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August 1999

James White, 1928 - 1999

Irish SF writer James White died Monday, August 23rd, according to a report from Patrick Nielsen Hayden on the SFWA website.

He was best known for the ''Sector General'' stories and novels set aboard a space hospital, beginning with Hospital Station in 1962 and continuing most recently with Mind Changer (1998); a final novel, Double Contact, will be published this October.

White was author of several well-received independent novels, including Second Ending (1961), a Hugo nominee; The Escape Orbit (1965), a Nebula nominee; and The Watch Below (1966). He also received Hugo nominations for the 1976 short story ''Custom Fitting'' and the 1996 short story ''Un-Birthday Boy''. In 1998 he was the recipient of the New England Science Fiction Association's Skylark Award.

(Wed 25 August 1999)

World Fantasy Awards Final Ballot

The final ballot for this year's World Fantasy Awards, covering the 1998 eligibility year, has been released.

Awards will be presented at the World Fantasy Convention 1999 in Providence, Rhode Island, the weekend of November 4-7, 1999. A Life Achievement award will also be given, but as always, no nominees are announced for this category in advance.

Novel

Someplace to Be Flying, Charles de Lint (Tor)

The Antelope Wife, Louise Erdrich (HarperFlamingo)

Sailing to Sarantium, Guy Gavriel Kay (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight, UK; Viking, Canada; HarperPrism, US)

Mockingbird, Sean Stewart (Ace)

The Martyring, Thomas Sullivan (Forge)

Novella

''Cold'', A.S. Byatt (Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice, Chatto & Windus UK, Random House US)

''Dragonfly'', Ursula K. Le Guin (Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg; Tor US; Voyager UK)

''The Hedge Knight'', George R.R. Martin (Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg; Tor US; Voyager UK)

''The Summer Isles'', Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Oct/Nov 1998)

''Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff'', Peter Straub (Murder for Revenge, edited by Otto Penzler; Delacorte)

Short Story

''Shoggoth's Old Peculiar'', Neil Gaiman (The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy, edited by Mike Ashley; Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions, by Neil Gaiman)

''Every Angel Is Terrifying'', John Kessel (F&SF Oct/Nov 1998)

''The Death of the Duke'', Ellen Kushner (Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden; Tor)

''The Specialist's Hat'', Kelly Link (Event Horizon, Nov 15, 1998)

''Travels with the Snow Queen'', Kelly Link (Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet Vol. 1 No. 1, 1997/1998; The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling)

Collection

The Night We Buried Road Dog, Jack Cady (DreamHaven Books)

Black Glass, Karen Joy Fowler (Henry Holt)

Last Summer at Mars Hill, Elizabeth Hand (HarperPrism)

Manitou Man: The Worlds of Graham Masterton, Graham Masterton (British Fantasy Society)

The Cleft and Other Odd Tales, Gahan Wilson (Tor)

Anthology

The Best of Crank!, edited by Bryan Cholfin (Tor)

Dark Terrors 4, edited by Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Gollancz)

Dreaming Down-Under, edited by Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia)

Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg (Tor)

Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)

Artist

Jim Burns

Tom Canty

Alan Clark

Bob Eggleton

Charles Vess

Special Award, Professional

Les Daniels (for Superman: The Complete History)

Jo Fletcher (for editing)

David Pringle (for Interzone)

Robert Silverberg & Grania Davis (for editing The Avram Davidson Treasury)

Jim Turner (for Golden Gryphon Press)

Special Award, Non-Professional

Richard Chizmar (for Cemetery Dance Publications)

David Marshall (for Pumpkin Books)

Stephen Pasechnick (for Edgewood Press)

Jacob Weisman (for Tachyon Publications)

(Tue 10 August 1999)