Second paragraph of third chapter:Over the course of the last week, in the guise of the Escapist, Master of Elusion, Joe had flown to Europe (in a midnight-blue autogyro), stormed the towered Schloss of the nefarious Steel Gauntlet, freed Plum Blossom from its deep dungeon, defeated the Gauntlet in protracted two-fisted combat, been captured by the ( Read more... )

I guess everyone who cares already knows by now, but the Hugo awards in the fiction categories were:
Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon, which had already won the Nebula; another to add to my list of joint winners once I have proper internet access again.
Best Novella: "All Seated on the Ground", by Connie Willis, which I ( Read more... )

5) The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon

Another of this year's Hugo nominees, and another good read. The setting is an alternate present where a large chunk of Alaska was colonised by Jewish refugees after the Second World War, and the Israelis lost in 1948 - there are other differences too, but those are the major ones. Now, sixty ( Read more... )