZINE

* Lightspeed Magazine edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki

BEST FANZINE

* A Dribble of Ink edited by Aidan Moher

BEST FANCAST

* SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester

BEST FAN WRITER

* Kameron Hurley

BEST FAN ARTIST

* Sarah Webb

JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER

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e o link para a cerimónia:

 http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/51500276

terça-feira, 12 de agosto de 2014

L' an deux mille quatre cent quarante - Louis Sébastien Mercier (1770)

Aqui fica a "imagem" da loucura que pode atingir um "clássico" de antecipação:

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e nem é a 1ª edição em francês. Será que alguém lhe chega?

Para os mais "afoitos" aqui ficam os links para as duas edições:



e para o autor e a obra.




Dois links complementares:

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celle de l’ouvrage l’"An 2440"» e vários outros no site "des pionniers de l’aéronautique à Genève",

e o de um alfarrabista italiano que apresenta obras e edições raras de 


Nota final

sexta-feira, 8 de agosto de 2014

Da escrita e leitura em outras línguas

I don’t mind English as our lingua franca for communicating between us, Europeans. In any case, we need a common language if we want to communicate. But I would never write my fiction in any other language than my native Serbian. It is the language of my art. When I wish a prose text of mine to be available in English translation, I rely on a good English translator.” – Zoran Živković

(excerto da entrevista em Europa SF - The European Speculative Fiction Portal

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