Tag Archives: Hugo Awards

Worldcon: Day 4 (Part 2)—The Hugo Awards

Posted on 10 August 2009 by House

Sunday evening was the main event—the Hugo Awards presentation.  Before that, being human beings of a hungry sort, we decided to seek out food. This proved to be more problematic that we could have imagined.  We first decided to go … Continue reading →

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Worldcon: Day 4

Posted on 10 August 2009 by House

The fourth day of Worldcon was also a big one, and quite full. We started at 9 AM once again, with a panel on “How Not to be a Jerk Online”.  I went to this because John Scalzi—whose blog and … Continue reading →

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Hugo Voting Season

Posted on 6 June 2009 by House

So, my previously-mentioned plan to read all my 2008-purchased books in time to make Hugo nominations did not come to fruition.  I got through a few, read parts of a few others, and just guessed on the rest.  The final … Continue reading →

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Ack! Five Weeks Until Hugo Nomination Deadline

Posted on 25 January 2009 by House

So, I woke up this morning to find an e-mail from my wonderful girlfriend, telling me that she had purchased me an attending membership at the Worldcon as my birthday present.  Apart from this being a delightul surprise, it has … Continue reading →

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