I stole this post from Ambyr's tracking list so that I can start tracking where I am in reading Hugo finalists. I'm pretty far behind, particularly as I have read NONE of the nominated novels, but hopefully I can catch up. Achaosofkittens has some of the novels (noted as "we own them"), and some of the shorter stuff is online. As I read them, the ( Read more... )

Showing that both the voting public and the media available are changing, Randall Munroe won the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. The winning work was Time.

I'm pleased in all kinds of ways for everyone.

“The Ice Owl” by Carolyn Ives Gilman was an interesting and layered novella about the endless political cycles of humankind. Unfortunately, I disagree about a part of the moral/teaching that she embedded into the ending.

As a supporting member of this year's Worldcon (Chicon), I get access to the Hugo Voter's Packet. As you can see, this Big Bundle O' Stuff is well worth the $50 I spent on the membership... if you don't mind reading books electronically ( Read more... )

Movement: A Short Story about Autism in the Future, by Nancy Fulda, was really well written. I enjoyed it for the story it told and the descriptions it offered in such a short amount of space and time.

As an aside, Ms. Fulda offers the entire story for free first, then asks you to pay if you liked it. The link above takes you to the entire

I'm starting into my Hugo voter packet, so that I can make educated voting choices. My first attempt was something light and fluffy...

"Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue" by John Scalzi (the hyperlink takes you to the exerpt on tor.com ( Read more... )