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. …
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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 …
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 Hugo Nominees + 1945 Retro Hugo Nominees
The Hugo Award nominees for 2020 and the Retro Hugo Award nominees for 1945 have been announced today a while ago, and I'd like to talk briefly about them. This post will only focus on a few categories, so if you are interested in seeing the entire list of finalists, click here to see the …
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2019 Hugo Award Ceremony
I Was about to write “I watched the Hugo Award Ceremony the other day”, but then realised almost two weeks had gone past. Whew, that went quick. I almost decided I didn’t need to really write anything and could go back to binge watching season 7 of The Amazing Race Canada, but I think it …
Novellas, Novelettes, and Short Stories of the 2019 Hugo Awards
Voting for this year’s Hugo’s have closed and on the 18th August we'll know this year’s winners. Or the 19th if you're in my time zone. I have binged the short stories and novelettes recently, and decided now would be a good time to finally talk about the shorter fiction. First I’m going to touch …
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The 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominees, as Pokémon
Ever wonder what this year’s Hugo nominees would look like if they were Pokémon? Of course not, but I do, because Pokémon is life. Yup, it’s that time again; my Hugo Nominee 2019 Pokemon theme team is ready. For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, I explained everything two years ago, right …
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A Late Update on the Hugo Awards
If you've been as interested in the Hugos as I am, you would have heard about the winners by now. If not, you can check them out here. As expected, N.K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky won the award for Best Novel, making Jemisin the first author ever to win the award three years in a row. She …
The 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel Finalists, As Pokemon.
Last year I gave myself a fun little project: to make a Pokémon theme team based off the finalists for the Hugo Award for the Best Novel. I did the same thing this year, though so far the team hasn’t had a lot of success when it comes to battles. Still, with the Hugo Winners …
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2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette Finalists
Alright, I finished my Hugo reading just before voting closed, and now I present my thoughts on this year's novelettes. Whilst writing these reviews, I realised that I tend to not find novelettes as exciting or memorable as short stories and novellas. Or at least, I haven't come across as many novelettes that got to …
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