Joss wins 2008 Forry Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of Science Fiction.
The yearly award is given by the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society. The site has not yet been updated with Joss' name, as the award was just announced to the public tonight, but that will probably be fixed shortly.
Here's a PDF of minutes for the October LASFS meeting where the results of the award voting was announced to the membership, naming Joss as the winner on Page 3.
November 30 2008
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About membership.
ShanshuBugaboo | November 30, 00:57 CET
Shiai | November 30, 01:01 CET
missb | November 30, 01:16 CET
Congratulations to him. :)
druzilla | November 30, 01:44 CET
WhoIsOmega? | November 30, 02:05 CET
Madhatter | November 30, 02:07 CET
sueworld2003 | November 30, 02:25 CET
Shey | November 30, 04:38 CET
So, it it a Vampire's 'Lifetime' or a Average Joe's?
"..."
I propose that 'Joe' be replaced with 'Joss', not only does it raise the Average bar, but it don't bring bad mojo with it. ;)
[ edited by Mirage on 2008-11-30 14:41 ]
Mirage | November 30, 05:40 CET
rivergirl | November 30, 05:41 CET
redders | November 30, 05:49 CET
Pointy | November 30, 06:33 CET
redeem147 | November 30, 07:07 CET
embers | November 30, 07:34 CET
Buffy the Slayer Layer | November 30, 07:56 CET
phlebotinin | November 30, 08:24 CET
It's an amazing list.
redeem147 | November 30, 08:54 CET
kazzmere | November 30, 09:29 CET
thegingerpire | November 30, 10:17 CET
impalergeneral | November 30, 10:58 CET
I know this has happened before - as with the Hugo & Nebula and others - but this just struck me as one of the coolest aspects of winning something like this - to see your name right next to your childhood heroes. (Many of these folks would be mine, too.)
Congrats of the purplest hue to Our Joss-dude on this ass-picious occasion.
QuoterGal | November 30, 11:07 CET
(Are they going to present this to him at LosCon today?)
jcs | November 30, 11:11 CET
toast | November 30, 11:36 CET
I don't know whether I get geek credits for recognising almost all the names - or lose points because I didn't know about four of them!
samatwitch | November 30, 12:42 CET
nutterbudgie | November 30, 13:54 CET
Madhatter | November 30, 14:20 CET
Tonya J | November 30, 15:31 CET
And I love the comment in the minutes about presenting his award to him...
How do we get him our Super Genius With Really Big Squishy Frontal Lobes award?
What do you mean, that's not a real award? How come?
ShadowQuest | November 30, 16:10 CET
That list contains some pretty lofty company!
Congratulations!
NightOwl | November 30, 17:32 CET
Just to sort of add to redeem147's comment to phlebotin, another notable TV/movie name on the list is Leigh Brackett. Though she was very well known as an SF/fantasy writer, she also collaborated with some truly remarkable writers and directors/de facto writers to contribute to some truly remarkable movies. She worked on "The Big Sleep" and "Rio Bravo", among others, for Howard Hawks, as well as 1973's "The Long Goodbye" for Robert Altman.
Oh, and she also wrote the first draft of "The Empire Strikes Back." Lawrence Kasdan did the rewrite after she died in 1978. She also wrote some episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and even a "Rockford Files"!
Very appropriate that Joss, who I think owes a great deal to Howard Hawks' films in particular, and her have shared an award, I'd say.
bobster | November 30, 18:14 CET
ria | November 30, 19:24 CET
jclemens | December 01, 11:35 CET
DaddyCatALSO | December 01, 13:39 CET
montresor | December 01, 13:48 CET
bobster | December 01, 22:34 CET
More info here.
I'm sure he was a great influence upon Whedon, as he was upon many other SF writers/producers.
I only met him once but, sadly, never did get to Ackermansion. Perhaps in the afterlife.
BetNoir | December 06, 18:34 CET