It’s that time of year where award nominations are starting to be made. Amazingly, I’ve actually been asked if I’m eligible for anything. I’m not big on blatantly campaigning for […]
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Hugo Nominations: Best Novel and Best Novella
So, given that voting for the Hugos closes this Tuesday, I should close up my thoughts on the major Awards. Best Novel 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) Blackout, […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Slow March to the Inevitable
So, consider this plot structure: two point-of-view threads of characters with no apparent connection, both engaged in their own events… but the tenuous tendrils of those events being connected are […]
Read moreHugo Nominations: Stina Leicht for the Campbell
The Campbell goes to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous calendar years. It is technically not a […]
Read moreHugo Nominations: Best Dramatic Presentation
Confession: when I was younger, and not really noting what was going on in the SF/F literary world, all I would pay attention to among the Hugo nominees was the […]
Read moreHugo Nominations: Best Novelette
Continuing with my opinions on the Hugo Nominees, the Best Novelette nominees are: “The Boy Who Cast No Shadow” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Postscripts: Unfit For Eden, PS Publications) “Fade […]
Read moreHugo Nominations: Best Short Story
As I am attending WorldCon in San Antonio this year, I’m entitled to vote on the Hugos. As opposed to my qualms about nominating, I have no problem with voting, […]
Read moreNominating the Hugos
Since I’m attending LoneStarCon this summer, I’m eligible to nominate for the Hugos. The deadline for nomination is this Sunday, and I’m still on the fence of whether or not […]
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