It’s awards season again (or maybe still), so Jonathan and Gary take a moment to remind everyone of the deadlines for nominating candidates for Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Awards, and to discuss briefly a proposal to add a one-time category of “Best Fantasy Novel” to the Hugos at the 2024 Glasgow Worldcon.
They also chat a bit about the Best Related Work Hugo, and whether or not certain categories might be eliminated. First, however, they touch upon whether the central concerns of mainstream SF were laid down in the interwar era, as Paul Kincaid argues in a new essay. And then Niall Harrison's new collection, All These Worlds: Reviews and Essays. Finally, we touch upon the question of how important opening paragraphs and titles are when it comes to drawing a reader into a work of fiction.
Episode 148: Playing for time
Episode 147: Live with M. John Harrison!
Episode 146: Live with E. Lily Yu!
Episode 145: Live with Christopher Barzak and Mary Rickert
Episode 144: On bookstores and lifetime achievement
Episode 143: A journey from new SF to politicised editing
Episode 142: After an unexpectedly long hiatus, a return!
Episode 141: Oh, no! Another awards discussion
Episode 140: Live with Nalo Hopkinson
Episode 139: Live with Kij Johnson
Episode 138: Live with Joe and Gay Haldeman
Episode 137: The rambling continues
Episode 136: On Benchmarks, Budrys and awards
Episode 135: Cecelia Holland on River of Stars
Episode 134: On digital texts
Episode 133: On Locus, recommended reading, Neptune's Brood and more
Episode 132: On context, books, and awards
Episode 131: Live with Nancy Kress!
Episode 130: Contemporary fantasy, lists and other things
Episode 129: In which the year ends....
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