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Hugo Award Novelette Nominees 2024

On July 20, 2024July 20, 2024 By Jayde HolmesIn Awards, Hugo Awards, Review1 Comment

Novelettes are such an awkward length. Just enough more of a time sink than short stories to make it easy to put them off, but still effectively just a short story without the space to go deep the way a novella can. However even just a couple of thousand words extra allows for so much …

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Hugo Award Short Stories 2024

On June 29, 2024 By Jayde HolmesIn Uncategorized1 Comment

As I said last post, I've been busy... but fortunately it doesn't take too long to read short stories. I've read most of this year's Hugo nominees in the short story category, and enjoyed... most of them. Let's get into some quick reviews. Answerless Journey Han Song, Translated by Alex Woodend Originally Published in English …

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Hugo Award Thoughts… both 2023 and 2024

On February 11, 2024 By Jayde HolmesIn Hugo Awards1 Comment

I did say I would talk about the Hugo Nominations when the nomination statists page was released, and well... here we are. Worldcon23 dropped the data at the last possible second and damn, there is some controversy. Click here for a link to the PDF if you want to follow along. If you aren't interested …

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