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JackKelly
NitroForum Oldster
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:57 am Posts: 669 Location: DC Metro
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Locus Award
Bill won!!
_________________ "Being right too soon is socially unacceptable." - Heinlein, Expanded Universe
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Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:57 pm |
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DavidWrightSr
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:24 am Posts: 265 Location: Northwest Georgia
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Re: Locus Award
Bill, my sincerest congratulations. Your work truly deserved it.
David
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Sat Jun 25, 2011 3:15 pm |
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NickDoten
NitroForum Oldster
Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:05 am Posts: 238
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Re: Locus Award
congrats bill- a due reward for an effort of love
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Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:37 pm |
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jeepojiii
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:42 pm Posts: 128 Location: Northern VA
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Re: Locus Award
Whistle!!!!!
_________________ OJ III
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Sun Jun 26, 2011 7:12 am |
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holmesiv
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:53 am Posts: 555
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Re: Locus Award
It was well deserved.
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Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:02 pm |
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PeterScott
Heinlein Nexus
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am Posts: 2236 Location: Pacific NorthWest
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Re: Locus Award
Congratulations, Bill. You worked hard for that, and you deserve it and much more.
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Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:24 pm |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Locus Award
Congratulations, Bill.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:11 pm |
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Airgetlam
Joined: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:55 pm Posts: 71 Location: San Francisco
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Re: Locus Award
Well deserved, sir. Congratulations.
_________________ Bruce
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Blackhawk
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:51 pm Posts: 240 Location: Alabama, USA
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Re: Locus Award
My belated congratulations. Having only recently finished reading the bio, I certainly think it is well deserved.
_________________ Dan Thompson Thunderchild Publishing (http://www.ourworlds.net/thunderchild)
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Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:14 am |
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JamesGifford
PITA Bred
Joined: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:17 pm Posts: 2402 Location: The Quiet Earth
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Re: Locus Award
Was not aware of this until now; congrats! You're lucky Stephen King didn't pause to pen a brief nonfic item this year.
_________________ "Hier stehe ich. Ich kann nicht anders." - Luther In the end, I found Heinlein is finite. Thus, finite analysis is needed.
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Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:57 am |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Locus Award
Jim's right. King is scary in more ways than one.... I'm looking forward to the Hugos next year or perhaps the year after, though, when I fully expect that the complete Heinlein bio will be nominated and a serious contender.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:52 pm |
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RobertPearson
Joined: Mon May 02, 2011 2:10 pm Posts: 445 Location: Juneau, AK
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Re: Locus Award
_________________ "There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk 'his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor' on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else."
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Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:26 pm |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Locus Award
I think we might want to arrange some sort of group at WorldCon 2012 (Chicago) if the second volume comes out by December 31, or WorldCon 2013 (Austin, TX) if it comes out in 2012. I'd love to be there for that award. I was, in fact, at WorldCon 2011, not surprisingly because it was in Reno and that's where I live. I've been to five WorldCons in the past 20 years, and a number of regional cons in that period. This one was special, however, because my 12-year-old nephew Guled came out for it, his first con. He had a blast. My sister, who came with him, mostly stayed at the con hotel (a luxurious casino called the Peppermill) and enjoyed the pool and the spa. She'll read some SF but isn't really a fan. Her son is. I sent him home with a couple of Heinlein juvies, expect he'll be joining the Heinlein Society soon.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:29 pm |
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JackKelly
NitroForum Oldster
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:57 am Posts: 669 Location: DC Metro
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Re: Locus Award
Never say never, but I'm pretty sure I'll never attend a Con. I've taken my son when he was younger to many Anime cons, and I can't imagine the types that populate the sci-fi ones are much different in spirit. It doesn't help that I'm not much of an admirer of most science fiction, either.
Now, of course, the Centennial was amazing - one of the highlights of my life - but that will never be repeated.
_________________ "Being right too soon is socially unacceptable." - Heinlein, Expanded Universe
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beamjockey
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:46 am Posts: 545 Location: Aurora, IL, USA, Terra
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Re: Locus Award
_________________ Bill Higgins bill.higgins@gt.org http://beamjockey.livejournal.com
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Locus Award
I agree -- 2013 is more likely than 2012 for the next Heinlein Bio Hugo nomination. I also like Austin, or did in the 1970s. I haven't been there since -- have spent precious little time in Texas since I went off to college. Cons are not for everybody, but there's a lot there for a wide variety of people. Guled had a blast, which didn't surprise me -- he's a sociable kid with more people skills at 12 than I have at 50. He's not a geek -- he's just spooky intelligent like geeks. Having adults treat him as an intelligent human being and an equal (as SF fans tend to treat young fans) was a revelation to him and he ate it up.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:34 am |
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holmesiv
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:53 am Posts: 555
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Re: Locus Award
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Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:24 pm |
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DanHenderson
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:21 am Posts: 786 Location: Sunnyvale, CA
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Re: Locus Award
_________________ “Don’t believe everything you see on the Internet.” –Abraham Lincoln
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:28 am |
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Locus Award
It has been awhile since I was last in Austin -- sometime in the early 1970s, I think, before my mother's first cousin died. He was the family connection, the reason that we visited Austin as well as Houston and San Antonio. So I won't assume that much of what I remember is still there or unchanged after 35+ years....
However, the Texas hill country west of San Antonio, around Junction, is probably a drier version of what it has always been. Which is gorgeous, lovely, peaceful -- site of some of the best memories of my childhood.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:09 pm |
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JackKelly
NitroForum Oldster
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:57 am Posts: 669 Location: DC Metro
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Re: Locus Award
I was last in Austin this March, and a couple of other times over the past few years. It's MUCH bigger than I remember back in "the day," with much more traffic, but still quite recognizable. The places, like 6th Street, around the UT campus that were at one time charming and bohemian alt-music scenes are still there, but much more commercialized. I think Lake Travis is probably a muddy hole in the ground by now with the drought. I haven't checked out Barton Springs at Zilker Park in a while, but since it was fed by underground springs, I'm betting it's still holding up. My favorite place in the world to swim.
_________________ "Being right too soon is socially unacceptable." - Heinlein, Expanded Universe
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