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  • Tanith Lee (1947-2015) wins Infinity Award.

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 13 01:48:24 2024
    Tanith Lee (1947-2015) wins Infinity Award.

    "The SFWA Board voted to create the Infinity Award to posthumously
    honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered
    for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."

    https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/tanith-lee/
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  • From John Savard@21:1/5 to Nicoll on Wed Mar 13 07:45:31 2024
    On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:48:24 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    Tanith Lee (1947-2015) wins Infinity Award.

    "The SFWA Board voted to create the Infinity Award to posthumously
    honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered
    for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."

    https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/tanith-lee/

    It is altogether right and proper that they did this.

    But there's a reason why many awards specifically exclude the giving
    of posthumous awards, from the Nobel Prize on down.

    Will there have to be a rule specifically excluding Verne and Wells -
    not to mention Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein - from consideration?

    John Savard

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to John Savard on Wed Mar 13 09:43:05 2024
    In article <rab3vilpsk1cqteoea6jcrldo50jqf2okq@4ax.com>,
    John Savard <quadibloc@servername.invalid> wrote:

    On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 01:48:24 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
    Nicoll) wrote:

    Tanith Lee (1947-2015) wins Infinity Award.

    "The SFWA Board voted to create the Infinity Award to posthumously
    honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered >for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."

    https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/tanith-lee/

    It is altogether right and proper that they did this.

    But there's a reason why many awards specifically exclude the giving
    of posthumous awards, from the Nobel Prize on down.

    Will there have to be a rule specifically excluding Verne and Wells -
    not to mention Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein - from consideration?


    There is already a rule that excludes Asimov (8th), Clarke (7th), and
    Heinlein (1st) because they already had been awarded the DKM Grand
    Master Award.

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. -------------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to quadibloc@servername.invalid on Sun Mar 17 12:18:59 2024
    On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:45:31 -0600, John Savard
    <quadibloc@servername.invalid> wrote:

    "The SFWA Board voted to create the Infinity Award to posthumously
    honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered >>for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."

    https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/tanith-lee/

    It is altogether right and proper that they did this.

    But there's a reason why many awards specifically exclude the giving
    of posthumous awards, from the Nobel Prize on down.

    Will there have to be a rule specifically excluding Verne and Wells -
    not to mention Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein - from consideration?

    Yeah I was rather bummed when a chemistry professor from my alma mater
    by dying failed to get a Nobel for making the first chemical compounds
    of Xenon - a "noble gas" that until he did it hadn't combined with
    anything.

    No question he should have at least been on the short list.

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