Monthly Archives: May 2015

Definition: Puppy Shit

Posted on 2015-05-31 by Dave

Puppy Shit is crappy fiction or non-fiction that’s a Hugo finalist because some dicks thought their favorite stories weren’t getting  nominated so they made a list that got co-opted by a troll and resulted in my Hugo Packet containing a … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Fanzine

Posted on 2015-05-29 by Dave

My notes and rankings for the Best Fanzine category of the 2015 Hugo Awards. Journey Planet Tangent Online The Revenge of Hump Day  

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2015 Hugo Semi Pro Zine

Posted on 2015-05-29 by Dave

My notes and rankings for the Best Semi Pro Zine category of the 2015 Hugo Awards. I’d just about given up on on the Hugo packet because of all the Puppy Shit.  Eventually I tried a few and was shocked … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Related Work

Posted on 2015-05-23 by Dave

My notes and rankings for the Best Related Work category of the 2015 Hugo Awards. Why Science is Never Settled, Tedd Roberts 4 stars / OMG! The Puppies actually found something I enjoyed!  I bet the only reason that they … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Graphic Story

Posted on 2015-05-21 by Dave

My notes & rankings for the 2015 Hugo Graphic Story category. Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery, written by Kurtis J. Weibe, art by Roc Upchurch 4 stars / I enjoyed this. Modern language dropped in a fantasy setting. … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Short Story

Posted on 2015-05-19 by Dave

My notes and rankings for the 2015 Hugo Short Story category. No Award Turncoat, Steve Rzasa Best of the worst. Apparently AI in the future are prone to change sides at the drop of a hat. That ought to make … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Novelette

Posted on 2015-05-19 by Dave

My notes and rankings for the 2015 Hugo Novelette category. No Award Number one in large part because none of these holds a candle to last year’s crop and that’s the only one I have experience with. Seriously, the only … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Novella

Posted on 2015-05-19 by Dave

My notes and ranking of the 2015 Hugo Novella category. No Award Ranked #1 because nothing even broke three stars (“I like it”) vs three four 3+ star entries last year. If I only rank you “meh” then you don’t … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Novel

Posted on 2015-05-19 by Dave

My notes and current rankings for the 2015 Novel category. Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie 4 stars / An enjoyable read that left me wondering what I didn’t like about the first one. I’ll have to go finish it and see. … Continue reading →

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2015 Hugo Fan Writer

Posted on 2015-05-19 by Dave

My notes and current ranking for the 2015 Hugo Fan Writer category. I never read the Fan Writer stuff from last year and that was my first year with a Hugo packet. If it’s always like this they should drop … Continue reading →

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