Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature

• Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle

• The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley

• Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond

• Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness by Carole G. Silver

In related news, the two hour finale for Showtime's original series on September 3 will be preceded by an eight episode marathon of reruns starting at 2 p.m. (Note: episodes are shot with 15 minute commercial allowances to fit 1 hour syndication schedules). The star studded finale, "Final Appeal", is about a time traveler who is sentenced to death for violating laws against technology. The finale stars: Charlton Heston, Amanda Plummer, Cicely Tyson, Swoosie Kurtz, Kelly McGillis, Robert Loggia, Wallace Langham, Michael Moriarty and Hal Holbrook will appear.

"Shooting is tentatively scheduled to begin filming in Spring 2001. Of course, things could change, but that's the target. They're aiming for a fall 2001 release. Also, it looks like filming may take place in Salt Lake City. Finally, Jamie Lee Curtis is contractually obliged to do at least a cameo, but not the entire film. So, we'll see what happens."

The purported title is "The Rise Of The Empire". In the same article, Popcorn echos recent rumors that the movie will climax with Anakin being lured to the Dark Side. Time will tell...

Best Novel

• Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle (Roc)
• The Rainy Season, James P. Blaylock (Ace)
• Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson (Bantam Press)
• A Witness To Life, Terence M. Green (Forge)
• A Red Heart of Memories, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Ace)
• Thraxas, Martin Scott (Orbit)

Best Novella

• "Scarlet and Gold’’, Tanith Lee (Weird Tales Summer ’99)
• "The Wizard Retires’’, Michael Meddor (F&SF 9/99)
• "Crocodile Rock’’, Lucius Shepard (F&SF 10-11/99)
• "The Transformation of Martin Lake, Jeff VanderMeer (Palace Corbie 8)
• "The Winds of Marble Arch’’, Connie Willis (Asimov’s 10-11/99)
• "Sky Eyes’’, Laurel Winter (F&SF 3/99)

Best Short Fiction

• "The Grammarian’s Five Daughters’’, Eleanor Arnason (Realms of Fantasy 6/99)
• "The Chop Girl’’, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov’s 12/99)
• "Naming the Dead’’, Paul J. McAuley (Interzone 11/99)
• "Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Morgue’’, Kim Newman (999)
• "Human Bay’’, Robert Reed (Asimov’s 5/99)
• "The Parwat Ruby’’, Delia Sherman (F&SF 6/99)
• "The Dynasters Vol. 1: On the Downs’’, Howard Waldrop (F&SF 10-11/99)

Best Anthology

• The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (St. Martin’s)
• Silver Birch, Blood Moon, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (Avon)
• Northern Frights 5, Don Hutchison, ed. (Mosaic Press)
• Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths, Stephen Jones, ed. (Fedogan & Bremer)
• 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, Al Sarrantonio, ed. (Avon)

Best Collection

• Moonlight and Vines, Charles de Lint (Tor)
• Reave the Just and Other Tales, Stephen R. Donaldson (Voyager ’98; Bantam Spectra)
• Hearts in Atlantis, Stephen King (Scribner)
• Deep Into that Darkness Peering, Tom Piccirilli (Terminal Fright Press)
• Necromancies and Netherworlds, Darrell Schweitzer & Jason Van Hollander (Wildside Press)

Best Artist

• Les Edwards
• Bob Eggleton
• Stephen E. Fabian
• Jason Van Hollander

Special Award Professional

• Seamus Heaney for the new translation of Beowulf
• Warren Lapine for DNA Publications
• John Betancourt for Wildside Press
• Stephen Jones for The Essential Monster Movie Guide
• Kim Newman for Millennium Movies [US title: Apocalypse Movies]
• Gordon Van Gelder for editing (St. Martin’s and F&SF)

Special Award Non-Professional

• Ken Abner for Terminal Fright Press
• The British Fantasy Society
• Dwayne Olson, Peder Wagtskjold, Scott Wyatt for Fedogan & Bremer
• Rosemary Pardoe for The Haunted Library
• William K. Schafer for Subterranean Press
• R.B. Russell for Tartarus Press

The 1999 World Fantasy Awards Winners will be announced at the 2000 World Fantasy Convention in Corpus Christi, Texas on October 29. The 1999 Awards Judges are Suzi Baker, W. Paul Ganley, Tim Holman, Marvin Kaye, and Melissa Scott.

Speculative Vision extends it's thanks to the editors and reviewers at Scifi.com for their much appreciated nod of approval for our efforts.

• The movie is purported going to be a war movie with a darker tone a la Empire Strikes Back. The much discussed galactic romance of Queen Amidala and Anakin may end up being nothing more than a side story.


• The clone wars are not only in, but the movie supposedly reveals that the Empire's army of Stormtroopers from the first Star Wars are really all clones.


• The clone wars are not only in, but the movie supposedly reveals that the Empire's army of Stormtroopers from the first Star Wars are really all clones.


• More clone rumors: Obi-Wan is also a clone, the first clone to be exact, meaning Ben Kenobi (from ep4) is not the same person.


• Lucas tries to soften the turning of Anakin to the Dark Side at the end of the movie: "Anakin goes bad because he wants to be a hero and save the life of someone very, very close to him"


• New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison will play Jango Fett, the bounty-hunter father of Boba Fett. Australian Daniel Logan will be the young Boba.

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