Seven novelettes were nominated for the Nebulas this year and I have to say that apart from one dud they’re a shiny crop of stories. Moreso then the nominated short fiction, I expect to see a few of these novelettes appear...
Read MoreSo the world fantasy award nominees were announced a few days back. If you don’t already know who is on the ballot, you can find out here. Overall it’s a ballot I endorse (because, of course, World Fantasy has been...
Read MoreI’m busy at the moment – you’ll see why shortly – so I haven’t had time to blog. (One of these day I’ll do those other Hugo posts that I’ve been threatening to write). In the meantime,...
Read MoreAs I understand it the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) will be debating this year whether Best Graphic Story should survive as a category or be taken out and shot. There’s actually a number of good reasons why...
Read MoreUnless you’ve been away from the Internet for the last week, you’ll know that Christopher Priest went ballistic on this years Clarke Awards short list. What you might have missed is that a week or so before the...
Read MoreBefore I get started I’d like to mention how shit the Chicon 7 online nomination form is. There’s no warning anywhere on the form that if you tab away from the screen – because you want to check the length of...
Read MoreSo, following all that kerfuffle last week, I thought I’d mention the reviewers who I read on a regular basis and who inform my book-buying. I’ll go out on a limb here and say that David Hebblethwaite is the best...
Read MoreJust under a month ago, Cat Valente – a good friend who I never get to see because she lives on the other side of the world – mentioned that her Omikuji Project was on the verge of ending if it didn’t reach a...
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