Father Geek is happy to bring Todd and the rest of you the good news that THE IRON GIANT is in the finals for the much desired NEBULA award for Best Dramatic Presentation. This is way COOOOOOL news. And personal to Todd, nice visiting with you in San Francisco last Thursday evening Todd. Thanks for the ride to the barbary coast and the Black Cat, the great meal and cool jazz too. Hope you take this news as a little bit of payback...

Hidey-ho Father Geek,

Oliver Queen here with a quick tidbit. That wonderful animated film, The Iron Giant, has been recognized again for the greatness that it is, this time making the final Nebula ballot for Best Dramatic Presentation (a script award).

For those who don't know, the Nebula awards are given out annually by the Science Fiction Writers of America, voted upon by a membership that includes the likes of Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp... you get the idea. It's not a well-known award, but it has alot of prestige associated with it. Here's the entire list of the nominees in the script category:

Scripts

Bird, Brad and McCanlies, Tim: The Iron Giant (Warner Bros., Aug99; based on the book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes)

Wachowski, Larry & Andy: The Matrix (Warner Bros., Mar99)

Shyamalan, M. Night: The Sixth Sense (Hollywood Pictures, Aug99)

Avrech, Robert J.: The Devil's Arithmetic (Showtime Television, 28Mar99; Based on the novel The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen)

Millerman, John: The Uranus Experiment: Part 2 (Private Black Label, Jun99 )

Oliver Queen out.

PS. If those maroons at Warners have anything remotely resembling souls and wish to make some small amends to the entire Iron Giant crew for the travesty they perpetrated with the film's initial release, they'll send copies of the script to every SFWA member, or post it online for review. All the voting will be over by the end of April, so they need to get on the stick.