The Fantasy Times

Nominating Ballot for the 2009 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award

Fans mark the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allen Poe’s Birthday

A deal has been hammered out that that gives WB some face-saving points, but which gives Fox the equivalent of a movie star’s gross participation.

Ok, maybe most people remember him from the Fantasy Island…
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661103/

Several re-rewritten rules have been posted regarding the Nebulas.  Anonymous recommendations is one BIG change but the interesting change of only being able to vote for 1 in each category rather than a ranking system should end the torpedo effect of rating the closest competitor last.  I likey!
http://www.sfwa.org/awards/rules2009.htm

The Dark Knight will be re-released into theaters on January 23, 2009.  Catch it if you haven’t.

The award will be given to a work written in the ’spirit’ of the late, great David Gemmell, a true Master of Heroic Fantasy.