Tag Archives: Hugo Awards

You Can’t Take Back What You Already Have

Here’s John Scalzi talking a whole lot of common sense about the increasingly contentious Hugo awards and the genre in general. I don’t re-blog stuff very often, but, well, this one is worth a read. Whatever First, go read this. … Continue reading

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2014 Hugo Nominations – the reactions

The nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards were announced today, and well, it’s clear that there will be some intense and vigorous discussion around the interwebs about some of them. As a resource, I’ve decided to try and collect links to … Continue reading

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The Week That Was: April 29th, 2012

Here’s my weekly list of interesting SF&F-related links, which in a fit of originality I decided to call… The Week That Was! Previous installments can be found here. As always, this isn’t meant to be a comprehensive list, but instead … Continue reading

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The Potato That Was: March 11, 2012

This week, I wrote a guest post for Staffer’s Musings about the eligibility or ineligibility of blogs in the Best Fanzine category of the Hugo Awards. Because today’s your last chance to send in Hugo nominations this year, I decided … Continue reading

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Love a blog? Nominate it.

The deadline to submit your Hugo nominations is March 11th. The Hugo Awards are the fan awards, unlike, say, the Nebulas, which are voted on by members of the SFWA, an organization that has certain criteria in terms of membership. … Continue reading

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The Week that Was: March 4th, 2012

Here’s this week’s installment of Far Beyond Reality’s roundup of interesting SF&F-related articles: The Week That Was! Before I get started, an announcement: last weekend, fellow blogger Civilian Reader (whose name happens to be Stefan too) launched a weekly roundup … Continue reading

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The Week That Was: February 26th, 2012

Here’s this week’s installment of Far Beyond Reality’s roundup of interesting SF&F-related articles: The Week That Was! Before I start, I’d like to say that this is getting harder and harder to put together. I originally planned on listing maybe … Continue reading

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The Week That Was: February 5th, 2012

Here’s a new installment of The Week That Was: an overview of SF&F-related articles and reviews I considered interesting and/or well written this week. As always, I want to emphasize that this isn’t meant to be a comprehensive summary of … Continue reading

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