The second phase of the Italia Award had started: the jury will have to choose between the finalists. The procedure is quite complex, and requires a lot of standardization.
Now the voters – the participants in one of the last two italian national conventions and the subscribers of the World SF – are called upon to make their contribution to the second phase, which this year no longer relies on the australian ballot’s sophisticated mechanism, using a single dry vote instead. A mechanism which obviously disadvantage the ones that produces more, running the risk of seeing split votes on various titles.
For this reason, you will see a list of Delos Books candidates that we are sugessting to vote for in order to avoid being too disadvantaged by the new mechanism. 183 voting cards were received.
Here is the nominees’ list :
Novel or Personal Collection – Science Fiction
“The Boundary of the Void” (Il Confine del Nulla) – Nino Salamone (Elara)
“Trans-Human Express” – Lukha B. Kremo (Kipple)
“World9” (Mondo9) – Dario Tonani (Delos Books)
“Iron Seven ” (Ferro sette) – Francesco Troccoli (Curcio)
“Stories with Green Melanin” (Storie alla melanina verde) – M.A. Miglieruolo (Edizioni della Vigna)
Novel or Personal Collection – Fantasy
“The Awakening of the Sword” (Il risveglio della spada) – Fabio Calabrese (Edizioni Scudo)
“The Secret of the Lost City” (Il segreto della città perduta) – Fabiana Redivo (Edizioni Domino)
“The Curse of the flame” (La maledizione della fiamma)- Silvia Robutti (Delos Books)
International Novel
“A Princess of the Linear Jungle”, 2011 – Paul di Filippo (Delos Books)
“All the Lives He Led”, 2011 – Frederik Pohl (Elara)
“Trackers. Under the Eye of God”, 1993 – David Gerrold (Elara)
“Fortress in the Eye of Time”, 1995 – C.J.Cherryh (Elara)
“Star Trek Online: The Needs of the Many”, 2010 – Michael A. Martin & Jake Sisko (L’ultimo avamposto)
Essay (in volume)
” Lovecraftian Archetypes. The eternal feminine” (Archetipi lovecraftiani. L’eterno femminile) – Renzo Giorgetti (EDS)
“Conspiracy Theories” (Ipotesi di complotto) – Giovanni Panella & Riccardo Gramantieri (Solfanelli)
“Science Fiction All Movies. Letter D” – Giovanni Mongini (Edizioni della Vigna)
“Dreaming the Future” (Sognando il Futuro) – Paola Dalla Torre (Rubbettino Editore)
“The Metaphysics of Harry Potter” (La metafisica di Harry Potter) – Marina Lenti (Camelozampa)
Professional Publication Short Story
“The Quantum Mechanic” (Il meccanico quantistico) – Emanuele Manco (Delos Books)
“The Exploded Man” (L’uomo esploso) – Vittorio Catani (Delos Books)
“The Long Return of Grigorij Volkolak” (Il lungo ritorno di Grigorij Volkolak)- Giovanni De Matteo (Delos Books)
“Finis Mundi” – Antonio Bellomi (Bietti)
“The Retro-Travellers” (I Retroviaggianti) – Maria Lipartiti (Lettere Animate Editore)
Amateur Publication Short Story
“The Thirteenth Colony” (La tredicesima colonia) – Franca Scapellato (Antologia Premio Kataris)
“Stars of the Night” (Stelle della Notte) – Francesco Troccoli (Living Force Magazine)
“The Slough” (Il tempo della muta) – Renato Pestriniero (Fondazione)
“The Last Arena” (L’ultima arena) – Maria Lipartiti (LTL3 Bullets NASF)
“The Fourth Induction” (La Quarta Induzione ) – Simone Conti (Living Force Magazine)
Professional Publication Article
“The Italian SF in the Third Millennium” (La SF italiana nel terzo millennio) – Salvatore Proietti (Robot)
“When Science Fiction is Biting its Tail” – (Quando la fantascienza si mordeva la coda) – Vittorio Catani (Anarres)
“Science Fiction and Fantasy: Separated in the House ?” (Fantascienza e fantasy: separati in casa ?”)- Emanuele Manco (Robot)
“Stellar Paralympics” (Paraolimpiadi stellari) – Gabriella Cordone (Inside Star Trek Magazine)
“Computer Security in Star Trek” (La sicurezza informatica in Star Trek) – Claudio Signorini (Inside Star Trek Magazine)
” Star Trek’s Neutrinos” (Neutrini di Star Trek) – Salvatore Carboni (Inside Star Trek Magazine)
Amateur Publication Article
“The Dark Knight Ascends” (Il Cavaliere Oscuro ascende) – Filippo Rossi (Living Force Magazine)
“The Space Journey in the Proto-Science Fiction” (Il viaggio nello spazio nella prima fantascienza) – Riccardo Valla (Alpha Quadrant)
“Wrong Future Dystopias and Love Stories” (Futuro sbagliato di distopie e storie d’amore) – Claudio Cordella – Living Force Magazine)
“The 41st Millennium on the Table” (Il 41° Millenio sul Tavolo) – Enrico Di Stefano (Fondazione)
Book Series
Avatar (Kipple)
Libra Fantastica (Elara)
La Botte Piccola (Edizioni della Vigna)
Urania Collezione (Mondadori)
Odissea Fantascienza (Delos Books)
Professional Magazine
IF Insolito e Fantastico (Tabula Fati)
Fantascienza.com (Delos Books)
Delos Science Fiction (Delos Books)
FantasyMagazine.it (Delos Books)
Inside Star Trek Magazine (L’ultimo avamposto)
Amateur Magazine
NeXT
Living Force
Colony Post
Alpha Quadrant
Amateur Website & Amateur Online Magazine
www.yavinquattro.net
www.lazonamorta.it
www.next-station.org
www.stic.it
www.klinzha.it
Editor
Silvio Sosio
Emanuele Manco
Carmine Treanni
Giuseppe Lippi
Alberto Lisiero
Luigi Petruzzelli
Translator
Gabriella Cordone
Salvatore Proietti
Francesco Lato
Stefania Bronzoni
Riccardo Valla
Artist
Luca Oleastri
Giacomo Pueroni
Franco Brambilla
Maurizio Manzieri
David Messina
Promoter
Filippo Rossi
Alberto Lisiero
Carlo Recagno
Bruno Gardegni
Lukha Kremo Baroncinij
And here are our voting suggestions (editor’s note: suggestions as can be found on Fantascienza.com):
Science Fiction Novel : “World9” (Mondo9) – Dario Tonani (Delos Books)
Fantasy Novel : “The Curse of the flame” (La maledizione della fiamma)- Silvia Robutti (Delos Books)
International Novel : “A Princess of the Linear Jungle” – Paul di Filippo (Delos Books)
Professional Publication Short Story: “The Long Return of Grigorij Volkolak” (Il lungo ritorno di Grigorij Volkolak) – Giovanni De Matteo (Delos Books)
Professional Publication Article: “The Italian SF in the Third Millennium” (La SF italiana nel terzo millennio) – Salvatore Proietti (Robot)
Magazine: Delos Science Fiction
Book Series: Odissea Fantascienza (Delos Books)
Editor: Emanuele Manco
Artist: Giacomo Pueroni
http://www.fantascienza.com/magazine/notizie/17558/premio-italia-2013-ecco-i-finalisti/
