PRIX AURORA AWARDS
A Guide to Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Guide de la science-fiction et du fantastique canadiens

The nomination period for the 1998 Prix Aurora Awards has closed. This list is a cut down version of the original list. Only details from the first six categories have been kept.
Send any additions or corrections (or requests for the complete list) to: dmullin@sentex.net.

Special thanks for assistance in preparing this guide goes to / Tous nos remerciements pour leur aide à: Mici Gold, Peter Halasz, Claude Janelle, Rob Sawyer, Dale Sproule, Jean-Louis Trudel, Paul Valcour et al.
As well, thanks to those maintaining the following web sites / De plus, nous désirons remercier ceux qui assurent la mise à jour des sites suivants:
The National SF & Fantasy Society / La Société Nationale de la S-F et du Fantastique,
Locus Index,
Amazon Books,
Pole Stars.

Index:

• Best Long-Form Work in English
• Meilleur livre en français
• Best Short-Form Work in English
• Meilleure nouvelle en français
• Best Other Work in English
• Meilleur ouvrage en français
• Artistic/Artistique
• Fanzine
• Organizational/Organisation
• Other/Autre

Best Long-Form Work in English / Meilleur livre en anglais
For best work of Science Fiction or Fantasy in a novel or fiction collection by a Canadian writer, published in 1996 or 1997.

• The Moons of Palmares, Zainab Amadahy (Sister Vision Press, 97) *
• Tales of Titillation and Terror, Mel D. Ames (Mosaic, Apr/96) (collection)
• The Cure for Death by Lightning, Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Knopf, 96)
• Project Maldon, Chris Atack (Baen, June/97)
• A Terrible Beauty, Nancy Baker (Viking, 96)
• The Forgetting Room, Nick Bantock (HarperCollins, Sept/97)
• The Venetian's Wife, Nick Bantock (Raincoast, 96)
• As One Dead, Don Bassingthwaite & Nancy Kilpatrick (White Wolf, 96)
• The Town That Floated Away, Sandra Birdsell (HarperCollins, 97)
• Maxim Gunn and the Chaos Project, Nicholas Boving (Taurus Pub, 96) *
• Maxim Gunn and the Demon Plan, Nicholas Boving (Taurus Pub, 97) *
• The Spiral Maze, Patricia Bow (Thistledown, July/97) *
• Visible Worlds, Marilyn Bowering (HarperCollins, Aug/97)
• Dragonfire, Karleen Bradford (HarperCollins, Sept/97)
• Lady in Gil, Rebecca Bradley (Gollancz, 96)
• Scion's Lady, Rebecca Bradley (Gollancz, 97) *
• Pirate's Cross, Sigmund Brouwer (Thomas Nelson, Aug/97) * 64 pages
• The Reality Machine, Cliff Burns (Black Dog Press, 97) (collection)
• Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses, John Byrne (Prima, Oct/97) *
• Selkie, Anne Cameron (Harbour Pub, 96) *
• Last Seen, Matt Cohen (Knopf, 96) *
• A Thousand Words for Stranger, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW, Oct/97)
• Grace, Paul Davies (ECW Press, 96) *
• Trader, Charles de Lint (Tor, Feb/97)
• The Plague Saint, Rita Donovan (Tesseract, 97) *
• The Rising, James Doohan & S.M. Stirling (Baen/Starline, Nov/96)
• Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey (Tor, Jan/97)
• Future Indefinite, Dave Duncan (Avon, Aug/97)
• Present Tense, Dave Duncan (AvoNova, Nov/96)
• Nightlife, Jack Ellis (Zebra, 96) *
• No Limits, Nigel D. Findley (RoC, 96)
• The Ancestral Suitcase, Sylvia Fraser (Key Porter, 96) *
• Expendable, James Alan Gardner (AvoNova, July/97)
• House of Illusions, Pauline Gedge (Viking, 96) *
• Idoru, William Gibson (Putnam, Sept/96)
• Shrinking Pains, E.M. Goldman (Viking, Oct/96)
• The Curse Of Jonathan Matthew, John F. Green (Stoddart, Apr/97)
• Blue Limbo, Terence M. Green (New York, Tor, Jan/97)
• Shadow of Ashland, Terence Green (Tor, Jan/96)
• Elminster in Myth Drannor, Ed Greenwood (TSR, Dec/97)
• Stormlight, Ed Greenwood (TSR, Oct/96)
• Cormyr, Ed Greenwood (with J.Grubb) (TSR, July/96)
• Truth Singer, Barbara Haworth-Attard (Roussan, 96) *
• The Dragon Charmer, Douglas Hill (Hodder, 97) *
• The Other Side, Cynthia Holz (Second Story Press, 97) *
• Breath of a Ghost, Anita Horrocks (Stoddart, 96)
• Demon Rider, Ken Hood (HarperPrism, Dec/97)
• Blood Debt, Tanya Huff (DAW, May/97)
• No Quarter, Tanya Huff (DAW, Apr/96)
• The Faces Of Fear, Monica Hughes (HarperCollins, Aug/97)
• The Seven Magpies, Monica Hughes (Harper Collins, 96) *
• The Prince Of Tarn, Hazel Hutchins (Annick, Sept/97)
• Torrie And The Dragon, K.V. Johansen (Roussan, May/97)
• Endorphins, Nancy Kilpatrick (Macabre, 97) (collection) *
• Child of the Night, Nancy Kilpatrick (Raven, 96)
• If Wishes Were Horses, W.P. Kinsella (Harper Collins, 96)
• The Darker Passions: Carmilla, Amarantha Knight (Masquerade, Nov/97)
• The Darker Passions: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Amarantha Knight (Masquerade, 96)
• Tales From Sanctuary The Vampire Sex Bar, Stephen Andrew Lee (Spitfire, 97) *
• Riding Planet Earth, Shelley A. Leedahl (Roussan, Oct/97)
• Afterworld, When Ghosts -- Disappear, Claude Limberger (Pug Enterprises, 96) *
• The Changeling, Alison Macleod (Macmillan, 96) *
• Gaffer, Kevin Major (Doubleday Canada, 97) *
• City Of Forgetting: A Novel, Robert Majzels (Mercury, 97) *
• Self, Yann Martel (Knopf Can, 96) *
• Kingmaker's Sword, Ann Marston (HarperPrism, Aug/96)
• The Western King, Ann Marston (HarperPrism, Oct/96)
• Broken Blade, Ann Marston (HarperPrism, Feb/97)
• The Freak, Carol Matas (Key Porter, 97) *
• The Power in the Dark, Barry Mathias (Salal Press, 97)
• Blood on the Unicorn, Mitchel Maxine (NPI, 96) *
• Dry As Dust, Susie Molonie (Doubleday Canada, 97) *
• Cereus Blooms At Night, Shani Mootoo (Press Gang Pub, 96) *
• The Claus Effect, David Nickle & Karl Schroeder (Tesseract, Nov/97)
• Awake And Dreaming, Kit Pearson (Viking, 96) *
• A Completely Different Place, Perry Nodelman (Groundwood, 96)
• Silverwing, Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins, 97) *
• The Stone Prince, Fiona Patton (DAW, Apr/97)
• Awake and Dreaming, Kit Pearson (Penguin, 96)
• The Siege, Graham Petrie (Soho, 96) *
• The Doom Brigade, Don Perrin (with Margaret Weiss) (TSR, 96) *
• Robot Blues, Don Perrin (with Margaret Weiss) (ROC, 96) *
• Theros Ironfield, Don Perrin (TSR, Mar/96)
• The Vampire's Visit, David A. Poulsen (Roussan, Oct/96)
• A Johnny Novel, Robert Richard (Toronto, Mercury, 97) *
• The Hidden Life of Humans: A Novel, Erika Ritter (Key Porter, 97) *
• Callahan's Legacy, Spider Robinson (Tor, Oct/96)
• Lifehouse, Spider Robinson (Baen, Apr/97)
• The Silver Stone, Joel Rosenberg (Avon, Apr/96)
• Beneath the Vaulted Hills, Sean Russell (DAW, Sept/97)
• Sea Without a Shore, Sean Russell (DAW, Feb/96)
• Frameshift, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor, June/97)
• Illegal Alien, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace, Dec/97)
• Tracks, R. Murray Schafer (Arcana, 97) *
• The Claus Effect, Karl Schroeder & David Nickle (Tesseract Books, Nov/97)
• Flight To Hollow Mountain, Mark Sebanc (W.B. Eerdmans, June/96) *
• Avenger, William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, May/97)
• The Return, William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Pocket, Apr/96)
• The Secret Of Sentinel Rock, Judith Silverthorne (Coteau, Sept/97)
• Sailor Man, Leo Simpson (Porcupines Quill, 96)
• Draugr, Arthur G. Slade (Victoria, Orca, 97) *
• Showdown: USA vs Militia, Ian Slater (Fawcett, Mar/97)
• WW III: South China Sea, Ian Slater (Fawcett, 96)
• The Taming, Heather Spears (Tesseract Books, June/96)
• Superlight, Steve Stanton (Skysong Press, 97) *
• Clouds End, Sean Stewart (Ace, Aug/96)
• The Night Watch, Sean Stewart (Ace, Nov/97)
• The Minstrel Boy, Sharon Stewart (Toronto, Napoleon Pub., 97) *
• Betrayals, S.M. Stirling (Dell, June/96)
• The Chosen, S.M. Stirling & D.Drake (Baen, June/96)
• Drakon, S.M. Stirling (Baen, Feb/96)
• The Ship Avenged, S.M. Stirling (Baen, 97)
• Vanishing Act, Cora Taylor (Red Deer College Press, 97) *
• Lord Soth, Edo van Belkom (TSR, first published Oct/97 not Dec/96)
• Broken Crown, Michelle West (DAW, July/97)
• Hunter's Death, Michelle West (DAW, June/96)
• The Fort At Rivers Bend, Jack Whyte (Viking, 97) *
• Metamorphosis, Jack Whyte (Viking, 97) *
• Soulworm, Edward Willett (Royal Fireworks Press, May/97)
• Weet's Quest, John Wilson (Napoleon Pub, Sept/97)
• A Scientific Romance, Ronald Wright (Knopf Canada, 97)
• Dogstar, Beverley & Chris Wood (Polestar, 97)
• Boating in the Territory, Bonzai Yak (Oasis, 96) (collection) *

Index

Meilleur livre en français / Best Long-Form Work in French
Dans la catégorie du meilleur roman ou recueil de fiction publié, écrit par un(e) écrivain(e) canadien(ne) et sorti au Canada en 1996 ou 1997, qui relève de la science-fiction ou du fantastique.

• Le Pigeon-doudou, Emmanuel Aquin (Boréal, 97)
• Le Sandwich au nilou-nilou, Emmanuel Aquin (Loze-Dion éditeur, 96)
• Le Dernier continent, François Avard (Les Intouchables, 97)
• Un fantôme d'amour, René Beaulieu (Ashem, 97)
• Les Voyageurs de la nuit, René Beaulieu (Éditions de l'A Venir, 97)
• Corps-machines et rêves d'anges, Alain Bergeron (Vents d'Ouest, 97)
• La Clairière Bouchard, Claude Bolduc (Vents d'Ouest, 96)
• Le Maître des goules, Claude Bolduc (Vents d'Ouest, 97)
• Absence, Camille Bouchard (Héritage, 96)
• Les Démons de Babylone, Camille Bouchard (Héritage, 96)
• Entre l'arbre et le roc, Marjolaine Bouchard (Éditions JCL, 97)
• Anatole le vampire, Boucher/Mativat (Hurtubise HMH, 96)
• Voyageur malgré lui, M.-A. Boucher-Mativat (Pierre Tisseyre, 96)
• Les Années d'errance. L'Oiseau de feu --- 3, Jacques Brossard (Leméac, 97)
• Mon amie Constance, Reynald Cantin (Héritage, 96)
• L'Argol, Laurent Chabin (Michel Quintin, 97)
• Chasseurs de rêves, Laurent Chabin (Boréal, 97)
• Le Peuple fantôme, Laurent Chabin (Boréal, 96)
• Le Rêveur polaire, Laurent Chabin (Boréal, 96)
• Coeur de fer, Joël Champetier (Orion, 97)
• La Peau blanche, Joël Champetier (Alire, 97)
• L'Enfance est une île, Pierre Chatillon (Triptyque, 97)
• L'Adieu aux étoiles, Romel Chery (Vents d'Ouest, 97)
• L'Île du savant fou, Denis Côté (La courte échelle, 96)
• Les Prédateurs de l'ombre, Denis Côté (La courte échelle, 97)
• L'Homme étoile, Monique de Gramont (Libre Expression, 96)
• Pourri comme la gloire, Jacques Desfossés (Pierre Tisseyre, 97)
• L'Ennemie, Brian Eaglenor (Héritage, 97)
• Trois séjours en sombres territoires, Louis Émond (Pierre Tisseyre, 96)
• Le Mystère de la chambre 7, Hélène Gagnier (Pierre Tisseyre, 96)
• La Neige, Pierre Gélinas (Tryptique, 96)
• L'Âge dur, Gabrielle Gourdeau (Éd. Trois-Pistoles, 96)
• Le Cauchemar de Klonk, François Gravel (Québec/Amérique, 97)
• Klonk et le Beatle mouillé, François Gravel (Québec/Amérique, 97)
• Que le diable l'emporte, Charlotte Guérette (Hurtubise HMH, 97)
• L'Odyssée du Pénélope, Jean-Pierre Guillet (Héritage, 97)
• La Deuxième Vie de Louis Thibert, François Jobin (Québec/Amérique, 96)
• Une voix troublante, Suzanne Julien (Pierre Tisseyre, 96)
• L'Arbre noir, Michel Lamontagne (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Le Rêve couleur d'orange, Jacques Lazure (Québec/Amérique, 96)
• Rumeurs de morts, Marc Lessard (Guy Saint-Jean Éd., 96)
• La Quête de la Crystale, Julie Martel (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Un traître au temple, Julie Martel (Médiaspaul, 96)
• L'Oeuf des dieux, Christian Martin (Pierre Tisseyre, 97)
• L'Ankou ou l'ouvrier de la mort, Daniel Mativat (Pierre Tisseyre, 96)
• Le Fils du Margrave, Yves Meynard (Médiaspaul, 97)
• Le Prince des glaces, Yves Meynard (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Le Vaisseau des tempêtes, Yves Meynard (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Un oeuf d'acier, Yves Meynard (Vents d'Ouest, 97)
• L'Appel des loups, Stanley Péan (La courte échelle, 97)
• Quand la bête est humaine, Stanley Péan (La courte échelle, 97)
• Treize pas vers l'inconnu, Stanley Péan (Pierre Tisseyre, 96)
• Zombi Blues, Stanley Péan (La courte échelle, 96)
• Cher ancêtre, Francine Pelletier (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Damien mort ou vif, Francine Pelletier (Médiaspaul, 97)
• Le Fantôme de l'opérateur, Francine Pelletier (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Nelle de Vilvèq, Francine Pelletier (Alire, 97)
• L'Assassiné de l'intérieur, Jean-Jacques Pelletier (L'instant même, 97)
• Hubert et les vampires, Josée Plourde (Michel Quintin, 97)
• Shalôm, Philippe Porée-Kurrer (Sivori, 96)
• Aboli, Esther Rochon (Alire, 96)
• Ouverture, Esther Rochon (Alire, 97)
• Petites fugues en lettres mineures, Daniel Sernine (Héritage, 97)
• Lia dans l'autre monde, Danielle Simard (Héritage, 96)
• Mes parents sont fous!, Danielle Simard (Héritage, 96)
• Le Jour de la lune, Jean-François Somain (Éditions du Vermillon, 97)
• Des colons pour Serendib, Jean-Louis Trudel (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Un été à Nigelle, Jean-Louis Trudel (Médiaspaul, 97)
• Fièvres sur Serendib, Jean-Louis Trudel (Médiaspaul, 96)
• Un hiver à Nigelle, Jean-Louis Trudel (Médiaspaul, 97)
• Les Princes de Serendib, Jean-Louis Trudel (Médiaspaul, 96)
• L'Été des eiders, Lise Vaillancourt (Leméac, 96)
• L'Autre rivage. Tyranaël - 4, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, 97)
• Mon frère l'ombre. Tyranaël - 3, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, 97)
• Le Jeu de la perfection, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, 96)
• La Mer allée avec le soleil. Tyranaël - 5, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, 97)
• Les Rêves de la mer, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, 96)

Index

Best Short-Form Work in English / Meilleure nouvelle en anglais
For a Science Fiction or Fantasy novella, novelette or short story by a Canadian writer, in English, released in Canada in 1997.

• "Consuming Fear", Colleen Anderson (Northern Frights 4)
• "Via Influenza", David Annandale (Northern Frights 4)
• "Pandora", David Arnason (Prairie Fire Summer/97)
• "Balkan Seige", Russell William Asplund (Realms of Fantasy Aug/97) *
• "Der Ring des Nibelungen", Russell William Asplund (MZBFM Spr/97) *
• "Thirteen Moons", Jennifer Babiak (Shiver #2) *
• "In Memory of", Don Bassingthwaite (Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, White Wolf) *
• "Three Days or Six", Don Bassingthwaite (Dark Tyrants, White Wolf)
• "Transfer", Stephanie Bedwell-Grime (Northern Frights 4)
• "A Palimpsest", Ven Begamudré (Grain Magazine v25 #2)
• "The Last Day", Dick Bird (TransVersions #6)
• "The Children of Gael", Benoit Bisson & Nancy Kilpatrick (Northern Frights 4)
• "A Wall", Sylvie Bérard (Tesseracts 6) (originally: "Un mur")
• "Horror Story", Robert Boyczuk (Northern Frights 4)
• "The Reality War", Robert Boyczuk (On Spec Win/97)
• "Blackberry Pie", Jeanne Brannesecca (Strange Wonderland #1) *
• "Coming Of Age", Jeanne Brannesecca (Strange Wonderland #1) *
• "Erin's Point", Jeanne Brannesecca (Strange Wonderland #2) *
• "Nightmare Beneath the Ice", Eric Brown (Parsec Fall/97)
• "A Prayer For The Insect Gods", Morgan Burke (Writers Of The Future XIII, Bridge) *
• "New World Man", Cliff Burns (On Spec Fall/97)
• "Family Melodies", Laurie Channer (On Spec Win/97)
• "The PlayTime Case", David Chato (On Spec Win/97)
• "Divisions", Eric Choi (Tesseracts 6)
• "Roses from Granny", MaryE. Choo (Northern Frights 4)
• "The Hand Of Fair Lysette", Michael Coney (The Chronicles of The Round Table, Raven) *
• "Shout of the Storm Riders", Michael Coney (TransVersions #6)
• "First Contact Inc.", Julie E. Czerneda (First Contact, DAW)
• "Black Ops", Barbara Delaplace (First Contact, DAW)
• "Home Key", Barbara Delaplace (Elf Fantastic, DAW)
• "In the Cards", Barbara Delaplace (Tarot Fantastic, DAW)
• "Rx", Barbara Delaplace (Return of the Dinosaurs, DAW)
• "That'll Be the Day", Barbara Delaplace (with Jack C. Haldeman, II) (Alternate Tyrants, Tor)
• "Crow Girls", Charles de Lint (F&SF, Jan/97) [eligible]
• "In the Pines", Charles de Lint (Destination Unknown, White Wolf)
• "Wild Horses", Charles de Lint (Tarot Fantastic, DAW)
• "The One Act", A.M. Dellamonica (Realms of Fantasy Dec/97)
• "Lancelot's Last Quest", Ted DeMarsh (On Spec Fall/97) *
• "Jaime Spanglish in the Nile", Cory Doctorow (On Spec Win/97)
• "Here Be Dragons", Candas Jane Dorsey (Tesseracts 6)
• "The Doom Of Adam", David Dylan (Shiver #3) *
• "The Diarist", Gemma Files (TransVersions #7)
• "Love-in-Idleness", James Alan Gardner (Tesseracts 6)
• "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Blood Stream", James Alan Gardner (Asimov's, Feb/97)
• "Thirteen Views Of A Cardboard City", William Gibson (New Worlds, Borealis) *
• "End City", Phyllis Gotlieb (SF Age, Mar/97)
• "Keeper of the Mist", Cynthia I. Green (Strange Wonderland #2)
• "The Fishmonger's Emeralds", Katie Harse (Tesseracts 6)
• "The Cure", Eva Hatway & Tracy Lee (Shiver #2) *
• "Casserole Diplomacy", Fiona Heath (On Spec Spring/97)
• "Twilight of the Real", Wesley Herbert (On Spec Win/97)
• "Evolutionary Game", Robyn Herrington (Return of the Dinosaurs, DAW)
• "Under the ocean, there are no stars", Robyn Herrington (Parsec, v2 #2)
• "Zoe Forever", Robyn Herrington (Talebones #6)
• "Money Tree", Nalo Hopkinson (Tesseracts 6)
• "Riding the Red", Nalo Hopkinson (Black Swan, White Raven, Avon)
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream Team", Tanya Huff (Elf Fantastic, DAW)
• "The Cards Also Say", Tanya Huff (The Fortune Teller, DAW)
• "The Demon's Den", Tanya Huff (The Sword Of Ice & Other Tales Of Valdemar, DAW)
• "In Mysterious Ways", Tanya Huff (Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, White Wolf)
• "Mirror, Mirror, on the Lam", Tanya Huff (Wizard Fantastic, DAW)
• "Symbols Are a Percussion Instrument", Tanya Huff (Tarot Fantastic, DAW)
• "The Cherry Grove", Aaron V. Humphrey (On Spec Winter/97)
• "Fully Functional Bliss", Jan Lars Jensen (On Spec Summer/97)
• "Hippotigris", Jan Lars Jensen (Tesseracts 6)
• "The Wastelands: a Beginning", K.V. Johansen (On Spec Fall/97)
• "Alien", Judith Milstein Katz (Grain Magazine v25 #2)
• "The Watley Man and the Green-Eyed Girl", Eileen Kernaghan (TransVersions #7)
• "Brina", Nancy Kilpatrick (Wetbones Spr/97)
• "Raggedy Ann", Nancy Kilpatrick (Dancing With The Dark, Vista) *
• "The Children of Gael", Nancy Kilpatrick & Benoit Bisson (Northern Frights 4)
• "Generation Why", Nancy Kilpatrick (The Urbanite #9)
• "Teaserama", Nancy Kilpatrick (The Mammoth Book of Dracula, Robinson)
• "Bringing Back Sarah", Steven R. Laker (On Spec Summer/97)
• "Einstein, the Sequel", Darren Latta (On Spec Spring/97)
• "The Cure", Tracy Lee & Eva Hatway (Shiver #2) *
• "That Old Silk Hat They Found", Mark Leslie (Strange Wonderland #1) *
• "Bleedingheart", Alex Link (On Spec Sum/97)
• "Death Knell", Phil Locascio (Shiver #2) *
• "Like a Shadow, Like a Dream", Scott Mackay (Tesseracts 6)
• "Reasons Unknown", Scott Mackay (Northern Frights 4)
• "Gunrunner's Blues", Kris MacKinnon (Shiver #2) *
• "The Bone House", Catherine MacLeod (On Spec Win/97)
• "Sahgora", Catherine MacLeod (TransVersions #7)
• "Skulling Medusa", Catherine MacLeod (Tesseracts 6)
• "Hello, Jane, Good-Bye", Sally McBride (Northern Frights 4)
• "Sagittarius Rising", Ann Marston (with Mike Resnick) (Zodiac Fantastic, DAW)
• "The Ugly One", Ann Marston (Return of the Dinosaurs, DAW)
• "The Hunter", Troy Matsumiya (Shiver #2) *
• "Mirror Monster", Stephen Meade (Northern Frights 4)
• "Within The Mechanism", Yves Meynard (Tomorrow SF Jan/97) *
• "Meanwhile, Somewhere in Saskatchewan", Anna Mioduchowska (On Spec Spring/97)
• "If I Should Die Before I Wake", David Morrell (Millennium, Voyager and Revelations, HarperPrism) *
• "Souvenirs", Yves Meynard (Tesseracts 6)
• "Canadaland", Derryl Murphy (On Spec Spr/97)
• "Frail Orbits", Derryl Murphy (On Spec Sum/97)
• "What Goes Around", Derryl Murphy (Tesseracts 6) and (Time Machines, Carroll & Graf)
• "The Pit-Heads", David Nickle (Northern Frights 4)
• "Rat Food", David Nickle & Edo van Belkom (On Spec Spr/97)
• "Alien Rites and Wrongs", MarianneO. Nielsen (On Spec Spr/97)
• "Jonque", Rusty Nixon (Shiver #2) *
• "A Loosh Venture", Rusty Nixon (Shiver #3) *
• "The Whole Vampire Thing", Ron Oliver (Brothers of the Night, Cleis)
• "This Industrial City", Brian Panhuyzen (On Spec Sum/97)
• "Bugtown", Ursula Pflug (TransVersions, #6)
• "Once", Ursula Pflug (On Spec Sum/97)
• "Repair", Ursula Pflug (On Spec Fall/97)
• "Into the Pot", Mark Piper (On Spec Fall/97)
• "Black Taxis", Kate Pullinger (My Life As A Girl In A Men's Prison, Little Brown) *
• "Chad", Kate Riedel (On Spec Spr/97) [eligible: 1st pro publication]
• "Family Reunion", Kate Riedel (Strange Wonderland #2)
• "Post Toast", Spider Robinson (The Callahan Chronicals, Tor) [eligible]
• "More You May Not Expect From Runté", Leon Rooke (Prairie Fire Winter/97)
• "The Dead of Winter", Michael Rowe (Brothers of the Night, Cleis)
• "Red Mischief", Michael Rowe (Northern Frights 4)
• "Winter Street", W. Fraser Sandercombe (Haunts #32)
• "Forever", Robert J. Sawyer (Return of the Dinosaurs, DAW)
• "Gator", RobertJ. Sawyer (Urban Nightmares, Baen)
• "The Hand You're Dealt", RobertJ. Sawyer (Free Space, Tor)
• "The Engine of Recall", Karl Schroeder (Aboriginal SF Win/97)
• "Doomball", Keith Scott (On Spec Fall/97)
• "In the Belly of the Cat", Keith Scott (TransVersions #7)
• "Frog Gods", Carl Sieber (On Spec Fall/97)
• "Tin House", Michael Skeet (Northern Frights 4)
• "Daddy's Little Girl", Mandy Slater (The Mammoth Book of Dracula, Robinson) *
• "Spirit Dance", Douglas Smith (Tesseracts 6)
• "Prescribed Burn", Jena Snyder (Tesseracts 6)
• "The Covenant with the Bees", ErikJon Spigel (On Spec Sum/97)
• "The Hills", William Southey (On Spec Winter/97)
• "At Fort Assumption", DaleL. Sproule (Northern Frights 4)
• "Going Grey", W. Gregory Stewart (Strange Wonderland #1) *
• "The Shuffleman", Michael Stokes (On Spec Spr/97)
• "The Road", Cathleen Thom (TransVersions #6)
• "Mona", Cathleen Thom (On Spec Sum/97)
• "Third Night", Robert Thomson (Brothers Of The Night, Cleis Press) *
• "The Healing Fountain", Hayden Trenholm (On Spec Fall/97)
• "Red Tide", Hayden Trenholm (Tesseracts 6)
• "Glory Days", Dietmar Trommeshauser (Shiver #3)
• "Where Angels Fall", Jean-Louis Trudel (Tesseracts 6)
• "Transit", Gerald L. Truscott (TransVersions #7)
• "Write Me", D.G. Valdron (Interzone Oct/97) *
• "The Girl Next Door", Edo van Belkom (Urges #4)
• "Ice Bridge", Edo van Belkom (Northern Frights 4)
• "Letting Go", Edo van Belkom (Brothers of the Night, Cleis)
• "The October Crisis", Edo van Belkom (Alternate Tyrants, Tor)
• "Roadside Desistance", Edo van Belkom (1997 World Horror Convention Program Book)
• "The Rug", Edo van Belkom (Robert Bloch's Psychos, Pocket)
• "Rat Food", Edo van Belkom & David Nickle (On Spec Spr/97)
• "Fracture", Michael Vance (Tesseracts 6)
• "The Sleeper in the Crystal", Élisabeth Vonarburg (Tesseracts 6)
• "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie", DianeL. Walton (On Spec Sum/97)
• "Dead of Winter", Carol Weekes (Northern Frights 4)
• "Bootlegger", Andrew Weiner (Tesseracts 6)
• "Choice", Michelle West (The Sword Of Ice & Other Tales of Valdemar, DAW)
• "By the Work, One Knows", Michelle Sagara West (Zodiac Fantastic, DAW)
• "The Dead that Sow", Michelle Sagara West (Wizard Fantastic, DAW)
• "Flight", Michelle Sagara West (Return of the Dinosaurs, DAW)
• "The Law of Man", Michelle Sagara West (Elf Fantastic, DAW)
• "The Sword In The Stone", Michelle Sagara West (Alternate Tyrants, Tor) *
• "Turn of the Card", Michelle Sagara West (Tarot Fantastic, DAW)
• "Under the Skin", Michelle Sagara West (Elf Magic, DAW)
• "The Vision of Men", Michelle Sagara West (The Fortune Teller, DAW)
• "Bullbreaker", Elizabeth Westbrook (On Spec Win/97)
• "The Serpents of Europa", A. Jaye Williams (Parsec Fall/97)
• "The Inner Inner City", Robert Charles Wilson (Northern Frights 4)
• "Protocols of Consumption", Robert Charles Wilson (Tesseracts 6)
• "The Sacrifice", Melissa J. Yuan (Parsec Fall/97)
• "The Accordionist", Vivian Zenari (TransVersions #7)
• "Castorologia", Steve Zipp (On Spec Spr/97)

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Meilleure nouvelle en français / Best Short-Form Work in French
Dans la catégorie de la meilleure nouvelle publiée, écrite par un(e) écrivain(e) canadien(ne) et sortie au Canada en 1997, qui relève de la science-fiction ou du fantastique.

• «Le Fou qui creusait des tombes», Abel Abi-Rached (Stop 151)
• «Ève-Marie», Natasha Beaulieu (L'ASFFQ 1992, Alire)
• «Un fantôme d'amour», René Beaulieu (Un fantôme d'amour, Ashem)
• «Dernier chant», René Beaulieu (Les Voyageurs de la nuit, Éditions de l'À Venir)
• «L'Autre», René Beaulieu (Les Voyageurs de la nuit, Éditions de l'À Venir)
• «Le Curé désespéré», Christophe Bélair (Stop 151)
• «Les petits pots», Denis Bélisle (Solaris 120)
• «Pharmacopées», Sylvie Bérard (Solaris 120)
• «La T-005», Sylvie Bérard (imagine... 77)
• «Mat», Martin Bellefeuille (imagine... 78)
• «Rencontre d'un soir», Richard Blanchette (Solaris 123)
• «Dieu ne badine pas avec les bas filets», Normand Boisvert (Nouvelles vagues pour une époque floue, Triptyque)
• «Dis-moi que tu m'aimes», Claude Bolduc (imagine... 77)
• «Splendeurs», Claude Bolduc (Ah! aimer..., Vents d'ouest)
• «Empreinte», Martine Boutet (Stop 151)
• «La Voyeuse», Manon Brunet (imagine... 78)
• «Le Souffle», Pascal Caron (Stop 151)
• «L'Os d'Arkalash», Cartier-Jones (Solaris 123) (*)
• «L'Arbre qui pleure», Laurent Chabin (L'Argol, Michel Quintin)
• «La Comète», Laurent Chabin (L'Argol, Michel Quintin)
• «Le Loup et le loup», Laurent Chabin (L'Argol, Michel Quintin)
• «Badelaire l'assassin», Joël Champetier (Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul)
• «Dot», Pierre Chatillon (imagine... 78)
• «La Clé des champs», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «Roland Dupont», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «Les Anneaux», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «La Dame blanche», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «Nostalgie», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «Le Goéland blessé», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «Les Fictifs», Pierre Chatillon (L'Enfance est une île, Triptyque)
• «Akmee», Harold Côté (Solaris 122)
• «Le Refus», Marc-Antoine Cyr (Stop 149)
• «Les Funambules», Luc-André D'Aragon (Solaris 122)
• «From Schenectady, with love», Dominique François Durand (Stop 150)
• «La Maison qui n'existait pas», Frédérick Durand (imagine... 78)
• «Le Complexe d'Andromède», Pascal Fréchette (imagine... 77)
• «Les Nuits du colonel Richenchy», Daniel Gagnon (Fortune Rocks, XYZ éditeur)
• «La Confession», Martin Gélinas (imagine... 78)
• «Sous l'oeil du tigre», Hans-Jürgen Greif (Solistes, L'instant même)
• «Procès sur Véga», Jean-Pierre Guillet (Entre voisins, Pierre Tisseyre)
• «L'Ange échoué», Marie-Ève Lacasse (Masques, Vents d'Ouest)
• «L'élixir», Marie-Ève Lacasse (Masques, Vents d'Ouest)
• «Apocalypse privée», André Lemelin (Stop 151)
• «Cobalt», Sonia Lessard (imagine... 78)
• «Dialogues de sourds», Julie Martel (Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul)
• «Les Voix cruelles», Julie Martel (Solaris 121)
• «La horde», Christian Martin (Proxima 2/3)
• «Les Langues de la mer», Yves Meynard (Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul)
• «Une lettre de ma mère», Yves Meynard (Solaris 121)
• «L'Impasse», Maxime-Olivier Moutier (Risible et noir, Triptyque)
• «Volution», Martin Ouellet (Stop 149)
• «Le Sculpteur de glace», Réal Ouellet (Regards et dérives, L'instant même)
• «Le Cortège nuptial», Réal Ouellet (Regards et dérives, L'instant même)
• «La Dune de sable», Réal Ouellet (Regards et dérives, L'instant même)
• «Enfants de la nuit», Stanley Péan (Stop 150)
• «Retour sur Arkadie», Francine Pelletier (Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul)
• «L'Homme qui avait avalé un gouffre», Jean-Jacques Pelletier (L'ASFFQ 1992, Alire)
• «Par-delà la voie ferrée», Jean Pettigrew (L'ASFFQ 1992, Alire)
• «Erotica de Milo», Francine Renaud (Stop 151)
• «Les Coeurs cristallisés», Marie-élaine Savard (imagine... 78)
• «Dans ses yeux une flamme», Daniel Sernine (Entre voisins, Pierre Tisseyre)
• «Banshee», Daniel Sernine (Petites fugues en lettres mineures, Héritage)
• «Un vent de panique», Daniel Sernine (Petites fugues en lettres mineures, Héritage)
• «Rumeurs», Daniel Sernine (Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul)
• «Le Berger de comètes», Jean-Louis Trudel (Les Débrouillards, Avril 1997)
• «Le Choix du lion, le festin des chacals», Jean-Louis Trudel (Étoiles vives 1)
• «Les codes de l'honneur», Jean-Louis Trudel (Concerto pour six voix, Médiaspaul)
• «Le deuxième carnet de Villard», Jean-Louis Trudel (imagine... 77)
• «Fictions et fantascience», Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 121)
• «Les jardiniers», Jean-Louis Trudel (Éloizes 24)
• «Chambre 12», Sébastien Val (Stop 149)
• «Le Musée de l'impermanence», Élisabeth Vonarburg (Effet de lieu, le 3e impérial)

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Best Other Work in English / Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre)
For Science Fiction or Fantasy activity, in English, by a Canadian, in 1997, not encompassed by the previous categories. For example: critical writing, media presentation, anthologies, magazines, poetry, translator. Note: If nominating a TV show, please nominate individual episodes or story arcs.

• "A Brief History Of Fear", Steven Artelle (Zygote #4) *
• "A Dog's Life", Ursula Pflug (Freezer Burn Magazine #7) (poem)
• "Angels Call", Colleen Anderson (Talebones #6 Winter/97) (poem)
• "Avalanche", Nancy Bennett (TransVersions #7) (poem)
• "Bad Seed", Nancy Bennett (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "Belford's Bram Stoker: A Biography", Margaret Carol Davison (Science Fiction Studies Mar/97)
• "Belief", Janet L. Hetherington (Eternal Romances) (poem)
• Al Betz, "Ask Mr. Science" column (On Spec)
• "Binary Love", Peter Bloch-Hansen (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "Blood Brothers: Dracula and Jack the Ripper", Margaret Carol Davison (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "Catastrophe Theory", Claudio Ierulli (On Spec Summer/97) (poem)
• "Cenotaphs", Carolyn Clink (TransVersions #6) (poem)
• John Clute, editing (The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Tales in Time)
• "Dark Song", Robyn Herrington (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "The Death of Dracula: A Darwinian Approach to the Vampires Evolution", Benjamin H. Leblanc (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "The Deep", Carolyn Clink (Northern Frights 4) (poem)
• Deepwater Black, TV series (*)
  • Awakening (DwB #1)
  • Lullaby (DwB #2)
  • Legacy (DwB #3)
  • Reflections (DwB #4)
  • Infestation (DwB #5)
  • Plague (DwB #6)
  • Fugue (DwB #7)
  • Siege (DwB #8)
  • Cycles (DwB #9)
  • Hunt (DwB #10)
  • Aurora (DwB #11)
  • Refugee (DwB #12)
  • Prime (DwB #13)
• Charles de Lint, "Books to Look For" review column in F&SF
• "Dracula as a Contemporary Ethnography: A Critique of Mediated Moralities and Mysterious Mythologies", Livy Visano (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "Draculafilm: 'High' and 'Low' Until the End of the World", Jake Brown (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "Dracula's Heart of Darkness", Daniel Richler (Shift May/97)
• Carol Margaret Davison, editing Bram Stoker's Dracula: Sucking Through the Century, 1897-1997 (Dundern Press) (with Paul Simpson-Housley)
• Earth: Final Conflict, TV show (*) [listed by initial Canadian view date]
  • Decision (EFC v101, Sep 26)
  • Truth (EFC v102, Oct 3)
  • Old Flame (EFC v105, Oct 10)
  • Avatar (EFC v104, Oct 17)
  • Miracle (EFC v103, Oct 24)
  • Scorpion Dreams (EFC v109, Oct 31)
  • Float Like a Butterfly (EFC v106, Nov 7)
  • Resurrection (EFC v107, Nov 14)
  • Horizon Zero (EFC v108, Nov 21)
  • Live Free or Die (EFC v110, Dec 5)
  • Sandoval's Run (EFC v112, Dec 17)
• Eternal Romance, Janet L. Hetherington (Best Destiny)
• "First Contact", Jacqueline Pearce (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "Frankenstein's 'Conversion' from Natural Magic to Modern Science", David Ketterer (Science Fiction Studies Mar/97)
• "From The Grave", Zoe Grey, Zygote #4 (poem) *
• "Furnished Materials: Grave Robbing, Frankenstein and the Anatomy of Literature", David Ketterer (Science Fiction Studies Mar/97)
• "Ghostdancing", Edward Baranosky (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "Growling", Nancy Bennett (TransVersions #6) (poem)
• "The Hate Letter", Barry Butson (TransVersions #6) (poem)
• "Horrors", R.G. Des Dixon (Zygote #4) (poem) *
• "I Held An Angel", Nancy Bennett (Strange Wonderland #2) (poem)
• "If I Had Wings", Dora Knez (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "In Search of Naive Criticism", David Dalgleish (Science Fiction Studies Mar/97)
• "Jack Womack and the Horned Heart of Neuropa", William Gibson (SF Eye #15)
• Chris Krejlgaard, "Out There" newspaper column (Sudbury Star, Moncton Times-Transcript, and Fredericton Daily-Gleaner)
• "Locating Dracula: Contextualising the Geography of Transylvania", Lorraine Wright (with Gerald Walker) (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "The Lost Valley of Adanac", Robert Runté (On Spec Spr/97)
• "lunary", Clélie Rich (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "Minor Metamorphosis", Barry Butson (On Spec Summer/97) (poem)
• "Monsters, and the Apprehension of Modernity", Richard Anderson (Bram Stoker's Dracula) *
• "Mother Was Called Luna", Nancy Bennett (TransVersions #6) (poem)
• "New Moon", Carolyn Clink (Analog Oct/97) (poem)
• "Nocturne", Sandra Kasturi (Northern Frights 4) (poem)
• Northern Frights 4, Don Hutchison, ed. (Mosaic Press) (anthology)
• "Nova", Nancy Bennett (Terra Incognita Spr/97) (poem)
• "novum is as novum does", Darko Suvin (Foundation #69)
• "On Reading Bradbury", Sandra Kasturi (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• On Spec, sf magazine (Copper Pig Writers' Society)
• The Outer Limits, TV show (*)
  • Bits of Love (OL #44)
  • Second Thoughts (OL #45)
  • Re-Generation (OL #46)
  • Last Supper (OL #47)
  • Stream of Consciousness (OL #48)
  • Dark Rain (OL #49)
  • The Camp (OL #50)
  • Heart's Desire (OL #51)
  • Tempests (OL #52)
  • The Awakening (OL #53)
  • New Lease (OL #54)
  • Double Helix (OL #55)
  • Dead Man's Switch (OL #56)
  • Music of the Spheres (OL #57)
  • The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson (OL #58)
  • Bodies of Evidence (OL #59)
  • Feasibility Study (OL #60)
  • A Special Edition (OL #61)
• "Overheard", Mici Gold (TransVersions, #7) (poem)
• "Paradis' Anthology of Essays On Canadian SF&F", Henry Leperlier (Science Fiction Studies July/97)
• Parsec, Chris Krejlgaard, ed. (Parsec Publishing Co) (sf magazine)
• "Popeye's Arms", Dietmar Trommeshauser (TransVersions #7) (poem)
• ReBoot, animated TV series (Mainframe Entertainment, Inc.)
  • To Mend and Defend (ReBoot v3.1.1)
  • Between a Raccoon and a Hard Place (ReBoot v3.1.2)
  • Firewall (ReBoot v3.1.3)
  • Game Over (ReBoot v3.1.4)
  • Icons (ReBoot v3.2.1)
  • Where No Sprite Has Gone Before (ReBoot v3.2.2)
  • Number 7 (ReBoot v3.2.3)
  • The Episode With No Name (ReBoot v3.2.4)
  • The Return of the Crimson Binome (ReBoot v3.3.1)
  • The Edge of Beyond (ReBoot v3.3.2)
  • Webriders on the Storm (ReBoot v3.3.3)
  • Mousetrap (ReBoot v3.3.4)
• "Reluctant Praise", Peter Watts (On Spec Spr/97)
• "Revising Red Riding Hood", Denise Kelly LeBlanc (Zygote Fall/97) *
• "Safe Return", Gerald Upton (TransVersions #7) (poem)
• Robert J. Sawyer, "On Writing" column (On Spec)
• "Sean French on 'The Terminator'", Peter Fitting (Science Fiction Studies July/97)
• "Silver Knights On Metal Steeds", Nancy Bennett (Strange Wonderland #2) (poem)
• "Sin Eater", Eileen Kernaghan (TransVersions #6) (poem)
• "Skinny Dipping", Mici Gold (Northern Frights 4) (poem)
• "Sluggish", Laura Houghton (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "The Supernatural Ronin: Vampires In Japanese Anime", Natalie Bartlett & Bradley Bellows (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "Teaching the Vampire: Dracula in the Classroom", Norma Rowen (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• "The Technobody and Its Discontents", Veronica Hollinger (Science Fiction Studies Mar/97)
• Tesseracts 6, Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, eds. (Tesseract Books) (anthology)
• TransVersions, Sally McBride & Dale L. Sproule, eds. (Island Specialty Reports) (sf magazine)
• "Tripping", Kurt Newton (TransVersions #7) (poem)
• "Ungrounded", Nancy Bennett (TransVersions, #7) (poem)
• "The Vampire and the Alien: Gothic Horror and Science Fiction",Veronica Hollinger (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
• Michelle West, book review column in F&SF
• "Whisper", Lia Pas (Tesseracts 6) (poem)
• "whistling women", Rhea Rose (Tesseracts 6) (poem)

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Meilleur ouvrage en français / Best Other Work in French
Dans la catégorie du meilleur travail relevant de la science-fiction ou du fantastique canadiens en 1997, qui n'est pas compris dans les catégories précédentes. Par exemple: anthologie ou collectif, revue, activité médiatique, critique littéraire, édition ou direction littéraire, poésie, traducteur.

• «L'Amiral du brouillard, un autre Chercheur de trésors», Thierry Vincent (Lurelu, v.19, #3)
• «L'art de la peur», Alain Bergeron (Stephen King: Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
• «Assonances bouddhiques chez Lovecraft», Esther Rochon (Solaris 121)
• «Un baiser dans le noir -- Quand Stephen King se fait nouvelliste», Guy Sirois (Stephen King: Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
• Alain Bergeron, «L'Anachorète dilettante» (Solaris 120-123) (column/chronique)
• «Cent bougies pour Dracula», Claude Marcil (La Presse, fév 2)
• «De quelques virtualités rituelles: L'état dans les genres», Muriel Martin (Solaris 120)
• «Une extraterrestre parmi nous!», Sonia Sarfati (La Presse, juin 06)
• Frankenstein Opus 410, Norbert Spehner (Ashem Fictions)
• «Les Galaxiales de Nancy», Élisabeth Vonarburg (Solaris 123)
• imagine..., Paul-G. Croteau/Jean-Marc Gouanvic, réd. (Les Imaginoïdes) [77/78]
• «Intertextualité et fantastique», Frédérick Durand (Solaris 120)
• Jean Lacombe, Un loup pour l'homme [Hamicase], scénario et art
• Jekyll et Hyde Opus 600, Norbert Spehner (Ashem Fictions)
• Michèle Laframboise, Pianissimo [Zone Convective 1997], scénario et art
• «La Ligne verte: King chez Dickens», Hugues Morin (Stephen King: Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
• La littérature fantastique et le spectre de l'humour, Georges Desmeules (L'instant même)
• Hugues Morin, editor/directeur (Stephen King: Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
• «Le Paradoxe Denis Côté», Sonia Sarfati (La Presse, mai 25)
• «Quatre utopies québécoises», Georges Desmeules (Québec français 104)
• «Romans dérivés de Star Wars: Hauts et bas de résurrections cinématographiques», Hugues Morin (Solaris 123)
• «La Rose de fer», Martin Bellefeuille (imagine... 78)
• «La Science-Fiction à travers les années», Michel T. Prévost (Solaris 123)
• Solaris, Hugues Morin, réd. (Les Compagnons à temps perdu)
• «Sport-Fiction: Le hockey et la science-fiction québécoise», Jean-Pierre April (imagine... 77)
• «Steampunk: Rationalités et résurrections victoriennes», Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 121)
• «La Tour sombre: la quête de Roland de Gilead», Laurine Spehner (Stephen King: Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
• «Virus: Réalité et fiction dans The Stand, de Stephen King», Hugues Morin (Solaris 122)

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