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Uber User Posts: 263 Location: Gunnison, Colorado | The challenge is almost over, but Gene Wolfe has been added to the list. The SFWA press release is here: http://www.sfwa.org/2012/12/2012-damon-knight-memorial-grand-master-awarded-to-gene-wolfe/ Who should be next? My pick is C. J. Cherryh. | ||
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Uber User Posts: 237 Location: Grootfontein, Namibia | Wow! I for one am extremely delighted and happy about this inclusion, and dare I say, a few years overdue! | ||
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Regular Posts: 63 Location: Zagreb | I didn't read lot of Gene Wolfe for now, but what I did was dense like a tar. His Death of Doctor Island was so powerful. I am really glad he got this reward. Great news. | ||
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Admin Posts: 4005 Location: Dallas, Texas | Scott Laz - 2012-12-13 12:43 PM The challenge is almost over, but Gene Wolfe has been added to the list. The SFWA press release is here: http://www.sfwa.org/2012/12/2012-damon-knight-memorial-grand-master-awarded-to-gene-wolfe/ Who should be next? My pick is C. J. Cherryh. Scott, you beat me to it. I was going to post it in the blog and here at lunch but opted to go eat delicious BBQ instead. He has been added to the list so if you're a speed reader you have a couple weeks to get him in under the wire. Anybody going to try? I think Cherryh would be an excellent choice. I wish they're go ahead and pick more than one a year. Some of these folks are getting up in age and they can't win posthumously. There does not seem to be any reason not to do it. Thoughts? | ||
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Admin Posts: 4005 Location: Dallas, Texas | Blog post is up now. | ||
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Uber User Posts: 263 Location: Gunnison, Colorado | Admin: Didn't mean to steal the thunder! I saw the announcement while eating my not-nearly-as-delicious-as-yours lunch at my desk. More people would see the announcement on the blog. I assume SFWA made the one-per-year rule in order to keep Grand Master status as a pretty exclusive group, but they could change it. One option might be to having year in which several people are named in order to catch up with the "backlog," then going back one per year until they again see the need for a bigger batch. But opening it up like that could lead to increased complaints about those not chosen. Under the current system, they have the perfect excuse for exclusions with the "we can only add on per year" policy. | ||
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Uber User Posts: 526 Location: UK | Well-deserved. And it's about time I read some more of his work. | ||
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1031 Location: UK | Damn! ! It seems unbelievable,but there isnt a single Gene Wolfe book to be found in any of the 39 branches in my library system.Need some Amazon vouchers for Xmas! | ||
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