The Nominees Little Brother by Cory Doctorow The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi Anathem by Neal Stephenson Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation I’ve found that Hugo Award winning / nominated books tend to fluctuate in decade-long waves, in terms of how… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2009 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Tag: Cory Doctorow
2019-11-14 Newsletter Author’s Note
This author’s note originally appeared in the November 14th edition of my author newsletter. To subscribe to my newsletter, click here. So the latest controversy in SF&F fandom is the stripping of John Campbell’s name from the Campbell Award. The latest issue of Locus magazine has an op-ed from Cory Doctorow defending that decision, and… Continue reading 2019-11-14 Newsletter Author’s Note
A Much Deserved Fisking
In the November issue of Locus magazine, Cory Doctorow wrote an op-ed piece defending Jeannette Ng and the decision to strip Campbell’s name from the Campbell Award. At least, that’s how it started out, but it quickly devolved into a hatchet piece against everyone in science fiction whose politics lie somewhere to the right of… Continue reading A Much Deserved Fisking
Thoughts on Twitter
Oh man, I used to hate Twitter so much. It’s amusing (and a little bit embarrassing) to look back on some old threads on the Kindle Boards and see how snippy I would get with everyone who raved about it. I guess it’s just my contrarian nature. Well, in the last month or so, my… Continue reading Thoughts on Twitter