NB: With Russia's unprovoked murderous assault on Ukraine, I am actively looking at alternative hosts for this journal, preferably those which will retain as much content as possible. I am very uncomfortable with being part of the Russian economic system at present, in however small a way. In the meantime ( Read more... )

These three all won Hugo and Nebula Awards presented in 1985 for work published in 1984. (So the 1985 Hugo, but the 1984 Nebula.)

“Bloodchild” has no chapters or sub-sections. The third paragraph is:But my mother seemed content to age before she had to. I saw her turn away as several of T'Gatoi's limbs secured me closer. T'Gatoi liked our body ( Read more... )

Serenity won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, in 2006 and also the 2005 Nebula for Best Script. There was only one other finalist for the Nebula, the Battlstar Galactica episodes "Act of Contrition"/"You Can't Go Home Again"; the Hugo field was more crowded; but Serenity was well ahead at nominations and needed only one round of ( Read more... )

My slow progress through the list of works which won both Hugo and Nebula has now taken me to the awards made in 1984 for work of 1983; two winners, both of which are based on humanity's manipulation of genetics, but in very different ways.

The second paragraph of the third section of “Blood Music” is:He explained with his characteristic ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third section:Excitement last night. The sirens went early and some of the chars who clean offices in the City sheltered in the crypt with us. One of them woke me out of a sound sleep, going like an air raid siren. Seems she'd seen a mouse. We had to go whacking at tombs and under the cots with a rubber boot to persuade her it ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third section:It begins in childhood. Play is necessary to an immature mammal, a means of learning to handle the body, the perceptions, and the outside world. The young human plays, must play, with its brain too. The more intelligent the child, the more its imagination needs exercise. There are degrees of activity, from the ( Read more... )

Three interesting works won both Hugo and Nebula in 1980 for work published in 1979.

The second paragraph of the third section of “Sandkings”, by George R.R. Martin, the Best Novelette winner, is:On the fifth day, he saw his first mobile, a lone white.
I have a feeling that I actually read “Sandkings” when it was first published in Omni in 1979, ( Read more... )

Followed the annoucement live last night due to insomnia. Going to be early to bed this evening.

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Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
109834
3.71
1254
3.79

The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin
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3.99
1076
4.07

Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
21310
4.32
1265
4.24

Network ( Read more... )

"The Persistence of Vision", by John Varley won both the Hugo and Nebula for Best Novella, awarded in 1979 for work of 1978. (The 1979 Worldcon was the first one in Brighton.) The second paragraph of the third section is:It was substantial enough that I felt it would be unwise to crawl over it. I had crossed many wire fences in my travels and not ( Read more... )

Next in my write-ups of works that won both the Hugo and Nebula, which I am now doing year by year. The 1978 Hugos and 1977 Nebulas were awarded in 1978 for work published in 1977. As is sometimes the case (most recently three years ago), three out of four written fiction categories were won by the same work for both awards ( Read more... )