Contrarius+ Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 I just finished The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, and it's got to go on my nominations list. I loved it to death. It should be getting more Hugo love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Is that eligible this year? Or are my timelines all messed up again. But yes it should, but I don't think its scifiy enough for either, uh, political movement or traditional hugo voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius+ Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Darth Richard II said: Is that eligible this year? Or are my timelines all messed up again. But yes it should, but I don't think its scifiy enough for either, uh, political movement or traditional hugo voters. If you mean Mount Char, yes, it's eligible. Published June 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Huh, for some reason I thought it was older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maia Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Some kind soul collected Hugo-eligible fan and pro art here: http://2015hugoart.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Here's a list of eligible semiprozone magazines. Also, don't know if this was listed, but there's a download of a large number of works written by Campbell eligible authors here. It's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius+ Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 On 3/22/2016 at 10:16 AM, Lily Valley said: there's a download of a large number of works written by Campbell eligible authors here. It's free. Very cool. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 Finally got back to The Dark Forest, second installment of Three Body Problem. I had to put it down until my spring break because I couldn't give it the attention it deserved. I love this book. It had none of the pacing problems of Three Body Problem and the underlying commentary on the human condition is incredible. I perused some discussion from Chinese readers and several have said that the third installment is even better. I don't know if I can even imagine that. If you had trouble with Three Body Problem, read this anyway. As long as you have the basic premise from Three Body, you'll be able to follow this one easily. It is a time eater. I've been reading for two solid days, periodically taking breaks to get up and shout at nobody. Some of the passages in this book have HURT me. I have about 150 pages left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius+ Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 22 hours ago, Lily Valley said: Finally got back to The Dark Forest, second installment of Three Body Problem. I had to put it down until my spring break because I couldn't give it the attention it deserved. I love this book. Interesting. I started it, but it didn't grab me. And then I was so tired of cramming Hugo hopefuls that I gave up on it at least for a while. Now I'm wondering if I should get back to it before the nomination period closes. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamSongs Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 On 5/1/2015 at 9:53 AM, David Selig said: I just read this novelette by Dale Bailey - The Ministry of the Eye. I highly recommend it. Interesting premise, evocative and precise style, deeply moving story. You can read it for free from the link. That was beautifully horrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamSongs Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 David, Helena and Lily, thank you for the great links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 So if I'm not mistaken there are only three days left to nominate? If so, reminder for everyone I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Currently chewing through The Fifth Season. My brother is reading the Illuminae files (occasionally aloud to me). The format of Illuminae is pretty neat, but as a heads up, it's YA. That realization helped A LOT. I'm still thin on related works, fancasts and fanzines. If y'all have favorites, please share them. On 3/27/2016 at 10:46 AM, Contrarius+ said: Interesting. I started it, but it didn't grab me. And then I was so tired of cramming Hugo hopefuls that I gave up on it at least for a while. Now I'm wondering if I should get back to it before the nomination period closes. Hmmm. Even if you can't get to it in the next three days. Dig in. It picks up around page 50 or so. Once I got back to it, I ate it and it took me three days. Some of the passages are really difficult to swallow. I had to think about them for a while. I also bored all of my non-science friends half to death talking about some of the ideas presented. It's great. Pacing is much better than Three Body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maia Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 And as long as we are about it, might as well vote in the Locus award poll too: http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2016/PollAndSurvey.html Let's put all that reading of newest fiction to good use. Waste not, want not ;). Deadline is April 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contrarius+ Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Maia said: And as long as we are about it, might as well vote in the Locus award poll too: http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2016/PollAndSurvey.html Let's put all that reading of newest fiction to good use. Waste not, want not ;). Deadline is April 15. Thanks for that. I had forgotten that I meant to check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Oxford Student newspaper's top 5 SF stories of 2015 Links to read the stories online are provided.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamSongs Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Uprooted, The Library at Mount Char and SevenEves will be making the list. I never could get into the Three Body Problem. Brief explanation needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 1 hour ago, DreamSongs said: Uprooted, The Library at Mount Char and SevenEves will be making the list. I never could get into the Three Body Problem. Brief explanation needed Ha! Well it is hard sf at it's best. There's a point within a VR video game where a character creates a human powered computer. There's a reference in The Dark Forest to the Travelling Salesman Problem. Imagine if someone wrote an epic novel that speculated wildly into everything you knew about medical science, everything you liked to read about medical science and threw out things you never even imagined and then wove them into the nature of humanity and came up with the opposite conclusions that you might. For me, The Dark Forest was that book. Except with physics and math instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 My provisional ballot: Best Novel : Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey Luna : New Moon by Ian McDonald Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovky Novella: The Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell Penrics Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold Short Story: Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight by Aliete De Bodard (not really sure what the right category is for this). Best Dramatic Presentation (Long) Ex Machina Mad Max : Fury Road Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Humans (Season 1) The Martian Best Dramatic Presentation (Short) - I'm finding it hard to remember what came out when and am probably forgetting things Doctor Who : Heaven Sent Game of Thrones : Hardhome Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell : Arabella Agents of SHIELD - 4722 Hours Agent Carter - The Iron Ceiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maia Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Here are some novellas available online, if somebody is missing things to nominate at 11th hour: The Bone Swans of Amandale, by C.S.E. CooneyThe Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, by Usman T. MalikSleeping Dogs, by Adam-Troy CastroWaters of Versailles, by Kelly Robson The Citadel of Weeping Pearls, by Aliette de Bodard - this one you have to request from the author, apparently. And these were the Asimov's Magazine reader's choice award finalists, that I have already posted a link to earlier (and didn't like all that much,on the whole, but a lot of people seem to), so why not: Inhuman Garbage, by Kristine Kathryn RuschThe Long Wait, by Allen M SteeleThe New Mother, by Eugene Fischer On the Night of the Robo-Bulls and Zombie Dancers, by Nick Wolven A Thousand Nights Till Morning, by Will McIntosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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