May 1998

New Blood

New Recruits to the Info Alert since last time include Beth
Arganbright, Pat Bushman, Eleanor Sonido, Carl Weisman, and our first
recruit from the other side of the Atlantic puddle, Manuel de Bruin
from Swifterbant in the Netherlands. Welcome aboard and thanks for
signing up.

Nebula Awards Announced

Vonda N. McIntyre's alternate history/fantasy novel set in the court
of Louis XIV, _The Moon and the Sun_, has won the Nebula for best
novel of 1997. For complete Nebula results see our Nebula Awards page
at http://clever.net/cam/nebulanovels.html .

Hugo Awards Nominations Announced

The following novels have been announced as Hugo Award nominees,
according to Locus: _Forever Peace_ (by Joe Haldeman), _Frameshift_
(by Robert J. Sawyer), _Rise of Endymion_ (by Dan Simmons), _Jack
Faust_ (by Michael Swanwick), and _City on Fire_ (by Walter Jon
Williams. For a complete list of all Hugo Awards nominees (and for a
list of past Hugo Award novel winners) see our Hugo Awards page at
http://clever.net/cam/hugonovels.html .

Forthcoming SF&Fantasy Books

According to Amazon.com, Orson Scott Card has returned to his
alternate history/fantasy Tales of Alvin the Maker series with book 5,
_Heartfire_, due to be published in July 1998. Another alternate
history due soon is Harry Turtledove's _Great War: American Front_
(where the Second Civil War gives way to the First World War on the
American continent!). For more listings (updated monthly), see
http://clever.net/cam/forthcomingsf.html .

Forthcoming SF, Fantasy, & Gaming Cons

Anime fans will be gathering in the Dallas/Metroplex are May 29-31,
1998 for Project A-kon. June 26-28 will be a busy weekend with I
Think Therefore I Con in Houston and Conestoga '98 in Tulsa, OK.
Check out the details on our What's Happening list at
http://clever.net/cam/concalendar.html .

Science Fiction on TV

Babylon 5 returns to TNT May 27 with new episodes, followed by fifth
season reruns starting on July 1. "Thirdspace", the second new B5
movie, premieres July 19. (Some of the last fifth season episodes,
however, are being held back to show in the fall.) There will be one
more sports preemption on June 24 for an live NBA Draft special. For
more information, see our listing at http://clever.net/cam/sftv.html .

Houston-area and Texas Science Fiction Organizations

Last month Several Unlimited held an Internet Zine Sale and with word
of mouth advertising sold many thousands of dollars of zines. They
are planning on doing it again next year. Next time you'll let us
mention it here in advance, right guys? For more information about
Several Unlimited, see their listing at
http://members.aol.com/ErikaF/su/su.htm .

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