Roger Zelazny discussion

A belated post to mention that The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny Volumes 1-6 finished #2 in the Locus Awards for Best Collection of 2009.

I'm delighted with the result; NESFA Press is a small press and its titles have much smaller print runs and circulation than titles from the big presses. Plus it was my first-ever editing job so I can retire from that on a high note!

I attended the Locus banquet on June 26th in Seattle and it was a lot of fun. Co-editor Ann Crimmins was also in attendance. We later attended the Hall of Fame induction ceremony where Roger Zelazny was installed; Walter Jon Williams gave the induction speech, Neil Gaiman gave a speech via recorded home video, and Trent Zelazny was there to accept on behalf of the family.

And for those wondering, we're in the final proofing stages (I think!) of THE IDES OF OCTEMBER: A PICTORIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ROGER ZELAZNY. The 700 images plus the index have taken a lot of time. Publication should be by the end of the summer. Note that I changed the title slightly with the addition of "pictorial."

Chris

Congrats, Chris! All your hard work paid off handsomely. Super on the next book, too. Hopefully I will have finished the last two by then. Whether I do or not, put me down for a copy.

Jim wrote: "Congrats, Chris! All your hard work paid off handsomely. Super on the next book, too. Hopefully I will have finished the last two by then. Whether I do or not, put me down for a copy."

Funnily enough, I just learned that the collection actually received the most first place votes. But because of the weighted balloting system that Locus uses, since there wasn't a majority on the first round of counting, the subsequent rounds of counting (in which the lowest places are eliminated and votes redistributed) led to it falling to second place.

I tried explaining this system (and its rationale) to my daughter and she said it sucks. Oh, well. In a normal voting system the collection would have won.

Chris

I agree with your daughter.