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Some Thoughts on the 2025 Hugo Finalists – with Bonus Road Trip Photos

The 2025 Hugo finalists were announced last night – in a somewhat low-key way via Hugo administrator Nicholas Whyte (I recognised his voice) and someone else whose voice I didn’t recognise reading out the finalists in a YouTube video. If … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to the 2025 Hugo Finalists, Whoever They May Be

This is an updated version of this post from 2021, this post from 2022, this post from 2023 and this post from last year, which a lot of people found helpful. There also a Chinese translation of the 2023 post … Continue reading

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Some Comments on the 2024 Nebula Finalists

The finalists for the 2024 Nebula Awards were announced today. The video of the live announcement may be found here. Once again, I didn’t get to read nearly as much as I wanted to last year for personal reasons, so … Continue reading

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The 2024 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

It’s the last day of the year, so we present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the winner of the 2024 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award. While I have been awarding the Darth … Continue reading

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Some Comments on the 2024 Dragon Award Winners

The winners of the 2024 Dragons Awards were announced today at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. The full list of winners may be found here. I’ve been following the Dragon Awards since their inception in 2016, so I guess  I’m … Continue reading

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We’re Having Hugo Drama… Again

Apparently, we are not able to get through an awards season without Hugo drama and Worldcon drama in general. Especially since I really don’t have time for this right now, cause I have to prepare for three cons where I’m … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on the 2023 Nebula Award Winners – and Hamburg Traffic Hell

The winners of the 2023 Nebula Awards were announced this morning at 5 AM my time, which is why I did not follow them live. Normally, I would have already posted my Nebula winner commentary post by now. But I … Continue reading

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Some Thoughts on the 2024 Hugo Finalists

The 2024 Hugo finalists were announced today – on Good Friday, which is a really terrible time to do this. I thought that John Scalzi had persuaded the powers that be that announcing Hugo finalists on a long holiday weekend … Continue reading

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Some Comments on the 2023 Nebula Finalists

The finalists for the 2023 Nebula Awards were announced today. The video of the live announcement may be found here. Normally, the Nebula finalists are announced shortly before Hugo nominations close, giving people the chance to catch up with works … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to the 2024 Hugo Finalists, Whoever They May Be

This is an updated repost of this post from 2021, this post from 2022 and this post from last year, which a lot of people found helpful. There also a Chinese translation of the 2024 post to be found in … Continue reading

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