Monthly Archives: April 2015

The 2015 Hugo Ballot is open for voting. If you’re a member of Sasquan, you get to vote. Put in your $40 for a supporting membership and register your opinion on what the best of the nominated works are. If … Continue reading →

If you don’t know what’s going on with the Hugos, go here. Or here. Or here. The organizers and supporters of the Sad Puppies slate are complaining that they’re being unfairly conflated with the Rapid Puppies slate created by Vox … Continue reading →

I was out taking some pictures for a project. Got these, too.

Last night we put our money where our mouth was and paid to join HBO Now/Go/Whatever in order to watch Game of Thrones season five. Thanks, HBO, for listening! But that’s not what this is about. I am not at … Continue reading →

Last weekend we attended the Atlanta live performance of Welcome to Nightvale. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a deliciously weird podcast program set in the fictional town/city of Nightvale, which is set in the desert of America (somewhere). … Continue reading →

The pinecone has nothing to do with the Hugos, I just think it’s a good picture that I snapped this morning while taking some project photos1. Yesterday, George R. R. Martin chimed in on the current Hugo/Sad Puppy kerfuffle. His … Continue reading →

13:25 UPDATE at bottom I find it interesting that of the five novels on the Sad Puppy Slate, exactly zero were submitted for review for the Clarke Awards. This could mean a few different things: No one bothered to submit … Continue reading →

With all the hullabaloo over the Hugos, it’s easy to miss the fact that they are not the only award for Science Fiction. The Arthur C. Clarke Award is the most prestigious award for science fiction in Britain. The annual … Continue reading →

I summarized the Hugo nomination slate earlier, being both sad, yet optimistic that this hijacking can’t last. Because I’m ignoring the standby advice of “DON’T READ THE COMMENTS” I was casting about for what other people thought about the current … Continue reading →

Every year, I get very excited when the Hugo award nominations roll around. What will people think are the best novels1 this year!? Will I have read them? What additional books do I get to consume!??!?!? And every year, books … Continue reading →