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The nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award are in! Please vote from the following shortlist... - The Blue Angel (1999 8DA by Paul Magrs & Jeremy Hoad) ...
Henry Potts
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Feb 1, 2008
4:23 pm
96669
Based on their impact on what followed them, I vote: 1st place: Love and War 2nd place: Alien Bodies The others are all great works in their own way, but to my...
Paul Ian Harman
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Feb 1, 2008
5:07 pm
96670
I'd say... 1. Love and War -- for all the reasons I gave when I nominated it, but especially Genius Loci and the forthcoming Terror Incognita. 2. Alien Bodies...
Philip Purser-Hallard
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Feb 1, 2008
5:21 pm
96671
It's no contest. Other books have introduced characters and ideas, but it has to be Human Nature. Because in 1995, the idea of Human Nature being made for TV...
Lance Parkin
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Feb 1, 2008
5:59 pm
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... Um. Should all that matter with regard to whether the novel itself meets the criteria for this award[*1], or should it all be written off as non-literary...
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Feb 1, 2008
11:42 pm
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... Well, it's called the 'Lifetime Achievment Award' so that's a clue... I think that a novel's impact, both in literary 'Doctor Who' and beyond, is exactly...
Steven Kitson
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Feb 2, 2008
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96674
I've only got one choice for the lifetime achievement award: 1. Human Nature (1995 NA by Paul Cornell, since adapted as an exciting television series) Best...
Ian Mond
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Feb 2, 2008
1:37 am
96675
... Narrowly edged out _Alien Bodies_. ... The only one of this year's books I've gotten around to reading is _Another Life_, which... well, shouldn't count as...
Wesley Osam
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Feb 2, 2008
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96676
Alien Bodies But you knew I'd say that. -- Jonathan Dennis Ritual Arboreal Sacrifice - http://jondennis.livejournal.com/ Michael Brookhaven's MySpace page -...
Jonathan Dennis
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Feb 2, 2008
3:55 am
96677
... Yes, because it's not just a reward if literary merit, it's an award of 'impact'. Human Nature has had more impact than any other NA. If it's an award...
Lance Parkin
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Feb 2, 2008
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wdstarr@... <wdstarr@...> wrote ... How to interpret the award has always been left to the individual members of the Jade Pagoda. All I can offer...
Henry Potts
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Feb 2, 2008
11:52 am
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... Well, if measured by the size of the audience that saw an adaptation of it with a different Doctor from the one in the book, then yes. On the other hand, a...
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Feb 2, 2008
10:49 pm
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... Such a case could be very well made; perhaps you should have nominated that book, and then you could make it?...
Steven Kitson
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Feb 3, 2008
12:58 am
96681
... It's not on the ballot. Lance...
Lance Parkin
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Feb 3, 2008
9:58 am
96682
I've just bought Paul McAuley's 2007 novel "Cowboy Angels". McAuley has written a string of SF novels as well as his 2003 Dr Who Telos novella "The Eye of the...
Henry Potts
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Feb 3, 2008
6:26 pm
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... I know that. You'd said "Human Nature has had more impact than any other NA," not "...than any other NA that's on the Lifetime Achievemnet ballot this...
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Feb 3, 2008
6:39 pm
96684
... It's more likely that both books were influenced by the large body of alternate-history and parallel-world stories that have been part of the SF genre for...
Wesley Osam
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Feb 3, 2008
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96685
... Yeah, Warlords is good, but unless there's pretty specific links, the general setup of Lance's book is hardly the world's most original idea. Stuart...
Stuart Douglas
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Feb 3, 2008
7:08 pm
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From: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Douglas Sent: 03 February 2008 19:08 To: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com...
Paul Ebbs
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Feb 3, 2008
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96687
Wesley Osam <wesley@...> wrote ... Well, without getting into spoiler territory and I'm only going on the blurb for "Cowboy Angels", but it...
Henry Potts
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Feb 3, 2008
7:26 pm
96688
... Russell T Davies, in the latest DWM: 'We all owe a huge debt to Zygon: Absolution. We all know that without it, literally nothing we've done here at...
Lance Parkin
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Feb 3, 2008
8:53 pm
96689
... Going on the synopsis at: http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?isb=9780575079359& it doesn't sound terribly alike. 'Warlord of Utopia' is about setting two ...
Steven Kitson
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Feb 3, 2008
10:02 pm
96690
Everyone on planet Earth could have predicted you were going to say that. From: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Paul Ebbs
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Feb 3, 2008
10:49 pm
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... Yep, I read it when it came out months ago. It isn't particularly close to WoU in my opinion. The only similarity is the setup - a culture trying to ...
Andy Leighton
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Feb 4, 2008
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poorb0y2002 <poorb0y2002@...> wrote ... As Stuart said previously, the FP are first mentioned in the NA "Christmas on a Rational Planet", but that is...
Henry Potts
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Feb 4, 2008
4:13 pm
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Reflecting the Pagoda's minimal traffic these days, voting was its lowest ever with just 13 taking part. Nevertheless, here are the results... BEST BOOK ...
Henry Potts
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Feb 13, 2008
4:23 pm
96694
... Overall, it leaves the top 5 JP Award winners unchanged: 1st. Lawrence Miles (10.5 as editor and main writer of Best Anthology 2002, Best Returning...
Henry Potts
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Feb 13, 2008
4:38 pm
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Oooh! Thanks to everyone who voted for me - and congrats to Paul and everyone else who won! Mxx ... lowest ever with just 13 taking part. Nevertheless, here...
Mark Michalowski
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Feb 14, 2008
2:47 am
96696
hi all- just to say that radio 7 are broadcasting my series, 'never the bride' in the doctor who slot on sunday evenings, beginning this weekend. it's a comic...
Paul Magrs
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Feb 27, 2008
1:15 pm
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See http://paulcornell2.livejournal.com/15193.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend,...
Henry Potts
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Feb 28, 2008
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