The Nominees Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold Bone Dance by Emma Bull Xenocide by Orson Scott Card All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation I have a confession to make. That… Continue reading How I Would Vote Now: 1992 Hugo Awards (Best Novel)
Tag: Dan Simmons
The state of science fiction is as bad as Australian breakdancing
It seems like most of the internet is talking about the hilariously bad breakdancing performance given by Australia at the Paris Olympics. Apparently, the “athlete” in question is actually a university professor named Rachael Gunn who specializes in breakdancing studies, or some such nonsense, and the main reasons she got the nod to compete are… Continue reading The state of science fiction is as bad as Australian breakdancing
Reading Resolution Update: June
My 2022 reading resolution: Read or DNF every novel that has won a Hugo or a Nebula award, and acquire all the good ones. This is the last one of these resolution updates that I’m going to post here on this blog. I’ve only got three books left now: Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: June
“Every age fraught with discord and danger…”
Every age fraught with discord and danger seems to spawn a leader meant only for that age, a political giant whose absence, in retrospect, seems inconceivable when the history of that age is written. Dan Simmons, The Fall of Hyperion.