tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post4931026686209514491..comments2024-02-05T18:44:00.439+02:00Comments on Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews: 2012 Galileo Awards nomineesMihai A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-8014401266266461162012-02-02T20:17:30.720+02:002012-02-02T20:17:30.720+02:00Hi Mihai
With all do respect, while I can understa...Hi Mihai<br />With all do respect, while I can understand very well your point of view, let us not forget that the value of my novel was certified by quite many important names of specialists, critics, experts, literary historians, editors and writers from Romania (including Romanian Writers Union members, mainstream critics and science fiction specialists), who appreciated my book, so it is not only a question of popularity.<br />While your foreign readers won't recognize those names, I am sure you do, and your Romanian readers as well, so I will give only few examples:<br />Liviu Radu, Florin Pitea, Marian Coman, Catalin Badea Gheracostea, Costi Gurgu, Stefan Ghidoveanu, Alex Stefanescu, Liviu Antonesei, Felix Nicolau, Michael Haulica, Marian Truta, the official USR magazine Familia, Horia Ursu, Adrian Craciun, Mihail Gramescu and many more.<br />This not means, of course, that my novel is necessarily the best. But I believe it means, still, my novel is not only popular, but valuable. <br />Yours respectfully,<br />Oliviu Craznicoliviu craznichttp://oliviucraznic.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-21494941197356205292012-02-01T15:47:13.715+02:002012-02-01T15:47:13.715+02:00That is great. I am glad that the things are a bit...That is great. I am glad that the things are a bit more clearer for me, now. I'll keep promoting this wonderful initiative. Keep up the great work! :)Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-72042369943387776022012-01-31T16:46:31.667+02:002012-01-31T16:46:31.667+02:00I'm with you re: popularity vs value. The most...I'm with you re: popularity vs value. The most popular does not mean it's necessarily the best, but the most readable. Hence the differences between Hugos and Nebulas in a certain year, for example (on a larger scale, of course). But Galileo is a readers' award and so it will remain, like the Locus or Asimov's Readers' Poll.<br />The larger the voters' number, the less contested the award will be.Bearhttp://revista-galileo.ronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-22793249956465113062012-01-31T15:44:56.701+02:002012-01-31T15:44:56.701+02:00Michael, we will have plenty of awards this year :...Michael, we will have plenty of awards this year :)<br /><br />Bear, I know that the subscribers of Galileo Magazine vote for the awards, but I thought more of the balanced situation. I mean, the speculative fiction fans might not be subscribed to the magazine and maybe their voice isn't heard. Also, this might raise the question, not of tastes, but of popularity. For example, I don't have a problem with Oliviu Craznic's novel winning the last year award for the best volume, but in my opinion it is not award-material. Actually I found all the other four candidates better than Oliviu's novel. That is my opinion, but then again is Oliviu Craznic's novel popular or valuable?<br />Maybe a jury is not the perfect solution, but the awards can be improved. Maybe going with both subscribers and jury votes. Maybe creating two categories, for editors and readers. Whatever the future will hold I still need to congratulate you and Galileo Magazine for constantly improving the face of Romanian speculative fiction!<br />We just need to keep it from constantly fighting with itself. :)Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-16427585743388612582012-01-31T13:25:04.920+02:002012-01-31T13:25:04.920+02:00Thanks for the shout-out, Mihai!
Regarding the Gal...Thanks for the shout-out, Mihai!<br />Regarding the Galileo Awards: the voters are the subscribers of the print version of our magazine. So we have 100+ people voting on 16 books (that's the number of original publications + anthologies) and about 200 stories. Other awards are voted by a jury of 3,4,5 or 6 people, and have to consider the same amount of books and stories. With these comparative numbers in mind, please, tell me which awards are more representative of the Romanian SF&F scene's tastes? :)Bearhttp://revista-galileo.ronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991760003960066476.post-42166971408815299342012-01-30T20:11:48.149+02:002012-01-30T20:11:48.149+02:00Go go award season!Go go award season!Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com