2009 Scribe Awards

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  1. William Leisner

    William Leisner Scribbler Rear Admiral

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    The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers' second annual SCRIBE Award winners were announced Friday, July 24th, at the San Diego Comic Con. In addition to awarding our own Keith R.A. DeCandido with their Grandmaster Award, the following winners were announced:

    [LEFT][LEFT]Best General Fiction Original[/LEFT]
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    CSI: Headhunter by Greg Cox

    Best General Fiction Adapted

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by James Rollins

    Best Speculative Fiction Original
    Star Trek Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow

    Best Speculative Fiction Adapted
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army by Robert Greenberger

    Best Young Adult Original
    Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar by Steven Savile

    Best Young Adult Adapted
    Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D by Tracey West

    Congrats to all the winners and nominees.
     
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  2. Thrawn

    Thrawn Rear Admiral Premium Member

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    Still haven't gotten around to Terok Nor yet, but now I'm even more excited for when I do...
     
  3. andylightkai

    andylightkai Cadet Newbie

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    Congrats to James Swallow!

    While all of Terok Nor was heavily mired in existing continuity, I feel like Day of the Vipers did the best job of telling its story without requiring extensive knowledge of the continuity beforehand. Not that Night of the Wolves/Dawn of the Eagles were not good works, but I felt that DotV stood by itself as a peace of literature far better then the latter two volumes. Congratulations are due for crafting such an immersive and compelling tale!
     
  4. Deranged Nasat

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    I'm very glad to hear James Swallow won with "Day of the Vipers", it's one of my favourite Trek books. :)
     
  5. James Swallow

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    I'm delighted to win this, and I'd like to say thanks to everyone who bought a copy, and also to Marco, who convinced me I was the right guy to write it, and to my fellow Terok Nor writers Stephanie and Britta.

    Kudos to to Bob, Greg and Keith for their wins!
     
  6. Ayelbourne

    Ayelbourne Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Congrats to all of them but especially James.
    Of his works, I've only gotten to read The Black Flag in one of the Mirror Universe anthologies, but I really liked that one.

    This makes me all the more eager to read Synthesis.
     
  7. Greg Cox

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    Congrats to Bob and Keith and James!

    One minor correction: my CSI book is titled HEADHUNTER, not HEADHUNTERS.

    I'm still thrilled to have finally won one, though, and to be in such good company!
     
  8. Scott Pearson

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    Weren't we just talking about you not having won one yet at Shore Leave? Congrats!:techman:
     
  9. Greg Cox

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    Indeed! Thanks.

    Guess I have to retire that "Susan Lucci" joke now . . . .
     
  10. GHS

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    Way to go, Gregg - beating out Max Allan Collins with a competing CSI novel is no small feat!

    What's more, you managed to get nominated for the "novelization" of that phony Houdini movie scam you cooked up:)

    Good to see James Swallow getting some recognition - he's been doing some kick-arsse work

    That makes two years in a row a Trek novel has won in that catgory (KRAD won for Q&A last year). The only other Trek novel to even get nominated was David George the first year for Crucible: McCoy.
     
  11. GHS

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    Oh, shoot, I completely missed that Bob Greenberger is on the winners list, too! Very nice job on the Hellboy adaptation!
     
  12. JD

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    Cool, congrats to Keith, James Swallow, Greg, and Robert. I guess I'm gonna be adding Headhunter, and Golden Army to my list of stuff to read.
     
  13. Geoff Thorne

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    [best wm shatner] SWALLLLLLOOOOWWWWWWWWW![/best wm shatner]
     
  14. Paris

    Paris Commodore Commodore

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    Congrats KRAD and Mr. Swallow. Can't wait to read Synthesis :)
     
  15. Greg Cox

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  16. Rosalind

    Rosalind TrekLit's Dr Rose Mod Admiral

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    congratulations to KRAD, James Swallow, Greg Cox and Bob Greenberger!
     
  17. GHS

    GHS Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Outside of the Scribe awards (and contests that only relate to Star Trek), have any other Trek books been nominated for any awards? I think one of the SNW stories was nominated for something, but can't recall what.
     
  18. Kirks_Flying_Wig

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    Congratulations to all!
     
  19. Bob Greenberger

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    Many thanks, one and all. As you might imagine, I was stunned given the competition.
     
  20. ronny

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    I've read both Greg Cox's CSI book and KRAD's CSI:NYC, which means I've read twice as many CSI books as I've seen episodes of that franchise. Both good books and I'm glad to see Greg won for his book.

    I thought Day of Vipers was one of the stand out books of last year.

    Congrats to all the winners and to KRAD for becoming a grand master.