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Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by slothtrop » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:28 PM UTC

Dudester230602 wrote: post #9

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What does this even mean, "not written by women"?

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by lscdlscd » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:33 PM UTC

The Children of Time series is fantastic! I'm glad that Adrian Tchaikovsky is getting more well deserved recognition.

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by gred » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:38 PM UTC

slothtrop wrote: post #11

Dudester230602 wrote: post #9

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What does this even mean, "not written by women"?

https://gizmodo.com/the-hugo-awards-were-always-political-no...

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434644645/how-the-sad-puppies...

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by brookst » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:39 PM UTC

progne wrote: post #5

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novak is quite good, her best and I've liked all her books. Yes it's a Potter derivative, but doesn't feel derivative but inventive and de-disneyfied.

I loved her previous books but just couldn’t do Scholomance. I don’t mind the Harry Potter derivation, but she tripled down in the life is so unfair vibe that annoyed me in Potter. Still, glad to see her recognized, Spun Silver and Uprooted are amazing books.

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by karmakurtisaani » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:40 PM UTC

tromp wrote: post #8

"The hugo award" sounds eerily similar to the Dutch town of "Heerhugowaard" where I grew up...

Well, thanks for sharing I suppose.

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by aaron695 » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:40 PM UTC

Dudester230602 wrote: post #9

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Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by slothtrop » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:42 PM UTC

gred wrote: post #13

slothtrop wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does this even mean, "not written by women"?

https://gizmodo.com/the-hugo-awards-were-always-political-no... https://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434644645/how-the-sad-puppies...

2015 was almost a decade ago, and the word "feminism" doesn't even appear in those articles. Seems the salience was more about race/diversity.

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by brookst » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:42 PM UTC

slothtrop wrote: post #11

Dudester230602 wrote: post #9

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What does this even mean, "not written by women"?

Or like “where women are correctly shown to be subservient and secondary to men” or something? What a strange way to look at books.

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by swayvil » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:43 PM UTC

slothtrop wrote: post #6

Is it typical of Hugo Awards for fantasy to be so strongly represented, vs sci-fi?

It's a recent thing.

Re: 2023 Hugo Awards

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Post by wiredfool » Wed, Oct 25, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #4

Barely recognize any of the books or authors there, especially the winners. I've listened to Travis Baldree narrate Cradle, so I'm probably gonna check out his Legends & Lattes book. It didn't win, but I read The Scholomance which is listed in the series section. If you're interested in unconventional magic systems then I'd recommend it. Nettle & Bone was the big winner. Reading the blurb doesn't immediately call out…

T Kingfisher/Ursula Vernon is very good, in a weird fantasy/horror/romance/reimagined fairy tale way. (Depending on the book. One of the romances features severed heads.)

I haven’t read this one, but I’ve read basically all her other stuff apart from the horror, which I’ve noped out from. I’m not sure if this one is more reimagined fairy tale or horror, which is how I made it past release week without reading it.