I was thinking earlier this year that maybe I should cover other awards, after all, the Hugos aren't everything. But doing both the regular and retro Hugos this year has shown me why that is not a good idea; there is so much to review, and so many other things to read. Thankfully all the …
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Review – The Uninvited
The Uninvited By Dorothy Macardle Published 1942 Score: 9/10 A ghost story set in England during the 1940s. It read like a period drama and as I started reading I really did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The writing is beautifully descriptive, the characters are amazing people to go …
Reviews: The Collapsing Empire and Six Wakes
The Collapsing Empire and Six Wakes Finished the two Hugo Nominees I haven't reviewed yet. I'd been meaning to read both of them earlier, but The Collapsing Empire I never got around to, and Six Wakes seems to have not made it to my country yet. Couldn't find it on the Australian Kindle store or in Australian shops. I …
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Review – Beyond This Horizon
Beyond This Horizon By Robert A. Heinlein (Writing as Anson McDonald) Published 1942 Score: 6.5 I’m still thinking about how I feel about this one. I have read Heinlein years ago and enjoyed stories like Time Enough for Love, Job: A Comedy of Justice, and Stranger in a Strange Land but the last Heinlein …
Review – The Darkness and the Light
The Darkness and the Light By Olaf Stapledon Published 1942 Score: 8 I’ll be reading the Retro Hugos this year. Or at least, all the ones I can find. Let’s start with The Darkness and the Light, an examination of two futures for humanity: one a utopia that has enough issues to remain interesting, …
Hugo 2018 and Retro Hugo 1943 Finalists Announced
I am excited to report that the finalists for this year’s Hugo and Retro Hugo Awards have been announced. Yes, I will actually look into the Retro Hugos this year. I think I’ll have time. For a full list of Finalists for 2018, see here (and the 1943 finalists can be found here I’ll be …
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2017 Hugo Award Results
Well, that was an adventure. The livestream for the Hugo Awards didn’t work, which was frustrating, but the text-based live coverage saved the day. The team running that were excellent. At one point a guy in the audience started livestreaming the event on Bilibili. The stream wasn’t very consistent for me, so, there was more …
Less Than a Week to Go
Just a reminder that The Hugo Award Ceremony Will be held in just a few days time, and Worldcon has released details about the coverage of the award ceremony which can be read here. The winners will be announced on Friday the 11th August, and the ceremony will start at 19:30 local time. Which is …
The 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominees, as Pokémon
Voting for the 2017 Hugo Awards is now closed. I have reviewed all the short fiction and talked about all the novels at some point on this blog, but I think it’s time to have a talk about all six nominees in the same place. And we’re going to look at these novels in what …
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Hugo Award Novella Finalists 2017
I’ve now finished reading all the written fiction nominated for the 2017 Hugos. And I did it all before the voting deadline this time. Yay! This year was full of really strong stories, and the novellas were some of the best I think. Most I have read, or have been intending to read for a …
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