To mark the transition between our summer Hugo reading and our regular short fiction reading, my online book club decided to have a session focusing on the finalists for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. Why 2017? Well, the stories were all online, it was before we started our Hugo Readalong, and it… Continue reading A Very Late Evaluation of the 2017 Hugo Longlist for Best Short Story
This is my fifth year reading and ranking every finalist for the Hugo Awards for the Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story in the previous year of sci-fi and fantasy. I’ve already posted Best Novel, Best Novella, and Best Novelette, so now it’s time to take a look at Best Short Story. I… Continue reading 2025 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Short Story
This is my fifth year reading and ranking every finalist for the Hugo Awards for the Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story in the previous year of sci-fi and fantasy. I’ve already posted Best Novel and Best Novella, and now it’s time to move to Best Novelette. Novelette is often my… Continue reading 2025 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novelette
This is my fifth year reading and ranking every finalist for the Hugo Awards for the Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story in the previous year of sci-fi and fantasy. After starting with Best Novel last week, it’s time to dive into Best Novella today. Novella is often my least favorite… Continue reading 2025 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novella
This is my fifth year reading and ranking every finalist for the Hugo Awards for the Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story in the previous year of sci-fi and fantasy. This year, I’ll be starting my ballot write-ups with the Best Novel category. To be honest, I found the shortlist a… Continue reading 2025 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novel
This is my fourth year reading and ranking every Hugo Award finalist in the categories of Short Story, Novelette, Novella, and Novel, and after posting ballots for Short Story, Novelette, and Novella early this week, it’s time to talk about Best Novel. While I disliked the shortlists for Short Story and Novella and loved the shortlist… Continue reading 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novel
I’m keeping up with my four year-old tradition of reading and ranking every Hugo Award finalist in the categories of Short Story, Novelette, Novella, and Novel, and after a downer of an opening entry and a glowing second one, I’m back to another downer as I check out the Best Novella shortlist. Unlike Best Short… Continue reading 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novella
I’m keeping up with my four year-old tradition of reading and ranking every Hugo Award finalist in the categories of Short Story, Novelette, Novella, and Novel. Yesterday’s post was a downer about a Short Story shortlist that I did not care for at all, but today’s tone will be much different, as the Best Novelette… Continue reading 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novelette
In each of the last four years, I’ve read through and evaluated the Hugo Awards shortlists for Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story. I try to vote in other categories as well, but I realistically don’t have time for everything, and these categories are my primary focus. So this week, it’s… Continue reading 2024 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Short Story
In the past, I’ve done full ballot spotlight posts for my four favorite categories in the Hugo Awards for the year’s best in sci-fi and fantasy: Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, and Best Short Story. This year, I’ve managed Best Novel and Best Novella, but I’ve flat run out of time before the voting… Continue reading 2023 Hugo Awards Ballot: Short Fiction
