Great Hugo Readthrough

2014 Hugo Nominee Readthrough: Larry Correia’s Warbound

So I was going to try and wait until the controversy around Larry Correia died down a bit before posting this, but, uh… well. He either lacks a controversy avoidance mechanism or chooses not to use it. Despite the many positions of Mr. Correia I strongly disagree with, I’m going to try and not let them affect my opinion of Warbound on its own. (I’ll probably fail, and I definitely won’t succeed in full). I did read the first two books in the trilogy as well, just to give the book a fair shake. Anyhow, on to Warbound.

First Time/ Reread: First Time
Acquired: Library

Other Nominees:
Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice
Charles Stross: Neptune’s Brood
Mira Grant: Parasite
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson: The Wheel of Time

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Great Hugo Readthrough 1962: Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land

This book is why I haven’t updated in so long. Blah.

First Readthrough/ Reread: Reread
Acquired: Library

Other Nominees:
Daniel F. Galouye: Dark Universe
Harry Harrison: Planet of the Damned (also known as Sense of Obligation)
Clifford D. Simak: The Fisherman (also known as Time Is the Simplest Thing)
James White: Second Ending

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2014 Hugo Nominee Readthrough: Mira Grant’s Parasite

Warning: Minor spoilers ahead.

First Time/Reread: First Time
Acquired: Library

Other Nominees:
Ann Leckie: Ancillary Justice
Charles Stross: Neptune’s Brood
Larry Correia: Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson: The Wheel of Time
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