Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Later...and for heaven's sake people, cut back on the sneaking...it's embarrassing...
Hope your day is going well... mine has barely started! (I haven't been this lazy in a long time... I'm enjoying it!)
What's a Hugo?
This was mentioned last night, but that was over 300 posts ago... :)
The Hugo Awards are the Science Fiction community's equivalent of the Oscars, more or less. The are awarded each year at the annual World Science Fiction Convention (aka, WorldCon). Here's a link explaining more about the Hugo Awards.
Here's a list of the 2002 Hugo nominees.
Here's a list of the 2002 Hugo winners! FOTR won for "Best Dramatic Presentation."
There you go, more than you ever wanted to know about the Hugos! :)
I haven't really researched how many people attended the WorldCon this year, but it strikes me that 626 votes is probably average, maybe above average. Rose & I attended the 1997 WorldCon in San Antonio; we just paid at the door for one day, so we weren't eligible to vote in the Hugos. I recall that daily attendance that year averaged about 2000 people, which was a little low. The 2000 count would have included people who paid in advance for the full weekend (and thus been eligible to vote in the Hugos) and people like us who just attended one day.
And of course, not everyone eligible to vote actually does vote in a given year.
I hope you guys don't mind me posting this stuff. This guy's paintings really remind me of the film, FOTR. There's no doubt that Alan Lee and John Howe are aware of Breughel's work, though whether or not they were consciously influenced by him is another question.
But I think the paintings give a fascinating look into life during the middle ages and are amazingly reminiscent of how (at least) I imagine Middle Earth and the Shire to have been.
I read a little about the "cons" in Niven's writing. He seems to revel in them, what with his Irish Coffee and all.
That was pretty much how the first SF convention got started, just a weekend meeting among a group of friends who had been corresponding with each other, back in the '50s. It's grown since then... makes one wonder what future Entmoots might bring.
I liked the picture you posted, by the way! It reminded me of Upper Michigan... but then, almost any scene with snow and trees reminds me of Upper Michigan, lol...
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