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more about #hugoawards more comments → fyngyrz: All that, and no comment about the issue of original sin, nothing as to why Ruiz-Sanchez wanted the planet quarantined? Also, no comment about the AFT... more » Roklimber: A couple of years ago I watched a presentation about Saturn and its moons, given by Carolyn Porco, the lady in charge of the Cassini mission. Her pres... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: The line between SF and fantasy seems to be blurring (in a good way) and while many scientists are still writing SF, plenty of other people are too. W... more » Roklimber: Being a scientist myself (trained in theoretical particle physics and theoretical astrophysics), I get a real kick out of science fiction that gets th... more » Roklimber: "this book is just packed with science, a lot of it the real kind. It runs the whole gamut of disciplines, from biology to geology to chemistry to phy... more » bakana: I've been meaning to read this book for a while. It sounds like everything I'd hoped "The Sparrow" would be (what a disappointment that book was!). I... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: That settles it, I guess. I shall write a theatrical adaptation of this book. more » Moff: Just a quick note: Does Fritz Leiber not LOOK FUCKING AWESOME? Like, doesn't that portrait make you think: "That dude is gonna science-fiction the fu... more » Grey_Area: Loving your Hugo posts, Moffie. Have you ever read Leiber's 1968 A Spectre is Haunting Texas? Been out of print for too long but very worth hunting do... more » fyngyrz: I also really liked the "conservation of reality" idea. The opposite of what most timeline change presumes. Very nice. Quite aside from enjoying SF wo... more » RyanF: I can't say that I enjoyed this one. In fact, I think it's among my least favorite of the Hugos I've read (but at least not as bad as _They'd Rather ... more » KeithZG: I don't know at what point you decided "let us blog about books that made a big impression on KeithZG during his childhood", but good choice ;) I dun... more » birdtongue: i love Leiber's style, though i know him mostly through the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories. i'll have to dig this up. more » Austin Grossman: I haven't thought about that the Change War in forever! Is it me or is Leiber kind of a forgotten man of SF/F literature? Because of his sexual poli... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Without rules, SF becomes fantasy. And not in a good way. Without rules, every resolution can be a deus ex machina. Since we are dealing with new worl... more » -
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A Case of Conscience Makes a Case for Science
How much does the "science" in "science fiction" matter, really? Let's mull that over while we consider A Case of Conscience, by James Blish, the Hugo-winning novel from 1959. More » -
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The Big Time Is a Mystery Morpheus Would Approve Of
All the Change World's a stage, and one man in his part plays many times — though Fritz Leiber's The Big Time is less a time-travel tale and more Agatha Christie-style Matrix, in play form. More » -
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With Double Star, the Hugos Start to Shine
The original Grand Master brings us the first Hugo-winning novel truly worthy of the award. Hot jets, kiddies! It's Double Star, by Robert Anson Heinlein, from 1956.
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What Do You Know? The Second Hugo Winner Redeems Itself
Would you rather be a jerk or immortal? Doesn't sound like a tough choice, but Mark Clifton and Frank Riley make the case that it is in They'd Rather Be Right, 1955's Hugo-winning novel.
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The First Hugo Winner Probably Deserves the Ghetto
In "Blogging the Hugos," running biweekly, we'll explore the evolution of science fiction by looking at Hugo Award–winning novels in chronological order. Today: the very first Hugo winner, Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man, from 1953.
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Hugos 2009: The Fashion, The Fervor And The Suspense!
Last night, the 2009 Hugo Awards Ceremony brought together many of the genre's leading lights, and we were there. A few victories surprised us, and a couple of speeches moved us. Here's our gallery of the parties and the glamor. More » -
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What's The Matter With The Hugo Shortlist?
The five books chosen for the 2009 Hugo Awards shortlist are largely mediocre, insists up-and-coming author Adam Roberts. But the interesting part isn't his critiques of Gaiman, Doctorow, Stross, and Scalzi, it's his ideas of what make a great novel. More » -
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In "Zoë's Tale," It's Hard to Be a Teenage Messiah
Zoë's Tale, the last book in the Old Man's War sequence by John Scalzi, has just been nominated a Hugo for best novel. It deals with the harrowing complications of interstellar politics and teenage girls.
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The Hugos! The Parties! The Glamour!
At WorldCon on Saturday, the Hugo Awards were an occasion for scifi book lovers to don their finery and come out for what can only be called geek prom. The Hugos are chosen by popular vote, and have the power to boost an author's reputation and book sales: Past winners include stars like Ursula Le Guin and Kurt Vonnegut. And so it was with palpable excitement that this year's nominees stood in the wings, and the audience waited in our gowns, tuxedos, and t-shirts in the vast auditorium at the awards ceremony. After our host Edward Bryant told stories about how the authors at a previous WorldCon had gone hot tubbing naked with their editors, the moment of truth arrived. More »
