I focus on the Hugo Awards a lot, but of course they aren't the only awards out there. I guess I like the Hugos because I can participate in them. I'd like to give a quick shout-out to some other award winners and nominees. First off, the Locus Awards. I covered the announcement of the …
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The Last Hugo Award 2020 Post: The Stats
So, I was looking at the stats on this year's Hugo Awards, and noticed some interesting things that I wish I'd thought to work into my main post about the ceremony. The big revelation is that Ann Leckie's fantasy novel The Raven Tower received enough votes to make it onto the ballot, but Leckie declined the nomination. …
2020 Hugo Award Winners Announced
I watched the Hugo Awards this morning. I do every year, but with Covid-19 things were quite a bit different this year. Obviously, there was not a live ceremony in Wellington as originally planned. The entire Worldcon this year was a virtual event, and this morning George R. R. Martin hosted the Hugo Award ceremony …
Ayreon Live
At the end of 2018, I had a choice to make. I could be responsible and keep saving my money, or I could go to Holland to see a metal concert. I chose to be responsible and have regretted it ever since. This week, I watched the DVD of the concert in question - Ayreon's Electric …
The Nominees for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel, as Pokémon
Yup, I'm doing this Pokémon/Hugo Review mesh up again. Let's go. This year my ability to relate everything back to Pokémon was really tested, but I came through. This is my first theme team on the gen 8 games, but no new Pokémon appeared in this team. If you are wondering what the hell I'm …
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2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #2 Reviews
I got my second bingo on my card. It helped that two of these books were nominated for Hugos this year, so I had an added incentive to finish this line off quick. The Novelette square overlaps with my previous bingo, so it has already been reviewed. I copypasta'd the review from my last update, …
Murderbot Pop!
I collect Funko Pops. I've always been a big collector so no surprise there. A few of them have gotten into some of the photos I've shared, and I'd be happy to show off more if anyone is interested. Last year, as I finished off Martha Wells's Murderbot Diaries novellas, I thought to myself how …
Locus Award Finalists and Nebula Award Winners in 2020
The finalists for the 2020 Locus Awards have recently been announced, and last week the winners of the 2019 Nebula Awards were revealed. I usually only write about the Hugo Awards, but these two other big Speculative Fiction awards that deserve some love. I'll be pretty brief, since well, I'm a bit lazy lately. A …
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Welcome to R’lyeh
I wasn't planning to get Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I skipped New Leaf, and figured playing Wild World back in the day was enough for me. Despite my complete lack of interest in the game and my busy day-to-day life, I still ended up with it downloaded on my switch and my little Island of …
2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #1 Reviews
Technically this is my second update on my book bingo, but this is the first time I got a bingo on my card. I think this line got done first just because I never ended up reading any novels on it. I filled this line with two graphic novels, two novelettes, a novella and a …
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