Some more Hugo nominees I’ve read, in no particular order: Title: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium Author: Gray Rinehart Published in: Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show Category: Novelette Slated: Sad and Rabid Premise: A dying man tries to free a human colony from its alienContinue Reading
I’ve been reading the fiction that came in my Hugo packet and, with the vote deadline looming at the end of July, decided it was time to corral my scattered thoughts. In no particular order, here are some things I’ve read so far: Title: Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal Author:Continue Reading
I decided to read this one when a friend wanted to talk about it, without prejudicing me by indicating exactly what bits she wanted to talk about. (This is probably one of the top five ways to get me to read something. Piquing my curiosity and promising me that we’llContinue Reading
Over the weekend I made an attempt at all the Hugo nominees for short story. I actually finished two of them. They still weren’t exactly Hugo material, in my opinion, but at least they succeeded at being stories. In one of the many epic discussion threads over at the FileContinue Reading
I know, I know, you’re probably getting bored with Hugo-related content by now. There has indeed been a lot of it, with blog posts back and forth, epic comment threads, and the occasional Sad mastermind or defender popping in to explain himself. But there are a couple of sentiments thatContinue Reading
This post is about the so-called Sad and/or Rabid Puppies, and if you need background on exactly what that is, please refer to this IO9 article. In my own post, whenever I attribute motive or reasoning to Brad Torgersen, Author of Sadness, it is based on this very thorough analysis ofContinue Reading