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Hitting the HOMer List
June 22, 2001
6:57 a.m.
 
 
     Elton John's "Goodbye Yellowbrick Road" on the CD today.


        


     I don't know what caused me to put Elton John on the CD today. I guess it's because I know that "Goodbye Yellowbrick Road" is a double album (back when they had albums, anyway), and so I knew it would run for awhile. When I'm working on the storyboard I 'm actually a ways from my PC, and my CD player only runs a single disk at a time, so it's a pain to get up and change it. The alternative of running the thing in continual play mode is my default response to this, but then I find I get bored of hearing the same stuff over and over again.

     (That's not a comment on your Moulin Rouge soundtrack, Cutie. You go on and play that thing as long as you like -- [very nice grin]).

     For whatever reason, I slipped GYR on the CD today. It had been a very long time since I had listened to it. Great CD.


        


     Just what you needed to hear, right?


        


     As you may have noticed on the way in, Compuserve put out its list of HOMer award finalists. Here's the ballot. I'm pleased [very, very wide grin].


        


     
2000 HOMer Award Final Ballot


     
A. Best Novel of 2000.


     
  • "CALCULATING GOD" by Robert Sawyer (Tor, June 2000)
  • "JUMPING OFF THE PLANET" by David Gerrold (Tor, March 2000)
  • "THE SKY ROAD" by Ken MacLeod (Tor, 2000)

         
    B. Best Novella of 2000.


         
  • "HEART OF GLASS" by William Barton (Asimov's, Jan 2000)
  • "RADIANT GREEN STAR" by Lucius Shepard (Asimov's, Aug 2000)
  • "A ROLL OF THE DICE" by Catherine Asaro (Analog, July/Aug 2000)
  • "THE ULTIMATE EARTH" by Jack Williamson (Analog, Dec 2000)

         
    C. Best Novelette of 2000.


         
  • "AGAPE AMONG THE ROBOTS" by Allen Steele (Analog, May 2000)
  • "BLACK SMOKER" by Kage Baker (Asimov's, Jan 2000)
  • "CHROMOSOME CIRCUS" by Amy Sterling Casil (F&SF, Jan 2000)
  • "FEEL THE ZAZ" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's June 2000)
  • "REDCHAPEL" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's, Dec 2000)
  • "THE TARANTH STONE" by Ron Collins (Analog, Oct 2000)

         
    D. Best Short Story of 2000.


         
  • "DIFFERENT KINDS OF DARKNESS" by David Langford (F&SF, Jan 2000)
  • "THE ELEPHANTS ON NEPTUNE" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's, May 2000)
  • "THE FANTASY WRITER'S ASSISTANT" by Jeffrey Ford (F&SF, Feb 2000)
  • "FLY-BY ALIENS" by Nick DiChario (Galaxy On-line - www.galaxyonline.com)
  • "KADDISH FOR THE LAST SURVIVOR" by MIchael A Burstein (Analog, Nov 2000)
  • "MOON DOGS" by Michael Swanwick (Moon Dogs, NESFA Press Feb 2000; Asimov's, Mar 2000)


            


         Besides the obvious, I was particularly pleased to see my 98 and 99 WotF buddy, Amy Casil, in there for "Chromosome Circus," a story that I thought was really fantastic and that had been under-appreciated.

         And, yes, I left off the dramatic presentation category on purpose.

         Just persnickety today, I guess.


            


         Anyway ...

         The storyboarding should be complete by tomorrow. Yes, it's taking forever. Have I mentioned I hate doing this part? Have I mentioned that I only do it because I find it so useful in the end?

         Is it obvious that I'm posting a tad early because I needed a break?

         If I dilly-dally here a little longer I won't have to get back to it today. But I won't. I'll get back to it in a minute. I promise...

         Real work starts again Sunday.

         Thank goodness.


            


         Have a great day.


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