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Who will you nominate for the 2014 Hugo?
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theman
Posted 2014-01-21 11:39 PM (#6201)
Subject: Who will you nominate for the 2014 Hugo?



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Location: Virginia		What would you recommend I read before the March 31st ballot deadline:

Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Jordan - The Wheel of Time
Sanderson - Steelheart
Stross - Neptune's Brood

and something else?
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DrNefario
Posted 2014-01-22 8:04 AM (#6202 - in reply to #6201)
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Location: UK		I have never nominated before - I just don't read enough brand new SF/F to make it worth it - and we ended up with an extremely disappointing shortlist in my opinion. This year I am considering just nominating stuff I want to read, instead of the two 2013 books I have read.

Anyway, other books I hope to have a look at before the deadline:

Wolfhound Century - Peter Higgins
Raising Steam - Terry Pratchett
On the Steel Breeze - Al Reynolds (I'm going to have to read Blue Remembered Earth first)
Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch

...and of course there is Ancillary Justice, which is one of the two I have read.

I also need to decide very soon whether I want to go to the con. I've never been con-goer, and I don't totally understand what they're about, but Worldcon doesn't come to the UK all that often.
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theman
Posted 2014-02-09 9:33 AM (#6415 - in reply to #6201)
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Location: Virginia		Read Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, and it was excellent.

Tried Ancillary Justice, but couldn't get that far. I started it over after 2 hours into the audiobook and got a little bit farther, but got bogged down by an enormous infodump section that kept losing me. Maybe it is better as a book, where you can move at your own pace, or back up and clarify sections thick with info.
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francesashton
Posted 2014-02-09 10:12 AM (#6417 - in reply to #6201)
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Location: Cheshire, England		Of the four you've listed I've read Steelheart and that is really good YA. But then I think most of Sanderson's work is good. Otherwise, I'd go for Charles Stross - not found a bad one of his yet either!
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