tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post7688905523622215429..comments2007-06-05T19:43:07.161-04:00Peter Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-40918623111609491962007-06-05T19:42:00.000-04:002007-06-05T19:42:00.000-04:00

<I>the blog is great, but we need a new novel. Seriously.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, well, I need a new agent. Even more seriously. Blindsight was a massive uphill struggle, and my list of allies within the system was, shall we say, shorter than it might have been. Next time into the breach, I want someone watching my back.<BR/><BR/>I got a list of candidates, though. Some of them even know I'm coming.

Peter Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-48061576161900875672007-06-03T19:44:00.000-04:002007-06-03T19:44:00.000-04:00

Dude!<BR/><BR/>Great to see you up there on the list with Stross and Vinge and other luminaries where you belong... a long and harrowing road. As you know I had my doubts about this kind of outcome, not because of the book's quality -- hell no! -- but because of my dim assessment of the reading public's intelligence and my dismal predictions about the courage of whoever nominates these things (

Naswww.nassauhedron.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-87061626180155798312007-06-03T02:51:00.000-04:002007-06-03T02:51:00.000-04:00

Congratulations, Mr. Watts - much deserved. <BR/><BR/>By the way - the blog is great, but we need a new novel. Seriously. I'm getting the shakes over here.

Kissinger's Love Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13461426235167527116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-49462395421823725562007-06-01T16:09:00.000-04:002007-06-01T16:09:00.000-04:00

<I>Hey, how do you think I forced the damn thing onto so many shortlists?</I><BR/><BR/>What, no hacked MRIs to control the awards committees? I demand more unnecessary evil scientist behavior!<BR/><BR/>Unsurprisingly everyone who has read my scattergun "read-this-or-die" gift are now pissed that Rifters Dead Tree Version is so less trivial to find than <I>Blindsight</I>. (Something should be done

Bryan Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511708690941291436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-28222448893224733432007-06-01T04:48:00.000-04:002007-06-01T04:48:00.000-04:00

Congrats for sure<BR/><BR/>BS has been one of the best - and most frightening - novels I've read for years. Frightening because of all the issues that we've been discussing here, meaning it's doing what sf should do.<BR/><BR/>Good to see <I>Nova Swing</I> up there too - quite different, but there's a similar sort of scepticism mixed with lyricism and strange beauty there.<BR/><BR/><I>There

Brett Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01545104833037581797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-63051104216051133722007-05-31T22:07:00.000-04:002007-05-31T22:07:00.000-04:00

Incidentally, the "official" official site with the nominations is here: http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell-finalists.htm<BR/><BR/>There's Blindsight next to Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge! Quite exciting. <BR/><BR/>For some reason it lists these as the 2006 nominees, although the 2006 Award has already been given out. I'm assuming these are distinct because the 2006 Awards (1st, 2nd, and 3rd)

Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154776123543786428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-76757439798242661912007-05-31T22:01:00.000-04:002007-05-31T22:01:00.000-04:00

That's great news! I just finished Behemoth (while waiting for my damn B. burgdorferi cultures to spin down) and I'm about to start on Blindsight so I can't vouch for it's quality just yet, but I'm sure it's going to be fantastic if the Rifter series is any indication.

Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14154776123543786428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-52738268869172020692007-05-31T20:23:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:23:00.000-04:00

<I>Glad to see it get some mouth-time that doesn't involve shoving it in a dozen of your friends hands and saying "Read this or you're dead to me.</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, how do you think I forced the damn thing onto so many shortlists?

Peter Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06160557746794936786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-81739655125062924662007-05-31T19:33:00.000-04:002007-05-31T19:33:00.000-04:00

Excellent! <I>Blindsight</I> is fantastic. Glad to see it get some mouth-time that doesn't involve shoving it in a dozen of your friends hands and saying "Read this or you're dead to me. No. Really." ;-)<BR/><BR/>You've got some great company on that list, too. Good luck!

Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511708690941291436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-57875772342565672362007-05-31T16:47:00.000-04:002007-05-31T16:47:00.000-04:00

Huzzah !

Scott C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05123769677905149107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-62731173001468859002007-05-31T14:49:00.001-04:002007-05-31T14:49:00.001-04:00

Congratulations, even if I find myself less than surprised. Get used to it, your book rocks and rules and numerous other complimentary R-verbs (R-selects? :D)<BR/><BR/>What's with that bit of code at the bottom though?

razorsmilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741327069258643030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740787063649889480.post-8090376568810143612007-05-31T14:49:00.000-04:002007-05-31T14:49:00.000-04:00

Many Congrats Peter! I just <I>knew</I> Blindsight was going to kick ass...<BR/><BR/>Interesting list, though. Glad to see M. John Harrison's Nova Swing made it there as well. Another great book I would heartily recommend.<BR/><BR/>-Hannu

HannuBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07865088411419885403noreply@blogger.com