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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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More 2016 Dragon Awards Reactions

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Cora

I don’t expect to do four different posts and reaction round-ups about the Dragon Awards like I did for the Hugos, but there have been a few more reactions and responses to the inaugural Dragon Awards in the meantime. My … Continue reading →

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The 2016 Dragon Awards or Participation Trophies for Puppies

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Cora

I posted a lot about the 2016 Hugos, Nebulas and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, so it’s only fair I do the 2016 Dragon Awards, the winners of which were announced at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, as … 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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Yet more 2016 Hugo Award Reactions

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Cora

Hugo post-mortem season is still going on, so here are the latest links and reactions: John Scalzi points out that despite Vox Day’s best efforts, the Hugos still haven’t been destroyed and goes on to call Vox Day “gum on … Continue reading →

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More 2016 Hugo Award Reactions

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Cora

I already posted my own take on the 2016 Hugo Awards and also linked to some early reaction posts here, but now that a day has passed, we have some more reaction posts from around the web: Michi Trota, one … Continue reading →

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The 2016 Hugo Awards or Fandom 2 : Puppies 0

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Cora

I did the Retro Hugos (and the Dragon Award nominees) yesterday, so here’s the main event, the 2016 Hugo Awards. My comments on the shortlist BTW are here. The full list of winners is here, a detailed breakdown of the … Continue reading →

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Of Retro Hugos and Dragons

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Cora

MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 WorldCon in Kansas City, is this weekend, which means that the Hugo winners will be announced. There has also been the first scandal involving a moderator misusing a panel as his personal pulpit and promptly getting … Continue reading →

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