OT: Vote for the Unreality SF - Media Tie-In Story of the year

Yes, it's this time of the year again, so without further ado:

 

We’ve counted the nominations and the shortlist for the third Story of the Year is complete! In alphabetical order, the ten stories which got the most nominations are:


A Death in the Family by Steven Hall (a Doctor Who audio play)
Haunted by Scott Tipton (an Angel: Illyria comic miniseries)
The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack (a Doctor Who novel)
Lucie Miller by Nicholas Briggs (a Doctor Who audio play)
Nuclear Time by Oli Smith (a Doctor Who novel)
Paths of Disharmony by Dayton Ward (a Star Trek novel)
Red Sky at Morning by Keith R.A. DeCandido (a Farscape comic miniseries)
Solitaire by John Dorney (a Doctor Who audio play)
Special Features by John Dorney (a Doctor Who audio play)
Zero Sum Game by David Mack (a Star Trek novel)


For the next seven days, you’ll be able to vote for one (and only one – the system only logs one vote per person, no matter how many times you actually press Submit) of the above stories. The one with the most votes wins. Simples!


Click here to cast your vote…

 

Damn, ZSG is the only one of those I've read, so I don't think I'll be voting this year.

 

First off, I'm thrilled to see Farscape #5-8 in such august company.

I don't mean to detract from the tooting of my own horn, but "Red Sky at Morning" was a team effort -- it was plotted by Rockne S. O'Bannon, and had art by Will Sliney. Calling it "by" me when I only wrote the script is unfair to Rock and Will.

Just sayin'.

 

I feel left out. Due to the cancellation of the Abramsverse Star Trek novels, I didn't have any tie-in fiction published in the past year. On the other hand, I did have four original stories published in that interval (if you go by magazine cover dates, three if you go by actual release dates), which is a record for me.

 

I know it's a secret ballot, but I voted for Paths of Disharmony. Just sayin'.

 

Dito. It was a close call between PoD and Una's The Kings Dragon (the two of my three nominations that made the cut, sadly Eureka: Substitution Method by Aaron Rosenberg didn't make it into the Top Ten), but in the end I gave Dayton the nod.

 

John Dorney's Solitaire for me-- sorry Trek folk. Though given I haven't read the Typhon novels yet, I suppose I couldn't really vote for them anyway.

 

I voted!

(Actually, I voted the first day, but thought the thread could use the bump )

 

^ Thanks.

I planned to bump it today, but nice to see others are looking out for it, too.

You have about 3 days left to vote (The voting should stop around midnight (GMT) in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday if I'm not mistaken (I'm not involved with the technical side of the award, so don't take that as gospel).

While I'm at it, I hope Rosalind and LightningStorm don't mind if I speak about another USF related topic, since I think here's a good place to find interested people:

We’re looking for new writers

So if you read tie-in books/comics and/or listen to audio plays, and want to tell the world what you think about them, then get in touch.

(But hands of the Star Trek books, those are mine. )

 

^No prob.

...and I voted for Zero Sum Game.

 

The poll is closed. The winner will be revealed once the winner and runner-up have been contacted (and no, I don't know the results yet, either).

Thanks for participating.

 

Cool. *waits to hear*

 

And we have a winner ....

 

Congratulations, Dayton!

(I assume that's not a spoiler or anything!)

 

Congrats to Paths of Disharmony and Dayton Ward!

 

That's the third year in a row that a Star Trek story won. Maybe I should stop to post these threads here to give the other franchises a chance.

 

Congratulations, Dayton! Well deserved, sir — and you had my vote.

 

Congrats, Dayton. PoD is actually my next Trek book, and now I have even more of a reason to look forward to it.