Comments | mariness: 2013 Hugo Fan Writer/Campbell nominations

mariness

2013 Hugo Fan Writer/Campbell nominations

Jan 14, 2014 10:49

( Cutting on behalf of the large number of people reading this who really don't care about the Hugos one way or another. )

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ext_529342 January 14 2014, 16:52:45 UTC

Thanks for the mention and the kind words, Mari. That's a fine list of writers you've provided (many of which will appear on my list when I cast my ballot this year.)

:)

mariness January 14 2014, 23:01:50 UTC

Hee :) For the record, I wasn't trying to copy your list -- but some people do stand out.

ext_529342 January 14 2014, 23:30:05 UTC

Great minds think alike! We obviously share tastes in fan writers.

Thanks Mari! ext_1328203 January 14 2014, 17:19:38 UTC

I appreciate the shout out. Were you at Worldcon this year? Sorry we didn't get a chance to talk. LonCon????

Re: Thanks Mari! mariness January 14 2014, 23:04:43 UTC

I was at Worldcon but apparently I missed seeing nearly everybody :) This is what happens when you don't leave the bar much.

Anyway, I am tentatively heading to LonCon, assuming I can work out hotel arrangements. As of now the closest I can get is the Crowne Plaza, so I'll be going only if Accessibility can get me a little closer or if I can get volunteers to push me from the Crowne Plaza to the Excel. Or to wherever the bar ends up being :) There will be a bar part of the con, right?

tithenai January 14 2014, 18:10:09 UTC

A great list! Thank you for it!

mariness January 14 2014, 23:06:03 UTC

Just hoping for some variety in that category, that's all. I could also rant about the podcast category but I almost never listen to those so have no recommendations to make.

ext_2374506 January 15 2014, 03:04:59 UTC

Thanks for the rec, Mari!

abigail_n January 16 2014, 09:02:17 UTC

Thank you! And definitely seconding the recommendation of Sofia Samatar for the Campbell. Aside from A Stranger in Olondria, one of the most assured debuts I've ever read, she's had a bunch of great stories this year. I'll probably have a recommendation post up some time next month (I'm still catching up with short fiction) but I already know she's a lock.

mariness January 16 2014, 14:01:53 UTC

I'm hoping to see her on several lists -- her poetry was the first thing that blew me away, and then her fiction followed. I sorta try, at least, with the Campbell to go with the idea of "great career ahead" and I do see that with her.

I'm hoping to get around to reading some of Hugh Howey's stuff before I have to get my Campbell nominations in - on paper he seems interesting and he does seem to fit the "great career ahead" or at least "prolific career ahead" but I can't bring myself to nominate him until I've read his work.

I am so behind on short fiction it isn't a joke, and I may have to skip that category for the Nebulas if I can't read more in the next month. And I've read a grand total of two novellas, one of which I'm not nominating, so...behind there too. Sigh.