Steele head Nebula ballot hree of last year's Hugo Award winners, Maureen F. McHugh, Neal Stephenson and Allen Steele, have been nominated for the 1996 Nebula Award, along with 1995 Nebula winners Esther Friesner, Ursula K. Le Guin and Robert J. Sawyer. The final ballot was released late last month by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The release, which apparently went out without Straczynski's knowledge, announced a deal by Turner Network Television to acquire rerun rights to 88 episodes of the multi-year SF saga. Not to worry, Straczynski wrote in answer to fan questions about the news release. The First Fandom Hall of Fame Award is presented annually for contributions to the field of SF dating back more than 30 years.
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In the past the award has been presented during the World Science Fiction Convention's Hugo Award ceremony. He'll be back umors are that the much anticipated second sequel in the Terminator saga will be arriving in theaters in 1999. Empire Web cites sources at 20th Century Fox as saying that Terminator 3 would only proceed with the participation of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has previously said he would like to do a third film. P.L. Fans propose Frank Herbert newsgroup rank Herbert fans looking for a new home on Usenet have submitted a proposal for a newsgroup to be called rec.arts.sf.written.frank-herbert. The new group would serve as a focal point for discussion of Herbert and his works outside of the existing alt.fan.dune newsgroup.