The Nominees Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein Dune World by Frank Herbert Witch World by Andre Norton Way Station by Clifford D. Simak Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation This was a pretty decent year, though I didn’t enjoy all of the novels. Still, I… Continue reading How I Would Vote Now: 1964 Hugo Awards (Best Novel)
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Reading Resolution Update: After Action Report
My 2022 reading resolution: Read or DNF every novel that has won a Hugo or a Nebula award, and acquire all the good ones. Earlier this month, I finished my last Hugo/Nebula book and ordered the last two ones that I hadn’t yet acquired. The first of those (Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin) arrived… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: After Action Report
Reading Resolution Update: January
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 had expected to DNF a lot of these books, but I was a little dismayed at how terrible they are. Or rather, how some of them can be so well-written… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: January
“And worst of all, there were even those who never hunted for it.”
There was almost a fairy quality to this place, he thought. The far look and the clear air and the feeling of detachment that touched almost on greatness of the spirit. As if this were a special place, one of those special places that each man must seek out for himself, and count himself as… Continue reading “And worst of all, there were even those who never hunted for it.”