Dragon*Con so far has been its usual amazing combination of controlled chaos, with tons of people everywhere, fans decked out in hall costumes that are better than what you see in most masquerade competitions, and a steady flow of enthusiastic fans.
This evening I MC'd the Dragon*Con Awards ceremony in which the organizers present special plaques to the designated guests of honor. A surprise to me, however, was the winner of the Julie Award, an award conceived of by Dragon*Con some years back in honor of Julie Schwartz. It's given for achievement in a variety of media, and past winners have included Harlan, Neil Gaiman and Joss Whedon. This year--and I suspect it's why Con organizer Pat Henry wanted me as MC--I was the recipient of the award. I couldn't be more pleased, although it serves to remind me of just how much I miss him.
PAD
Posted by Peter David at September 1, 2007 09:55 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingCongrats, you deserved it. Just wish I could have been there this year to see it.
Congratulations! I would imagine that Mr. Schwartz himself would have been delighted with the choice.
Mazel Tov, Peter. When Julie originally told me that the award was given for achievement in multiple fields, I figured it would only be a matter of time before you won. I'm sure Julie would be very pleased with their selection of you as this year's recipient.
All hail Peter David, the KING OF ALL MEDIA!
Um, well, in sci-fi/fantasy, that is.
That is, for this year.
:-)
Also, according to Pat Henry, Peter was the last recipient chosen by Julie himself for this award... we were all surprised and pleased at the table when he won, though!
Here's a shot of Peter and Ariel with the award: http://www.zteamproductions.com/images/PeterJulieAward.jpg
So - congrats!
Any awards for my Rotten Kid Brother?
Who is Josh Whedon?
(Is he related to noted director and writer Joss Whedon?)
---matt
Oh dear Peter, oh dear, oh dear oh dear . . .
Josh Whedon . . .
Oh dear . . .
Still, congratulations David Peter.
I can't believe he got Joss Stone's last name wrong! How embarassing!
I started a blog to publish a short story every day for an entire year and today's story is about a Comic Book Nerd.
Would love to know what you thought of it. It's at http://topwritecorner.com/2007/09/03/comic-book-nerd/
and I hope someone likes it.
Cheers!
Odd - I thought I'd posted this the other night... anyway, here's the link again of Peter with the award that night:
http://www.zteamproductions.com/images/PeterJulieAward.jpg
Ah, I was wondering if we were going to receive a D*C update from you ^_^. Congratulations on the award.
Circumstances made it impossible for me to attend this year, so I've missed all your great panels. Oh, well; holding my breath until DragonCon 2008! :-)
Just got in from day 4 and am very tired. Had a great great time at the show and even snagged a nice spot for my table. Had a blast sharing the panel with you, Dan, and Sean on Sunday, Peter. Much fun.
Bobby
Not to sound like a broken record, but congrats Peter.
Add me to the chorus of congratulations for your well - deserved award!
Congrats, Peter. Wish I could have been there (especially since Prometheus Radio Theatre won a Parsec Award! Woo-hoo!).
Grats, PAD. We've got friends that went this year...not sure how many Selene's from Underworld there were this year, but she was one of them...and all her stories are making us very jealous. Once the kids get big enough to leave with a gramma or uncle for a weekend, we'll have to make the trip. Sounds like a blast.
