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		<title>By: Second Best Is Pretty Good &#124; Everything Is Nice</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-4271</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Second Best Is Pretty Good &#124; Everything Is Nice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Artwork went to Black Sheep for Jack Glass. I discussed the shortlist at length when it was announced and I was obviously hoping for a Joey Hi-Fi win. Since that was not [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Artwork went to Black Sheep for Jack Glass. I discussed the shortlist at length when it was announced and I was obviously hoping for a Joey Hi-Fi win. Since that was not [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Carl V. Anderson</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-4180</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carl V. Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was hoping to see La Boca win this one and was disappointed to see A Boy and His Bear win as it was my least favorite of the nominees.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was hoping to see La Boca win this one and was disappointed to see A Boy and His Bear win as it was my least favorite of the nominees.</p>
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		<title>By: Judgement &#124; Everything Is Nice</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-4171</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judgement &#124; Everything Is Nice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Speaking of award, the Kitschies were announced last night. The Golden Tentacle for best debut novel went to Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord. I think this was the right choice, a really consensus had built up around the book, but it was also a strong shortlist with the much praised Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (which I&#8217;ve just started reading) and The City&#8217;s Son by tom Pollock (which has the Kitschies written through it like a stick of rock, even if I wasn&#8217;t that impressed). The Inky Tentacle for best cover went to Dave Shelton&#8217;s illustration of his own book, A Boy And A Bear In A Boat. I think this was the wrong choice but then I would say that. [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Speaking of award, the Kitschies were announced last night. The Golden Tentacle for best debut novel went to Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord. I think this was the right choice, a really consensus had built up around the book, but it was also a strong shortlist with the much praised Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (which I&#8217;ve just started reading) and The City&#8217;s Son by tom Pollock (which has the Kitschies written through it like a stick of rock, even if I wasn&#8217;t that impressed). The Inky Tentacle for best cover went to Dave Shelton&#8217;s illustration of his own book, A Boy And A Bear In A Boat. I think this was the wrong choice but then I would say that. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The Kitschies 2012 Finalists &#171; Torque Control</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Kitschies 2012 Finalists &#171; Torque Control]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Some of the discussions of the Kitschies shortlists so far, including in the post comments (with lots of bonus BSFA shortlist discussions!): Niall Harrison at Strange Horizons. David Hebblethwaithe at Follow the Thread. Martin Petto at Everything is Nice on the art awards. [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Some of the discussions of the Kitschies shortlists so far, including in the post comments (with lots of bonus BSFA shortlist discussions!): Niall Harrison at Strange Horizons. David Hebblethwaithe at Follow the Thread. Martin Petto at Everything is Nice on the art awards. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Maya</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-3942</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maya]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I personally love the mood, colors and evocative nature Dark Currents but I&#039;m surprised that none of Ben Baldwin&#039;s Interzone covers were shortlisted.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I personally love the mood, colors and evocative nature Dark Currents but I&#8217;m surprised that none of Ben Baldwin&#8217;s Interzone covers were shortlisted.</p>
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		<title>By: Jared</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-3941</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ditto.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ditto.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna Scott</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-3940</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Scott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting and well-put critiques. I can&#039;t say much more as I have to remain impartial, but I enjoyed reading this.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting and well-put critiques. I can&#8217;t say much more as I have to remain impartial, but I enjoyed reading this.</p>
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		<title>By: Nick H.</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-3939</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick H.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That &lt;cite&gt;Dark Currents&lt;/cite&gt; cover picture is &lt;em&gt;terrible&lt;/em&gt;. The main focal point of the picture is a big, blank nothing, the title text covers up the only part of the picture that offers variety and visual interest, but the flaming ship is weirdly off-centre and the colours used have a disappointing lack of variety. There are so many levels it fails on that I&#039;m surprised it got anywhere near the shortlist at all.

Do like the &lt;cite&gt;Dark Eden&lt;/cite&gt; and &lt;cite&gt;Jack Glass&lt;/cite&gt; covers, but have to agree with everything you say about Joey Hifi. His covers for Wendig&#039;s books have been especially good and counted in no small way towards me picking them up.

The Kitschie covers are a much more interesting selection. &lt;cite&gt;The Flame Alphabet&lt;/cite&gt; was instantly recognisable to me as being a Mendelsund cover, that sort of minimalism and style is classic Mendelsund, and like with most of his covers he manages to do it without delivering a boring cover - the way the flames overlap adds interest and makes the cover &#039;pop&#039; much more. This in contrast to the cover for &lt;cite&gt;A Boy And His Bear In A Boot&lt;/cite&gt;, where although I can see what Shelton was trying for, it doesn&#039;t really work for me and just looks boring.

Similarly the cover for &lt;cite&gt;The Terrible thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket&lt;/cite&gt; falls into the same trap for me, in this case it is nicely drawn, but there&#039;s nothing special about it to my eye.

Gauld can do little wrong, and I like his cover for &lt;cite&gt;Costume Not Included&lt;/cite&gt;, though it&#039;s not quite as good as his cover for &lt;cite&gt;The Damned Busters&lt;/cite&gt; - that had a little more spark about it, while this is more carrying on a formula. I&#039;m also slightly bothered by the way the title goes across the whole front this time, so partially covering up some of the small squares going down the left side.

Love the cover for &lt;cite&gt;The Teleportation Accident&lt;/cite&gt;, can&#039;t say anything about it you haven&#039;t already said. It&#039;s just pretty much perfect in every way.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That <cite>Dark Currents</cite> cover picture is <em>terrible</em>. The main focal point of the picture is a big, blank nothing, the title text covers up the only part of the picture that offers variety and visual interest, but the flaming ship is weirdly off-centre and the colours used have a disappointing lack of variety. There are so many levels it fails on that I&#8217;m surprised it got anywhere near the shortlist at all.</p>
<p>Do like the <cite>Dark Eden</cite> and <cite>Jack Glass</cite> covers, but have to agree with everything you say about Joey Hifi. His covers for Wendig&#8217;s books have been especially good and counted in no small way towards me picking them up.</p>
<p>The Kitschie covers are a much more interesting selection. <cite>The Flame Alphabet</cite> was instantly recognisable to me as being a Mendelsund cover, that sort of minimalism and style is classic Mendelsund, and like with most of his covers he manages to do it without delivering a boring cover &#8211; the way the flames overlap adds interest and makes the cover &#8216;pop&#8217; much more. This in contrast to the cover for <cite>A Boy And His Bear In A Boot</cite>, where although I can see what Shelton was trying for, it doesn&#8217;t really work for me and just looks boring.</p>
<p>Similarly the cover for <cite>The Terrible thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket</cite> falls into the same trap for me, in this case it is nicely drawn, but there&#8217;s nothing special about it to my eye.</p>
<p>Gauld can do little wrong, and I like his cover for <cite>Costume Not Included</cite>, though it&#8217;s not quite as good as his cover for <cite>The Damned Busters</cite> &#8211; that had a little more spark about it, while this is more carrying on a formula. I&#8217;m also slightly bothered by the way the title goes across the whole front this time, so partially covering up some of the small squares going down the left side.</p>
<p>Love the cover for <cite>The Teleportation Accident</cite>, can&#8217;t say anything about it you haven&#8217;t already said. It&#8217;s just pretty much perfect in every way.</p>
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		<title>By: Liz</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-3938</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like Baldwin&#039;s Interzone covers much more than &lt;i&gt;Dark Currents&lt;/i&gt;, and even if I liked the painting more I think the fonts and text layout would sink it for me. For the Kitschies I think my taste just runs in a different direction, so I&#039;m not that keen on either the cartoons or the more stylized literary covers of the other two, but I do like the La Boca a lot.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like Baldwin&#8217;s Interzone covers much more than <i>Dark Currents</i>, and even if I liked the painting more I think the fonts and text layout would sink it for me. For the Kitschies I think my taste just runs in a different direction, so I&#8217;m not that keen on either the cartoons or the more stylized literary covers of the other two, but I do like the La Boca a lot.</p>
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		<title>By: Jonathan McCalmont</title>
		<link>http://everythingisnice.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/sf-art-awards/#comment-3937</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan McCalmont]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My problem with Ben Baldwin is that all of his artwork looks identical: Grainy washed-out texture, single-point perspective, shadowy figure in the foreground.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My problem with Ben Baldwin is that all of his artwork looks identical: Grainy washed-out texture, single-point perspective, shadowy figure in the foreground.</p>
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