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My Plans, They Changed, So Hugos
Jan. 26th, 2014 04:15 pmMy plans for today were cancelled. The passive construction is correct because I had no role in the cancelling of them. I did make lemonade of lemons by getting my tax records uploaded electronically to my accountant.
Since we are also in the season of Hugo, herewith are all the Hugo-eligible books I read last year. I list them in order of when Amazon says I ordered them, followed by POD People titles, and do so for my own convenience in picking my nominations.
The Furnace - Timothy S. Johnston
Neptune's Brood - Charles Stross
Private Little War - Jason Sheehan
Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian - Jack Campbell AKA John Hemry
Terms of Enlistment - Marko Kloos
Desert of Stars - John J. Lumpkin
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
On the Razor's Edge - Michael Flynn
Codex Born - Jim C. Hines
Golden City - J. Kathleen Cheney
Without A Summer - Mary Robinette Kowal
Abbadon's Gate - James S. A. Corey
The Human Division - John Scalzi (I read it in serial format but if I nominate it will be for one book)
The Kassa Gambit - M. C. Planck
Embustero - Scott Cleveland
The Big Dash - Robert Hanley (novella)
The Quiet Front - Tim Akers (novella)
Kindreds, An Alliance of Bloods - Tani Mura (definitely NOT a nominee, listed for completeness)
Drifting Away - Stefano Constantini (also a definite no, again listed for completeness)
The Rebel Within - Lance Erlick (#3 in the not-for-me group)
There were a couple of books I liked and read in 2013 but are 2012 novels and not eligible, including Spots the Space Marine (M.C.A. Hogarth) Broken Aro (Jen Wylie) and Darkship Renegades (Sarah A. Hoyt).
Of this list, the only guaranteed vote from me is Ancillary Justice. Lost Fleet: Endless Title was entertaining enough, but as the umpteenth book in a series I don't think it's that Hugo-ish, and Scalzi has already semi-declined a Hugo nod for his book, so I shall respect his wishes. I'll probably put the two novellas on my ballot, in part because I haven't read a lot of novellas but in part because I liked them, especially Akers' one.
I understand that Ann Leckie is Campbell-eligible, so she'll get one slot there too. Speaking of the Campbells, Kloos, M. C. Planck and Johnston are eligible, and I think their books earn them a slot on my ballot. There were a flurry of good SF movies this year - enough to make a second post, in fact.
Since we are also in the season of Hugo, herewith are all the Hugo-eligible books I read last year. I list them in order of when Amazon says I ordered them, followed by POD People titles, and do so for my own convenience in picking my nominations.
The Furnace - Timothy S. Johnston
Neptune's Brood - Charles Stross
Private Little War - Jason Sheehan
Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian - Jack Campbell AKA John Hemry
Terms of Enlistment - Marko Kloos
Desert of Stars - John J. Lumpkin
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
On the Razor's Edge - Michael Flynn
Codex Born - Jim C. Hines
Golden City - J. Kathleen Cheney
Without A Summer - Mary Robinette Kowal
Abbadon's Gate - James S. A. Corey
The Human Division - John Scalzi (I read it in serial format but if I nominate it will be for one book)
The Kassa Gambit - M. C. Planck
Embustero - Scott Cleveland
The Big Dash - Robert Hanley (novella)
The Quiet Front - Tim Akers (novella)
Kindreds, An Alliance of Bloods - Tani Mura (definitely NOT a nominee, listed for completeness)
Drifting Away - Stefano Constantini (also a definite no, again listed for completeness)
The Rebel Within - Lance Erlick (#3 in the not-for-me group)
There were a couple of books I liked and read in 2013 but are 2012 novels and not eligible, including Spots the Space Marine (M.C.A. Hogarth) Broken Aro (Jen Wylie) and Darkship Renegades (Sarah A. Hoyt).
Of this list, the only guaranteed vote from me is Ancillary Justice. Lost Fleet: Endless Title was entertaining enough, but as the umpteenth book in a series I don't think it's that Hugo-ish, and Scalzi has already semi-declined a Hugo nod for his book, so I shall respect his wishes. I'll probably put the two novellas on my ballot, in part because I haven't read a lot of novellas but in part because I liked them, especially Akers' one.
I understand that Ann Leckie is Campbell-eligible, so she'll get one slot there too. Speaking of the Campbells, Kloos, M. C. Planck and Johnston are eligible, and I think their books earn them a slot on my ballot. There were a flurry of good SF movies this year - enough to make a second post, in fact.
