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Adamantium or cement? Shall I count the ways for the Hugo.
The World SF con - Noreascon Four - would like your creative insights
and other-worldly engineering proposals for the perfect base on which
to mount their treasured silver rocket denoting excellence in SFF
... the Hugo awards. How about moon rock, guys?
 From
the sublime to the amazing, the elegant to the astounding, the bases
for the Hugo Awards change yearly, depending on the whim and aesthetic
judgment of each year's Worldcon committee.
This year, Noreascon Four would like your creative insights and
other-worldly engineering proposals for the perfect base on which
to mount the treasured silver rocket denoting excellence in science
fiction and fantasy.
For those not in the know, Noreascon Four, is the 62nd World Science
Fiction Convention, and will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, September
2-6, 2004. Their Guests of Honor are Terry Pratchett, William Tenn,
Jack Speer, and Peter Weston.
They humbly request that all proposals conform to certain basic
principles though:
(1) The awards must be designed in such a way that the silver Hugo
rocket is an integral part of the design. They will supply the rockets,
which are bolted to the base from below the tailfins.
Ease of attachment should be a design consideration. See their
design specifications and some past Hugo Award designs over at:
http://www.noreascon.org/hugo/HugoBaseDesigns.html
(2) The design must stand on a flat surface in some way, so please
do not craft a hanging design, or one only appropriate for
zero-G.
(3) You must allow space for a plaque indicating the winner and
category of the award won.
(4) Oh, and just so you know: they're wicked allergic to bases
that have small bits falling off of them (or which disintegrate
in someone's luggage!).
Designs should be submitted by 1 October 2003 and should include
drawings, sketches, and sample of the proposed base unit.
Please do tell the Noreascon crew how much it would cost to fabricate
20 bases, the lead time needed for fabrication, and your ability
to either craft the bases or arrange for the work to be done.
As a guideline, the bases should cost $100 each or less to fabricate,
and the finished bases should be sent to Noreascon Four not later
than 15 July 2004.
Noreascon Four will also be awarding Retrospective Hugos for work
done in 1953, and we will use a different Hugo base design for those
awards. If you have a remarkable idea for a base honoring this historic
work in the field, please send that to them, too.
You may submit designs in either or both categories.
Please send designs, sketches, comments, and samples to them at:
Noreascon Four, P.O. Box 1010, Framingham, MA 01701, by July 1,
2003.
You may also submit a proposal to them electronically; read the
instructions here.
For general information about Noreascon Four, get on over to their
site at www.noreascon.org
or write them at info@noreascon.org.
Jessica
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OTHER CONTENT - June 2003
Going to Jael
At last, the queen of SFF illustration, Jael, comes under the interviewer's spotlight. She explains how she put her personal and inner ambition on hold through most of her extremely busy child-rearing years, and why she just loves Batman, Green Hornet, Captain Marvel and Superman.
(INTERVIEWS)
An Allen Key for Science Fiction?
Why philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen has announced plans for a new cultural project dedicated to science fiction and the ways it captures our imagination.
(NEWS)
Adamantium or cement? Shall I count the ways for the Hugo.
The World SF con - Noreascon Four - would like your creative insights and otherworldly
engineering proposals for the perfect base on which to mount their treasured
silver rocket denoting excellence in SFF ... the Hugo awards. How about moon
rock, guys?
(NEWS)
Who will arrange my Separation from this troublesome Priest?
Christopher Priest scoops the 2003 Arthur C Clarke Award for his novel 'The Separation', featuring a parallel reality where Britain made peace with Hitler in 1941. Pulp SF it ain't ... but it's a rather good read all the same.
(NEWS)
A little Huth and Puff
Interview with the author Joe Huth - co-editor of the non-fiction work the 'Knight Rider Legacy'. Joe talks about why, with society's ongoing love affair with the automobile, you can make that car indestructible, sentient and able to perform incredible feats and you've got every young boy's (and many man's) dream.
(AUTHOR INTERVIEWS)
The Offworld Report: May 2003
Jeff VanderMeer looks at Robert Freeman Wexler, just about everyone looks at The Matrix Reloaded, the Andromeda season three finale slaps into the small screen, Ted Chiang is interviewed, and President Bush cites the film 'The Last Starfighter' as his inspiration for entering politics (or does he?).
(NEW ROUNDUP)
Riverworld: The TV Series
A frank appraisal of the TV series of the Riverworld by Shelby Peck, who finds
a hodge-podge of things that can and can't be found in the books.
(TV REVIEWS)
The Matrix Reloaded: Frank's Take
Frank finds the whimsical Wachowski tandem are at it again with the second installment of this frothy film series in the form of the visually vigorous and devoutly exhilarating The Matrix Reloaded.
(FILM REVIEWS)
The Matrix Reloaded: Mark's Take
The war to release humanity from computer-generated non-reality continues in a pretentious and violent film that nonetheless has a lot of style.
(FILM REVIEWS)
More Priestly Mischief
Is there no stopping the man? The winners of the British Science Fiction Association Awards were announced on Easter Sunday, at he 54th UK National Science Fiction Convention. The Winner for Best Novel of 2002? None other than Christopher Priest for his 'The Separation', published by Scribner.
(NEWS)
Canamar (Star Trek Enterprise)
Archer and Trip, falsely accused of smuggling, find themselves on an Enolian prison ship headed for the dreaded penal colony of Canamar.
(TV REVIEWS)
Future Tense (Star Trek Enterprise)
The discovery of a wrecked ship, apparently from the future, thrusts Archer and the Enterprise right in the middle of the Temporal Cold War.
(TV REVIEWS)
Horizon (Star Trek Enterprise)
Travis Mayweather returns home to his parents' ship, the Horizon, only to find that things have changed in his absence.
(TV REVIEWS)
Judgment
(Star Trek Enterprise)
Archer is accused of crimes against the Klingon Empire and brought before a tribunal.
(TV REVIEWS)
X2: Frank's Thoughts
Is everybody ready for a second helping of a particular mutant recipe known as the X-Men? Apparently so since the first taste of this action-packed delicacy mustered up an incredible $157 million at the U.S. box office.
(FILM REVIEWS)
X2: Mark's Thoughts
This second film based on the X-Men comic book is a better story and a more atmospheric production. I am told it is a better adaptation of the comic book. One does not come to this sort of film for a deep statement of the human condition, but for a summer action film, it is not too bad.
(FILM REVIEWS)
2001 and All That
Scottish SF author Ken MacLeod argues that much history, including the End of
it, has happened since 2001, and he thinks it is rather important that they should not
be remembered.
(COMMENT)
Why Some Things Don't Need To Be Resurrected
Geoff asks can, indeed should, Battlestar Galactica be revived in the same way Star Trek was resurrected with the Next Generation?
(COMMENT)
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