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Yet More Reactions to the 2017 Hugo Finalists

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Cora

Thanks to Mike Glyer of File 770, the hits on my Hugo reaction post and the space opera post of the day before have gone through the roof. My first round-up of Hugo reactions from around the web got a … Continue reading →

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Reactions to the 2017 Hugo Finalists

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Cora

Currently, the SFF world is all abuzz talking about the Hugos, but of course there are other awards announcing their shortlists at this time of the year as well. One of them is the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction and … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory Hugo Nominations Reaction Post 2017 – and the first ever Nommo Awards

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Cora

So the finalists for the 2017 Hugo Awards were announced today. And since the good folks of WorldCon 75 in Helsinki were kind enough to warn us ahead of time that they were planning to announce the Hugo shortlist today, … Continue reading →

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The Space Opera Resurgence

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Cora

At Wired, Charlie Jane Anders talks about the current space opera resurgence and why the subgenre has become more diverse and better than it has been in a long time. The article offers a nice overview of the current crop … Continue reading →

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Rest in Peace, Carrie Fisher and George Michael, and Fuck 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Cora

The annus horibilis of 2016 has struck once more, because after the death of George Michael on Christmas Day, we also lost Carrie Fisher yesterday, aged only sixty, following her heart attack on December 23. And her mother Debbie Reynolds … 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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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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