"Justice Denied"

Last night, Sue and I went to Albuquerque's Kimo Theater for the premiere of documentary "Justice Denied". Co-directed by her friend Geri Lynn Weinstein-Matthews, it was a followup to "The Invisible War". While "Invisible War" was about women in our military who'd been raped by others within their ranks, "Justice Denied" was about men who'd suffered the same fate.

Wilde art

The other day, my cubicle neighbor and I were making jokes about the 'art' hanging on walls at the office when I mentioned the Picture of Dorian Gray. She didn't know what I meant until I explained and then she got it. She didn't recognize it as being from Oscar Wilde's tale though, but from this movie.

Hugo finalists - novellas

I've finished reading the Hugo finalists' Novellas.

Best Novella (587 nominating ballots cast)
"After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall", Nancy Kress (Tachyon Publications)
"The Emperor’s Soul", Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)
"On a Red Station, Drifting", Aliette de Bodard (Immersion Press)
"San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats", Mira Grant (Orbit)
"The Stars Do Not Lie", Jay Lake (Asimov’s, Oct-Nov 2012)

As is usually my feeling with that category, sometimes a novella is a miniature novel, or should have been a short story, or is just right.

Onward to the Novel category, starting with Scalzi's "Redshirts"...