Lunar Park Nominated For World Fantasy Award
Couple of interesting tidbits via the SciFi channel. According to this story, Ellis has re-located back to Los Angeles to work on his previously mentioned 'sequel' to Less Than Zero.We also find out that Lunar Park has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award. The winner will be announced at their convention in November 2006. Here are all the nominees:
Hal Duncan, Vellum (Macmillan; Del Rey)
Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park (Knopf; Macmilln)
Graham Joyce, The Limits of Enchantment (Gollancz; Atria)
Patricia A. McKillip, Od Magic (Ace)
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (Harvill; Knopf)
Paul Park, A Princess of Roumania (Tor)
It seems very odd to see Ellis listed among that group of authors.
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[1] On Apr-10-2007, katy wrote:I do not think it is odd to see BEE listed among these writers. Two of the works on the list, Vellum and A Princess of Roumania, were, dare I say, ground breaking approaches to fiction/fantasy/horror. I find it unwise and unproductive as a reader to categorize books that defy the boundaries publishers and the reading public might put on them.
Obviously, if I did not value the works of BEE, I would not post on this website. Let's be frank--a great deal of the subject matter in BEE's books is not for the timid and I have often found myself struggling with characters that are completely unlikeable and with whom I cannot empathize but there is always a redemption of a sort and a powerfully tender and merciless quality to the way our author brings his characters to life.
The very idea that a book can be ravishing and ruthless at the same time--that is great fiction for me.