I'll just mention a couple things that I haven't seen in other blogs yet. One of the more amusing events of the convention so far: Two Beers & a Story. In a relatively quiet corner of the Sheraton bar, five authors (
Second, most of the awards given during the Con have been covered extensively (see Locus Online or the Emerald City convention blog if you've somehow missed the Hugo, Retro Hugo, or Prometheus results), but I haven't seen anyone else post the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards results, so here they are:
- Best Short Fiction
- Winner: "Lark till Dawn, Princess", Barth Anderson (Mojo: Conjure Stories)
- Short list:
- "Down with the Lizards and Bees", Tim Pratt (Realms of Fantasy 8/03; Little Gods)
- "Kiss", Steve Berman (X-Factor)
- "Poison", Beth Bernobich (Strange Horizons 1/20/03)
- "The Tawny Bitch", Nisi Shawl (Mojo: Conjure Stories)
- "The Golden Boy", Warren Rochelle (The Silver Gryphon)
- "Living with the Harpy", Tim Pratt (Strange Horizons 10/27/03)
- "The Riverboy", A.M. Dellamonica (Land/Space)
- "Walking Contradiction", Nancy Jane Moore (Imaginings)
- Best Novel
- Winner: The Salt Roads, Nalo Hopkinson (Warner Books)
- Short list:
- Hidden Warrior, Lynn Flewelling (Bantam Spectra)
- Lust, Geoff Ryman (St. Martin's)
- Storyteller, Amy Thomson (Ace)
- Hybrids, Robert Sawyer (Tor)
- Spin State, Chris Moriarty (Bantam Spectra)
- Trickster, Steven Harper (Roc)
- Troll, Johanna Sinisalo (Grove Press)
- Best Other Work