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2009 Hugo Award Nominees
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Posted 2009-03-20 9:42 PM (#1601)
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The nominees for the 2009 Hugo Award have been announced:

Anathem The Graveyard Book Little Brother Saturn's Children Zoe's Tale

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Posted 2009-11-06 3:09 PM (#1730 - in reply to #1601)
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Location: Wasatch Mountains		I freely admit that I have not yet read 'The Graveyard Book' by Gaiman. But I would wager large amounts of dinero that 'Anathem' is a vastly superior book. Obviously this is an extremely subjective statement. Which brings me to a topic that I've thought about for a few years (and am surely not the first to do so). The Hugo award needs to award two best novel winners, one for SF and one for Fantasy. Where does one draw that line? It's very tough to define, but I know it when I read it.
I do plan to read Gaiman's book, but I am predisposed to believe that I will still pick 'Anathem' over 'The Graveyard Book'.
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Posted 2009-11-06 3:23 PM (#1731 - in reply to #1601)
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Location: Dallas, Texas		That's a common sentiment whenever the awards come around again. I like the idea but I'm not sure how well it would work. One can make the argument that there should be a "Young Adult" category too. Would that dilute the award?

I really like that Locus has the 2 categories tho so I suppose I'd be for it if they went that way tho it would create more work for me!
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MT in Austin
Posted 2010-05-11 5:18 PM (#2037 - in reply to #1601)
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I read LIttle Brother. It is a really well-written book. I enjoyed it a lot. I don't know that I would consider it Sci-Fi. It is more of an espionage book, At any rate, it is a very good book.

You can download it for free at www.feedbooks.com. Cory Doctorow publishes under Creative Commons.

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