Hugo short fiction nominees round-up

Posted by Paul Raven @ 24-04-2007 in General

Here’s a handy little post; in the course of reviewing all (yes, all)the nominees for the short fiction categories of this year’s Hugo Awards, SF Signal provides links to every single one, as they are all available online for free.

I wonder if I could hammer through the whole lot in a weekend?

Hugo Nominees announced

Posted by Paul Raven @ 29-03-2007 in General

Just in case for some strange reason VCTB is the only science fiction literature blog that you’ve read so far today, I’ll let you know that the Hugo Award nominees have been announced. Niall has the complete nominees list (with links and insight) over on Torque Control, as well as a link to Peter Watts’ stunned reaction to Blindsight making it into the ballot for best novel. And well deserved, too.

The value of science fiction awards

Posted by Paul Raven @ 28-08-2006 in General

It’s Worldcon weekend, which means that the Hugo award winners have been announced – congratulations to all who picked one up, and commiserations to those who did not. I’m going to take this opportunity, however, to ask a topical question – do awards like the Hugos really mean anything, from the point of view of the average reader? Continue reading “The value of science fiction awards”