I've had this tab open with this subject line since the longlist came out, and just couldn't organize myself to write anything down. But! Some thoughts! ( Read more... )

Cut for long and for my opinions. ( Read more... )

I failed to vote in the Ignyte awards this year, and I don't love some of the outcomes, which feels related even though the odds are slim that my one vote would have changed anything. Anyways, here, or behind the cut with my comments. ( Read more... )

The City We Became, NK Jemisin. I did not particularly want to read this book - I wasn't into the trial-balloon short story, and I find the whole concept of "New York is So Special" pretty insufferable as a theme. I mean, I'm not saying Jemisin shouldn't write that! People should write about whatever interests them! I just would have been way ( Read more... )

Shirley Jackson winners! I did end up "attending" virtual Readercon - not a huge amount of it, but I watched Ursula Vernon read the beginning of something new and unfinished, and Malka Older read a 2019 short story that I liked a lot at the time, Sturdy Lanterns and Ladders (link goes to text of story; it made my shortlist and just narrowly missed ( Read more... )

The Shirley Jackson Awards, an award I follow despite not being that into horror because they present them at Readercon, a con I go to despite not being that into cons? Online this year, and I suppose I'll pay my $25 to "attend" and then probably not actually attend anything. But, anyways! Finalists here (I can't find a specific link to the list ( Read more... )

Hey, it's the Locus Awards. See the list here, or behind the cut with my comments. ( Read more... )

Packet!

Here's what we got and didn't get, according to file770 and my own poking so far:( Read more... )

Here, or behind the cut with my comments! ( Read more... )

List is here, or behind the cut. ( Read more... )