![]() She has read not only many, many novels and stories that won Hugos (and other awards), but also Great (2014), an impressive collection of informal essays on re-reading the classics of our genre. (2011) and has authored many other fine novels, as well as the recent What Makes This Book So Regarding the first question: Jo Walton is herself a Hugo winner for the excellent Among Others Tour-guide through literary history: what are her qualifications, and what's her sensibility? Now, with any such project, a couple of questions immediately arise regarding our prospective It deliversĮxactly what the title promises: a chatty, highly personal review of nearly fifty years of Hugo ![]() Trivia aside, if you care at all about the history of science fiction and how the tastes of the field'sĬommunity of readers and fans have changed over time, you'll want to buy this book. ![]() news coverage? (It happened in 1970, for coverage of the Apollo Aldiss was up for a Hugo in 1958 for "Best NewĪuthor"-and lost (to "No Award"!)? Did you know that one year the Hugo for "Best Dramatic Title: An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000ĭid you know that in 1953 a Hugo Award was given out for "Excellence in Fact Articles"? (The ![]()
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