WisCon 36 Guest of Honor Wins 2011 Tiptree Award

[wild_irises]

Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct Press, 2011) is the winner of the 2011 James Tiptree Jr. Award.

Comments

[stevendj]

I look forward to reading much of the honor list. I think there's a typo in the Beauty Queens entry, though; surely that should be "limited palette of roles"?

[wild_irises]

Fixed and thank you!

[julieandrews]

Stuffs to reeeeeead.

[replyhazy]

I can only say BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!!!!!

And I hope Andrea Hairston is prepared for the double load of celebratory fun that Wiscon will heap upon her!!

[emilytheslayer]

I am SUPER excited for Hairston's win! I also want to put in a quick plug for one of the honor books though. If you're thinking about reading Beauty Queens (and you SHOULD), and you have even a minor inclination towards audiobooks, THIS IS ONE TO READ IN AUDIO. No joke, Libba Bray does an AMAZING job with the different voices of these girls. Also it's hilarious, also reality show pirates. *bow*

Also also read Freedom Maze, it is amazing. Such a good list here, gosh.

[julieandrews]

Second the rec for Beauty Queens!! Though I haven't listened to it in audio. Now I feel like I'm missing out!

About halfway through Freedom Maze now.

[emilytheslayer]

I almost had to pull my car off the highway a few times because Bray's reading of the voices is just so killer.

[awelkin]

I'm reading Redwood and Wildfire RIGHT NOW and it's pretty amazing.

Catherine

[wild_irises]

I loved it from start to finish! (Though some parts are genuinely hard to read.)