V For Vendetta Delayed Until March 2006

chad
writes, The release date of V for Vendetta
has been pushed
back
to March 17, 2006 from Nov. 4th. The official
cause is to accomodate the post-production schedule.
Those familiar with VfV will understand why Nov. 4th
was a special date.
Notice how the article describes V for Vendetta
as a graphic novel? This irks me because it was
originally released as a comic book mini-series and
was only later reprinted in graphic novel form. With
the release of VfV looming, I’ve seen several
discussions about the superiority of the graphic
novel, yet all of the ones I own were first published
as individual comics. Does anyone else see a problem
here?
I know at least one of our authors has a
copy that can be reviewed in time for the movie.

2005 Hugo Nominees

I haven’t had time to do reviews of the nominated novels this year, though I reviewed Iron Council back in September, and I’m hoping to review Charles Stross’s Iron Dawn before the end of August. Meanwhile, you can find the entire list of nominees here and the winners, posted at the link below.

In addition, my thoughts on the nominated short stories follow, along with links to each.

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