The Nominees The Big Time by Fritz Leiber. The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation The Big Time has a lot of things in it that I normally would like. It’s a time travel story that bucks the popular convention of the butterfly effect—the idea that small changes in the past lead to… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1958 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
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How I would vote now: 2021 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Network Effect by Martha Wells The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation Network Effect was pretty good. In fact, it’s my favorite… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2021 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 1953 Hugo (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation I didn’t hate this book—I did finish it, after all—but I had some issues with it, especially the ending. It’s basically a futuristic murder mystery / true crime piece, where the protagonist is a telepathic detective who figures… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1953 Hugo (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2022 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2022 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 1955 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (also published as The Forever Machine) The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation Things worked a little differently back in 1955. This was only the second time the Hugo Awards were given out (the first was in 1953), though it was… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1955 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Thoughts on the 2023 Hugo Awards
This video gives a pretty good recap of the endless fountain of scandals surrounding the 2023 Chengdu Worldcon and Hugo Awards. Larry Correia also gives an interesting take on it on his blog, and in his writing podcast. My initial thoughts: Laying aside all of the knee-jerk internet outrage (and schadenfreude), though, I do find… Continue reading Thoughts on the 2023 Hugo Awards
The false narrative of a transgender “genocide” is a call for violence
Yesterday, a 28 year-old female-to-male transgender attacked a private Christian school in Tennessee, killing three teachers and three nine year-old students before being shot and killed by police. According to the police, this was a targeted attack that was likely motivated by the shooter’s transgenderism. Tennessee recently passed a ban on transgender surgeries for minors,… Continue reading The false narrative of a transgender “genocide” is a call for violence
A Crippling Realization
I have come to realize something that is, in some ways, making it very difficult for me to keep writing. Not in the short or the medium term—I’m actually making quite good progress on my current novel WIP, and am optimistic about finishing my three unfinished trilogies in the next couple of years. But when… Continue reading A Crippling Realization
Reading Resolution Update: After Action Report
My 2022 reading resolution: Read or DNF every novel that has won a Hugo or a Nebula award, and acquire all the good ones. Earlier this month, I finished my last Hugo/Nebula book and ordered the last two ones that I hadn’t yet acquired. The first of those (Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin) arrived… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: After Action Report
Did the internet ruin fandom?
Ever since I made a spreadsheet to track all the Hugo and Nebula award-winning books, I’ve noticed some interesting patterns. I’ve already blogged about how the genre seemed to transform after the creation of SFWA and the introduction of the Nebula Awards. That seems to mark the point where the left’s long march through the… Continue reading Did the internet ruin fandom?