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Summarized by Kent Larsen
LDS Author David Howard Wins Hugo Award for 'Galaxy Quest'
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Author David Howard wrote a story that made hard
core science fiction fans its heroes, and now the fans have returned
the compliment, giving Howard, his co-author Robert Gordon and
director Dean Parisot a Hugo award for the Best Dramatic Presentation
in 1999."Galaxy Quest" beat out critically acclaimed films like
"Being John Malkovich" and "The Matrix" to win the award, perhaps the
largest of the three major awards in science fiction.
Howard wrote "Captain Sunshine," the story on which "Galaxy Quest" is
based and co-wrote the screenplay with Gordon. However, unlike Gordon
and Parisot, Howard did not attend the World Science Fiction
Convention in Chicago, where the award was presented. "Galaxy Quest"
is a spoof of the Star Trek TV series and of the actor's attitudes
toward the seemingly innumerable fan conventions held for decades
after the show was cancelled. In the movie, aliens turn out to also
be fans of the show, although they are unable to distinguish between
the fictional show and reality.
Howard is not the first Mormon author to win the Hugo award, however.
Well-known LDS science fiction author Orson Scott Card has won the
award four times; in1986 for his novel "Ender's Game," in 1987 for
another novel, "Speaker for the Dead," in 1988 for a novella, "Eye
for Eye," and in 1991 for his non-fiction book "How to write Science
Fiction and Fantasy."
Sources:
Vernor Vinge, Galaxy Quest Win Hugos
Space.com News 4Sep00 A2
By Jonathan Lipman and Robert Peterson
Galaxy Quest Creators Talk Hugo
Space.com News 4Sep00 A2
By Robert Peterson and Jonathan Lipman
Worldcon 2000: The Hugo Nominees
Space.com News 2Sep00 A2
By Jonathan Lipman
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