Making Light :: Howie! :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:44:27 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en Howie! Jo Walton's Tooth and Claw just won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. We are very happy.... Jo Walton's Tooth and Claw just won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. We are very happy.... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html Howie! -- comment #1 from Tom Whitmore comment from Tom Whitmore on 31.Oct.04 Are the other winners up somewhere yet?

Congratulations, Jo!

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 6:44 PM by Tom Whitmore</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61669 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61669 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:44:27 -0500 Howie! -- comment #2 from Claude Muncey comment from Claude Muncey on 31.Oct.04 Hear, hear!

Great news for all involved --

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 6:57 PM by Claude Muncey</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61672 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61672 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 18:57:17 -0500 Howie! -- comment #3 from Andrew Sigel comment from Andrew Sigel on 31.Oct.04 Congratulations, Jo! Well deserved!

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 7:29 PM by Andrew Sigel</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61674 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61674 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:29:17 -0500 Howie! -- comment #4 from Kathryn Cramer comment from Kathryn Cramer on 31.Oct.04 Tom: Cheryl Morgan has a list. I think Locus does, too.

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 7:41 PM by Kathryn Cramer</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61675 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61675 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:41:41 -0500 Howie! -- comment #5 from Janice Gelb comment from Janice Gelb on 31.Oct.04 Yay! Looks like the train trip was worth it :-> Congratulations to Jo.

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 7:49 PM by Janice Gelb</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61676 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61676 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:49:33 -0500 Howie! -- comment #6 from Marilee comment from Marilee on 31.Oct.04 Yaaaay, Jo! I'll have to move this back in time, I'm currently reading in 1999.

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 8:13 PM by Marilee</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61678 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61678 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:13:25 -0500 Howie! -- comment #7 from Michelle Sagara comment from Michelle Sagara on 31.Oct.04 Congratulations, indeed! I hope someone took pictures <g>.

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 8:54 PM by Michelle Sagara</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61682 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61682 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:54:13 -0500 Howie! -- comment #8 from elizabeth bear comment from elizabeth bear on 31.Oct.04 Huzzah!

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 10:03 PM by elizabeth bear</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61685 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61685 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:03:00 -0500 Howie! -- comment #9 from Paula Helm Murray comment from Paula Helm Murray on 31.Oct.04 WOO F_ING HOO!!!!! Wonderous wonderful!

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 10:19 PM by Paula Helm Murray</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61686 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61686 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:19:58 -0500 Howie! -- comment #10 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 31.Oct.04 Oh, well done, Jo! (Alex liked the book too....)

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 11:06 PM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61687 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61687 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:06:45 -0500 Howie! -- comment #11 from Lenora Rose comment from Lenora Rose on 31.Oct.04 Yes! Congratulations, Jo.

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 11:16 PM by Lenora Rose</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61688 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61688 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:16:29 -0500 Howie! -- comment #12 from Lois Fundis comment from Lois Fundis on 31.Oct.04 Congratulations, Jo!

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 11:19 PM by Lois Fundis</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61689 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61689 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:19:40 -0500 Howie! -- comment #13 from Lydia Nickerson comment from Lydia Nickerson on 31.Oct.04 Sometimes life is very, very good. This is one of those times. Jo, it's such an amazing book, I'm so glad it won.

]]> <p>Posted October 31, 2004 11:43 PM by Lydia Nickerson</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61690 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61690 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:43:31 -0500 Howie! -- comment #14 from Madeleine Robins comment from Madeleine Robins on 1.Nov.04 Well, Yay! Brava, Jo! Couldn't happen to a niftier book. I really loved T&C.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 12:12 AM by Madeleine Robins</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61691 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61691 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:12:01 -0500 Howie! -- comment #15 from elise comment from elise on 1.Nov.04 Yay yay yay yay!

*dances around*

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 4:28 AM by elise</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61699 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61699 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:28:07 -0500 Howie! -- comment #16 from Alter S. Reiss comment from Alter S. Reiss on 1.Nov.04 Mazel Tov, Jo!

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 4:41 AM by Alter S. Reiss</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61700 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61700 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 04:41:49 -0500 Howie! -- comment #17 from Adrian Bedford comment from Adrian Bedford on 1.Nov.04 Here in Australia we're also pretty chuffed to hear that Oz writer KJ (Kirsten) Bishop's novel, The Etched City, was also nominated for that same award. It's a big deal here, and a shot in the arm for the Oz sf/f industry.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 5:18 AM by Adrian Bedford</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61701 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61701 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:18:41 -0500 Howie! -- comment #18 from Ken MacLeod comment from Ken MacLeod on 1.Nov.04 Congratulations, Jo!

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 6:30 AM by Ken MacLeod</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61702 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61702 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 06:30:19 -0500 Howie! -- comment #19 from Rivka comment from Rivka on 1.Nov.04 And well deserved, too! Congratulations, Jo.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 7:10 AM by Rivka</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61703 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61703 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:10:29 -0500 Howie! -- comment #20 from Harry Connolly comment from Harry Connolly on 1.Nov.04 Congratulations!

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 9:59 AM by Harry Connolly</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61708 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61708 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:59:03 -0500 Howie! -- comment #21 from Faren Miller comment from Faren Miller on 1.Nov.04 Here's the Locus link (with photo): http://www.locusmag.com/2004/News/10_WFAWinners.html -- and let me add my congrats, and pleasure that such a fine book won.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 10:31 AM by Faren Miller</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61709 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61709 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 10:31:43 -0500 Howie! -- comment #22 from Jason comment from Jason on 1.Nov.04 Congratulations, Jo! Haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but it's been sitting on my shelf, eyeing me, for a while now. It'll happen soon, I hope.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 12:05 PM by Jason</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61714 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61714 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:05:51 -0500 Howie! -- comment #23 from Kait Mackenzie comment from Kait Mackenzie on 1.Nov.04 Congratulations Jo! More incentive for me to pick up that particular book. =)

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 12:09 PM by Kait Mackenzie</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61715 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61715 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 12:09:59 -0500 Howie! -- comment #24 from Yoon Ha Lee comment from Yoon Ha Lee on 1.Nov.04 Huzzah! And a fine book it is, too. :-)

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 2:33 PM by Yoon Ha Lee</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61720 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61720 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:33:20 -0500 Howie! -- comment #25 from Mris comment from Mris on 1.Nov.04 I shall promptly go buy a copy for all my friends and relations for whom I haven't already bought a copy.

Err. I think that might just leave Mom. But I'm sure she'll appreciate it.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 2:48 PM by Mris</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61721 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61721 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:48:50 -0500 Howie! -- comment #26 from jennie comment from jennie on 1.Nov.04 Waes Hael!

and zowie!

I lift my mug to you.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 2:56 PM by jennie</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61723 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61723 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:56:09 -0500 Howie! -- comment #27 from L.N. Hammer comment from L.N. Hammer on 1.Nov.04 Again, congrats Jo! (Shameful confession: I'm only a third in, having left it at home before heading to WFC, but since Framley Parsonage is my third-favorite Trollope, I've enjoyed every page.)

---L.

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 3:00 PM by L.N. Hammer</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61724 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61724 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:00:27 -0500 Howie! -- comment #28 from Mary Kay comment from Mary Kay on 1.Nov.04 Many many pictures were taken, a fair amount of champagne consumed, and Sharon Sbarsky was sitting next to me updating the WFC site during the awards so the other winners will definitely be there.

MKK

]]> <p>Posted November 1, 2004 6:21 PM by Mary Kay</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61736 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61736 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 18:21:16 -0500 Howie! -- comment #29 from Kevin Andrew Murphy comment from Kevin Andrew Murphy on 2.Nov.04 Congrats to Jo, and also to Greer and Bruce and all the other winners. I got to hold Bruce's when he brought it out to the courtyard to show it off (heavy thing), and Greer and Jo had theirs in the bar. Jo's was displayed in front of the cover flat enlargement from the Tor party, while Greer had given Lovecraft the blinking pendant from the Gem books promotion as a bolo tie.

It was a great con, and great fun to see everyone.

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 4:54 AM by Kevin Andrew Murphy</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61768 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61768 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 04:54:45 -0500 Howie! -- comment #30 from Janeyolen comment from Janeyolen on 2.Nov.04 Jo (and editor)--I have been handselling this book in two countries!

I love it.

I hope there's another book in that world.

And I am so jealous of the genius that invented it.

Finally, I am thrilled that the committee was smart enough to give it the Ugly Statue. (By the way, my daughter in law knitted a rasta hat with dreadlocks for my statue, and it much improves his looks.)

Jane

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 8:15 AM by Janeyolen</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61773 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61773 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:15:55 -0500 Howie! -- comment #31 from Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey comment from Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey on 2.Nov.04 Jane, if you think that statue is ugly, you should see the Coveted Balrog Award.

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 10:27 AM by Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61792 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61792 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 10:27:40 -0500 Howie! -- comment #32 from janeyolen comment from janeyolen on 2.Nov.04 Oh--I have seen the Balrog but don't own one. So I have no suggestions.

Jane

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 1:06 PM by janeyolen</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61830 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61830 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:06:24 -0500 Howie! -- comment #33 from Skwid comment from Skwid on 2.Nov.04 Cool!

Now maybe some bookstore near me will finally stock it! *grumble*

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 4:29 PM by Skwid</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61870 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61870 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 16:29:35 -0500 Howie! -- comment #34 from Larry Brennan comment from Larry Brennan on 2.Nov.04 I just scored the only copy owned by the San Mateo county library system. As of yet, no holds, but I'll definitely try to get through it before my 3 weeks runs out.

I'm one of those people who has a huge, irrational bias against books with dragons in them, and especially with dragons in the cover art. Which is kind of funny for a man with a rather large tattoo of one on his left shoulder. Maybe this will be the book that puts the bias to rest.

Congrats to all involved.

By the way, who's Howie?

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 4:41 PM by Larry Brennan</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61875 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61875 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 16:41:44 -0500 Howie! -- comment #35 from Mary Kay comment from Mary Kay on 2.Nov.04 Jane: Rumour has it that there may, in fact, be TWO more books in that world. Not that I'd know anything about it.

Larry: Howie is H. P. Lovecraft. The H was for Howard. The award is a particularly ugly rendition of that not particularly attractive man.

MKK

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 5:09 PM by Mary Kay</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61882 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61882 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:09:10 -0500 Howie! -- comment #36 from Larry Brennan comment from Larry Brennan on 2.Nov.04 Ahhh, thanks MKK. I was struggling under the assumption that it was some sort of exclamation of joy. Which it actually was, under the circumstances.

I don't think too many people use ol' HP's name so gleefully, making it just a tad ironic.

]]> <p>Posted November 2, 2004 5:14 PM by Larry Brennan</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61885 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61885 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:14:02 -0500 Howie! -- comment #37 from David Goldfarb comment from David Goldfarb on 3.Nov.04 Jo has been open about this on her LJ, which is pretty easy to find, so I feel few qualms about repeating this here:

One of Jo's three current projects-in-various-stages-of-progress is a YA fantasy with the working title of Amea which is set in the same world but a ways away and much earlier.

She has also mused aloud about doing a Great War book set in that world. ("It would be more three-dimensional....") But no actual words yet, so far as I know.

She has said that she's not going to do any more comedy-of-manners-with-dragons; that anyone who wants that can do as well or better by reading Trollope while imagining that the characters are her dragons. I'm not sure that I agree, but I can't really argue.

Her actual next book is called Farthing and is an alternate-history mystery; our esteemed hosts can tell you more about when it'll be out than I can.

]]> <p>Posted November 3, 2004 4:08 AM by David Goldfarb</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61971 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#61971 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 04:08:16 -0500 Howie! -- comment #38 from Christopher Davis comment from Christopher Davis on 3.Nov.04 I heard the Farthing reading at Worldcon, and, well, let's just say I want that book, now, or possibly sooner.

]]> <p>Posted November 3, 2004 11:47 PM by Christopher Davis</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#62346 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#62346 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 23:47:24 -0500 Howie! -- comment #39 from Kai Jones comment from Kai Jones on 4.Nov.04 The book is under limited discussion at the Gene Expression Science Fiction weblog: http://sciencefiction.gnxp.com/archives/003022.html

]]> <p>Posted November 4, 2004 12:26 AM by Kai Jones</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#62351 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#62351 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:26:23 -0500 Howie! -- comment #40 from Tom Whitmore comment from Tom Whitmore on 4.Nov.04 It's already out of print in hardback (according to Baker and Taylor) and you may want to find a used one at this point, or wait for the paperback.

]]> <p>Posted November 4, 2004 2:10 AM by Tom Whitmore</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#62363 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#62363 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 02:10:24 -0500 Howie! -- comment #41 from Larry Brennan comment from Larry Brennan on 18.Nov.04 I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I scored my library system's only copy of Tooth and Claw. Well, it took me a couple of chapters to warm up to it, but I eventually found myself devouring it in only a couple of evenings. Most entertaining. I'd definitely like to see a bit more from that particular universe. My only disappointment is that I finished it before my plane trip next week.

I seem to have gotten past my dragon-bias.

]]> <p>Posted November 18, 2004 1:41 AM by Larry Brennan</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#64731 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005670.html#64731 Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:41:55 -0500