Tag Archives: Hugo Awards

Researching the Memory Hole Worldcon

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Cora

I have two links to share today. To begin with, I have a story called “Queen of the Communist Cannibals” in Cliffhanger Magazine, a brand-new online magazine for adventure fiction. The story is an homage to the men’s adventure magazines … Continue reading →

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Better Late Than Never: The 2025 Hugo Ceremony Apology

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Cora

It’s been more than two weeks since the pretty disastrous 2025 Hugo ceremony (for all the gory details, see this post) and not only do we finally have the Hugo nomination statistics, we also finally have an apology or rather … Continue reading →

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Some Comments on the 2025 Hugo Winners – with Bonus Tall Ship Photos

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Cora

The winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards were announced last night or rather very early in the morning at Worldcon in Seattle, Washington. My thoughts on the finalists may be found here and the full voting statistics and some comments … Continue reading →

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Cora’s TV Adventure – Take Two

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Cora

Before we get to the main event, I was at the Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow blog of the Seattle Worldcon again, this time talking about the 1960 East German science fiction film Der schweigende Stern a.k.a. The Silent Star. Back … Continue reading →

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Frontpage News

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Cora

We interrupt your regularly scheduled con coverage, because I’ve been in the news again, for Alexandra Penth interviewed me for the Weser-Kurier about my Hugo nomination as part of the Galactic Journey team. You can read the article here. I … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Cora

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

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Cora

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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We’re Having Hugo Drama… Again

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Cora

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 2024 Hugo Finalists

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Cora

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

Posted on March 10, 2024 by Cora

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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