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My 2011 BSFA Award Short Fiction Ballot
So, I’ve now read the five shortlisted stories for the BSFA Award and thanks to everyone else who read them and commented, it has been informative for me and hopefully enjoyable to you. If you are a...
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SF Art Awards
SF awards season has begun and, to be honest, I imagine you are already well aware of this. So I’m not going to post the shortlists for the BSFA Awards or the Kitschies. I would, however, like to...
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Judgement
Abigail Nussbaum, reviews editor for Strange Horizons, has just launched a new feature at the magazine providing in-depth critial reviews of recent short stories: In what I hope will become a permanent...
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‘Immersion’ by Aliette de Bodard – 2012 BSFA Award Short Story Club
‘Immersion’ was originally published in Clarkesworld #69 ‘Immersion’ is a neat, symmetrical story that sets out its moral clearly at the end: It takes a Galactic to believe that you can take a whole...
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‘The Flight Of The Ravens’ by Chris Butler – 2012 BSFA Award Short Story Club
‘The Flight Of The Ravens’ was originally published by Immersion Press. The house looked abandoned; there were no lights showing in the windows. “What do you mean? Let’s go?” He shook his head....
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‘The Song of the Body Cartographer’ by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz – 2012 BSFA Award...
‘The Song of the Body Cartographer’ was originally published in Philippine Genre Stories We first see Siren and Inyanna as lovers. Siren explores Inyanna’s body – different to ours – before the scene...
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‘Limited Edition’ by Tim Maughan – 2012 BSFA Award Short Story Club
‘Limited Edition’ was originally published in Arc 1.3: Afterparty Overdrive The BSFA Award is open to all types of speculative fiction but, given its full title, it is pleasing to see some actual...
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’3 Moments Of An Explosion’ by China Miéville – 2012 BSFA Award Short Story Club
’3 Moments Of An Explosion’ was originally published on Rejectamentalist Manifesto. China Miéville bestrides the genre stage like a colossal sentient oil rig. He’s been shortlisted for the BSFA Award...
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‘Adrift On The Sea Of Rains’ by Ian Sales – 2012 BSFA Award Short Story Club
‘Adrift On The Sea Of Rains’ by Ian Sales (Whippleshield Books, 2012) Reviewed by Jonathan McCalmont Stranded on the moon, a group of American astronauts watch with horror as the Cold War turns hot and...
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Second Best Is Pretty Good
The Hugo shortlists were announced on Saturday and, if not utter twaddle, they are still pretty bad. On a personal level, I think four things I nominated made the ballot (yay, Strange Horizons!). When...
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Non-Hugo Awards – Art
Right, the shortlists for the BSFA Awards and the Kitschies are out and they are looking pretty good. As with last year, I’ll be reviewing the nominated short stories and I’d love you to join me. But...
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‘Saga’s Children’ by EJ Swift – 2013 BSFA Award Short Story Club
‘Saga’s Children’ was originally published in The Lowest Heaven, edited by Anne C Perry and Jared Shurin (Jurassic London, 2013) You will have heard of our mother, the astronaut Saga Wärmedal. She is...
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Spun
A double apology. Firstly, I should have congratulated Nina Allan for winning the BSFA Award for Short Fiction with Spin when the awards were announced. Secondly, I should have reviewed the novella but...
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BSFA Award Nominations – My Draft Ballot
We are half way through the month so it is worth reminding members of the British Science Fiction Association that nominations close for the BSFA Awards at the end of the month. This year they are...
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Thoughts On The BSFA Award For Non-Fiction
Since my post about my draft BSFA Awards nominations, two things have happened. First, Best Fan Writer-in-waiting Nina Allan has posted her recommendations for the BSFA Non-Fiction Award. Second, I’ve...
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Further Thoughts On The BSFA Award For Non-Fiction
If you are a member of the BSFA, you have until 1 April to vote in the BSFA Awards. I had hoped to write about the shortlists but, as is increasingly common these days, I’ve run out of time. So instead...
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BSFA Awards Voting – Short Fiction Longlist
Every year I have good intentions of reading lots of short stories, identifying some real gems and then nominating them for the BSFA Awards. Most years I fail. So I am very pleased that the BSFA have...
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