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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 3h

Not as far as I am aware. But I haven’t checked recently.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 10h

HMMMMM very suspicious to see fellow Banff-er @amalelmohtar.com on here along with MYSELF A LARGE BUG

Did the ELK ARRANGE THIS

JoCo Cruise @jococruise.bsky.social · 10h

Announcing the JoCo Cruise 2026 featured guests! We have some amazing newcomers, as well as returning fan favorites and old friends. Visit our website for more information about this stellar line up!
#jococruise #jococruise2026

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 7h

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 10h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 10h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 9h

This represents a huge loss to Canadian SFF

On Spec Magazine @onspecmag.bsky.social · 10h

With our new issue, we are making the sad announcement that this will be the final year for On Spec. See www.onspec.ca for details.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 12h

Have loathed HP for 25 years. Sorry. Never much cared for JRK.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 12h

The Tales of Dunk & Egg are the best stories set in Westeros.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Official Teaser Trailer | HBO Max

YouTube video by HBO Max

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 13h

That feeling when an author whose work once lit up your imagination -- whose every new book was an event anticipated with glee -- has clearly lost a step.

How do others deal with this feeling?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"There's truth underneath all this fake outrage. Conservatives really are at a disadvantage in pop culture because most creative people are liberals, which has always been true & probably always will be. While MAGA has had some success building a culture machine, what it produces is mostly banal."

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 1d

I do not think we'd have ever appeared on a Hugo Award shortlist if not for social media.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 2d

I like this book. (I like the paperback design, too.)

DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · 2d

The winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Sargassa, is out in paperback! This is the first in a speculative trilogy that is equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution. Read this? Preorder Bloodtide, book 2, out next week!

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

More important than how they dress is how they ruled on Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan (2015), which upheld the right of public sector employees to bargain collectively.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 2d

Just had my author copies of this beautiful book through. Definitely for the dedicated collectors but the art by @alexries.com (cover) and @simonroy.bsky.social (interior) is so beautiful.

Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 2d

Our first project with @aptshadow.bsky.social, an illustrated signed limited edition of his Hugo-nominated novel, Alien Clay, is in stock and shipping! Full details and snag yours here: subterraneanpress.com/newsadrian-t...

Adrian Tchaikovsky's ALIEN CLAY Shipping Now!

Our first project with Adrian Tchaikovsky, an illustrated signed limited edition of his Hugo-nominated novel, Alien Clay, is in stock and shipping. The aliens in this novel are unlike any you've seen ...

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Jordan S. Carroll @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 3d

“For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he.” Thomas Rainborough

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 3d

No, it’s the black part of the 1938 German flag.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 3d

One of my favourite things we’ve ever written.

Thanks again, Uncanny for inviting us to write it and helping make it really shine.

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 5

New essay! "Precarious Employment in Precarious Futures" by Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne! buff.ly/G7E5VM4

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 21d

We've now rewatched and blogged about 30 years worth of Hugo-shortlisted dramatic presentations.

Intro to our Rewatching The Hugos series: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2020/08/re-w...

Re-Watching The Hugos (Intro)

Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 18d

HERESY! NOT A SINGLE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE PAST SIX DECADES!

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 18d

That was some delightfully pointed satire there. I’ve read those old authors, but I boggle at these people who don’t understand that there has been so much great, vital science fiction written in the last 60 years.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 25d

"The Ones Who Walk Away From Hogwarts"

New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 12d

Which is your favourite current TV show in which a resident of a gigantic nuclear bunker becomes disillusioned with the status quo, questions commonly accepted history, and by doing so uncovers a shadowy conspiracy?

Blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/bunk...

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 3d

There are many examples of science fiction that reads more as non-fiction essay -- Stanisław Lem comes to mind. His Master's Voice (1968) is a spectacular philosophical essay on first contact -- and also science fiction. There's space in SF for these types of variations...

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 4d

Yes. On our list. Definitely a strong contender.

a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him

ALT: a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · Mar 15

Is it too early to start talking about what we're going to nominate at NEXT YEAR's Hugos? The ones in 2026?

#HugoAwards @laworldcon.bsky.social

The beginnings of our annual list: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...

Uncanny April 2025 - has the story 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days

Cover of The Artistry of Magic by Helen De Cruz

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 4d

It’s up! Me and Gabriel Gianordoli went deep on the great Emil Ferris and her terrific mystery/art books

Emil Ferris Pays Homage to Horror Comics With ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ (Gift Article)

In her two-volume classic, “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,” Emil Ferris explores a girl’s journey to understand the world, and herself.

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