Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Grand Master Award Given Joe Haldeman

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will award author Joe Haldeman its Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2010. The award "recognizes excellence for a lifetime of contributions to the genres of science fiction and fantasy."
Haldeman is the author of 20 novels and five collections. The Forever War won the Nebula, Hugo and Ditmar Awards for best science fiction novel in 1975. Other notable titles include Camouflage, The Accidental Time Machine and Marsbound as well as the short works "Graves," "Tricentennial" and "The Hemingway Hoax." Starbound is scheduled for a January release. Haldeman officially receives the award at the Nebula Awards Weekend in May in Hollywood, Fla.

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