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The 2014 Hugo Awards Post
The 2014 Hugo Awards have been given out and the slate of winners is highly diverse and overall very good (detailed voting and nomination breakdown here), which is even more remarkable considering that...
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An interview, a new vendor and some awards geekery
First of all, I’ve been interviewed at Book Goodies, so check it out. And if you’re a reader in the Netherlands, you can now buy my books at the newly established Amazon NL without having to pay...
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Cora takes part in an SF Signal Mind Meld
I’m busy putting the finishing touches on the next Helen Shepherd Mystery at the moment, so I’ve only got a signal boost to post today, because I’ve been asked to take part in an SF Signal Mind Meld...
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New release announcement No. 2: Boardwalk Baby
As I said yesterday, I’ll be posting a trio of new release announcements in the run-up to the holidays and here is number 2. This time, it’s for a new fantasy novelette called Boardwalk Baby. Boardwalk...
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Some Thoughts on “Snow White and the Huntsman”
The days between Christmas and New Year are traditionally the time when the TV stations trot out the Hollywood blockbusters or wannabe blockbusters from two or three years ago in what they term “German...
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Hugo Awards Debate 2015 – earlier every year
Yes, I know I already said last year that the inevitable Hugo Awards debate starts earlier every year, but it’s still true. Indeed, it seems by now that we are having at least three big Hugo debates...
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Some Thoughts on the 2014 Nebula Nominees
So the 2014 Nebula Award nominees have been announced and I could basically just recycle my Nebula reactions post from last year and switch out the names, because my thoughts are largely similar. All...
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Some reactions to the jabs against superhero movies at the Oscars
In my Oscar reactions post, I already addressed the jabs against superhero movies during the ceremony and explained why they sat badly with me. Hell, even Birdman winning the Oscar for best picture can...
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Sad News and Springtime Flowers
First of all, there was some sad news today, for Sir Terry Pratchett died aged 66. Coincidentally, it’s been almost twenty years now since I first discovered Terry Pratchett’s books as a student in...
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New Charity Anthology Available: For Whom the Bell Trolls, edited by John L....
April Fool’s Day is already over in my part of the world, but I still have a new release to announce, because I have a story in the charity anthology For Whom the Bell Trolls, edited by John L. Monk...
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The obligatory 2015 Hugo nomination reaction post
So the 2015 Hugo nominations were announced this weekend and the noxious Sad Puppies as well as the even more noxious Rabid Puppies managed to push many of their choices onto the ballot and completely...
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How the 2015 Hugos proved against all odds that SF is becoming more...
I guess by now you’ve all heard the news. After an unprecedented four and a half months of fighting, debate and ever more bizarre escalations, the 2015 Hugo Awards have been awarded Saturday night and...
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New Fantasy Story Available: Kiss of Ice
I’ve said before that I’d have a couple of promo posts and new book announcements coming up in the run-up to Christmas and here is the second of them. This announcement is for Kiss of Ice, a dark and...
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Two Literary Deaths and Some Thoughts on the 2015 Nebula Nominees
It’s been a sad day for the literary world, because on Friday we lost both Harper Lee and Umberto Eco. Of the two, the death of Umberto Eco probably affects me more, because I vividly remember reading...
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More Reactions to the 2015 Nebula Award Nominees
I already shared my thoughts on the 2015 Nebula Award nominees in my last post. At the time, I also mentioned that I couldn’t find a whole lot of other analysis and reaction apart from discussion in...
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Hugo Season 2016: The Return of the Puppies
The deadline for the 2016 Hugo nominations and 1941 Retro Hugo nominations approaches fast, so we’re seeing the annual increase in pre-Hugo nomination chatter. BTW, if you were a member of Sasquan,...
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And even more Hugo links – and the Locus Awards
The 2016 Hugo debate is still going on, which isn’t surprising, since last year it lasted all the way until the winners were announced in August, whereupon it morphed into a debate of the winning...
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The 2015 Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Awards, the Eurovision Song Contest…...
So the Eurovision Song Contest was last night. I was watching something else and occasionally switched over, only to decide that I really could not bring myself to care. I finally tuned for the voting...
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Of Retro Hugos and Dragons
MidAmeriCon II, the 2016 WorldCon in Kansas City, is this weekend, which means that the Hugo winners will be announced. There has also been the first scandal involving a moderator misusing a panel as...
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The 2016 Hugo Awards or Fandom 2 : Puppies 0
I did the Retro Hugos (and the Dragon Award nominees) yesterday, so here’s the main event, the 2016 Hugo Awards. My comments on the shortlist BTW are here. The full list of winners is here, a detailed...
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