Sci-Fi TV News Watch

Life Achievement - Hugh B. Cave

Best Novel - The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich (Harper Flamingo)

Best Novella - "The Summer Isles" by Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov's Oct./Nov. 1998)

Best Short Fiction - "The Specialist's Hat" by Kelly Link (Event Horizon, Nov. 15, 1998)

Best Anthology - Dreaming Down-Under edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia)

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the X-Files may yet go to an eighth season. Although the show's creator Chris Carter and stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny have said that they won't be returning to the show, Fox President Doug Herzog would "love to have the show back" and that they are in discussions for a possible eighth season.

Fox has reportedly ordered the pilot of the supernatural series entitled 'Ultraviolet'. Ultraviolet is being billed as a 'sexy vampire soap opera' and is reportedly based on the British series of the same title.

For those interested in writing a Sci-Fi and Fantasy novel, Warner Books has announced plans for it's second contest for 'new and unpublished' writers. The winning story will be published by Warner's Sci-Fi and Fantasy division Warner Aspects as part of it's 'New Aspects' program.

Here are some of the rules:

Manuscripts must be double-spaced and typed on 8.5" x 11" paper, and they must include a business-sized self-addressed stamped envelope for response. Submissions must be received between Dec. 15, 1999, and June 30, 2000, and they must include a disposable copy of a synopsis of the complete story plus the first several chapters of the manuscript (up to 60 pages).

There is a limit of one entry per person, and only finalists from the first round of judging will be invited to submit their complete manuscripts. Entries can be sent to:

Warner Aspect First Novel Contest, Editorial Department, 1271 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

NEXT WEEK: Part 2 of the 4 part series The Best of Sci-Fi TV.

Trivia Question:

In what Star Trek episode do we learn that one of Scotty's hobbies is reading Tech manuals?

Last Week's answer: Who wrote the Babylon 5 PSI Corps Trilogy? J. Gregory Keyes.

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