Darth Richard II Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I'm still way behind on my backlog for this year, but Max Gladstone needs a Hugo dammit. Edit: Also bummed Felecia Day's book didn't make the top cut, That book man, it starts out yay funny then it gets deep into depression and anxiety and internet trolls and just DAMN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius+ Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 4 hours ago, Lily Valley said: Chuck Tingle somewhere on that fan writer nom list. Chuck for fan writer! Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcaramini Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 On August 23, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Papirolle said: Three books instead of two, no complaints here! It'll be interesting reading about There Are Doors then, because frankly I was disappointed in that book. I read it not long ago. Short Sun is a favorite of mine, but I haven't read Latro yet. I have a goal to read all of Wolfe's work, but some of the short stories are really hard to find. Does Gene Wolfe know you are writing these books? Has he commented on your interpretations of his books? I haven't done the "final editing" on this, but here is the write up for There Are Doors, should be up for a month. The long summary on the novels is necessary, in my opinion, to both make appropriate comments and defend the central thesis. http://pastebin.com/rkr4d3kP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Selig Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I read Cat Pictures Please yesterday. I am just baffled at its popularity. It is such a run-of-the-mill and forgettable story. I get that it won because all the others in the category were Puppies nominees and terrible to boot for the most part, but it's shame it got nominated in the first place IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 13 hours ago, marcaramini said: I haven't done the "final editing" on this, but here is the write up for There Are Doors, should be up for a month. The long summary on the novels is necessary, in my opinion, to both make appropriate comments and defend the central thesis. http://pastebin.com/rkr4d3kP Thanks for sharing that. It's been a little bit since I read There Are Doors so my memory of it is a bit fuzzy, but that was very enlightening. I'll definitely be keeping my eyes open for a print copy of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 On 8/30/2016 at 7:50 AM, David Selig said: I read Cat Pictures Please yesterday. I am just baffled at its popularity. It is such a run-of-the-mill and forgettable story. I get that it won because all the others in the category were Puppies nominees and terrible to boot for the most part, but it's shame it got nominated in the first place IMO. I know, right? This story was not my favorite. On 8/29/2016 at 10:35 PM, marcaramini said: I haven't done the "final editing" on this, but here is the write up for There Are Doors, should be up for a month. The long summary on the novels is necessary, in my opinion, to both make appropriate comments and defend the central thesis. http://pastebin.com/rkr4d3kP I love There are Doors. It's so romantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcaramini Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On August 30, 2016 at 9:49 AM, matt b said: Thanks for sharing that. It's been a little bit since I read There Are Doors so my memory of it is a bit fuzzy, but that was very enlightening. I'll definitely be keeping my eyes open for a print copy of your work. Thanks for reading it. I just "finished" the index for volume 1 - now my editor needs to actually make the page numbers match by some mysterious software magic (coupled with his understanding of thematically appropriate references), so hopefully it won't be too long until a print edition exists. The good news about that is I can perhaps start with the same index and just check off duplicate items for volume 2 and 3 and add in new concepts rather than create a new one from nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcaramini Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On August 31, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Lily Valley said: I know, right? This story was not my favorite. I love There are Doors. It's so romantic. When I read it again, the scene which affected me the most was when Lora transforms into Lara in the restaurant in Green's mind. She mentions how the ocean will return some of the lost and broken remnants of things destroyed by a storm, while others will sink, lost forever; she says, "I am the storm." Such a powerful way to conceptualize that self-destructive, all consuming love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 On 30-8-2016 at 2:50 PM, David Selig said: I read Cat Pictures Please yesterday. I am just baffled at its popularity. It is such a run-of-the-mill and forgettable story. I get that it won because all the others in the category were Puppies nominees and terrible to boot for the most part, but it's shame it got nominated in the first place IMO. It is one of the stories in 2015's Clarkesworld I enjoyed the most. It combines a nice tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the internet runs on cats with a positive run on a near all-knowing AI. It is a nice counter to all the depressing real live issues that the big data internet companies imply. A counter to Ken Liu's A Perfect Match, or to Person of Interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 So the first Dragon Awards winners were announced today. From File 770: Best Science Fiction Novel Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm, John C. Wright (Castalia House) Best Fantasy Novel Son of the Black Sword, Larry Correia (Baen) Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel The Shepherd’s Crown, Terry Pratchett (Harper) Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel Hell’s Foundations Quiver, David Weber (Tor) Best Alternate History Novel League of Dragons, Naomi Novik (Del Rey) Best Apocalyptic Novel Ctrl Alt Revolt!, Nick Cole (Castalia House) Best Horror Novel Souldancer, Brian Niemeier (Self-published) Best Comic Book Ms. Marvel Best Graphic Novel The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman & J.H. Williams III (Vertigo) Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series Game of Thrones Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie The Martian Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC / Console Game Fallout 4 by Bethesda Softworks Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game Fallout Shelter by Bethesda Softworks Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Pandemic: Legacy by ZMan Games Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game (7th Edition) by Chaosium Inc. Catherynne Valente also won the Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction for "The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hahaha oh my dear lord. Wright winning anything is hilarious enough but at the same time as ms marvel (which is awesome) adds an extra few points of WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Darth Richard II said: Hahaha oh my dear lord. Wright winning anything is hilarious enough but at the same time as ms marvel (which is awesome) adds an extra few points of WTF According to the File770 comments Vox Day neglected to include a comic book in his voting instructions to his minions, that probably explains the discrepancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 So did Teddy and his minions do well at the "Dragons"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 They did. So does this make the Dragon's like...the anti hugo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I'm sure the Dragoncon attendees are delighted to have their new awards hijacked by the Rabid Puppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 4 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: I'm sure the Dragoncon attendees are delighted to have their new awards hijacked by the Rabid Puppies. Yeah I don't see this turning out well. The typical convention goer and the puppies goals do not, uh, align. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Dragon Awards were new this year right? They also don't cost to vote in, which I guess made it easier for the puppies to hijack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serdog Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Teddy missed 3 of the categories in which he posted votes for 2 games categories and Young Adult Novel ETA The Amazon page Somewhither(which sounds lvery much like B-SF) notes that Wright once was nominated for a Nebula so I guess he not that bad.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 No, he's bad. As bad as they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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