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Hugo 2017: The Highlights and Reviews

I threatened a few days ago to post reviews of the Hugo pieces that I found…
Hugo 2016 wrap-up

Here are the winners of the 2016 Hugo Awards | The Verge Thrilled that my top…
Hugo Awards 2016 – Novellas

Yay! I am happy to report that I genuinely enjoyed every selection in this category. These…
Review: Hugo Awards 2016 – Novelettes

What is a novelette? you ask. It’s what, as an English teacher, I would’ve called a…
Review: Hugo Awards 2016-Short Story nominees

Well, that was a waste of my time. If you are following the Hugo Award ballot,…
Review: The Fifth Season, by NK Jemisin

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow. (Since you asked,…
Review: Seveneves

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Buy a copy: Kindle/Print If there’s…
My Hugo Awards ballot (2015): So much drama

This was the year Coart & I decided we’d take the plunge and pay our membership…
Thanks, Scalzi

Several years ago we somehow ran across John Scalzi’s excellent book Old Man’s War. Probably because…
Summertime Livin’

Sorry, folks, for the long hiatus from writing, but — it’s summer. #sorrynotsorry Days are long…