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: 2019 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

The Nominees Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation The Calculating Stars actually started out… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2019 Hugo Award (Best Novel)

Reading Resolution Update: May

My 2022 reading resolution: Read or DNF every novel that has won a Hugo or a Nebula award, and acquire all the good ones. When I first got the idea for this new year’s resolution six months ago, I was reading maybe 30-60 pages every other day, with no real goal or direction. My wife… Continue reading Reading Resolution Update: May