08-13-2017, 10:37 AM | #16 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
Actually, I say I'm out of touch, but there's an exception to that: I buy everything that Baen publish, and enjoy the overwhelming majority of it. I get the impression, though, that the kind of thing Baen publish doesn't tend to attract Hugo nominations.
|
08-13-2017, 11:53 AM | #17 |
Resident Curmudgeon
Posts: 73,897
Karma: 128597114
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
|
Advert | |
|
08-13-2017, 12:25 PM | #18 | |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,737
Karma: 55645321
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
Quote:
So if she again wins the Hugo award for Best Novel (after the 3rd one is published), will that then be a 'first' for each single novel in a trilogy series to win the Hugo Award? |
|
08-13-2017, 12:26 PM | #19 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,737
Karma: 55645321
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
|
08-13-2017, 01:16 PM | #20 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
Yes, it would. A novel and its sequel have won it before - Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead" - but never a trilogy.
Last edited by HarryT; 08-13-2017 at 01:44 PM. |
Advert | |
|
08-13-2017, 01:55 PM | #21 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,737
Karma: 55645321
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
|
08-13-2017, 02:20 PM | #22 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
|
08-13-2017, 02:33 PM | #23 |
Addict
Posts: 285
Karma: 3762916
Join Date: Nov 2011
Device: none
|
Hugo awards have devolved into awards for social justice and identity politics. It may not be the best place to look for your next read if that isn't your cup of tea.
|
08-13-2017, 02:59 PM | #24 |
Home Guard
Posts: 4,729
Karma: 86721650
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6
|
|
08-13-2017, 03:05 PM | #25 |
Home Guard
Posts: 4,729
Karma: 86721650
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6
|
|
08-13-2017, 03:07 PM | #26 |
eBook Enthusiast
Posts: 85,544
Karma: 93383043
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: UK
Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6
|
Looking at the awards list, the last novel winner I recognise, and have read, is "Spin", by Robert Charles Wilson, which won in 2006.
|
08-13-2017, 03:37 PM | #27 | |
Wizard
Posts: 1,218
Karma: 63835638
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Norway
Device: PocketBook Touch Lux (had Onyx Boox Poke 3 and BeBook Neo earlier)
|
Quote:
Looking at the winners, I've also read Seanan McGuire's Every Heart A Doorway, and I liked it a lot. It's a really good take on the problem that xkcd desribes here. I've been meaning to read Jemisin for a while, but as I understand it, she writes pretty dark books, so I have to be in mood for it. |
|
08-13-2017, 03:44 PM | #28 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 12,159
Karma: 73448616
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Toronto
Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS
|
It's worth noting that we do have a member of this forum who is a Hugo Best Novel winner; Robert J Sawyer
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk |
08-13-2017, 04:10 PM | #29 |
Home Guard
Posts: 4,729
Karma: 86721650
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard
Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6
|
I've read 12 of the best novels from the last 20 years.
I am waiting for Jemisin to finish the series before starting on The Fifth Season. |
08-13-2017, 05:36 PM | #30 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,737
Karma: 55645321
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
2015 Hugo Award winners | jgaiser | News | 210 | 09-05-2015 01:14 PM |
2012 Hugo Award Winners | DMcCunney | News | 25 | 09-10-2012 10:15 PM |
2011 Hugo Award Winners | DMcCunney | News | 39 | 08-25-2011 09:54 PM |
2009 Hugo Award Winners | Alexander Turcic | Reading Recommendations | 23 | 08-15-2009 07:02 PM |
2008 Hugo Award Winners | DMcCunney | News | 45 | 08-12-2008 04:55 PM |