Anticipation, or the 67th annual World Sci-Fi convention, has announced their noms for the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards. The winners will be unveiled on Sunday, August 9 at the Palais des congrès in Montreal, Canada.
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Hugo And John W. Campbell Nominees Announced
SteamPunk Artistic Award Winners: Your Sci-Fi Victorian Vision
SteamPunk is a brilliant alternative parallel Sci-Fi universe. It’s a place where Charles Babbage and his difference engine ciphers a life’s probabilities by gaslight and all your darkest clockwork dreams are realized.
Wall-E Wins Best Animated Film at 2008 Oscars
Unless you were too busy daydreaming about football this Sunday, you were probably sitting at home (or you might have heard about it on the news) watching the 2008 Oscars telecast and watching Pixar’s latest, the sci-fi-themed “Wall-E” take the Oscar home in the Best Animated Feature Film category. The category was pretty slim pickings this year, with “Wall-E” up against “Bolt” and “Kung Fu Panda”.
2008 Saturn Awards Nominations
I don’t really pay all that much attention to genre awards shows like the Saturns, especially now, since they’ve added categories like “Best Action/Thriller”, etc. What the hell? I thought the Saturns was just about science fiction and fantasy? When did they start nominating movies like “3:10 to Yuma”? I don’t know, it’s not like I keep up with the history of the Saturns. In any case, here are the nominees for the 2008 (34th Annual) Saturn Awards for those who are interested in such things.
