Friday, August 7, 2026

Seriously, though, it is weird.

Yes, I'm looking at you, The Raven Scholar and The Incandescent.

Regardless, I managed to finish off the remaining Best Novel nominee last night, and I've submitted my votes for the Hugo Awards.  I have to admit that I used the NO VOTE option for a couple of categories:  I hadn't read all of the Best Series books, or the Lodestar Award YA novel nominees, and I didn't wade through the Editorial options, either Long or Short Form.  

That being said, it was a challenging ballot - there's a lot of really solid work out there, and it was a struggle to rank the nominees from 1 to 6, especially in the Best Novel Category, duplicate amputations aside.  And now we wait: I'm still hoping that my Voting membership will get me access to the LACon Hugo Awards livestream on the 30th - fingers crossed!

- Sid

Thursday, August 6, 2026

The Thief of Time.

While we're doing awards housekeeping, just a reminder that the voting deadline for the 2026 Hugo Awards is this coming Saturday, August 8th, at noon PDT.  Which means that when I finish this posting, it's back to the last novel nominee that I have to finish reading!

- Sid

The 2026 Aurora Awards: Live

Dedicated Canadian science fiction and fantasy fans (or international fans, for that matter, I've been getting an awful lot of views from Brazil*) are invited to watch the 2026 Annual Aurora Awards livestreaming on YouTube™ this Sunday, August 9th, starting at 5:00 PM EDT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMO5oUJ4zjE

In addition to the awards for this year's best Canadian science fiction and fantasy, Kelley Armstrong, James Alan Gardner, and Mike Glicksohn will be inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame

See you there!

- Sid

* Although, sadly, probably not by people.