How I would vote now: 2015 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

The Nominees The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison The Dark Between the Stars by Kevin J. Anderson Skin Game by Jim Butcher Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu, trans. The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation All right, I’ve read enough books now that I’m… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2015 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

How I would vote now: 2017 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

The Nominees All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Deaths’ End by Cixin Liu Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation If there’s… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2017 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

An interesting personal discovery

I just made a very interesting personal discovery, gleaned from the data on my reading of the Hugo and Nebula winning books. Of the 110 novels that have won either award, I have now read all but 16 of them, which is enough data to get some reprentative results. One of the best predictors that… Continue reading An interesting personal discovery

Reading Resolution Update: February

My 2022 reading resolution: Read or DNF every novel that has won a Hugo or a Nebula award, and acquire all the good ones. I didn’t read nearly as many books in February as I did in January. Part of that might have been enthusiasm for the resolution waning a bit, but a good chunk… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: February