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the list of guests and presenter notables were Academy Award
nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Karen Black (Five
Easy Pieces, Nashville, The
Great Gatsby), Babylon 5 star
Patricia Tallman, Marisol Nichols (Resurrection
Boulevard), Denice Duff (The Young
and the Restless), Justin Whalin (Dungeons
and Dragons), Emmy and Golden Globe-winning composer
Mark Isham, producer Robert Katz (Selena,
Gettysburg, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge),
Dr. Robert Jastrow, author, physicist and director of the Mt.
Wilson Observatory, and Stephen Nagiewicz, Executive Director
of the famed Explorers Club. |
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Karen Black, one of several celebrity
presenters.
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| Mr. Stephen D. Nagiewicz, Executive
Director of the Explorers Club, presents Flag 105, proudly
carried by L. Ron Hubbard on three expeditions. |
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The marquee
roster of bestselling authors participating in the Hubbard
Achievement Awards ceremonies—all among the foremost writers
in the field of speculative fiction and all judges of the
Writers of the Future Contest—included Larry Niven, Dr. Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Frederik Pohl, Nina Kiriki Hoffman,
K.D. Wentworth, Dr. Doug Beason, White House consultant to
the President's Science Advisor in the Bush and Clinton administrations,
and Dr. Yoji Kondo, leading astrophysicist and recipient of
the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement.
Top-ranking
artists and Illustrators of the Future Contest judges participating
included Vincent Di Fate, Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn, Judith
Holman and 1991 Illustrator Grand Prize winner Sergey Poyarkov.
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| The Judges of the Writers and Illustrators
of the Future Contests with the Executive Director of
Author Services, Inc.. From left to right, Sergey Poyarkov,
Vincent Di Fate, Larry Niven, Dr. Jerry Pournelle, Nina
Kiriki Hoffman, Frederik Pohl, the Executive Director
of Author Services, Inc., Algis Budrys, Coordinating Judge,
Judith Holman, Tim Powers, K.D. Wentworth, Val Lakey Lindahn
and Ron Lindahn. |
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