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O fards, often receive a critical . appealed to me." : $ uP S3 /s o Spotlight in the World Fantasy The Cramahe Township author t F s . a n t a s y * P 4 < M w a r. 4 _os,,_ ._ writes about eight hours a day on > es wi en o gl 6, C ' The World Fantasy Awards are . one of his numerous computers. p Sso.ma“m?* 3 | ‘a‘l'so unique in having categories In the world of fantasy Ed | Petel Dennis /A | \‘for singleâ€"author collections andâ€" Greenwood is one of the welcome autz, names | | mtltiâ€"author anthologies.. â€" mats. € Mr. Greenwood t > \Enormously intelligent with an _ _ Somefind their ways into the and four others f | Uincredible memory, and one of the ~genre because of his congemal to the panel. / |bestâ€"selling authors in Canada,~ nature; others enter through his | Three are from [ 7 Greenwood can‘t be defined _ books which are considered "low | the United i | by. what he does. Perhaps he can fantasy." In low fantasy the States, the h â€" be best described as a man characters don‘t have high moral || _ € | fourth resides Ed Greenwood |fascinated _ with â€" his , life: purposes. They strive to survive in Germany. . |experiences. in situations that parallel real life, Prizes will be awarded for \¢*Fantasy writing has always though they may battle with 2 books printed in 2006 at the 2007 | been a part of his life. As a sevenâ€" swords and spells. 7 World Fantasy Association Nov. * ;yearâ€"old, in the winter of 1967â€"68 In Ed‘s novels magic works, | 1â€"4, at Saratoga Springs, New he begafi writing about his own and the characters can have wish ) â€" York. {fantasy world, the Forgotten fulfillment we can‘t have in real The contest includes categories : Realms, following his reading of a life. They can quickly fix the for magazine articles, novellas,. _ . linked series of fantasy stories by problems we can‘t repair on short stories, arthologies and [Fritz Leiber in Fantastic Earth, and make the solutions novels. \ magazine. He has elaborated on â€" stay, Principles are followed and The World Fantasy Awards | the Realms ever since. the world is honourable â€" the way (WFA) are annual, international | _ ~Ed‘s life path has given himâ€"â€"you want it to be. es awards given to authors and | many freedoms. He‘s aware His writings have sold millions | artists who have demonstrated writers are known for their of copies worldwide in over a .. outstanding achievement in the \oddities. Those idiosyncrasies dozen languages. He has been % _ field of fantasy. Since 1975, when |atiewed. "a\ | weiter â€"| wore â€" edifor, coeditorapr contributing | they were first awarded, they | underscored five years ago at a â€" editor of the yearbook Orbit, the | have been handed out at the ! World Science Fiction Convention, |literary magazines IBID and World ‘Fantasy. convention. ! when Ed stopped to take a look â€"White Wall Review, and DRAGON The awards are considered among | around him. Fans are known for â€" Magazine. Ed‘s novels regularly t the most prestigious in the \â€"dressing up in strange costumes climb the New York Times, speculative fiction genre, and can \ at conventions, but Ed was in the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street be awarded to any work falling \"Green Room" set aside for Journal, USA Today, and Locus | _ within the realm of fantasy, \ writers, and found it crowded bestseller lists. s although some media are | with men in propeller beanies and Responding to the appointment _ restricted. \ Pâ€"shirts with cryptic sayings, as judge, Mr. ~Greenwood ‘WFA winners are chosen by a | women dressed as (male) commented, "Fantasy is the root panel of judges, which differs f ~â€" | Prohibitionâ€"era American â€" literature of humanity, the way â€" every year. Winners are chosen “ gangsters, men dressed as. we express our fears, desires, from groups of nominees | wrizards, and other women dressed . dreams, . and â€" most of all (generally five or. six per \ as fairies in diaphanous gowns hope. We all need more hope, and : category), also selected largely by | _ | with wings from British folklore .. these awards celebrate and point the judges, with two picked by i . .~ |\ One man was scooting muffins the wider public to the best * membersâ€". of . _ the! annual.i o |and bagels around the room on a fantasy fiction of each passing convention. 4 f Fremoteâ€"controlled robot, almost . year, I am honoured to represent | Because of the small number of | _ _ . everyone not in costume was Canada in examining and 2 ; WEA judges, and because they | % wearing old, comfortable clothes, promoting the best the world‘s usually ‘try to â€"read very, f «and almost everyone was fantasy writers offer us all. comprehensively in: the field, | ; [: € § selections for the awards are often ) _ eP * eclectic. B See Cramahe author on page e F