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Geffen Award, the Glossary

The Geffen Award (פרס גפן) is an annual literary award given by the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy since 1999, and presented at the ICon festival, the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, It is named in honour of editor and translator Amos Geffen, who was one of the society's founders.^[1]

75 relations: A Storm of Swords, Alix E. Harrow, American Gods, Anansi Boys, Andy Weir, Artemis (novel), Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Herbert, Carol Berg, Catching Fire, Children of Blood and Bone, Cuckoo Song (novel), Daryl Gregory, Dune: House Atreides, Earth Afire, Earth Awakens, Ender's Shadow, Fahrenheit 451, Frances Hardinge, Fritz Leiber, George R. R. Martin, Gili Bar-Hillel, Guy Hasson, Hagar Yanai, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I Am Legend (novel), ICon festival, Isaac Asimov, Israel, J. K. Rowling, John Scalzi, Karin Lowachee, Keren Landsman, Kevin J. Anderson, L. Frank Baum, Literary award, Mistborn: The Alloy of Law, Naomi Novik, Nation (novel), Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus, Project Hail Mary, Ray Bradbury, Raz Greenberg, Richard Matheson, Rick Riordan, Robert Charles Wilson, Robert Silverberg, Robin Hobb, ... Expand index (25 more) »
Israeli literary awards
Israeli science fiction
Speculative fiction awards

A Storm of Swords

A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by American author George R. R. Martin.

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Alix E. Harrow

Alix E. Harrow (born November 9, 1989) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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American Gods

American Gods (2001) is a novel by British author Neil Gaiman.

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Anansi Boys

Anansi Boys is a fantasy novel by English writer Neil Gaiman.

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Andy Weir

Andrew Taylor Weir (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist.

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Artemis (novel)

Artemis is a 2017 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir.

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Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

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Brian Herbert

Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state.

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Carol Berg

Carol Berg (born 1948) is the author of fantasy novels, including the books from the Rai-Kirah series, Song of the Beast, the books from The Bridge of D'Arnath series, the Lighthouse novels, and Collegia Magica.

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Catching Fire

Catching Fire is a 2009 dystopian young adult fiction novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in ''The Hunger Games'' series.

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Children of Blood and Bone

Children of Blood and Bone is a 2018 young adult romantic fantasy novel by Nigerian-American novelist Tomi Adeyemi.

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Cuckoo Song (novel)

Cuckoo Song is a children's or young adults' fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published on 8 May 2014 by Macmillan in the UK, and by Abrams Amulet in the USA.

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Daryl Gregory

Daryl Gregory (born 1965) is an American science fiction, fantasy and comic book author.

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Dune: House Atreides

Dune: House Atreides is a 1999 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert.

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Earth Afire

Earth Afire is a science fiction novel by American writers Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, and the second book of the Formic Wars novels in the ''Ender's Game'' series.

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Earth Awakens

Earth Awakens is a science fiction novel by American writers Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston, and the third book of the First Formic Wars trilogy of novels in the ''Ender's Game'' series.

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Ender's Shadow

Ender's Shadow (1999) is a parallel science fiction novel by the American author Orson Scott Card, taking place at the same time as the novel Ender's Game and depicting some of the same events from the point of view of Bean, a supporting character in the original novel.

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Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury.

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Frances Hardinge

Frances Hardinge (born 1973) is a British children's writer.

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Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.

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George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, television writer, and television producer.

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Gili Bar-Hillel

Gili Bar-Hillel Semo (גילי בר-הלל סמו; born Gili Bar-Hillel in 1974) is an English-Hebrew translator from Israel, best known for translating the Harry Potter series into Hebrew.

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Guy Hasson

Guy Hasson (גיא חסון; born 1971) is an Israeli fantasy and science fiction author, moviemaker, and playwright.

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Hagar Yanai

Hagar Yanai (הגר ינאי; born 1972) is an Israeli author.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling and John Tiffany.

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I Am Legend (novel)

I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease.

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ICon festival

ICon Festival (Hebrew: פסטיבל אייקון) is an Israeli science fiction and fantasy fan convention held annually in the Tel Aviv Eshkol Pais during the Sukkot holiday in September–October. Geffen Award and ICon festival are Israeli science fiction.

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (– April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name, is a British author and philanthropist.

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John Scalzi

John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

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Karin Lowachee

Karin Lowachee is a Canadian author of speculative fiction.

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Keren Landsman

Keren Landsman is an Israeli epidemiologist and science fiction writer.

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Kevin J. Anderson

Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author.

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L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series.

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Literary award

A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work.

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Mistborn: The Alloy of Law

Mistborn: The Alloy of Law is a fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson.

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Naomi Novik

Naomi Novik (born 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction.

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Nation (novel)

Nation is a novel by Terry Pratchett, published in the UK on 11 September 2008 and in the US on 6 October 2009.

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and screenplays.

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Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works.

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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the first in a proposed Pastwatch series.

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Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary is a 2021 science fiction novel by American novelist Andy Weir.

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.

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Raz Greenberg

Raz Greenberg is an Israeli animation scholar and writer.

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Richard Matheson

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

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Rick Riordan

Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (born June 5, 1964) is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.

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Robert Charles Wilson

Robert Charles Wilson (born December 15, 1953) is an American-Canadian science fiction author.

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Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction.

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Robin Hobb

Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952; née Lindholm), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction.

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Roger Zelazny

Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber.

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Smoke and Mirrors (Gaiman book)

Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions is a collection of short stories and poems by.

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Solaris (novel)

Solaris is a 1961 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.

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Spinning Silver

Spinning Silver is a 2018 fantasy novel written by Naomi Novik.

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Stanisław Lem

Stanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of novels, short stories and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism.

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Stardust (Gaiman novel)

Stardust is a 1999 fantasy novel by British writer Neil Gaiman, usually published with illustrations by Charles Vess.

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Susanna Clarke

Susanna Mary Clarke (born 1 November 1959) is an English author known for her debut novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004), a Hugo Award-winning alternative history.

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Suzanne Collins

Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American author and television writer.

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Swords and Deviltry

Swords and Deviltry is a fantasy short story collection, first published 1970, by Fritz Leiber, featuring his sword and sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

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