Last hours to get your vote in! Did I finish reading everything? I did not! No matter how good my early intentions, this happens every year – whoops. Anyway, please vote in the fan categories …
Walking the Wall, Part II
Yesterday we did another section of the Hardian’s Wall Path, just over a year from our first walk. We started in Newburn, where we left off last time, and walked around 22km again. This section …
Updating the Map for Worldcon
I’ve been adding things to the map in anticipation of being in Anaheim in August for Worldcon, I always make myself a little food and tourism guide anyway so it seemed silly not to. Here …
TAFF Visit
Last weekend we hosted the 2026 TAFF delegate, Kat Templeton, on her way to Eurocon. I’ve linked to the explanation of TAFF, but short version is it’s an annual fannish crowdfunder to help a fan …
Hugo Watching: BDP Long Form
This is another category full of things I liked. There’s some horror, some superhero action, two musicals, animation, space adventure, comedy, originals, adaptations, franchises, all the things! But ultimately top of my list is going …
Hugo Reading: Short Story
Best category so far… a variety of interesting themes and different tones. By far the most difficult to rank for me, except for the top spot. “In My Country” by Thomas Ha has been on …
Hugo Reading: Novelette
Intersting mix of subjects here; kaiju, vampires, magic, and self-aware machines (the old term is too loaded and too intentially muddled by llm-hucksters to be of any use to me now). The machines take the …
Achoo!
Well, this should have been a con report, or more Hugo reading posts, but instead I caught a cold and then maybe another cold, or a sinus infection, or some damned thing and missed out …
Hugo Reading: Novella
This year I’m going to try to be a bit better about my Hugo reading, instead of trying to speedread three novels and the entire short story category on a train to the airport or …
Hugo Finalist!
Belated post about the Hugo announcements, I am on the list for Fan Artist again this year – which is lovely. The other finalists are Sara Felix, Richard Man, Terri Ash, Geneva Bowers, and Yummei. …