Tag Archives: Clarke Awards

A few words on the 2016 Nebula Awards, the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Awards and the Shadow Clarkes

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Cora

Yesterday, the winners of the 2016 Nebula Awards were announced. You can find a full list of winners plus plenty of photos of the ceremony here at File 770. Joel Cunningham also offers a brief overview of the ceremony as … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2016 Nebula Nominees, the Shadow Clarke Award and some other awards

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Cora

Yes, it’s that time of the year again, genre award shortlist time. In the past few days, the nominees for the 2016 BSFA Award, the 2016 Aurealis Award, the longlist for the 2017 David Gemmell Legend Award and the winners … Continue reading →

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The Three Fractions of Speculative Fiction

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Cora

A few days ago, Mike Glyer of File 770 linked to this post by Nathaniel Givens at a site called The Loose Canon about the Hugos and the Dragon Awards. It’s a curious post that attempts to offer a neutral … Continue reading →

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Why we celebrate that so many women and writers of colour won Hugos this year

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Cora

As extensively discussed in a series of four posts to date, the winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards have been announced, the rabid puppies have been resoundingly defeated and all four fiction categories went to women writers, three of them … Continue reading →

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Even More Hugo and Clarke Awards Reactions

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Cora

The debate about the 2016 Hugo Awards is still going on and there is a somewhat more low-key debate about the Arthur C. Clarke Award as well.  Previous posts on the 2016 Hugos are here, here, here and here, for … Continue reading →

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Of Hugos, Puppies and WorldCon 2016 – and a bit about the Clarke Award

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Cora

Yeah, we’re still talking about the 2016 Hugos and MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 Kansas City WorldCon. Hell, I even had an (alcohol-free) Hugo cocktail (no relation to the award) today. Previous posts on the 2016 Hugos are here, here and … Continue reading →

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2016 Hugo Shortlist: More Thoughts and Reactions – and the Clarke Awards

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Cora

There have been a few developments since my last Hugo shortlist reaction post. Warning: Lots of links and neepery behind the cut:

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