The literary world is on fire with the controversy surrounding this year’s Hugo awards. But on the indie book scene, writers struggle for recognition of their devotion to the craft. Writer and creativity hacker Jefferson Smith believes he’s found a way to help, and has challenged indie books to Immerse or Die.
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This hysterical little film written by Simon Gurrier and staring the indomitable David Warner needs a Hugo nomination. Can you help out?
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Earlier this month at LoneStarCon 3, John Scalzi won the Hugo Award for Best Novel for his 2012 book Redshirts, which has more than a little bit of fun with one of science fiction’s longstanding tropes. Seems a good time, then, to revisit Scalzi’s interview with GeekDad covering metafiction, parody, humor’s place in sci-fi history, and Poor Ensign Jones.
Continue ReadingMur Lafferty, author, host of Escape Pod (among other podcasts), and all around geek mom herself, is a nominee for the John W. Campbell award at WorldCon. But because of the award’s rules, the writing sample included in the voting packet that WorldCon Attending and Supporting members receive will include only one story, one from […]
Continue ReadingCongratulations to the recently-announced finalists for the 2012 Hugo Awards, which were announced Saturday. The winners will be announced in August at the World Science Fiction Society’s Chicon 7 convention in Chicago.
Continue ReadingThe winners of the 2011 Hugo Awards were announced last night at Renovation, the World Science Fiction Convention, in Reno, Nevada. There were no huge surprises among the winners, so far as I can tell — though I don’t keep …
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