reading the 2011's Hugo nominees - June 7

[sergebroom]

Here is the status of my reading 2011's Hugo nominees. As you can see, I don't have that many left to go thru, but I'll probably have to do some borrowing of other people's copies.

Best Novella:

"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window", Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean, Summer 2010)
"The Lifecycle of Software Objects", Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
"The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon", Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
"The Sultan of the Clouds", Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010) - (read)
"Troika", Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)


Best Novelette:

"Eight Miles", Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010) - (read)
"The Emperor of Mars", Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) - (read)
"The Jaguar House, in Shadow", Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010) - (read)
"Plus or Minus", James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)- (read)
"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made", Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)- (read)


Best Short Story:

"Amaryllis", Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
"For Want of a Nail", Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) - (read)
"Ponies", Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010) - (read)
"The Things", Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)- (read)

Comments

[soon_lee]

Isn't the Hugo Voter's Packet already available, or do you not do reading electronic versions?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Argh. I had forgotten that the Packet would include electronic versions. Thanks for the reminder. (Me, red-faced?)

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Mind you, one reason I had forgotten about the e*versions is that I didn't asquire my Nook until after last year's Hugos. In other words, I had never really paid attention to that componenent of the packet.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I just downloaded the remaining novellas. Thanks for pointing this out to me. I now have quite a few things to read. I'm not sure I'll have time to read the novels in time for the deadline. We shall see. Then again I seldom vote in that category. Which puts me in the opposite camp from most voters, I suppose.