While at Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon, the Fast Forward crew got a chance to talk briefly with author Nalo Hopkinson. In this short video, she tells us about her current projects:
Nalo Hopkinson at the 2009 Worldcon interview video [1:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Nalo Hopkinson at the 2009 Worldcon interview video - small [1:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadWell, we’re back from the trip to Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon, and we’re working to get the last of our short interviews from the convention posted. Here’s a video of John Pomeranz talking with David G. Hartwell, the convention’s Editor Guest of Honor:
David G. Hartwell interview video - large [2:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download David G. Hartwell interview video - small [2:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAnticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, is almost finished.
Hugo winner photo session after the awards ceremony
The Hugo Awards were announced tonight, and there are several people carrying the cool silver rockets around in the party hotel. Click here for a complete list of Hugo winners, as well as photos of the this year’s Hugo Statuette, and an image of the newly unveiled Hugo Award Logo.
As a bonus, click one of the video links below for a clip of Science Fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg, telling us why he attends the Worldcon.
Why Robert Silverberg comes to Worldcon - large [00:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Why Robert Silverberg comes to Worldcon - small [00:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadSeveral sites have posted a complete list of the Chesley winners, including the good folks at www.SFSignal.com.
Here is a direct link to the winners list at SF Signal.
We talked with some of the Chesley Award winners at the Art Show Reception after the Awards Presentation. Here are a couple of very short videos with Chesley winners John Picacio and Lou Anders, at that reception.
John Picacio, Award Winner - large [00:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Lou Anders, Award Winner - large [1:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe Hugo Awards get much of the attention at Worldcon, but there are a lot of different organizations present, and several of them announce the winners of awards during the convention. We went to the Chesley Awards, presented by ASFA.
Andrea Senchy told us a little bit about ASFA and what it does in this video:
Andrea Senchy talks about ASFA - large [1:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Andrea Senchy talks about ASFA - small [1:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadGary Wolfe stopped by the Fast Forward party at Anticipation, and spoke with us about Locus.
Here’s a short video.
Well, we made it through the Fast Forward 20th Anniversary Party. It was a very pleasant evening – while we were never super crowded at the party (which we attribute to being the only party on the 13th floor) – we did have a number of authors, editors, and friends stop by and chat. The room didn’t get unbearably hot, and most of the time folks could sit and chat without having to yell themselves hoarse. People seemed to enjoy the cake, the special cheese we brought from our friends at Cato Corner Farm, and the free giveaways we had for everyone who stopped by. We handed out many DVDs of past shows, and Tom presented a special commemorative collectible to everyone who came by. For more info about our special Fast Forward freebie, you can watch this video…
According to our astronauts, burping is much more – hazardous – in microgravity than here on Earth. After all, gravity isn’t there to help keep the liquid on the “bottom”. It never ocurred to me why they don’t have carbonated beverages on space flights.
Also, you can see “shooting stars” from the shuttle, but they are BELOW you.
Interesting to hear that it takes about 3 days or so to readjust to full gravity, even after a mission as short as the shuttle flights.
By the way, the astronauts say you CAN see plenty of stars in space, but they don’t twinkle due to the lack of atmosphere, and you can see much more color.
Nothing else for it – astronauts are almost all great communicators, and very cool folks!
Sorry about any typos on these live posts – I was typing them on my tiny ipod touch keyboard.
The astronauts say that the Hubble is doing well in its restart procedure, and that we may see new photos from the telescope as early as September.
The potential of contamination from the servicing mission was evidently a big concern, so NASA is being very careful and deliberate about the restart. Hubble sure looks bigger than I remember.
The crew is showing a twenty minute video recap of the STS-125 mission. They have some great angles, and the HD footage looks great. I don’t know if these mission summary videos are available to the public, but I’m going to search the NASA site for them.
Here’s a photo of the Shuttle crew at the NASA auditorium.
