The Nominees To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation Cover art was so terrible in the 70s. Those… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1972 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Author: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.
How I would vote now: 2016 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie Uprooted by Naomi Novik Seveneves by Neal Stephenson The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation I enjoyed The Aeronaut’s Windlass. It was a fun steampunk adventure, sort of like a mashup between Horatio Hornblower… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2016 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2011 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold Feed by Mira Grant The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin The Dervish House by Ian McDonald Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation 2011 was the only year in which I actually attended Worldcon and voted in the… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2011 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Let’s play the prediction game, shall we?
As tempting as it is to run out the script for Ezra’s Eagle, which has proved surprisingly durable up to this point, I don’t believe it will actually play out the way Michael B. Rush has interpreted it. Even if it is a true prophecy, it may be that Ezra foresaw a possible future, not… Continue reading Let’s play the prediction game, shall we?
We came this close…
Is this how Ezra’s Eagle ultimately goes down?
Today, Biden announced that he will not seek re-election, and that he endorses Kamala Harris for the Democrat nomination. At least, that’s the story we’re supposed to believe. The announcement came via an image of a letter, posted to X… which was the first time several of his aides found out that he was stepping… Continue reading Is this how Ezra’s Eagle ultimately goes down?
How I would vote now: 2024 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera Translation State by Ann Leckie Starter Villain by John Scalzi Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh Witch King by Martha Wells The Actual Results (To be determined…) How I Would Vote Explanation For reasons that should be… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2024 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The second shooter hypothesis
My thoughts on the Trump assassination attempt
There was a second shooter, probably on the water tower. The first shooter, who was identified and killed by the counter-snipers, was obviously a fall-guy, with the second shooter on scene as insurance in case the first guy failed. I don’t think the Secret Service agents on the scene were in on the plot. They… Continue reading My thoughts on the Trump assassination attempt