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Fast Forward 2: Awards and Best of’s Round Up

The anthology itself is a Philip K. Dick Award nominee.

Hugo Award nominees:

Best Novella – “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow
Best Novelette – “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi

Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominees:

“True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow
“The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi

2009 Locus Award Finalists:

Best Novella: “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow
Best Short Story: “The Kindness of Strangers” by Nancy Kress

The Year’s Best Science Fiction, volume 26, edited by Gardner Dozois:

“The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“An Eligible Boy” by Ian McDonald

Year’s Best SF 14, edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer:

“Mitigation” by Tobias Buckell & Karl Schroeder

The Best SF and Fantasy of the Year Vol. 3, edited by Jonathan Strahan:

“The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi

Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2009, edited by Rich Horton:

“Catherine Drewe” by Paul Cornell

Not too shabby, no?

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FF2 up for the PKD: 2008 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees Announced

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Fast Forward 2has just been shortlisted for the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award, with the result that I can barely type let alone think. So in lieu of being eloquent, here’s the press release:

The judges of the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award and the Philadelphia SF Society, along with the Philip K. Dick Trust, are pleased to announce six nominated works that comprise the final ballot for the award:

EMISSARIES FROM THE DEAD by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos Books)
ENDGAME by Kristine Smith (Eos Books)
FAST FORWARD 2 edited by Lou Anders (Pyr)
JUDGE by Karen Traviss (Eos Books)
TERMINAL MIND by David Walton (Meadowhawk Press)
TIME MACHINES REPAIRED WHILE-U-WAIT by K. A. Bedford (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)

First prize and any special citations will be announced on Friday, April 10, 2009 at Norwescon 32 at the Doubletree Seattle Airport Hotel, SeaTac, Washington.

The Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and the Philip K. Dick Trust and the award ceremony is sponsored by the NorthWest Science Fiction Society. Last year’s winner was NOVA SWING by M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra) with a special citation to FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF DR. BRAIN by Minister Faust (Del Rey). The 2008 judges are Tobias Buckell, M. M. Buckner (chair), Walter Hunt, Rosemary Kirstein, and William Senior.

For more information, contact the award administration:

David G. Hartwell (914) 769-5545.

Gordon Van Gelder (201) 876-2551

For more information about the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, http://www.psfs.org/:

Contact Gary Feldbaum (215) 563-2511

For more information about the Philip K. Dick Trust: www.philipkdick.com

For more information about Norwescon: http://www.norwescon.org/:

Contact NorthWest SF Society: (360) 438-0871

Congrats to all the nominees, and a special shout of gratitude to everyone who contributed to Fast Forward 2!

Update 1/14/09: Kristine Smith’s Endgame is apparently ineligible. It has been removed from the list, and replaced with my friend Jeff Carlson’s Plague War. Congratulations Jeff! 

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Gonzo Alternate History in Fast Forward 2

The November 2008 issue of Locus has a review of Fast Forward 2by Rich Horton. He calls it “a fine anthology – one of several in what’s shaping up to be a remarkable year for original anthologies.” But I’m even more excited by his reaction to one story in particular, as the story in question has really set me on fire. So I’m thrilled when Rich writes:

“Another politically charged piece may be the best story here – the opener, Paul Cornell’s ‘Catherine Drewe’. This is an alternate history, a bit gonzo, about an English spy charged with taking out the title woman, an Irishwoman who seems to be helping the Russians as they try to dominate Mars. I’ve failed to convey the interest in the steampunkish tech displayed, as well as the bitter political realism at the center of the story.”

And, as you may recall, “Catherine Drewe” is available in its entirety on our new Sample Chapters page. Just go there and click on the link to Fast Forward 2 in the right hand margin.
Meanwhile, I expect we’ll hear a lot more about Paul Cornell in the near future.

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Paul Cornell’s Short Story From FF2 Free Online!

In support of Fast Forward 2,we’ve put the entirely of the opening story from the anthology online at the new Pyr Sample Chapters page. (If you are viewing this inside the frame of the Pyr site, you might right click to avoid opening a window in a window).

“Catherine Drewe” by two-time Hugo nominee Paul Cornell is a tale of a Bond-like character in an alternate history where the Great Game never ended and the British Empire – along with the other world powers – extends its reach throughout the solar system.

Paul says of the character:

“I like to think I’m writing in the tradition of Ian Fleming’s Bond novels (not the movies) but I’m trying to stay away from pastiche, and instead hope to explore the same debates about masculinity and Britishness he did, while perhaps coming to different conclusions.”

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