The 2019 Dragon Awards ceremony was held September 1 – here are the winners. Best Science Fiction Novel A Star-Wheeled Sky by Brad R. Torgersen Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) House of Assassins by Larry Correia Best Young Adult / … Continue reading
The 2019 Dragon Award Ballot came out today, and it’s interesting to see that the nominees collectively have become more organic, even while the award instructions encourage writers to campaign (i.e., “it is perfectly acceptable for you to encourage your … Continue reading
The 2019 Dragon Award Ballot was posted on August 7. Best Science Fiction Novel A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine A Star-Wheeled Sky by Brad R. Torgersen Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson Record of a Spaceborn Few by … Continue reading
(1) TUNING IN. The Doctor may use her time traveling skills to visit your TV set even sooner than the beginning of Season 12. Radio Times speculates that “Doctor Who could air an extra episode before the new series”. RadioTimes.com … Continue reading
Semi-final round voting has begun in the Goodreads Choice Awards: The Best Books 2018 and will continue through November 11. There are 21 categories overall. Goodreads recommended 15 books in the opening round and allowed write-ins, which have filled another … Continue reading
The 2018 Dragon Awards were presented September 2 at Dragon Con. Best Science Fiction Novel Artemis by Andy Weir Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel Children of Blood and Bone … Continue reading
(1) SPIDER STORY. Worldcon 76 GoH Spider Robinson’s hometown paper profiled him before the convention: see “Spider Robinson’s star shines in Worldcon’s sci-fi universe” in the Bowne Island Undercurrent. In the waning charge cycles of a 12-year-old MacBook Pro, Spider … Continue reading
By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2019 Best Series Hugo next year *†. Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the … Continue reading
A lot of things are absent from the Dragon Awards ballot that I expected to see there. Some of them I don’t miss. Some of them I do. Best Novel Hugo Finalists: None of the 2018 Best Novel Hugo finalists … Continue reading
The 2018 Dragon Awards Ballot was released August 6. A notable change is that most categories have six nominees (a few have seven, or five) in contrast to last year when they had seven or eight. Also noteworthy is that … Continue reading