Tag: awards

Sandman Canceled by China

Yet another controversy plaguing the scandal-wracked World Science Fiction Society refuses to die as credible allegations of censorship, and a subsequent cover up, swirl in the wake of 2023's World Con in Chengdu. The home of oldpub's once-prestigious Hugo Awards, World Con made its Chinese debut last year in a…

February 9, 20247 Comments

The Dragons Ride Again

It seems like forever ago that a ragtag bunch of newpub, Baen, and Castalia House authors dominated the first annual Dragon Awards. That day was an early career highlight, and I'm still thankful to my readers and supporters. What would become the current dissident scene was still taking shape back…

July 7, 20233 Comments

The Dragon Sleeps

... and Scalzi grows stronger! Check out the 2020 Dragon Award ballot, and you'll see what I mean. From the author of The Handmaid's Tale to lesbian vampire stories to a writer so deranged even Disney fired him, this year's Dragon ballot reads like the canon of Death Cult humiliation…

August 12, 202025 Comments

Dragon Con Interview

Recently the folks at Dragon Con interviewed a number of Dragon Award-winning authors, including me, They asked a series of writing-related questions via email and will be showcasing various authors' answers in a series of posts on their web site. Here are some highlights from their first post. Now in…

July 28, 2020

Look Upon Their Works

... And enjoy a hearty laugh at the incestuous wasteland the once-prestigious Hugo Awards have become. Predictions that the Hugo field would degenerate into a circle jerk of olpdub purse puppies beloved by editors in New York--and pretty much no one else--have been realized ahead of schedule. Here's a partial…

April 13, 202029 Comments

No American Man

Has won a Hugo Award since 2010. Special thanks: @MorlockP Kidding aside, we've now gained enough distance from the Sad/Rabid Puppies campaigns to do a proper postmortem on the Hugos. To recap, author Larry Correia started the Campaign to End Puppy-Related Sadness when he smelled something rotten among the oldpub…

December 4, 201912 Comments

Astounding Campbell Memory-Holing

In light of the World Con voters circling the wagons to snub my readers in 2016, this announcement from the editor of Analog is as amusing as it is predictable. H/t P. Alexander Named for Campbell, whose writing and role as editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later renamed Analog Science Fiction…

August 28, 201926 Comments

2018 Dragon Award Winners

The third annual Dragon Awards ceremony took place this past weekend at Dragon Con in Atlanta. The award admins have since released the full list of 2018 Dragon Award recipients. Best Science Fiction Novel Artemis by Andy Weir Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson Best Young Adult…

September 6, 201829 Comments

Unimaginative CHORFs

The 2018 Hugo Award winners were announced on Sunday night at World Con in San Jose. Frequent readers will recall that I made a prediction regarding the Best Novel Award. Let's see how my prediction of a Jemisin triple crown panned out. Those are the Best Novel Hugo Award results…

August 21, 201814 Comments

A Poor Job of Being So

Wherein John Scalzi, the Pauly Shore of Tor Books, demonstrates his practiced innumeracy regarding the Tor Awards Hugo Awards. h/t to @FuturistDog Gee, I wonder whose book the Tor finalist happens to be. Oh. Scalzi is correct in one regard. Tor's fortunes have objectively declined since their pre-Puppies heyday. Between…

August 8, 20185 Comments