Tag: Hugo Awards

This feels weird, in the way that blatant self-promotion always feels weird to me, but here goes*. Untalented came out August 1, 2014. Since I am Canadian, it is eligible […]

Since it's nearly September, maybe I should get my July Reading Log out, eh? July was all about the Hugos, with the lion's share of the works read coming from […]

Ploughing through my Hugo voter packet reading. The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald A dense read that gets you up close and personal with future Turkey. Nanotechnology, a high-finance oil […]

Virga: Cities of the Air (Sun of Suns, and Queen of Candesce), by Karl Schroeder Steampunk-like far future world in a hollow-sphere setting (AKA Ringworld on steroids). Local politics intersect […]

Well, better late than never. The previous post should give some hint as to why I've been AWOL around here. We did get the place cleaned up and had a […]

Tess of the d'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy My semi-random "read a classic to better myself" book :-). This one makes me glad as a woman I was born now and […]