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  • The World Fantasy Award announces 2026 finalists

    It has been quite the wait! At last the finalists are announced. Here are the short-listed candidates for Best Novel: The winners in this and all the other categories will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention, Oct. 22-25 2026,… Continue reading

  • It’s August 4, 2026, and There Will Come Soft Rains

    You know that eerie feeling when reality catches up with science fiction? I had it in 1984. And no, Orwell’s predictions in 1984, that dystopian classic, did not come true that year. Unfortunately, the year Orwell regarded with such fear… Continue reading

  • Hugo Award Finalists 2026: My Favorites

    So hard to choose! So many of these entries were superb. But these two are my favorites: Tesh’s The Incandescent is bursting with color and fascinating characters and amazing landscapes and tons of magic. Tchaikovsky’s Shroud is tense, driven, completely… Continue reading

  • The Hugo Award for Best Novel short-list: SHROUD

    Here’s my last post reviewing the finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The award will be presented on Aug. 30 2026 at LaCon, Anaheim, California. The list of finalists: Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) This novel of… Continue reading

  • The Hugo Award for Best Novel short-list: THE RAVEN SCHOLAR

    Here’s my fourth post documenting my quest to read and review all six finalists for the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel, to be announced on August 30, 2026, in Anaheim, California, at LAcon: The finalists: The Raven Scholar, Antonia… Continue reading

  • The Hugo Awards for Best Novel short-list: THE EVERLASTING

    Here’s my third post reviewing the finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Novel. The award will be presented on Aug. 30 2026 at LaCon, Anaheim, California. The list of finalists: The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) In… Continue reading

  • The Hugo Awards for Best Novel short-list: A DROP OF CORRUPTION

    Here’s my next post in my quest to read and review all six finalists for the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel, to be announced on August 30, 2026, in Anaheim, California, at LAcon: Again, the list of the finalists:… Continue reading

  • The 2026 Hugo Awards finalists for Best Novel: Two nominees

    The longest-running major awards in speculative fiction are the Hugos. The World Science Fiction Society presents awards for Best Novel and many other works in other categories at the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), and has done so since 1953.… Continue reading

  • The Nebula Awards Announced!

    Great choice for the Best Novel award, Nebula voters! See my review HERE. (I keep calling these awards the 2026 Nebula Awards, when they’re actually the 2025 awards, because they are given to works published or produced in 2025.) The… Continue reading

  • Another Nebula Finalist

    I was not planning to add anything more to my posts about Nebula Awards finalists, but I just realized something important about this book, nominated for Best Novella, and I had to post about it. How did I miss this,… Continue reading