Bibliogryphon

Winners of the World Fantasy Award 1. Patricia A. McKillip (1948) 2. William Kotzwinkle (1943) 3. Michael Moorcock (1939) 4. Elizabeth A. Lynn (1946) 5. John Crowley (1942) 6. Barry Hughart (1934) 7. Dan Simmons (1948) 8. Patrick Suskind (1949) 9. Peter Straub (1943) 10. James K Morrow (1947) 11. Ellen Kushner (1955) 12. Robert R. McCammon (1952) 13. Tim Powers (1952) 14. Lewis Shiner (1950) 15. Christopher Priest (1943) 16. Rachel Pollack (1945) 17. Jeffrey Ford (1955) 18. Louise Erdrich (1954) 19. Martin Scott (1956) 20. Sean Stewart (1965) 21. Jo Walton (1964) 22. Susanna Clarke (1959) 23. Haruki Murakami (1949) 24. Guy Gavriel Kay (1954) 25. Margo Lanagan (1960) 26. China Mieville (1972) 27. Nueni Okorafor (1974) 28. Laive Tidhar (1976) 29. E Willow Wilson (1982) 30. Sofia Samatar (1971) 31. David Mitchell (1969) 32. Anna Smaill (b.1979) 33. Claire North (b.1986) 34. Victor LaVelle (b.1972) 35. Fonda Lee (b.1979) Updated for Gene Wolfe and winners since David Mitchell. Oldest living winner now is Barry Hughart author of the magnificent Bridge of Birds

Ready if you are. Thanks for running. We could do with some fast and furious action.

That was my first thought too but the angle of David's hand isn't quite right. Think he just has his thumb in his pocket or waistband. Wishful thinking in these slow times.

Twitter & Wiki reporting Gene Wolfe (Book of the New Sun) dead. Unique DDP hit for me if true.

Something good is gonna happen I don't know when But saying that might even make it happen

That's no good you would not be able to see all you lovely books while you are sitting in it and what would happen if you spilt your tea!

That is the sort of scientific analysis that the current incumbent subscribes to. Lets hope he takes notice.

The Crowdsourced List is still on zero and the only hit on the Drop 40 is someone who would have struggled to climb the fame hurdle. I just think that Death is missing the obvious targets. If we do not have 5 hits by the end of August I will worry but we have had long droughts before.

Bibi Andersson provides @paddyfool with a hit bringing the leaderboard up to six.

Plural not possessive.

As an example of just how bad things are at the moment this week's line up is Sydney Brenner Dan Robbins Edda Tasiemka Ian McDonald No me neither

We are 100 days into 2019 and we have 1 hit. In 2008, the best year at this point there were 6 hits and in 2014 the worst (recent) year at this point we had two hits. In 2011 where we only had 7 his overall we were already at 4 hits at this point and in the record breaking year at this point it was only three hits. So based on this the final tally could be anywhere between 4 & 15.

Comparison of the current list with the 2019 Crowdsourced list 27 out of 50 Not included in Official Deathlist 3/27 are on both 2018 list and 2019 Drop 40 (Pope Benedict, Jill Gascoine & Leslie Phillips) Another one was on the 2018 but not on the drop 40 (Olivia Newton-John) 9/27 made the drop 40 (JLT, Ricksen, Conway, Alagiah, Turnbull, Jones, Blanco, Kerslake & Ginsberg) See earlier post for comments. That leaves 14 names to review Dilip Kumar – Low fame but very ill Le Duc Anh – As Former president of Vietnam has the status to be included but not a household name. Nearly 100 years old Glynis Johns Everyone loves Mary Poppins. Oscar nominee but her last film credit was 1999. One for the list next year? Violeta Chamorro Former president of Nicaragua. Justifiable pick in terms of age, health and status but not instantly recognisable John Hume Significant in the UK and reportedly very ill. Could easily see him on the 2020 list Robert McCain Has outlived her more famous son. Putting her on the list might be considered unsporting Franco Zeffirelli Very famous, very old, very ill. The triple. 2020 please. Gina Lollobrigida Exotic, beautiful, famous, secretive, over 90 but could be a gamble Jean of Luxembourg Someone I only became aware of as a long lingering Deadpool pick. Not one for the main list. I M Pei World renowned architect, there is precedent with Oscar Niemeyer being a regular pick until his death John Andretti I am not sure the 2020 list will be an issue for this one Rosalynn Carter First ladies are a staple of the list and Rosalynn should not be an exception Sheila Mercier UK Soap Icon needs to be on the 2020 list Beverly Cleary US Writer with little traction in the UK but is now at such an advanced age her inclusion in the Official List could be justified

I only watched the first series which was quite fun. I remember Paul Darrow appeared as a guest star in one episode.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Earl Cameron I M Pei Ennio Morricone Willie Nelson Kirk Douglas Vera Lynn Christopher Booker Sheila Mercier Freeman Dyson Franco Zeffarelli Bob Dole James Ivory Glynis Johns Boris Pahor Lee Kerslake Peter Ackroyd Larry Niven Sheila Steafel Barbara Knox Ralph Bakshi Subs Gudrun Ure William Rogers Margaret Tebbit

Now i feel OLD

Actually this is all going to plan. Spade gets his early lead from his massively low hanging fruit and later in the month when the Grim Reaper finally gets off his bony backside he will start mopping up all those lingerers starting with my list. Sweeping me to victory by the end of the month.* *Do not be surprised if this does not happen

This really isn't my competition

He was in K9 & Company

My regular harrassing of the Guardian bears fruit as the come up with the goods for Vonda N McIntyre

I often wonder if Mark Francois is over compensating because his surname sounds so foreign

I think part of the problem has been the subversion of that process. I pretty much went straight to anger but then fairly quickly to acceptance thinking that if this is going to happen then it should be done in a way that works best for all sectors and regions in the UK. The initial clamours for the second referendum were initially fairly muted and it wasn't until the questions began to be raised about the activity of the leave vote and then the absolute hopeless way the Withdrawal agreement has been negotiated, becoming a proxy war for the leadership of the Conservative party, that the campaign gained ground. There is no sense in bargaining so I am now back to fluctuating between depression and anger. However this is not the end game the echoes of Brexit will dominate at least the next two election cycles. More if Brexit is cancelled.

Sounded OK on Just A Minute but did seem to get confused at one point.

I will keep my March team. The April team will become May's team. No-one is judging you. :-)

Well any hope that gave me didn't last long.