The 2010 Hugo nominees include at least three stories that puzzle over the nature of love. This is nothing new for science fiction, but it is remarkable to me that they arose at about the same time, and that many people were reading them in tandem, as it were, in order to decide their votes.

The stories I mean are rachel_swirsky's "Eros, Philia, Agape," kijjohnson's "Spar ( Read more... )

My thoughts on the Hugo-nominated short stories.

The only category of Hugo award in which I've read all the nominees are the short stories. In novels, novellas and novelettes I'm voting for works I've read and loved, but it's possible that there are others I haven't read that I'd like more, if I only had the time. Things are similar with fanzines, ( Read more... )