Hugo nominations are due on Monday, March 11, 06:59 UTC/GMT, so it's time for me to go ahead and get my ballot sent off. I've read everything I wanted to read, watched most everything I wanted to watch, so I'm ready to go. What I wanted to do in THIS post was give you a run-down of discussions we've had, as well as offer a few more items for ( Read more... )

So, we've reached the point that if you buy a Supporting Membership for the Hugos, you'll get to vote THIS year and nominate NEXT year. So if you can't nominate this year, these posts are probably boring, and for that, I apologize. However, even if you can't nominate, you might find some cool gems of entertainment, and you can always pass the word ( Read more... )

The deadline to buy a Hugo Supporting Membership in order to nominate for this year's Hugo's is fast approaching: Thursday, January 31st is the deadline if you want to get three-for-one awesomeness: the ability to nominate for THIS year's Hugo's, the ability to VOTE for this year's Hugo's, and the ability to nominate for next year's Hugo's. It's a ( Read more... )

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Those of you who follow this blog know that last year, I bought a supporting membership to the Hugos so that for the first time ever, I could vote on the nominees. It was, in short, quite the immersive experience. I wanted to read every nomination in the fiction categories, and that took a lot of time. I don't begrudge that time, however, because ( Read more... )

But first, a little background.

I never grew up watching Doctor Who. I'm really not sure I had the opportunity, but before the Ninth Doctor premiered in 2005, I had somehow ended up hearing about the show. It was SF, it involved time travel, so of course, I had to watch. So I did. Looking back at the episode list, I'm surprised I watched as many ( Read more... )

Last Sunday night, the 2012 Hugo Awards were announced. I didn't have any big plans in terms of watching or listening to the results live. Usually, I find out who wins by seeing Facebook posts or visiting Tor.com the day after. Often, I forget the awards are even happening until those results are announced! However, I was hyper-aware of the awards ( Read more... )

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