Archive for May, 2008

Mini Dino Updates

Posted on in Dinosaurs, Miniatures.

Richard Deasey of HLBS/DZ/DeeZee fame has sculpted a new range for RLBPS in the States: Dazed Miniatures.

Dazed Mammoth Family

On the other side of the world, Gary Hunt has some very nice looking feathered raptor greens.

Back in Blighty, Magister Militum have posted some new pics showing painted examples of their DinoMight range.

And finally, Jeff Valent Studios are offering their T. Rex at 33% off.

SF award winners meme

Posted on in Books, Memes.

Via

The following is a list of Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winning novels (not including retro-Hugos)
Bold the ones you’ve finished
Italicise the ones you’ve started but not finished
Underline the ones were you’ve seen the film/tv show

  • …And Call Me Conrad (aka: This Immortal) by Roger Zelazny
  • A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • A Case of Conscience by James Blish
  • A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
  • A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich
  • Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
  • Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson
  • The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
  • Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon
  • Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
  • The Children’s War by J. N. Stroyar
  • Collaborator by Murray Davies
  • Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
  • Declare by Tim Powers
  • The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
  • The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
  • The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle
  • Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
  • Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
  • The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford
  • Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
  • Dune by Frank Herbert
  • Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  • The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
  • The Family Trade, The Hidden Family and The Clan Corporate by Charles Stross
  • Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
  • The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
  • The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
  • Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov
  • The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Galveston by Sean Stewart
  • Gateway by Frederik Pohl
  • Glimpses by Lewis Shiner
  • Gloriana by Michael Moorcock
  • Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack
  • The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
  • Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
  • Here Gather the Stars (aka: Way Station) by Clifford D. Simak
  • Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
  • How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
  • Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
  • Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
  • Koko by Peter Straub
  • Last Call by Tim Powers
  • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Little, Big by John Crowley
  • Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
  • Lyonesse: Madouc by Jack Vance
  • Making History by Stephen Fry
  • The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
  • Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
  • Neuromancer by William Gibson
  • Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea
  • Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
  • Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
  • The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
  • Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Pasquale’s Angel by Paul J. McAuley
  • Perfume by Patrick Suskind
  • The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford
  • The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
  • The Prestige by Christopher Priest
  • Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
  • Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Replay by Ken Grimwood
  • Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois
  • Ringworld by Larry Niven
  • Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove
  • The Severed Wing by Martin J. Gidron
  • The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
  • The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
  • Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
  • Song of Kali by Dan Simmons
  • Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
  • Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
  • Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
  • Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Startide Rising by David Brin
  • Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Summer Isles by Ian R. MacLeod
  • They’d Rather Be Right (aka: The Forever Machine) by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
  • Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
  • Thraxas by Martin Scott
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
  • To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
  • Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
  • Towing Jehovah by James Morrow
  • The Uplift War by David Brin
  • The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Voyage by Stephen Baxter
  • The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
  • Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn
  • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm