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Its time... let s do it again in 2010Australia is bidding ta hold its fourth World Science Fiction Convention and we'd like you to join us on

a wild ride towards that goal. Australia has a reputation (gained from its three Aussiecons in 1975, 1985 and 1999) of producing intimate, compact Worldcons where everyone has a good time. For more details contact one of our representatives, visit our website, or meet one of us at a convention near you.

Janice GelbMark LinnemanAlan StewartJulian Warner

Committee US Agent UK Agents European AgentChair: Perry Middlemiss Bavid Evans Eve & John Harvey Vince BochertyTreasurer: Rose Mitchell 114 Shorebird Circle 8 The Orchard Koninginnegracht 75aGeneral Committee: Redwood Shores Tonwell 2514 AH Ben HaagStephen Boucher CA 94BB5-5101 Herts The NetherlandsBavid Evans USA UK SG12 OHR

Committee contact address: GPO Box 1212, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA 3001Email: [email protected]

Website: www.australia2010.org/index.htmlThis bid is supported by Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau.

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20 - Yoshitaka AmanoThe artworks

AuthorGoH ArtistGoHYoshitaka Amano

Michael WhelanDavid Brin

Sakyo Komatsu

22 - Japan Travelers' TipsJohn & Peggy Rae Sapienza

23 - Getting to Yokohama from Narita byTrevor Knudsen,

Rodrigo Juri & Wake Lankard 25 - Seiun Award Nominations

27 - The Hugo Awards

29-SF Awards

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32 - Programmings

29-Notifications

36 - Japanese SF ListTranselated Abroad

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42- Rates, AD RatesAdvertisers Gio :2 - Aussiecon 2010 Bid39 - ARCHCON 31/9th NASFiC (2007 )

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Nippon2007 Progress Report 5Nippon2007/JASFIC4-20-5-604, Mure, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0002 JAPAN

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Burton Stone LoneYork, GREAT BRITAIN, YO30 6EE [email protected]

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http://www.nippon2007.orgAustralia and NZ:Craig MacbridePO Box 274 World Trade Centre, Vic, 8005 Australia [email protected]

Europe:Vincent DochertyKoninginnegracht 75a 2514AH Den Hoag Netherlands [email protected]




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FromtheChairWe’ve started this year in Japan

with a record-breaking warm winter. In Tokyo, we haven’t even seen the first snow yet. Japan has a mostly temperate climate, but I’m afraid that this summer, the average temperature may be more in line with a sub-tropical zone. 1 suppose it doesn’t matter —with this year’s SF fans in Yokohama, it’s going to be the hottest town around.

So, we have entered the seventh year of the 21st century, and the world isn’t rosy but we haven’t fallen into a nuclear winter, either.

I wonder how the future, which SF writers have dreamed of and feared, will turn out.

Well, we’ve got half a year before the Nippon 2007 WorldCon will start. As we put together the standards of the past WorldCons and the standards of the Japanese conventions, there are many times we find cultural differences. We spend a lot of time worrying about how to come to terms with the differences in small details and fundamental basics.

As much as possible, we’d like to take the best of both worlds, and have a convention where all the participants can have a good time. In Japan and overseas, the staff is working with a forwardlooking attitude.

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There are many things left to do, but we’re working hard so that we can greet you all with smiling faces at the end of August.

If you have any requests, please feel free to ask. Of course, we can’t answer everything. But we will spare no effort to make this summer the best summer for all of you.

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Dealers Room, Fanzine Alley and Fan Tables- What's the difference?

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For fans or groups of fans who vish to informally sell their own self- tublishcd works such as doujinshi or anzines, there will be a different area mown as Fanzine Alley.

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un thing to do at any Worldcon. At Nip- )on2007, dealers will be selling various ommercial goods such as books, T- hirts, toys, costumes and accessories. Zomc and have a look!

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to browse, you are sure to discover things you haven't seen before at other conventions.

One unit of space in the Dealers Room will be about 2 square meters. If you wish to reserve space, your cost will be 15000 yen or about $150 in US Dollars.

Please check with the Nippon 2007 committee for rate information. In the Dealers Room, you can sell anything including commercial goods, but it must not violate public order or standards of decency.

Fanzine AlleyNippon2007's Fanzine Alley will be

a restricted area especially for private individuals or groups who wish to sell their own self-published works, such as doujinshi or fanzines. It will be strictly prohibited to sell commercial merchandise.

One unit of space on Fanzine Alley will be half a desk (150cm wide) and a chair. There will be no charge for this space. Look for information on how to register for a space on the Nippon 2007 web site and in future progress reports.

Recruiting for Fanzine Alley"What is Fanzine Alley?"

You don't hear "Fanzine Alley" very often in Japan, but at a Japanese SF convention, the "Dealers' Room" is used for fanzine sales and their networking. In 2007, we borrow this idea from the Worldcon, and are designating a space for "Fanzine Alley."

Although the name is different, the idea is the same. We're looking for original, parodies, or any type of fanzine you want to sell to be entered in our "Fanzine Alley." Please see our web page at Nippon 2007 for details and applications.

Number of spaces: 40 groupsFee for space: Fee free at one space

for one group.Provided space: Half of one table

(75cm x 60cm) and one chairDeadline of apply: June 30, 2007Please contact to: fanzine@nip-

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awareness of your event? Your convention probably has a web site, but there's nothing like meeting other fen face to face. Just think — you could promote WisCon, World Fantasy or World Horror Convention, your local anime convention, or even Boskone— in Japan!

For information on dimensions of space available and how to reserve a Fan Table, please contact the Nippon2007 committee.

How to reserve a party roomThe party hotel of Nippon 2007 is

the InterContinental THE GRAND YOKOHAMA.

We have reserved 2 floors for the party from 31st August through 2nd September.

7 rooms on 6th floor (some of the rooms in this floor are traditional TATAMI room. Please take your shoes off in the room.)

8 rooms on 7th floorPlease check our website for further

information.If you are planning to have a party,

send in your online application form. We will contact you by an e-mail when your room is set. Hotel room you get might not be the one you requested, though we will consider your room preference.

Please be aware of the following;

Please make sure that all parties end by 2 AM.

In Japan, underage drinking is prohibited. Make sure that you do not offer alcohol to people under the age of 20.

When you check out, please be sure that rooms are left tidy.

If you have a Costco membership, the store is located 20 minutes away from the hotel. We are working on a shopping assistance. The details and other information are coming on our website.

NewsletterJapan SF conventions have a long

tradition of fan-generated newsletters, such as "Jikan Shinbun" and "Jikanhou". The Nippon2007 Newsletter will, however, differ from fan newsletters in a few fundamental ways.

The Nippon2007 Newsletter will be the official source for programming changes and convention updates, and, in addition, will publish schedules for open parties and other items of general interest to attendees. We will publish separate Japanese and English language versions, and, although general interest items may vary between language versions, both will print identical programming changes as well as all official announcements from the Executive Committee. As always, we will be delighted to accept contributions of notices, articles, pho

tographs and illustrations from the attendees. All articles will be reproducec in type, not freehand.

We will publish at least two issuer per day in both languages with severa special issues planned. Daily prograrr changes will be published in the morning, and, in the evening, we will publish party announcements as well as othei general interest items as space permits per issue. Publication of supplementary daily issues depends solely on available content. We look forward to many con tributions from the attendees!

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Nippon 2007 Masquerade andHall Costuming I Cosplay Rules

We look forward to having you participate in our costuming events. We're working to incorporate the best of all worlds and provide something special that will make for an enjoyable event for everyone. Please be aware that we have some unique concerns and rules for Nippon 2007.

Nippon 2007 is providing men's and women's changing rooms in the Pacifico Yokohama conference center. If you do not have a room at either of the above convention hotels, or your costume is too large or bulky to get dressed in and walk over to the Pacifico Yokohama conference space, you will want to change here. Please do not change costumes in a bathroom stall and make it so that people who need to use the toilet are prevented from doing so.

Changing rooms are not secured areas, so please be responsible for your personal belongings. If your belongings block emergency exit routes, they will be removed without notifying or obtaining the permission of the owner. In the

event of loss or theft of items from the changing rooms, the event organizers and staff, location hosts, and sponsors bear no responsibility.

For the purposes of Nippon 2007, the convention spaces where people can wear their Hall Cosplay and Hall Costumes includes the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center, the attached InterContinental Grand Yokohama Hotel, and the nearby Minato Mirai 21 shopping area. We do not recommend wearing costumes away from this area.

A cloak room is available in the Pacifico Yokohama, but attendees are advised to keep valuables with them. Again, event organizers and staff, location hosts, and sponsors bear no responsibility for the loss of any items from the cloak room. The cloak room will be next to the changing rooms in the Pacifico Yokohama and run by the Nippon 2007 Committee. A small fee may be charged (something like 100 Yen ($1 USD)) per item.

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What the Japanese call Hall Cosplay, Americans call Hall Costuming. This is the wearing of costumes in the hallways of the convention area and convention hotel. The Masquerade is a more formal presentation of costumes. Please keep in mind:

If a prop or part of your costume can actually hurt someone, it is not allowed. See the weapons policy following the Masquerade rules.

When not on the Masquerade stage, please keep costumes resembling the uniforms of Japanese public officials (such as police, fire dept., JSDF etc.) covered with an overcoat to prevent any confusion or misunderstandings.

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Japan participates in the Washington Convention, which bans the importation or exportation of endangered plant and animal species. You can not bring in the listed animals, their fur or skin, birds, or plants into Japan. Please refer to http:// www.cites.org/eng/app/index.shtml for banned items.

Nippon 2007 Masquerade Rules.The Masquerade is where costumes

are formally presented in the auditorium. The Masquerade Director may reject, disqualify, or eliminate anyone from competition on the basis of bad taste, danger to self and/or others, inappropriate behavior or content, excessive purchased items, or any violation of the rules. Masquerade Director has the final say in all things, including determining the class placement of all contestants. These decisions may not be appealed.

1. No full or partial nudity on stage.2. Commercial and rented costumes

may not be entered.3. No materials or effects that will

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6. Minors may not perform martia arts or other combat simulations.

7. Minors' parents must sign a pei mission form.

8. No microphones may be used b contestants.

9. Each contestant may only appea once on stage. You may enter multipl costumes as long as each costume ap pears on different bodies.

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11. Costumes entered in previou Worldcon masquerades may enter, bi major award winners (Best in Show c Best in Class), are asked to enter as E> hibition Entries.

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13. Contestants must show up no later than the specified check-in time for the masquerade.

14. Contestants agree to allow video recording and photography of their costumes for non-profit purposes. This includes allowing your photos or video recorded images to be used to promote subsequent Worldcon masquerades, and to be displayed on the Nippon 2007 website after the convention.

15. Music/Sound: If you are using music or sound effects with your presentation, it can be on mini-disc, audiocassette or compact disk.

A. We recommend that you bring two copies of your music: one to give to us, and one to keep for rehearsing and as a back-up.

B. Your tapes/disks need to be labeled with your real name and costume name.

C. Your tape/disks need to be submitted to us no later than Saturday noon. If you cannot arrive until later that day, send your music to us in advance, so we have it.

D. NO microphones are available for contestants! Any needed speech must be on your recording, or supplied as text for the Master of Ceremonies to read.

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R, test it on various CD players to assure it is compatible! There is a possibility that our equipment won't be able to read your CD-R discs depending on the equipment you burn the CD-R and the quality of CD-R disks.

Do not use CD-RW discs, to avoid possible compatibility problems.

To increase the chances of your CD being readable, please be sure to use a high-quality CD-R media at low speed (lx or 2x) when you burn your CD-R.

You can provide CD-R that include .wav or MP3 data. When you provide MP3 data, please use high-bitrate (at least 256k/second recommended) to compress MP3 files so that we can prevent degradation of the sound quality.

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1. Junior/Youth. This is for children up to age 13 who make their own costumes with minimal help from their parents. Children over the age of 13 are encouraged to enter as a Novice. A child wearing a costume designed and built entirely by an adult/parent should either be entered in the adult's skill class or entered as an Exhibition Entry.

2. Novice. For the first-time costumer, or a contestant who has not won any major awards such as "Best in Show" or "Best Novice" at an international competition. Minor awards may be counted towards placement at the discretion of the costumer. Awards won at regional competitions may be counted towards division placement at the discretion of the costumer and the Masquerade Director. People who may not enter as a

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someone who earns more than 50 percent of their income from crafting or creating costumes for hire, or sewing costumes for customers.

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A contestant who has won "Best in Show" or "Best Novice" at an international competition.

A contestant who has won numerous major awards in the Novice division at international competitions is encouraged to enter in the Journeyman division.

3. Journeyman. The costumer who has won some awards and received recognition, such as "Best Novice" at an international convention needs to compete as a Journeyman. People who may not enter as a Journeyman include:

Professional costumers. This is someone who earns more than 50 percent of their income from crafting or creating costumes for hire, or sewing costumes for customers.

A contestant who has competed and won in the Master division at an international competition.

A contestant who has won "Best in Show" or "Best Journeyman" at an international competition.

A contestant who has won more than three major awards in the Journeymandivision in international competition.

Awards won at regional competitions may be counted towards placement at the discretion of the costumer and the Masquerade Director.

Minor awards may be counted towards placement at the discretion of the costumer.

4. Master. This is an open class that anyone may enter and has no limitations.

5. Exhibition. For showing a costume to the audience, but not submitting it forjudging. The judges will leave the room to judge the other contestants before the exhibition entries come on stage. Rerun and Hall costumes may be entered as Exhibition Entries. The Masquerade Director reserves the right to limit the number of Exhibition Entries.

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larly proud of something that you did or your costume or prop, you are encouragec to enter it for workmanship judging. This is the judging for how a costume or prop is constructed by contestants. Nothing that is purchased or made by a professional cos turner or prop maker may be entered fo workmanship judging.

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1. Original. This is an original ide; by the costumer. No source documenta tion is needed, but the judges appreciate a brief (no more than two paragraphs explanation of your idea if it's needed.

2. Re-creation. This is the costum er's interpretation of someone else's idea The source can be text from a book artwork from manga, from a televisioi show, or a movie. To allow for accurate judging, a copy or image of the costume must be provided. Sources can include:

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Green Room. This is a room in the Conference Center where Masquerade •articipants wait to get processed and go *n stage. You need to be available and hecked into the Green Room 1.5 to 2 tours before the Masquerade for proper

processing. If you wish to have your costume judged for workmanship, you must be in the green room early to have this done. When traveling between your hotel room and the Masquerade green room and changing rooms, you must make sure that your costume, costume parts or components, and props do not cause problems for the people around you. Guests staying at the InterContinental or Pan Pacific hotels may change in their rooms and come directly to the Masquerade Green Room. All other masquerade participants need to use the provided Changing Rooms.

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sion before taking their picture. Even if there is a language barrier, please be sure that the person or people that you want to photograph understand that you want to take their photograph, and that they agree.

Photographing in the Masquerade Theater:

1. All photographers must use available light. Absolutely NO flash photography! Many of the contestants have limited vision, and a flash could blind them. Violation of this rule will get you ONE warning. The second violation will get you removed from the masquerade theater.

2. All photographs are for personal use only. The contestants agree to this use when they enter the masquerade.

3. Photographers must not block the view of or endanger the other audience members.Photographing in the Fan Photo Areas:

This the area where people can take flash photographs of the contestants after they come off the masquerade stage. We are going to set up an American Fan Photo Area.

American Fan Photo Area. A photographic backdrop and seats will be provided for the photographers. This allows for more formal poses to be done. If you would like to be in the American Fan Photo Area, please send an e-mail to Carole Parker at mas- [email protected], so we may have

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Photography of an adult/porno- graphic nature, and eliciting of such photography is strictly prohibited. Further, the use of pictures taken at Nippon 2007 on adult Internet sites, regardless of whether it is for profit or not, is also prohibited. The District Court of Yokohama shall be the exclusive court of jurisdiction for all disputes regarding these matters.

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Yokohama's Exhibition Hall A. The price for dealers for a basic space (2 meters x 2 meters) for 5 days will be 15000 yen. This price includes the space, a 150cm x 40cm table, and 2 chairs. It will be possible to have more than one space.

Since Exhibition Hall A is scheduled to be open to the public, dealers will probably have the chance to sell not

only to Worldcon members, but also to the general public. Also, Fanzine Alley will be set up as a space for fanzines. Il is scheduled to be in the Meeting Center. Spaces including half a table (75cm x 40cm) and a chair will be offered foi free. Applications for spaces in Fanzine Alley will be limited to 1 per attendee Dealers may send email to dealers@nip- pon2007.us

Nippon 2007 Weapons PolicyNippon 2007 Worldcon welcomes cos

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Even prop weapons which mimic actual weapons may be confiscated. Consult with the Masquerade Director if you have any questions.

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Volunteers in Registration, Operations, and Information (and pretty much everywhere else!) get to meet authors, artists, editors, and countless fellow fans. Masquerade volunteers have the chance to see those amazing costumes up close, and help their talented creators put them on. Art Show volunteers have the opportunity to see gorgeous artwork, and talk to the artists who brought the ideas to life. Every volunteer gets to share in the excitement of

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The Port of Yokohama was opened in 1859 as one of Japan’s first five ports for international trade. Since then, it has thrived as a world-famous port city.

To commemorate the first Worldcon held in this historic place, we will hold an official night-cruise on a chartered ship. Guests of honor, Hugo Award winners and Seiun Award winners will join us.

Please enjoy the opulent revelry, the brilliant night illuminations on the Baby Bridge and Yokohama Port and a buffel party full of wonder.

WHEN: September 2, 2007 (Sunday; Boarding begins at 18:30. The cruise departs at 18:45 and returns at 20:45. (After departure, you may not board, sc please be on time!)

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The 65th World Science Fiction ConventionCorrected Voting Ballot for the 2007 Hugo Awards and John W. Campbell Award

This ballot must be received by July 31, 2007

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If you are not a member of Nippon 2007 and wish to cast a Hugo Ballot, you must purchase an attending membership ($220 until June 30, 2007) - or a supporting membership ($50) - for Nippon 2007. Please provide the appropriate information if you would like to purchase a membership.

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Please visit http://www.nippon2007.us/hugo_correclion_faq.php for more information

In the event that you have already returned your completed ballot, you may contact the Hugo Administrator directly at: [email protected] and provide her with your updated vote in this category.

You also have the choice of voting online and replacing the ballot you may have already mailed. Online voles will take precedence over written ballots.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask them. Contact the Hugo Administrator at: [email protected]

Eligibility to VoteOnly Attending and Supporting members of Nippon 2007 are eligible to vote. You must include your name, address, membership number (if known), and PIN (for ballots cast online), or signature (for paper ballots) in the appropriate spaces on the ballot. Please print or type.

If you are not already a member of Nippon 2007, you may purchase a membership by completing the appropriate information and enclosing payment for the membership fee. If you are already a member, do not send any money with your ballot.

DeadlineAll ballots must be received by Midnight (2359hrs), Pacific Daylight Time on Tuesday, July 31, 2007.

Please mail as early as possible, to ensure that your ballot will be counted. Overseas members should send their ballots airmail. Mail your ballot to: Nippon 2007 Hugo Awards, c/o SCIFI, 1’0 Box 8442, Van Nuys, CA 91409, USA. (Ballots mailed to the main Nippon 2007 address will be delayed and might arrive too late to be counted.) Taping the ballot shut is permissible in the U.S. domestic mail only - ballots mailed internationally OR with payments enclosed must be enclosed in an envelope.

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Ballots may also be faxed to: +1-818-450-0769.

Online VotingOnline voting will be available via the Nippon 2007 website: http://www.nippon2007.us/. You will need your PIN, which is printed on your mailing label, to vote via the web.

Please be sure to fill in the eligibility section on the previous page. Do not forget to sign the ballot - we will not count your ballot if it is unsigned.

How to VoteThis ballot uses a modified version of the Alternative Vote System, sometimes known as the Australian Ballot or the Instant Runoff Ballot. To vote, mark your choices in each category in order of preference: “ I ” for first place, “2” for second place, and so on. You are not required to rank all the nominees in any category, and we recommend that you not vote in any category in which you are not familiar with a majority of the nominees. If you decide not to vote in a given category, leave it blank. Note that “No Award-’ is not an abstention, but a vote that none of the nominees should be given the award in question. When the ballots are counted, all the first place choices will be tabulated. If no nominee has received more than half of the votes, the nominee with the fewest first place votes will be eliminated and its votes transferred to the nominees marked “2” on those ballots. This process of elimination will continue until one nominee receives more than half of the votes, at which point it becomes the winner (unless the votes are outnumbered by “No Award” votes under specific conditions described in Sections 3.11 and 6.4 of the WSFS Constitution: sec the Nippon 2007 Progress Report 4 or http://www.wsfs.org/bm/const-2006.html).

A few tips that may help you in voting:1 .Please keep in mind that second and further preferences play no

part in the voting unless and until your first choice is eliminated. This is not a point system where many voters’ second choices can overwhelm a few voters’ first choice. We suggest that after marking your first choice, you proceed by imagining that it has disappeared from the ballot, and placing your “2” by the remaining nominee you most prefer, and so on. This mimics the way the ballots arc actually counted. Thus even if your heart is set on one nominee, don’t hesitate to give “2” (and higher) ranking to other nominees you also consider worthy of the award.

2 .Nevertheless, if your top choices are eliminated early, your lower preferences could be the tiebreaker between the remaining nominees, so choose all your preferences carefully! No matter how much you dislike a nominee, if you rank it, the vote will be counted if all of your previous choices are eliminated. We recommend that you not rank a nominee that you do not consider worthy of the award. In this way, you can be sure of casting your vote against it in all circumstances.

The NomineesThe nominees that follow were chosen by popular vote by 409 members of Nippon 2007 and L.A.con IV who submitted valid nominating ballots. There were no tics in any category'.

As part of the transition between rule sets, the sponsors of the John W. Campbell award extended the eligibility for writers whose eligibility was reduced to one year because of the rules change that went into effect in 2006. This will only affect the awards for 2007.

ReproductionReproduction and distribution of this ballot is permitted and encouraged, provided that it is reproduced verbatim (including voting instructions), with no additional material other than the name of the person or publication responsible for the reproduction.

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Best Novel (327 Ballots Cast)

Eifelheim by Michael Flynn (Tor) His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik (Del Rey: Voyager 1/06 as Temeraire) Glasshouse by Charles Stress (Ace) Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Tor) Blindsight by Peter Watts (Tor)No Award

Best Novella (167 Ballots Cast)

“The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko (Asimov’s April/May 2006)“A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s October/November 2006)“Inclination” by William Shunn (Asimov’s April/May 2006)“Lord Weary’s Empire” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s December 2006) Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson (PS Publishing)No Award

Nominators Votes RangeNovel 327 1009 35-58Novella 167 424 26-34Novelette 19I 564 21-34Short Stories 214 608 16-43Related Books 190 403 21-93Dramatie Pres. (Long) 243 677 40-102Dramatic Pres. (Short) 179 525 22-64Prof. Editor (Short) 211 584 26-92Prof. Editor (Long) 191 543 28-88Professional Artist 199 695 28-71Scmiprozine 159 361 22-76Fanzine 155 362 23-28Fan Writer 182 493 21-39Fan Artist 141 305 23-59Campbell Award 200 551 24-81

Best Novelette (191 Ballots Cast)

___ “Yellow Card Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Asimov’s December 2006)___ “Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth” by Michael F. Flynn (Asimov’s October/November 2006)

“The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s July 2006)___ “All the Things You Are” by Mike Resnick (Jim Baen’s Universe October 2006)___ “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” by Geoff Ryman (Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2006)___ No Award

Best Short Story (214 Ballots Cast)

___ “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things, William Morrow)___ “Kin” by Bruce McAllister (Asimov’s February 2006)___ “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt (Asimov's July 2006)___ “Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed (Asimov's June 2006)___ “The House Beyond Your Sky” by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Strange Horizons September 2006)___ No Award

Best Related Book (190 Ballots Cast)

___ About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany(Wesleyan University Press)

___ Heinlein’s Children: The Juveniles by Joseph T. Major (Advent: Publishing)___ James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin's)___ Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio by John Picacio (MonkeyBrain Books)___ Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari, eds. (ISFiC)___ No Award

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (243 Ballots Cast)

___ Children of Men Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby. Based on the Novel “The Children of Men” by P.D. James. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. (Universal Pictures)

___ Pan’s Labyrinth Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. (Picturehouse)___ The Prestige Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Based on the Novel by Christopher Priest.

Directed by Christopher Nolan. (Touchstone Pictures)___ A Scanner Darkly Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Based on the Novel by Philip K. Dick. Directed by Richard

Linklater. (Warner Independent Pictures)___ V for Vendetta Screenplay by The Wachowski Brothers. Based on the Graphic Novel illustrated by David Lloyd.

Directed by James McTeigue (Warner Bros.)No Award

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (179 Ballots Cast)

Battlestar Galactica "Downloaded" Written by Bradley Thompson & David Weddle. Directed by Jeff Woolnough. (NBC Universal/British Sky)

Doctor Who "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" Written by Russell T. Davies. Directed by Graeme Harper.(BBC Wales/BBC1)

____Doctor Who "Girl in the Fireplace" Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn. (BBC Wales/BBC1)____Doctor Who "School Reunion" Written by Toby Whithouse. Directed by James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

Stargate SG-1 "200" Written by Brad Wright & Robert C. Cooper & Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie & Carl Binder & Martin Gero & Alan McCullough. Directed by Martin Wood. (Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal)

No Award

Best Editor, Short Form (211 Ballots Cast)

____Gardner Dozois (The Year’s Best Science Fiction)David G. Hartwell (Year’s Best SF/New York Review of Science Fiction)Stanley Schmidt (Analog)

____Gordon Van Gelder (Fantasy and Science Fiction)Sheila Williams (Asimov’s)No Award

Best Editor, Long Form (191 Ballots Cast)

____Lou Anders (Pyr Books)James Patrick Baen (Baen Books)Ginjer Buchanan (Ace Books)

____David G. Hartwell (Tor Books) Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Books) No Award

Best Professional Artist (799 Ballots Cast)

Bob EggletonDonato GiancolaStephan Martiniere John Jude Palencar John Picacio No Award

Best Serniprozine (759 Ballots Cast)

Ansible edited by Dave Langford____Interzone edited by Andy Cox____Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet

edited by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link____Locus edited by Charles N. Brown,

Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi____The New York Review of Science Fiction

edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney

No Award

Best Fan Writer (782 Ballots Cast)

Chris GarciaJohn HertzDave LangfordJohn ScalziSteven H Silver No Award

Best Fanzine (755 Ballots Cast)

Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer

Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III ____The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia

Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott

____Science-Fiction Five-Yearlyedited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan and Randy Byers

No Award

Best Fan Artist (141 Ballots Cast)

Brad W. Foster Teddy Harvia Sue Mason Steve Stiles Frank Wu No Award

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 2005 or 2006 (200 Ballots Cast) (Not a Hugo - Sponsored by Dell Magazine)

Scott Lynch (1st year of eligibility)Sarah Monette (2nd year of eligibility)Naomi Novik (1st year of eligibility)

Brandon Sanderson (2nd year of eligibility) Lawrence M. Schoen (2nd year of eligibility) No Award


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I first met David Brin in the late 1970s, when he knocked on the door of my office one afternoon at the University of California, Irvine. I was working on a problem in theoretical physics, not the best time to interrupt any professor.

In came this young man with intent eyes. Did I have a moment? A Caltech grad, he had driven from his job at

Hughes Aircraft. Soon he would be ai astrophysics graduate student at ou sister campus in San Diego, but now b was indulging an old longing-writing novel.

Alarm bells clanged in my mind Writers-in-making often reach out t( professionals or even part timers lik. me, demanding advice or, worse, collab

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oration on "cool projects" and wonderful ideas. This fellow had actually started writing, though, always a good sign. (Some "writers" only talk about it; that's much easier.) He had heard of me and liked my first novel. I must have seemed a good person to ask about combining that art with a career in physics.

I peered doubtfully at him. "Write what you know in science," I said. "Write from experience."

This had no effect. He got more specific. His characters were doing something daring-flying to the sun on a scientific expedition, when a murder then interrupts..

"The sun?" I blinked. "How do you keep them from frying?"

Eager to continue describing the plot, he tossed off: "Oh, they have access to alien technology." And he went on to rattle off some super-science jargon, in his rush to talk about the story.

"Oh," I commented, slumping a little. "Magic."

A long worried silence.He told me years later how that one

word had a big effect on him. This is science fiction, remember. Science fiction. He went away from my office chastised, he said later. For when his first novel did finally appear, two years later, to warm applause, SUN DI VER contained -among many other wonders-a delight

ful array of plausible scientific ideas. Including, especially, an ingenious solution to the problem of how to cool down a ship that's visiting the sun.

Can I spend a paragraph on that solution? Lasers have what we call a high brightness temperature-that is, an effectively high rate of emission. They can lose energy very quickly from a small area. Kind of like the radiator on a kitchen refrigerator, which cools its innards by heating the kitchen, a very power-

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ful shipboard laser could do the same thing to the sun! So, this young author's "refrigeration laser" took its place amid the pantheon of truly fine ex machina devices that scientific or "hard" SF has proposed, ever since the days of Verne.

My young colleague had envisioned a way to cool a sun-flying space ship. Wow. But more, he had pushed these capabilities to the max. Made it ring with an informed awareness of how scientists work and think. Not an easy task, in a genre where too many authors still envision, without embarrassment, swordwielding heroes riding spaceships like horses, and battling for galactic royalty.

What he did in that first novel was not at all easy, but he made it look easy -while never, ever letting any of that get in the way good characters and super- fun plots.

And so he continued to do, finding clever answers to story problems, character motivations, social puzzles, and much more. David Brin quickly ascended in the world of science fiction, winning Hugos and Nebulas and acclaim along the way. His novels have attracted a devoted following, especially those dealing with the "uplifting" of species like dolphins and chimpanzees to full partnership with us. It's an appealing notion for a species that feels itself alone in the cosmos. And it could happen, in

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a century or maybe less. So say some of the dolphin and chimp experts who have joined his league of fans.

What this shows is that Brin doesn't just know astrophysics; biology, psychology and the soft sciences all figure strongly in his work, along with a keen sense of the context of history. How is this possible? As we became friends, I recognized the phenomenon. David Brin is less interested in any one particular field than he is transfixed by the process of scicnce-by how it works, and

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how civilization reacts to science-driven change.

He expresses this range of interest in the variety of his literary works: "Some authors have fans who say: 'make me feel the same as you did last time.' My readers say: 'take me someplace I've never been before.'"

He showed me his next novel manuscript, titled "The Tides of Kithrup". He published a novelette from it in 1981. I gave him some hints about how to write better titles, using my usual water/astro motif, and he reshaped the novel into the smash hit. STARTIDE RISING. A great success. A bit later came THE UPLIFT IVAR, about genetically modified chimpanzees in a far future.

Conceptual space opera!David came home to near future

dilemmas in his next novel, the equally massive but rather more ambitious EARTH (1989). Set fifty years in the future, it examines the plight of the eco- sphere under the accumulated stresses of population pressure and pollution. The greenhouse effect has altered the world's climate (good call!), the decay of the ozone layer has made direct sunlight dangerous (at least we've fixed that somewhat), and the struggle to supply the lifestyles of the developed nations has put an enormous strain on food and mineral resources. The rapid advance

ment of technology has ameliorated the effects of these threats, but the spectacu lar march of information technology ant the clever application of new biotechnol ogies, assisted by stringent conservatioi laws, have only succeeded in keepint the world one step ahead of a final col lapse.

While David focused on environ mental concerns like global warming long before they hit public awareness some also credit EARTH with portray ing a mature and vivid World Widt Web, back when nobody ever heard o WWW.

From THE POSTMAN (better thai the movie version!) to GLORY SEASON and BRIGHTNESS REEF (a title Davie first came up with in echo of my owi series of titles, mixing stellar and oce anic images), the rich variety of David? novels may have chased away some o those who like repetition. Okay, let then read quest novels. But innovation alway: attracts the core of SF-readers who wan something bold and new.

Still, I think David Brin shines evei better in his short fiction than in novels Take the stories in his latest collection running the gamut from amusing tc deeply moving, from insightful to fast paced. Each one contains a unique ide; (sometimes several), but all share a com mon zest.

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In his short stories you'll find the breadth of ideas that has made David so widely read. He's even better in short lengths, for his inventive mind finds compressed energy from working it small spaces. From the outrageous premise of "Fortitude" to the frightening optimism in "Stones of Significance," winner of the 2000 Analog Award, to our latest collaboration, the just-plain-fun story "Paris Conquers all". You'll see how wide-ranging his mind is. David plays for high stakes even in shorter lengths. He wants us to lose our complacency and realize how wondrous we can be.

I have collaborated with David, long since that first meeting. We wrote a novel together, HEART OF THE COMET, which built on David's area of expertise. His doctorate thesis proposed that Halley's Comet and others like it would have layers of dark dust on their surfaces, the residue of ice that had sublimed away. When Halley's Comet next visited, it was a big triumph for David. Not merely that our novel came out just as the comet appeared to the naked eye, but that the European and Japanese spacecraft observations proved his theory (and his doctoral dissertation) right! Moreover, the facts fit our speculations in the novel, too.

Science fiction doesn't get more satisfying than that.

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Now David is married to beautiful Cheryl, with three children, having long abandoned his research career for fame as a writer. He has a mini-estate in Southern California and enjoys a popular speaking career as well. Not bad for that somewhat timid graduate student I still remember.

Nor has he forgotten his roots. Many of us recall how science fiction rescued us from the oppressive ennui that often accompanies youth. David recruited Greg Bear and me — his fellow "Killer Bs" — to help in an ongoing campaign to persuade the SF community to remember its origins, its duty to the next generation. To recruit new readers and new passionate fans of the literature of tomorrow-so we can have a truly expan-

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volume three of our Second Foundation Trilogy. Those three novels extrapolate what the late Isaac Asimov left unfinished in his vast universe, when he died too young. The trilogy begins a fresh adventure of the legendary Hari Seldon with my own FOUNDATION'S FEAR, and concludes in typical David Brin fashion, in FOUNDATION'S TRIUMPH-by earnestly and ingeniously tying together several loose or dangling threads Isaac left, even from his most obscure novels. It even makes sense now! Well, most of it. After all. real history doesn't often seem plausible, either.

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"Teki ha Kaizoku ■ Kaizoku-ban" by Chohei KAN BAYASH I

"Chimera - Seiryu-hen" by Baku YUMEMAKURA

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"Gin-iro no Shanoon" by Reiko HIKAWA

"Alien Hihou-gai" by Hideyuki KIKUCHI

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"The Castle of Dark" Tanith Lee

"The Eternal Champion" by Michael Moorcock "Ryujin Senshi Hannibal"

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“The Guin Saga - Arcanum ofAlceis" by Kaoru KURIMOTO

"Ginga Yubin ha "Ai" wo Hakobu" by Mariko Ohara

"FINAL FANTASY III", by SQUARE ENIX

"Dream Weaver and Other Stories" by Jane Yolen

"The Roaring Trumpet" by Fletcher Pratt

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J a pa nTravelers'Ti ps by Johna nd Peggy RaeSapienzaCredit Cards

Remember to cal [ your card-issuer before you leave the country, so they don't think your card was stolen by a foreigner and freeze your account. And get used to paying cash, the Japanese expect it. Hotels accept credit cards, but we were surprised to find that places like museum shops and fast-food stores would not.

Japanese CurrencyDon't be frightened by large numbers.

Remember that 1000% 5000¥, and 10000¥ bills are worth roughly $10. $50, and $100, so a 1800¥ shirt or cloak may be a great bargain, if well made. Don't be disconcerted by the lack of commas in yen prices, just count the number of zeros carefully.

Japanese CoinsThe Japanese use what would be

1 cent, 10 cent, 50 cent, $1, $2, and $5 coins to us (read: 1, 10, 50, 100, 200, and 500 yen coins). Get a coin pouch, you'll get a lot of coins as change because there are no $1 and $5 bills. All Japanese coins have readable western numbers, except the 5 yen copper coin with the hole in it (not to be confused with the silver 50yen coin with the hole in it, which does have a number). Foreign coins are fun.

Getting MoneyGet cash at Post Offices or foreign

banks like Citibank. Many ATMs in Japan do not accept foreign-issued cash cards, even the ATMs showing VISA or MasterCard acceptance. Also, Japanese ATMs use Japanese characters, not romanized letters (Roma-ji or western alphabet). If the first screen does not have an "English" button, ask the friendly Japanese for help setting the ATM to display in English.

Price CautionsAlways read prices carefully. Fancy ho

tel restaurants will happily charge you 17500¥ ($175) for a fine four-course meal, but you can fill up on 900¥($9) getting take-out sushi down tire street to bring back to your hotel room. We bought food a lot in tire Queen's Square com

plex, one block from the convention center in Yokohama. (Our favorite food court is in tire Bl L part of the Queen's East building.) You pay more for a sit-down meal than take-out food, but there is no tipping expected.

Hotel RatesHotel rooms are usually priced per-

person, so a hotel quoting a room at 8000¥ will actually bill a couple 1600C¥. Ask for special rates, and go elsewhere if you arc not satisfied. Also, hotels are rated tourist class, business class, and city class, in increasing order of cost. We were happy to stay in business class hotels. We found the JR tourist office in major railway stations extremely helpful in finding hotels.

Western vs. Japanese RoomsBe sure to ask for western-style beds

and toilet with your room. The standard Japanese accommodation is futon cushions on a hard floor, and a squat-over flushing facility that requires strong knees and leg muscles. A "traditional Japanese" room may sound quaint, but a real western mattress and sit- down toilet may be worth paying more.

Traditional Japanese toilets are everywhere, but there usually is also a western toilet. A large public bathroom will often have a mix, so look in several stalls. When in doubt, ask for help. The Japanese like to help tourists. Pay attention to the signs (a sign showing a person seated next to a baby seat is a western toilet with a safe seat for your baby on the wall). On trains there are usually clearly-marked western and Japanese toilet stalls. If there are no stalls marked western, look for stalls marked handicapped.

Electrical AdaptersElectrical Adapter. Japan uses two-slot

electrical wall outlets like those used in the US. If your computer or medical equipment has a different kind of plug you will need an adapter. You can get fancy multiple-country adapters for Japan at traveler's shops or Amazon on the Internet. But US fans can get a cheap alternative at a drug store that lets three-prong US equipment plug into a two-

slot plug; it just won't be grounded. It's als< a good idea to bring a two-prong extensio cord to go from the outlet at the wall to th adapter at your equipment's plug, as the out lets may not be where you want them.

Machine FiltersIf you use a machine requiring filter

bring extra filters with you. as you may hav trouble buying them overseas. We foun we replaced our CPAP filters twice as ofte while staying in Japan as here at home.

HandkerchiefThere are not always paper towels or aii

drying machines in public bathrooms. Th Japanese always cany a large handkerchic or small towel with them; you should, too.

Cell PhonesAmerican cell phones do not work i

Japan because they use different techno ogy (this is true in a lot of countries outsid of North America). You can rent or buy pre paid cell phones before you leave for use i specific countries, but they are expensiv (so is your usual cell phone; we tend to foi get that). We were happy to have Japanes phones on our trip, but didn't actually us them often. Consider doing without.

JR Rail PassFor our three week trip to Japa

we got JR rail passes, and found thcr extremely convenient because we tra\ eled a lot. They work on the entire JI network of trains, subways, busses, an ferries (but not on competing networks Instead of buying exact fare tickets an going through the electronic gates, u showed our passes to the attendant at th booth at the side of the gates.

Remember if you want rail passes yo must make arrangements for them befor leaving home; you can't get them after yo arrive in Japan. But do some pre-planning o how much rail travel you expect to actual! use. There is no point getting a rail pass ifyo are only going to use it two days of a trip.

Luggage LightJapanese trains have little space ft

luggage, narrow isles, and short perioc in-station to get you and luggage aboan Next trip, I'm limiting myself to one ful

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size suitcase and a carry-on wheel-aboard, one suitcase for each hand. For a small fee, most hotels will ship your suitcases ahead to your next hotel, but be careful to carry anything you can't live without for a day in case your suitcase is delayed.

Laundry ListTraveling light means doing laundry

while you travel. I found that doing hand laundry in the hotel room required about 12 hours drying time-try your clothes at home to test your needs. Hotels generally have coin-operated washer/dryer facilities, which is much more convenient. Ask the hotel fora "coin laundry."

Safe Deposit BoxesMany hotels have free safe deposit box

es ("safety boxes") for their guests, although the number is limited-ask when you check

in. Nippon2007 will have a cloakroom in the conference center where members may store their property for a small fee. However, event organizers and staff, location hosts, and sponsors bear no responsibility for the loss of any items from the cloak room.

Travel DatesYou will not arrive in Japan the day

you leave, if you are leaving from North America. Similarly, if you have a direct flight, you will arrive home the same day you leave Japan (on the east coast, you should arrive about the same time you left Japan), rather than the next day, or much later that day. It would be sad if you were to miss the whole first day of the Worldcon because you departed on August 30th.

English AidsWe were pleased to find that most rail

way signs show information in both Japanese and English, and we learned to wait patiently for the sign to cycle over to the English part. You'll see these signs both on the platform and in the trains (and some subways, like the Minato Mirai line in Yokohama).

Helpful JapaneseWe found that all we had to do was

stand forlornly in a railway station looking up at a complex sign to get someone to stop and ask if they could help us. But it is useful to learn to say "sumimasen" ("sue-mee-mah sehn," excuse me) in order to stop someone to ask for help, and "eigo o hanashimasu ka?" (ay-goh oh ha-nah-shee-mahs kah?) which means, "Do you speak English?", "arigatou" ("ah-ree-gah-too," thank you). The person you stop is likely to understand English better than they may be able to respond in English. They will probably be glad to help,so be patient as well as polite.

Gettingto Yokohama from NaritaAfter arrival, going down to the JR line station.

One of the easiest and fastest ways to get to Yokohama from Narita Airport is to take the JR. Sobu line rapid train (*1). It costs 1890 yen (less than 20 USD) and takes about 2 hours.

As you exit customsjook the for the sign for Japan Railways (JR). The sign is above the stairs/escalators which lead to the train area. Once down the stairs, you can purchase a train ticket at the JR ticket machines (*2) or at the "JR Ticket Office" counter. Many of these employees speak English.

If you are exchanging the JR voucher for a JR rail pass (*3), you can do so at the "JR East Travel Service Center" that is located in the same area within sight of the JR ticket machines. (See also

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WakeLonkordthe article about the JR Rail Passes in a previous Progress Report or look on the website at http://www.nippon2007.us.)

The train will take you all the way to the Yokohama Station (you will not need to transfer to a different train). It is easiest to take a taxi from Yokohama Station to the convention center or your nearby hotel. The trip costs roughly 1000 yen (about 10 USD) by taxi. There are taxis waiting outside of all the exits of the station. (Look for the sign "Taxi".)

The rear doors of taxis in Japan are automatically opened and closed by the driver. (Do not open or close the rear door when you enter or leave a taxi in Japan.)

(*1) If you buy a JR rail pass or don't mind paying an additional 1290 yen, you can take the "Narita Express" train which leaves from the same platform and takes about 30 minutes less.

Tickets for the Narita Express can be purchased at machines next to the regular JR ticket machines or at the Ticket Office counter.

JR service center, providing Japan rail pass,.

(*2) If you want to use JR trains, purchase them from the JR ticket machines or the JR Ticket Office, note that there are also ticket machines for the Keisei train lines in the same downstairs area.

(*3) JR Rail Passes arc valid for blocks of seven, fourteen or twenty-one sequential days.

**On Wednesday, 28 March 2007, East Japan Railway (JR East) will introduce its new discount Suica & N’EX ticket at a price of ¥3,500, on sale at the JR stations in both terminals of Narita Airport. The N’EX part of this new package offers foreign visitors (anyone entering the country on a non-Japa- nese passport) a discount fare on the Narita Express one way from the airport stations to any point in the JR Tokyo Urban Zone.

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SeiunAward NominationsThe ballot taking of Seiun Award has begun.Seiun Award is voted on by the attendees of the Japanese

National SF Convention.Following is the list of works and activities nominated as references for the Seiun Award which will be given 46th Japanese National SF Convention (held simultaneously with Worldcon) “Nippon 2007”.

You can also check the regulations on Science Fiction Fun Group Joint Conference Website:

Regulations of Seiun Awardhttp://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/regaward.htmlHow to Vote1) Voting by mailPlease circle the works and activities nominated as refer

ences which are printed on the postcard enclosed in the Progress Report 5. If you want to vote on the works and activities which are not on the list of references, write the title/publisher etc. of the works and activities on “Others” section in Japanese. Please forward the postcards to SF Fan Group Joint Conference with postage. We appreciate your payment for the postage.

2) Voting on the webpageYou can also vote online from the webpage of SF Fan Group

Joint ConferenceThe voting method is same as the voting by mail.http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/index.html

[Japanese Long Stories]A “Tengai no Toride” Issui OgawaB “Mardock Velocity” Tow UbukataC “Ai no Monogatari” Hiroshi yamamotoD ‘‘Japan Sinks II” Sakyou Komatsu & Koshu Tani Y Abstain / Z Others

[Japanese Short Stories]A “Laterna Magika"B ‘‘Close it. ”C “Ohburoshiki to Kumo no ito”D “Kamery gets onto TV”E “The Day Shion came”Y Abstain / Z Others

Hirotaka TobiHirotaka Tobi

Housuke NojiriYuusaku Kitano

Hiroshi Yamamoto

[Foreign Long Stories]A “Singularity Sky” B “Mortal Engines” C “Mars Crossing” D “Ilium"E “The Collapsium” F “Chasm City” Y Abstain / Z Others

Charles Stross/Hiroshi Kaneko Philip Reeve/Rei Anno

Geoffrey A. Landis/Kazuko Onoda Dan Simmons/Akinobu Sakai

Wil McCarthy/Youichi Shimada Alastair Reynolds/Naoy Nakahara

[Foreign Short Stories]A “The Astronaut from Wyoming"

Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion I Hisashi Asakura B “Sergeant Chip” Bradley Denton / Maoy Nakahara C “The Planck Dive” Greg Egan / Makoto Yamagishi D “Almost Home” Terry Bisson / Toru NakamuraE “Reports of Certain Events in London”

China Mieville /Masamichi Higurashi F “The Eyeflash Miracles” Gene Wolfe / Kiichiro Yanashita Y Abstain / Z Others

[Media]A “THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME”

B “Zegapain"C “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”D “PAPRIKA”E “Nippon igai zenbu chinbotsu”Y Abstain / Z Others

[Comics]A “DEATHNOTE”B “Buso Renkin”C “Karakuri Circus"D “Alfheim no Kishi”E “Yokohama kaidashi kiko”Y Abstain / Z Others

Mamoru Hosoya Shimoda MasamiTatsuya Ishihara

Shatoshi Kon Minoru Kawasaki

Obata KenWatsuki Nobuhiro

Fujita KazuhiroSeika Nakayama

Hitoshi Ashina

[Artworks]AMikio Masuda B Yoshitaka Amano C Iwasato Juryoku D Sasai Ikko E Kato Ryoyu F Goto Kcisuke G Tanaka Hikaru Y Abstain / Z Others

[Nonfiction]A “Spirit of Science Fiction" Sakyo KomatsiB “How to Translate Science Fiction and Other Related Essays’

Nozomi OhmorC “When I met a kangaroo" Hisashi AsakurtD “Passport into Space 3 Space Pioneers-A Frontline Report

Yuichi SasamotcE “SF Gaka Katoh Naoyuki -Bijo Meka Powered suit”

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[Free]A “M-VRocket" Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXAB “Project OpenSky” Hachiya KazuhikcY Abstain / Z Others




TheHugoAwa rdsNippon 2007 is delighted to an

nounce the nominees for the 2007 Hugo Awards (for work done in 2006). The Hugo Awards are science fiction's highest honor for professional and fan work.

The winners will be announced at the Hugo Awards Ceremonies during the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan, on Saturday, September 1st.

The ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. JPT. The Worldcon will be held in the PACIFICO YOKOHAMA Convention Center on August 30th - September 3, 2007.

The Hugo Awards (and site selection) ballots are being mailed to our members in a stand-alone mailing in addition to being included in Progress Report 5, due to be mailed in late April. Online voting will be available to all eligible voters, and printable versions of the ballot will also be included on the Nippon 2007 web site. Only supporting and attending members of Nippon 2007 may vote on the Hugo Awards.

To join Nippon 2007 and vote for the works and people you think were the best in 2006, write us at the address above or see our web pages (www.nip- pon2007.us) for more information.

The 2007 Hugo Awards nominations include finalists in 14 categories, plus the John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo), listed below. As part of the transition between rule sets, the sponsors of the John W. Campbell award extended the eligibility for writers whose eligibility was reduced to one year because of the rules change that went into effect in 2006. This will only affect the awards for 2007.

As a result of a change ratified by the World Science Fiction Society in 2006, the former Best Professional Editor category has been replaced with two categories: Best Editor, Short Form and Best Editor, Long Form.

2007 Hugo Award Nominees (Total Voters : 409)NovelVotes: 1009 Voters: 327Range: 35 - 58

“Eifelheim” by Michael Flynn (Tor) “His Majesty's Dragon” by Naomi Novik (Del Rey: Voyager 1/06 as Temeraire) “Glasshouse” by Charles Stross (Ace) “Rainbows Encl" by Vernor Vinge (Tor) “Blindsight" by Peter Watts (Tor)

NovellaVotes: 424 Voters: 167Range: 26 - 34

“The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko (Asimov's April/May 2006)“A Billion Eves" by Robert Reed (Asimov's October/November 2006) “Inclination" by William Shunn (Asimov's April/May 2006)“Lord Weary's Empire” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's December 2006) Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson (PS Publishing)

NoveletteVotes: 564 Voters: 191Range: 21-34

“Yellow Card Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Asimov's December 2006)“Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth” by Michael F. Flynn (Asimov's October/November 2006) “The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (Asimov's July 2006)“All the Things You Are" by Mike Resnick (Jim Baen's Universe October 2006) “Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” by Geoff Ryman (Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2006)

Short StoryVotes: 608 Voters: 214Range: 16 - 43

“How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things, William Morrow) “Kin” by Bruce McAllister (Asimov's February 2006)“Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt (Asimov's July 2006)“Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed (Asimov's June 2006)“The House Beyond Your Sky" by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Strange Horizons September 2006)

Related BookVotes: 403 Voters: 190Range: 21-93

“About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews" by Samuel R. DeIany(Wesleyan University Press) “Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles" by Joseph T. Major (Advent: Publishing) “James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice Sheldon” by Julie Phillips (St. Martin's)“Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio” by John Picacio (MonkeyBrain Books) “Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches” by Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari, eds. (ISFiC Press)

Dramatic Long FormVotes: 678 Voters: 242Range: 30 - 101

“Children of Men”Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. (Universal Pictures) Pan’s LabyrinthScreenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. (Picturehouse)“The Prestige"Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. (Touchstone Pictures) “A Scanner Darkly”Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Directed by Richard Linklater. (Warner Independent Pictures)“Vfor Vendetta”Screenplay by David Lloyd. Directed by James McTeigue (Warner Bros.)

Dramatic Short FormVotes: 525 Voters: 179Range: 22 - 64Battlestar Galactica

“Downloaded” Writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. Directed by Jeff Woolnough. (NBC Univer- sal/British Sky)Doctor Who “Army of Ghosts” and "Doomsday" Written by Russell T. Davies. Directed by Graeme Harper. (BBC Wales/BBCl)Doctor Who "Girl in the Fireplace" Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn. (BBC Wales/BBCl)Doctor Who "School Reunion" Written

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by Toby Whithouse. Directed by James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBCl)"Stargate SG-1 "200" Written by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, Martin Gero, and Alan McCullough. Directed by Martin Wood. (Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal)"

Editor, LongVotes: 543 Voters: 191Range: 28 - 88

Lou Anders (Pyr)Janies Patrick Bacn (Baen Books) Ginjer Buchanan (Ace Books / Roc) David G. Hartwell (Tor Books) Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Books)

Editor, ShortVotes: 584 Voters: 211Range: 26 - 92

Gardner Dozois (The Year's Best Science Fiction)David G. Hartwell (Year's Best SF I New York Review of Science Fiction) Stanley Schmidt (Analog)Gordon Van Gelder (Fantasy and Science Fiction)Sheila Williams (Asimov's)

Pro ArtistVotes: 695 Voters: 199Range: 28-71

Bob EggletonDonato GiancolaStephan Martiniere John Jude Palencar John Picacio

Fan WriterVotes: 493 Voters: 182Range: 21 - 39

Chris GarciaJohn HertzDave LangfordJohn ScalziSteven H Silver

Semi ProzineVotes: 361 Voters: 159Range: 22 - 76

"Ansible edited" by Dave Langford "Interzone edited" by Andy Cox"Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet edited" by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link Locus edited by Charles N. Brown,

Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi"The New York Review of Science Fiction” edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell and Kevin J. Maroney

FanzineVotes: 362 Voters: 155Range: 23 - 28

"Banana Wings" edited by Claire Bri- aley and Mark Plummer"Challenger" edited by Guy H. Lillian HI "The Drink Tank " edited by Chris Garcia "Plokta edited" by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott"Science-Fiction Five-Yearly” edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan and Randy Byers

Fan ArtistVotes: 305 Voters: 141Range: 23 - 59

Brad W. FosterTeddy HarviaSue MasonSteve StilesFrank Wu

Campbell AwardVotes: 551 Voters: 200Range: 24 - 81

Scott Lynch (1st Year)Sarah Monette (2nd year)Naomi Novik (1st year)Brandon Sanderson (2nd Year)Lawrence M. Schoen (2nd Year)

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The Award has gone to fans; it has gone to pros; in our community some are both. It often goes to a person whose service may have had thanks but little applause. The pros who received it were not thus honored for their professional achievement. A few, like E.E. "Doc" Smith, were famously helpful. Others were generous with labor, money, friendship, behind the scenes, unconcerned with who went into the spotlight.

The Big Heart was begun at the death and in the memory of E. Everett Evans, “Triple E", one of the more big- hearted we have known. It was administered forty years by Forrest J Ackerman, another. At the new millennium, itself a moment long in the science-fiction eye, Ackerman stepped down, and handed over administration of the Award to Dave Kyle. Although they are unrelated by blood, Kyle's middle name is Ackerman. It could also be said that science fiction, or for that matter bigheartedness, is each of these fans' middle name.

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Takumi Shibano, Tetsu Yano1988 Andre Norton1989 Art Widner1990 Jay Kay Klein1991 Julius Schwartz1992 Samanda Jeude1993 Marjii Ellers1994 Jack Williamson1995 Ken Slater1996 Dik Daniels1997 John F. Coker III1998 Joanie Knappenberger1999 Chris Collier, Peter Hassell2000 Robert Silverberg2001 Sue & Steve Francis2002 Pat Sims2003 John Hertz2004 Filthy Pierre2005 John-Henri Holmberg,

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TheSenseofGender Award by Mari KOTANI

The James Tiptree, Jr. Award (founded in 1991) and the Sense of Gender Award (founded in 2001), also known as the Japanese Tiptree Award, are annual literary prizes celebrating works of science fiction or fantasy that helped expand or explore our understanding of gender.

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The year 2007 will see a joint cer emony of the Tiptree Award and the Sense of Gender Award, both of whicl will be given at the Worldcon “Nippoi 2007”.

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Standing Rules for the Governance of the World Science Fiction Society Business Meeting

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Group 1 - MeetingsGroup 2 - New BusinessGroup 3 - Debate Time LimitsGroup 4 - Official PapersGroup 5 - Variations of RulesGroup 6 - Mark Protection Committee ElectionsGroup 7 - Miscellaneous

Group 1: MeetingsRule 1.1: Meeting and Session. The Annual Meeting

of the World Science Fiction Society shall consist of one or more Preliminary Business Meetings and one or more Main Business Meetings. The first meeting shall be designated as a Preliminary Business Meeting. All meetings at a Worldcon (preliminary, main, or otherwise) shall be considered a single "session" as defined in the Parliamentary /Authority (see section 5.1 of the WSFS Constitution), regardless of whether such gatherings are called "meetings" or "sessions."

Rule 1.2: Preliminary Business Meeting(s). The Preliminary Business Meeting may not directly reject, pass, or ratify amendments to the Constitution; however, all motions adhering to a Constitutional amendment are in order if otherwise allowed. The Preliminary Business Meeting may not refer a Constitutional amendment to a committee unless the committee’s

instructions are to report to the Main Business Meeting. The Preliminary Business Meeting may not postpone consideration of a Constitutional amendment beyond the last Preliminary Business Meeting. The Preliminary Business Meeting may not amend a Constitutional amendment pending ratification. The Preliminary Business Meeting may consider any business not expressly forbidden to it by the Standing Rules or expressly reserved to the Main Business Meeting.

Rule 1.3: Main Business Meeting(s). The Main Business Meeting may reject, pass, or ratify amendments to the Constitution. One Main Meeting shall be also be designated as the Site- Selection Meeting, where Site-Selection business shall be the special order of business.

Rule 1.4: Scheduling of Meetings. The first Main Meeting shall be scheduled no less than eighteen (18) hours after the conclusion of the last Preliminary Meeting. No meeting shall be scheduled to begin before 10:00 or after 13:00 local time.

Rule 1.5: Smoking. If smoking is allowed in the place where the Business Meeting is held, the Presiding Officer shall divide the room into smoking and non-smoking sections at the beginning of each meeting.

Group 2: New BusinessRule 2.1: Deadline for Submission of New’ Business.

The deadline for submission of non-privileged new business to the Business Meeting shall be two (2) hours after the official opening of the Worldcon or eighteen (18) hours before the first Preliminary Meeting, whichever is later. The Presiding Officer may accept otherwise qualified motions submitted after the deadline, but all such motions shall be placed at the end of the agenda.

Rule 2.2: Requirements for Submission of New Business. Two hundred (200) identical, legible copies of all proposals for non-privileged new business shall be submitted to the Presiding Officer before the deadline in Rule 2.1 unless

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such proposals arc distributed to the attendees at the Work con by the Worldcon Committee. All proposals must be lei ibly signed by a maker and at least one seconder.

Rule 2.3: Interpretation of Motions. The I’residin Officer shall reject as out of order any proposal or motic that is obviously illegal or hopelessly incoherent. In tl absence of the maker of a motion or instructions to tl contrary, the Presiding Officer shall be free to interpn the meaning of any motion.

Rule 2.4: Short Title. Any item of new business consii ered by the Business Meeting shall contain a short title.

Group 3: Debate Time LimitsRule 3.1: Main Motions. The Presiding Officer shall de

ignatc the default debate time for main motions. The Busine Meeting may, by majority vote, set the initial debate time lin for any motion to any positive whole number of minutes.

Rule 3.2: Allotment of Time. If a question is divide the time limits applicable to the question before it was divi ed shall apply to each portion of the divided question. Deba time shall be allotted equally to each side of a question. Tin spent on points of order or other neutral matters arising fro a motion shall be divided equally and charged to each side

Rule 3.3: Amendments. Debate on all amendmer to main motions shall be limited to five (5) minutes, allott< equally to each side. Time spent on debate of an amendme shall be charged against the time for the main motion.

Rule 3.4: Motions Allowed After Expiration. M tions that adhere to the main motion shall not be out order because of the expiration of debate time, but sh. be undebatablc.

Rule 3.5: Minimum Substantive Debate. If the deb: time expires before either or both sides of the question have h an opportunity for substantive debate, any side that has not h such an opportunity shall have two (2) minutes to be used sol for the purpose of substantive debate.

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Group 4: Official PapersRule 4.1: Indicating Revisions. The Business Meet

ing staff shall clearly indicate all changes (including deletions) from the previous year’s version when they provide the Constitution and Standing Rules for publication prior to the following Worldcon. However, the failure to indicate such changes shall not affect the validity of the documents.

Rule 4.2: Corrections. Any correction of fact to the Minutes or to the Constitution or Standing Rules as published should be brought to the attention of the Secretary of the Business Meeting in question and of the next available Business Meeting as soon as they are discovered.

Rule 4.3: Numbers, Titles, References, and Technical Corrections. Numbers and titles of the various parts of the Constitution and Standing Rules are for the sake of easy reference only. They do not form a substantive part of these documents nor of any motion to amend these documents. The Business Meeting Secretary shall incorporate into these documents appropriate changes as required by newly adopted amendments. When making any such adjustments required by this section, the Business Meeting Secretary shall change article and section numbers, titles, and internal cross-references as necessary to maintain a consistent, parallel structure, which shall not be altered unless the Business Meeting explicitly so directs. The Business Meeting Secretary may change punctuation, capitalization. grammar, and other wording in the Constitution and Standing Rules only insofar as such changes clarify meaning and enhance consistency, and only insofar as such changes do not modify the substantive meaning of the documents.

Group 5: Variations of RulesRule 5.1: Nonstandard Parliamentary Authority. If a

Worldcon Committee adopts for the governance of the Business Meeting a parliamentary authority other titan that specified in the Constitution, the Committee must in timely fashion publish information about how to obtain copies of the authority in question.

Rule 5.2: Constitutional and Standing Rule Amendments. Motions to Amend the Constitution, to Ratify a Constitutional Amendment, and to Amend the Standing Rules shall be considered ordinary main motions, except as otherwise provided in the Standing Rules or Constitution. An object to consideration shall not be in order against ratification of a constitutional amendment.

Rule 5.3: Postpone Indefinitely. The motion to Postpone Indefinitely shall not be allowed.

Rule 5.4: Amend; Secondary Amendments. Secondary amendments (amendments to amendments) are not allowed except when the primary amendment is to substitute.

Rule 5.5: Previous Question. A person speaking to a motion may not immediately offer a motion to close debate. The motion for the Previous Question (also known as the motion "close debate," "call the question," and "vote now") shall not be in order when there is less than one minute of debate time remaining, nor when either or both sides of the debate have yet to speak to a question. Before voting on the motion

for the Previous Question, the Presiding Officer shall, without debate, ask for a show of hands of those persons who still wish to speak to the matter under consideration.Rule 5.6: Lay on the Table. The motion to Lay on the Table shall require a two-thirds (2/3) vote for adoption.

Rule 5.7: Adjournment. The incidental main motion to adjourn sine die shall not be in order until all Special and General Orders have been discharged.

Rule 5.8: Suspension of Rules. Rules protecting the rights of absentees, including this rule, may not be suspended.

Group 6: Mark Protection Committee ElectionsRule 6.1: Nominations. Nominations for election to

the Mark Protection Committee shall be allowed from the floor at each Preliminary Business Meeting. To be listed on the ballot, each nominee must submit to the Secretary of the Business Meeting the nominee's consent to nomination and the nominee's current region of residence. A nominee shall be ineligible if the nominee could not be elected due to the regional residence restrictions. The deadline for submitting such consent to nomination shall be set by the Secretary. Rule 6.2: Elections. Elections to the Mark Protection Committee shall be a special order of business at a designated Main Business Meeting. Voting shall be by written preferential ballot with write-in votes allowed. Votes for write-in candidates who do not submit written consent to nomination and region of residence to the Presiding Officer before the close of balloting shall be ignored. The ballot shall list each nominee’s name and region of residence. The first seat filled shall be by normal preferential ballot procedures as defined in Section 6.3 of the WSFS Constitution. There shall be no run-off candidate. After a seat is filled, votes for the elected member and for any nominee who is now ineligible due to regional residence restrictions shall be eliminated before conducting the next ballot. This procedure shall continue until all seats are filled. In the event of a first-place tic for any seat, the tic shall be broken unless all tied candidates can be elected simultaneously. Should there be any partial-term vacancies on the committee, the partial-term seat(s) shall be filled after the fullterm scats have been filled.

Group 7: MiscellaneousRule 7.1: Question Time. During the Site-Selection

Meeting, fifteen (15) minutes of program time shall be allocated to each future seated Worldcon committee. During the first five (5) minutes, each committee may make such presentations as they wish. The remaining time shall be allocated for questions to be asked about that committee’s Worldcon. Questions may be submitted in writing at any previous meeting. Questions submitted in writing shall have priority over other questions if the person who submitted the question is present and still wishes to ask the question. No person may ask a second question as long as any person wishes to ask a first question. Questions are limited to fifteen (15) seconds and responses to two (2) minutes. If time permits at the Site-

Selection Meeting, committees bidding for the right to host any Worldcon whose selection will take place in the next calendar year shall be allocated five (5) minutes of program time to make such presentations as they wish. The time limits in this rule may be modified by majority vote.

Rule 7.2: Dilatory Actions; Misuse of Inquiries. The sole purpose of a "point of information" or "parliamentary inquiry" is to ask the Presiding Officer for an opinion of the effect of a motion or for guidance as to the correct procedure to follow. The Presiding Officer shall treat as dilatory any attempts to circumvent the rules of debate under the guise of points of information, parliamentary inquiries. or other queries and requests.

Rule 7.3: Counted Vote. The Presiding Officer shall take a counted vote upon the request of ten percent (10%) of those members attending the meeting.

Rule 7.4: Carrying Business Forward. Motions other than Constitutional amendments awaiting ratification may be carried forward from one year to the next only by being postponed definitely or by being referred to a committee.

Rule 7.5: Continuing Resolutions. Resolutions of continuing effect ("continuing resolutions") may be repealed or amended by majority vote of subsequent Business Meetings without notice, and shall be automatically repealed or amended by applicable amendments to the Constitution or Standing Rules or by conflicting resolutions passed by subsequent Business Meetings.

Rule 7.6: Committees. All committees are authorized to organize themselves in any lawful manner and to adopt rules for the conduct of their business, which may include conducting balloting by mail and limiting debate, subject to any contrary provisions of the Constitution, the Standing Rules, or instructions given to the committee by the Business Meeting.

Rule 7.7: Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee. The Business Meeting shall appoint a Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee. The Committee shall:

(1) Maintain the list of Rulings and Resolutions of Continuing Effect

(2) Codify the Customs and Usages of WSFS and of the Business Meeting.

Rule 7.8: Worldcon Runners’ Guide Editorial Committee. The Business Meeting shall appoint a Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee. The Committee shall maintain the Worldcon Runners’ Guide, which shall contain a compilation of the best practices in use among those who run Worldcons.

The above copy of the Standing Rules for the Governance of the WSFS Business Meeting is hereby Certified to be True, Correct, and Complete:

Kevin Standice, ChairPat McMurray, Secretary

2006 WSFS Business Meeting

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PROPOSED AGENDAFOR Nippon 2007Including Business Passed On from L.A. con IV the World Science Fiction SocietyBusiness Meeting1. Committee ReportsCommittee reports may include motions. Motions made by committees consisting of more than one person need not be seconded.

1.1. Mark Protection Committee (Including Nominations for MPC)The Mark Protection Committee will meet at a time to be announced, probably on Thursday evening of the convention. A formal report is unlikely to be available until the Saturday Business Meeting at the earliest. Nominations for the WSFS Mark Protection Committee are in order at the Preliminary Business Meeting. Nominees must accept nomination and indicate their

current residence zone within one hour of the end of the Preliminary Business Meeting.The members whose terms of office expire at this Worldcon are: Ben Yalow (East), Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW). Due to zone residency restrictions, we can elect at most two people from the Western zone, none from the Central zone, two people from the Eastern zone, and 3 people from the Rest of the World. Write-in votes are allowed, but write-in candidates must submit their consent to election by the close of balloting. (See the head table staff for a nomination acceptance form.)Mark Protection Committee members areElected 2004, term expires 2007: Ben Yalow (East),

Kevin Standlee (West), Tim Illingworth (RotW);Elected 2005, term ending in 2008: Lynn Anderson (Central), Stephen Boucher (RotW), Sue Francis (Central)Elected 2006, term ending in 2009: Scott Dennis (Central), Donald Eastlake III (East), Ruth Sachter (West)World con Representatives: Interaction - Cheryl Morgan, L.A. Con IV - Craig Miller, CascadiaCon (NAS- FiC) - Linda Deneroff, Nippon 2007 - Bob Macintosh, Arcnon 31, the 9th NASFiC - Steve Norris, Denvention 3 - Kent Bloom.

1.2. Nitpicking & Flyspecking CommitteeThe Nitpicking and Flyspecking Committee members ore Don Eastlake, Tim Illingworth, Pat McMurray and Kevin Standlee.

1.3. Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee The Worldcon Runners' Guide Editorial Committee member is Sharon Sbarsky (Chair) and others to be advised.1.4. Hugo Eligibility Rest of the World (HEROW) CommitteeThe HEROW Committee members ore Vince Docherty (Chair), Perianne Lurie, Pam Fremon, Paul Haqgerty, Gayle Surette, Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee.

1.5. Formalization of Long List Entries (FOLLE) Committee

The FOLLE Committee members are Mark Olson (Chair), Craig Miller, Dave Grubbs, Joe Siclari, Kent Bloom, Richard Lynch, Kevin Standlee, Tim Illingworth, Vince Docherty.

1.6. The Taming the Digital Wilderness Committee The Taming the Digital Wilderness Committee are Glenn Glazer (Chair), Paul Haggerty, Gayle Surette, Ben Yalow, Seth Breidbart, Cheryl Morgan, Tim Illingworth and Peter Wilkinson.

2. Worldcon Reports2.1 Past Worldcons2.1.1. ConAdian (1994)2.1.2. The Millennium Philcon (2001)2.1.3 Torcon 3 (2003)2.1.4 Noreascon 4 (2004)2.1.5 Interaction (2005)2.1.6 CascadiaCon (2005)2.1.7 L.A. con IV (2006)2.2 . Seated Worldcons & NASFiC2.2.1 Nippon 20072.2.2 Archon 31, the 9th NASFiC (2007)2.2.4 Denvention 3 (2008)

3. Business Passed On from L.A. con IVThe following Constitutional Amendments were approved at L.A. con IV and passed on to Nippon 2007 for ratification. If ratified, tney will become part of the Constitution at the conclusion of Nippon 2007.3.1 Short Title: Best Artist Hugo EligibilityMoved to amend Section 3.9 of the WSFS Constitution by adding text as follows

Section 3.9: Notification and Acceptance. Worldcon Committees shall use reasonable efforts to notify the nominees, or in the case of deceased or incapacitated persons, their heirs, assigns, or legal guardians, in each category prior to the release of such information. Eoch nominee shall be asked at that time to either accept or decline the nomination. If the nominee declines nomination, that nominee shall not appear on the final ballot. In addition, in the Best Professional Artist category, the acceptance must include citations of at least three (3) works first published in the eligible year.

4. New Business4.1. ResolutionsItems under this heading may be voted upon and final action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting.

4.2. Standing Rules AmendmentsItems under this heading may be voted upon and final action taken by the Preliminary Business Meeting. Standing rules amendments take effect at the conclusion of the 2006 Business Meeting unless given earlier effect by specific provision and a two-thirds vote. In all amendments, new text is shown in underline type and stricken text is shown in strikelhru type.

4.3. Constitutional AmendmentsItems under this heading have not yet received first passage, and will become part of the constitution only if passed al Nippon 2007 and ratified at Denvention 3. The Preliminary Business Meeting may amend items under this heading, set debate time limits, refer them to committee, and take other action as permitted under the Standing Rules.

5. Site Selection Business5.1. Report of the 2009 Site Selection & Presentation by Winners5.2. Reports by seated Worldcons & NASFiC5.2.1. Nippon 20005.2.2 Archon 31, the 9th NASFiC (2007)5.2.3 Denvention 3 (2008)5.3. Presentation by future Worldcon bids5.3.1. Presentation by bidders for 20095.3.2. Presentation by bidders for years after 20096. Adjournment6.1. Adjournment Sine Die

ProgrammingsNow Nippon2007 commitee are making plans for program

ings. Here we introduce some of them. This time there arc mainly Japanese, but we are plannning to show others on th< website and Progress Report 6.

Contact information and web resources Possible program participant form ( https://ss!1 .secure-c.net/%7Ejasfic/nippon2007/program/apply.cgi)

Sticker Exchange Program (Siiru Kikaku)

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Mobius, Klein RP2 -We can see four dimensional space, and greater than four dimensional spaces-

I will give an introductory talk about the Mobius strip and the Klein bottle, gadgets which have often appeared in SF novels.

I will also talk about RP2 (the two- dimensional, real projective plane), which is connected with the Moebius strip and the Klein bottle.

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Organizers arc planning to introduce the latest news on the Perry Rhodan series. Volume 2400 will be published this year in Germany. So far, Japanese fans are about 1700 volumes behind in the series, since these stories have yet to be translated from German into Japanese.

Take a stab at Ninja FilmsThe history of ninja movies is a

long one. During a film shoot during the silent era, one of the actors left the set while a cameraman was changing reels. Later when the film was shown the actor seemed to disappear.

This accident is how the ninjitsu eiga began. (“Eiga” means “film” or “movie” in Japanese.)

Originally, jidaigeki films were film versions of Kabuki plays, but to meet public demand various other genres were explored, from sword action and ninja films to historicals, traveling gambler and yajikita stories (both being types of road movies), doomed romances, mysteries, sword heroine movies... From straight drama to comedy, even oper

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Since the silent era the popularity of ninja films has been such that audiences cheered and applauded when the ninja disappeared or flew off on a cloud. Ninjas chanted incantations and made symbolic finger gestures, summoning giant toads from clouds of smoke. These kabuki influences could still be seen even after the postwar period. However the spread of television among households in the 1960s created a more demanding audience, and the money spent at movie houses dwindled.

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“Ninja Gari” (Ninja Hunt), the film we are showing at this convention, took the ninja genre one step further, not only focusing on the ninja themselves, but also how the ninja used common tools in their work.

“Ninja Gari’’ was produced in 1964, the same year as the Tokyo Olympics, when Japan felt it had to try and catch up with the West. Civil unrest and student protests against the the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty were sweeping the country. The old was steadily being cast aside. The movie industry was also on the decline but for two or three years jidaigeki films focusing on group rivalries rather than a single hero were meeting with success.

One of the best films representing the feelings of that period was “Ninja Gari”.

The story is simple for even newcomers to the genre. Ninjas hired by the Bakufu (Shogunate) to destroy an unfavored clan clash with the Ronin hired by the clan to stop them. Not only the actions of the ninja but their use of everyday objects as weapons.

Ronin wish to make his life with his sword but he can not do as like Ninja. In their battle with each other, both ninja and samurai alike are expendable. With its hard-hitting violence presented in high-contrast black and white, this story is told with a hard-boiled style devoid of either justice or compassion.

“Ninja Gari" marked the debut by the 29-year-old director Tetsuya Yamau- chi made his directorial debut with “Ninja Gari” when he was 29, the same age as screenwriter Koji Takada and assistant director Sadao Nakajima. The cameramen and other crewmembers were newcomers with an average age of 26.

Even in 2007 the claustrophobic feeling created by those young filmmakers can be felt as strongly as it was 43 years ago.

Even so, this is not complex cinema. It's an entertaining, low-budget ninja movie. With the ronin leader played by long-time action star Jushiro Konoe and the lead ninja played by top small-screen baddie Bin Amatsu, it's a showdown fans of jidaigeki continue to love.

I hope that all Nippon2007 attendees, from both Japan and overseas, enjoy Ninja Gari.

Scheduled Double-bill “Kirn”, aka

Beheading (1962) Director: Kenji Misu- mi, Screenwriter: Kaneto Shindo, Starring: Raizo Ichikawa, Color Daieiscope. 71 minutes, English Subtitles. Sponsored by the Japan Foundation.

Making of Japanese SwordIn addition to Japanese ninja and

samurai film programs, we would like tc introduce to you one of the living traditions of Japan.

Although there are no real live ninja or samurai today, the craft oi sword-making is still being kept alive as an art form.

Even though swords have not turned out to be competitive as battlefield weapons and swordmaking has not become t major industry, the Japanese Sword and the manufacturing process of its special steel tire the ultimate development o: ancient manufacturing techniques.

We welcome Mr. Kobayashi, the professional swordsmith. Starting from "tatara", the ancient Japanese steelmanufacturing process, Mr. Kobayash will introduce to you the ingenious crafi and inner structure of the Japanese Sword.

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Japanese SF List Transelated AbroadAuthor original title Japanese in Alphabet translated title anguage translator publisher / magazine or anthology Japanese Translatioi

(obo AbeTiPmillAM )ai yon kanpyoki nter Ice Age 4 English Dale Saunders lerkley 1958 1959(lilAO® Tanin no kao The Face of Another inglish Jale Saunders Vintage. 256pp 1964 1962

MS < 5A Jakobune sakura-maru fhe Ark Sakura inglish luliet Winters Carpenter Vintage. 352pp 1984 1984

AIWJS Sakyo Komatsu

HAitft Nippon Chinbotsu

lapan Sinks inglish Michael Gallagher Jarper & Row. N.Y. 184 pp. 1973 1976

lapan Sinks inglish Michael Gallagher Rew English Library. London 1973 1977

lapan Sinks inglish Michael Gallagher Kodansha International Ltd. .Tokyo. 238pp. 1973 1995Gibel drakona Russian Z. Rakhlin Mir. Moskva. 600pp. 1973 1977.a submesion du Japon Tench M.et Mme Shibata Albin Michel.Paris. 256pp. 1973 1977

La submesion du Japon Tench M.et Mme Shibata Tiilippc Pecquier. Paris,231pp. 1973 1991lapan se hunde Spanish J.Vazquez 3iana.Mexico.27 Opp. 1973 1978

Wenn Japan versinkt German Klaus Scheltz Zsolnay.Wien 1973 1979

Japan sjunker Slovakia S.Lestander Delta,Brotnma.231 pp. 1973 1980

Japan sinkt German Klaus Schultz Volk und Welt. Berlin.262pp. 1973 1987

Japanas nogrimsana ^atvia E.Katajs Zinatne. Riga.506pp. 1973 1982

Fotevaneto na lapaniia Bulgaria Elza Dimiitrova Otechestvo.Sofiia.463pp. 1973 1983

Wenn Japan versinkt German Klaus Scheltz Moewig.Munchen. 157pp. 1973 1985

Japan sinkt German Klaus Scheltz Volk und Welt.Berlin. 266pp. 1973 1991

A sarkany halala Mager G.Sarkozy Kozmosz,Budapest. 2v. 1973 1986

Gibel drakona Russian Z.Rakhim lapanskaia fantasticheskaia proza.p 1973 1989

HAitS Chinese 1973 2005

Fukkatsu no Hi Der Tag der Auferstehung German Micliael Morgentai und KeikoMJnaba Wilhelm Heyne Verlag. Munchen.332pp. 1974 1987

IW01&& Asu DorobouA hoinap elrabloi Mager Piroska Torok Kossuth,Budapest.284pp. 1965 1971

Rytdlenos grobikai Lithuania A.Alisauskas Vaga.Vilnius, 199pp. 1965 1973

iHHiSW (ill Asu Dorobou & other stories

Pokhititel'zavtrashnego dnia Russia Z.Rakhim Mir. Moskva. 317pp. 1965 1970

Ritdienas nolaupitaji Latvia A.Plesums Ainatne.Riga.336pp. 1965 1977

Kyoubou na Kuchi The Savage Mouth English Judith Merril The Best Japanese SF Stories. Dember Books. N.Y. p.74-84 1989

fcxGtK&V' Oerabikudasai Take Your Choice English Shiro Tamura & Grania Davis The Best Japanese SF Stories.Dember Books. N.Y. p.85-103 1989

Chini wa Heiwa wo Froede aif Erden German Shimada Shingo & Zillig SF aus Japan, p 150-195 1963 1982

ASIffiW Jinrui Saiban The Trial of Humanity English Patrick Harlan Komatsu Sakyo Magazine. No. 18 2005

HKD Nemuri to Tabi to Yume SleepingTraveling. and Dreaming English Akio Tanaka looking for a publisher

zf;LA/7X<0 teas Gordias no musubime

El nudo de Gordias Spanish Yasutoshi Nakazima Vease este pagina(200I) 2001

r o p n m e b y 3 e n Russia WHAS FzAFATTXOteail p.8-92 2004

Kaya no soto Fuori della zanzariera ■ Variazione sul tetna di Onaoshi Italian Massimo Soutnare' C.S.Coop. Studi. Torino. I ALIA4J

Giappone.p77-93 2007

Wlim Yasutaka Tsutsui

fetiicBa-rs’O Ore ni kansuru uwasa The Rumors About Me

English

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r?aat Tatazumu Hito Standing Woman David LewisJtW£ Hokkyoku Oh Polar King Yoshida Kyoko

Saigo no Kitsuensha The Last of the Smokers Andrew RankinNwru Houhou How to Sleep Fujiwara TakuyaYume no Ken-etsukan The Dream Censor Aft fUt

ft Sakana The Fish Elizabeth FreudKaze The Wind Fujiwara TakuyaShogun ga Mezameta toki When The Shogun Awoke Wakui Takashi

rnz.r-wz Dabadaba sugi The Dabba Dabba Tree

English Andrew Driver "Salmonella Men on Planet Porno". 2007. Alma Books 2007

tstHcBars'g Ore ni kansuru uwasa Rumours about MeATA Warau na Don't LaughHCIl/WA Gorohachi kouku Farmer AirlinesffficOAAW Kuma no ki honsen Bear's Wood Main LineAJSOffiS? Kofuku no genkai The Very Edge of Happinessw. w Kavoi no guntai Commuter ArmyYAH! Hello. Hello. HelloMV'fctltW Katamuita sekai T he World is Tiltingt-wlAE Motsuaruto den Bravo Herr Mozart!

Saigo no kitsuensha The Last SmokerShinzo ni warui Bad for the Heart

AA/iSMO'D" M&A^AIUI

Poruno wakusei no sarumonera ningen

Salmonella Men on Planet Porno

fi'ti'A Tatazumu HitoMujer Plantada Spanish Martin Lendinez Zikkurath 5 (1981)Mujer de pie(mismo con "Muter Plantada") Spanish Axxon 89 (1997)

A/A A IS Kazoku Hakkei Whitt the Maid Saw: Eight Psvchic Tales English Kodansha America: 1st ed edition (July

1990)

hi.Wr- Shinichi Hoshi Hajou Kougeki Sales Pitch

English Stanleigh H. Jones "A Bag of Surprises" 1989. Kodansha Int'l Ltd.

h'i-.'i - Shinichi Hoshi HOTffl Fukusayou Unexpected Side Effects• Shinichi Hoshi •KAOAfl Shanai no Jiken It Happened on a Train

h!«i - Shinichi Hoshi Onna no Kouyou Woman to the Rescueffltf - Shinichi Hoshi Id'fr Bikou The Tail

1989

y.Sfi- Shinichi Hoshi Wiffi Shoushin The PromotionShinichi Hoshi Aru Shoubai Funnv Business

h!0t - Shinichi Hoshi S£Oifi Tousou no Michi The Escape

Shinichi Hoshi Kurisumasu Ibu no Dekigoto

Twas the Night Before Christmas

®»r • Shinichi Hoshi Ifl/jlWJJ Kyouryokutekina Otoko A Model of CooperationShinichi Hoshi telt Shihen The Slip of Paper

>i!»r - Shinichi Hoshi Kinenshashin Souvenir Photographsh?«Tr— Shinichi Hoshi Yume to Taisaku The Dream

Shinichi Hoshi Rinjuu no Kusuri Last Moment Medicinel|!«i ■ Shinichi Hoshi 5$<tinAyb Kimagure Robotto English Robert Matthew "The Capricious Robot" 1997W.»r - Hoshi Sliin'ichi Bokkochan Bokkochan Spanish Sebastian Castro Nueva Dimension 122 (1980)

Hoshi Sliin'ichi Ai no Kagi Las Haves Spanish Miquel Barcelo Kandama 7 (1982)

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EflUU^ Takumi Ishitobi tryyxFutari no Mori no Rabirinsu IWa-Rlffl Chinese

(JKft) ft'hSi 1989 1997

iJiPWi Koushu Tani-/i Kasei Tetsudou 19 Martian Railroad 19

EnglishMitsuhiro Toma

J1NGAIKY0. Koushu Tani Fan Club1986 1993

HSWR-Si—0 0 0 Housen kyori 12.000 Shooting Range 12,000km Mineko Yamamoto 1984 1996

Motoko Arai

hWf<») Hoshi e iku Fune A Ship to the Stars

EnglishNaomi Anderson

Koudansha Inti Ltd.

1981 1984y'J-> •-fiz. Curiin Rekuiemu Green Requiem 1980 1984/7/25

7-5 .y1- Burakku kyatto Black Cat Kate McCandless 1984 1991/6/15

m-hU Taku Maytunura

nJtBCI’f Shiseikan Administrator

English Daniel JACKSON Kurodahan Press

1974/(ft Haruka naru Mahiru A Distant Noon

^o/Eae> Honoo to Hanabira Flame and the FlowerIseki no Kaze Wind in the Ruins

IWH'/X Genkai no Yanus Two-Faced Janus

nuiiE«e Yamada Masaki 77Ut 1-t- Afurodiite Aphrodite English Daniel JACKSON 1980

Siftil Hiroe Suga WHW-f 4^7 Sobakasu no figyua Freckled Figure English Stephen M. Baxter & Dana Lewis

S-F Magazine.2000/9 No.533 Hayakawa PublishingYear's Best SF 5Interzone. Number 141. March 1999

r To Ubukata

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Implosion: Mardock- Trilogie 3 Cora Hartwig 2007/6

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2031 nen. Sayonara "Urashima"

URASHIMA THE AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE

English Shingo Fujisaki http://www.lulu.com/content/150322 2001 2005

Hiroyuki Morioka

WflO 1 Seikai no Monsho I "Teikoku no 0jo"

Crest of the Stars 1: Princess of the Empire

English TOKYOPOP

1996/4/15 2006/9/12

KWW II Seikai no Monsho II "Sasavaka na Tatakai"

Crest of the Stars 2: A Modest War 1996/5/15 2007/1/9

EWOftiS III Seikai no Monsho III "ikyo e no Kikan

Crest of the Stars 3: Returning to a World Unfamiliar

1996/6/15 2007/5/8

num Kaoru Kurimoto

T’-O'-v—ff® f-JUficOlfe® Hyoutouno kamen The Guin Saga: Book 1 :The

Leopard Mask

English Alexander O. Smith. Elye J. Alexander Vertical: http://www.vertical-inc.com/

1979/9/30 2003/6

7'Yy-9—zf®Kouya no Senshi The Guin Saga: Book 2 :

Warrior in the Wilderness 1979/10/15 2003/10

y-otf-zn /X7xvXm' NOSPHERUS no Tatakai The Guin Saga: Book 3 : The

Battle of Nospherus 1980/3/15 2003/12

7V >7-/j® vzixMWi Ragon no Ryoshuu The Guin Saga: Book 4 :

Prisoner of the Lagon 1980/6/30

Henkyou no Ouja The Guin Saga: Book Two : Warrior in the Wilderness 1980/10/15

7'i' >+/—Zf i Hyoutouno kamen Die Guin Saga 01. Im Auge des Leoparden.

German Norbert Stobe Blanvalet Verlag

1979/9/30 2005/9

7V>+f-Zf'2. tSYfWKl: Kouya no Senshi Die Guin Saga 02. In den

Faengen des Kriegers 1979'10'15 2006/3

T’-Yy+F-ZJ® 7X7x7X®Wl' NOSPHERUS no Tatakai Die Guin Saga 03. Die

Schlacht von Nospherus 1980/3/15 2006/10

7'Y>7— Z/4■yX>OJJ?PJ Ragon no Ryoshuu Die Guin Saga 04.

Gefangene tier Lagon 1980/6/30 2006/12

7Y>7-ZJs i/WJ Efi Henkyou no Ouja Die Guin Saga 05. Der Konig

der Verfemten I980/KV15 2007/9

Haruka Takachiho 7—r AWIfc Dartypair no Daibouken

The great adventures of dirtv pair English David Lewis

Kodansha 1987/8

The great adventures of dirtv pair

DH Press (Distribution by: Diamond Book Distributors) 2007/6

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Author original title Japanese in Alphabet translated title language translator publisher / magazine or anthology Japanese Translation

'J'fe/rJ?; Sakyo Komatsu SWfcU Kyoubou na Kuchi The Savage Mouth

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Judith Merril

"Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume I".

Kurodahan Press

'I'-rtfillE Kazumasa Hirai Kakumei no Toki A Time for Revolution David AylwardMFWlT: Tensei Kono ft Hikari Hikari Dana Lewis

icit-nn Taku Mayumura Fuman Shori Shimasu I'll Get Rid of Your Discontent M. Hattori & Crania Davis

TiJHShi) Takashi Ishikawa Umi e no Michi Tlie Road to the Sea Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano

iltJfif'i— Kouichi Yamano Tori wa Ima Doko woTobuka

Where Do the Birds FlyNow Dana LEWIS

fillflUtii Aritsune Toyota X’-TAcAcCF Prince of Wales Futatabi Another 'Prince of Wales' David Aylward

MSiE'Jlf MasamiFukushima teOfliiiftK T Hana no Inochi wa

Miiikakute The Flower's Life Is Short Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano

WSSO f Mariko Ohara Shojo Girl Alfred BirnbaumRyo Hanmura Bohru Bako Cardboard Box Dana Lewis

Tetsu Yano Origami Uchuusen no Densetsu

The Legend of the Paper Snaceshio Gene van Troyer

WraiSifl Shinji Kajio___

fn fOffi'iTii Reiko no Hako-Uchuu Reiko's Universe Box T. Toyodalll±&» Hiormi Kawakami Ugoro-Mochi Mogcra Wogura Michael Emmerich

Yoshimasu Gozo 7 FD±'J> Adorenarin Adrenalin the author & Marilyn CHIN

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ftittfili Ryu Mitsuse 2 2 17 <(•: Rakuyd 2217 Nen The Sunset. 2217 A.D. English Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano"Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume II ",

Kurodahan Press'CfSiU/J Kobo Abe Mahou no chohku The Magic Chalk English Alison Kibrickd'tH/rlW Sakvo Komatsu Shaka no Tenohira Palm of Buddha English T. Toyoda

ffiWr- Hoshi Shin’ichi Yuki no Onna The Snow Woman: A Modem Legend English Judith Merril & Tetsu Yano

SlSt • Hoshi Shin’ichi 8! Kagi The Key English Nobuyoshi SaitohYasutaka Tsutsui jigicimrs^ Ore ni Kansuru Uwasa Rumors About Me English Dana Lewis

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Filking Barry & Sally Childs-Helton

MediaMira Furlan

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