By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2018 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
By JJ: Introduction: [Quoted from JJ’s study of the award’s first winners] “The argument, from both the Puppies, and the Dragon Awards organizers (the Venn Diagram of which is unknown), is that the Dragon Awards, unlike the Hugos, truly represent … Continue reading
Nickpheas had an interesting idea – he charted how many Goodreads users have rated each of the novels nominated for the 2017 Dragon Awards. He posted these as comments and I asked his permission to turn his research into a … Continue reading
The nominees for the Dragon Awards were released August 3, and some authors who campaigned energetically for it succeeded in their quest to get on the ballot. Color-coded below are the nominations from three of the strongest marketing and promotion … Continue reading
On August 3 registered voters received to their online ballots for the Dragon Con Awards (as the ballot calls them, versus the Dragon Awards on the website.) Dragon Con’s Twitter feed says fans can still register and vote on the … Continue reading
(1) PREMIO MINOTAURO. Nieve en Marte (Snow on Mars), a science fiction novel written by Pablo Tébar, is the winner of the 2017 Minotauro Award, Spain’s literary award for the best unpublished SF, fantasy or horror novel. The prize is … Continue reading
Brandon Sanderson has won a pair of 2016 Whitney Awards, honoring the best fiction written each year by Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Speculative Youth Fiction Calamity by Brandon Sanderson Other finalists: Sarah Beard, Janette Rallison, Dan Wells, and Julie Wright. Speculative … Continue reading
Voting is open through April 17 to determine the five finalists for the 2017 Deutscher Phantastik Preis. The award honors speculative fiction published for the first time in German language during the previous year. The longlist is created by an … Continue reading
(1) CELEBRATING IN ORBIT. Happy New Year from the International Space Station. Happy #NewYearsEve from @AstroPeggy, @astro_kimbrough, @Thom_astro, and the whole space station crew! pic.twitter.com/EwYKvx6qPz — International Space Station (@Space_Station) January 1, 2017 (2) MAKING IT COUNT. Camestros Felapton celebrates … Continue reading
The winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Books 2016 have been announced. Winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 Fiction: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Historical Fiction: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Nonfiction: Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter … Continue reading