Spectrum Awards Finalists 2002

Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Finalists Announced July 11, 2002

Best Novel | Best Short Fiction | Best Other Work

Gaylaxicon Conventions Washington DC: The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards, science fiction fandom’s premiere award recognizing works of special interest to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people, are pleased to announce the finalists for 2002. The Spectrum Awards, created and primarily sponsored by the Gaylactic Network, are juried and were created to honor works in science fiction, fantasy and horror that deal positively with gay characters, themes and issues.

Regular awards will be presented in three categories for works originally released in 2001: Best Novel, Best Short Fiction, and Best Other Work. To honor works released prior to the creation of the award, the jury will also announce new inductees into the Spectrum Awards Hall of Fame.

Spectrum Awards Best Novel Finalists 2002

The Song of the Earth, by Hugh Nissenson | Hardcover Winner!

Bouncing Off the Moon, by David Gerrold This book on the internet 2001 Gaylactic Network Spectrum Awards Best Novel Awarded to David Gerrold for the best science fiction, fantasy or horror novel originally released during 2000 for his work Jumping Off The Planet | Hardcover | Paperback

Dreamer, by Steven Harper This book on the internet

The Ghost Sister, by Liz Williams This book on the internet

The Kappa Child, by Hiromi Goto This book on the internet

Kushiel's Dart, by Jacqueline Carey This book on the internet

A Paradigm of Earth, by Candas Jane Dorsey This book on the internet

Point of Dreams, by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett This book on the internet Lambda Literary Award 2002 for Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy: Lisa A Barnett and Melissa Scott for Point of Dreams | Hardcover | Paperback | Get any Sci-Fi audiobook for $1.95 Shadow Man by Melissa Scott was a Spectrum People's Choice Award winner 1999

Spectrum Awards Best Short Fiction Finalists 2002

Kindred, by Alexis Glynn Latner - from the anthology Bending the Landscape: Horror | Hardcover | Paperback Winner

The Anthvoke, by Steve Berman - from the collection Trysts This book on the internet and the magazine "Strange Horizons" On the internet

The Devil and Mrs. Faust, by Ian Phillips - from the anthology See Dick Deconstruct This book on the internet

If On A Moonlit Night, by M. Shayne Bell from the magazine Realms of Fantasy, December 2001

Love On A Stick, by Carrie Richerson - from the anthology Bending the Landscape: Horror This book on the internet

Passing, by Mark Tiedemann - from the anthology Bending the Landscape: Horror This book on the internet

Shiomah's Land, by Nisi Shawl from the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2001 On the internet

Soul of Light, by Catherine Asaro - from the anthology Sextopia This book on the internet

Triangle, by Ellen Klages - from the anthology Bending the Landscape: Horror This book on the internet

Spectrum Awards Best Other Work Finalists 2002

Anthology, Bending the Landscape: Horror, edited by Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel | Hardcover | Paperback Winner

Nebula Award 1996 and Spectrum Hall of Fame 2000 for Slow River Paperback Nicola Griffith.

Spectrum Best Other Work 1999 - Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction | Hardcover Nicola Griffith, Stephen Pagel

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, by Joss Whedon (television) (UPN/WB/Fox) DVD The complete 2nd season - Winner 2001

Charm School (comic) Slave Labor

Codename: Knockout #0 - #6, Robert Rodi DC/Vertigo Comics

Green Lantern #137 & #140, Judd Winick DC Comics

Sextopia, edited by Cecilia Tan (anthology) This book on the internet

Trysts, by Steve Berman (collection) This book on the internet

X-Force #117-118 Marvel Comics

The 2003 Spectrum Awards will be presented at the World Science Fiction Convention

The 2004 Spectrum Awards Southern California Gaylactic Network chapter, Planet Lambda , will host the Gaylactic Network's annual national gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered & friends' science-fiction, fantasy, horror, comics & gaming convention, Gaylaxicon, in San Diego, California in 2004. Hotels

The 2005 Spectrum Awards the Gaylactic Network's annual national gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered & friends' science-fiction, fantasy, horror, comics & gaming convention, Gaylaxicon, in Boston, MA in 2005. Hotels

For more information about the Spectrum Awards visit http://www.gaylactic-network.org/

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