Search Results for "2007 Hugo Nominees": 10 results
2007 Hugo Award Nominees: Novelette: The last of my Worldcon homework, the Hugo Nominees for Best Novelette. This is a difficult category for me, because right now my categories are: Somewhere near the top, but not enthusiastically: Michael Flynn, "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours...
2007 Hugo Award Nominees: Novella: In the Hugo Nominees for Best Novella, I find myself voting for the same author, but this time not by default. As before, my tentative ranking and one-line comments are below, with spoilery commentary behind the cut. Robert Reed, "A...
2007 Hugo Award Nominees: Short Story: More Worldcon homework, this time the Hugo nominees for best short story. Like Chad (some spoilers), I was pretty unimpressed. My tentative ranking, with one-line comments, follows; more detailed discussion, with inevitable spoilers, is behind the cut. (This is only...
2007 Hugo and Campbell Nominees: My Ballot: For the curious, below the cut is my Hugo and Campbell ballot....
Flynn, Michael: Eifelheim: I am not having great luck with my Worldcon homework, really. Michael Flynn's Hugo-nominated novel Eifelheim ended up being a reasonable enough read, but nothing I'm really excited to have put off reading more-anticipated books for. The premise: in 1348,...
Novik, Naomi: (01) His Majesty's Dragon: Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon is being talked of as "Patrick O'Brian with dragons," which may, combined with the first chapter, give a slightly inaccurate impression. It's not a naval story, but is instead somewhere between "if Patrick O'Brian were...
Novik, Naomi: (01) His Majesty's Dragon (spoilers): This post contains SPOILERS for His Majesty's Dragon. Here's the non-spoiler post if you got here by mistake. [Originally posted at my LiveJournal while this booklog was down; there are comments there.]...
Stross, Charles: Glasshouse: I wouldn't have read Charles Stross's Glasshouse if it hadn't been nominated for a Hugo this year, as Singularity Sky didn't really work for me and the premise of this one sounded painful. Somewhat like Singularity Sky, the premise wasn't...
Vinge, Vernor: Rainbows End: Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge (also online), is the last novel for my Worldcon homework and an unexpected pleasure. When it came out, I found myself with an aversion to near-future SF, and the consensus seemed to be that it...
Watts, Peter: Blindsight: I expected to dislike Peter Watts' Hugo-nominated novel Blindsight (also available online) for its tone. I mean, not only have I seen James Nicoll's comment "Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts," [*]...