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Friday, January 30, 2009

Biased Opinion - Nitpicking Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings

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I first saw all three Lord of the Rings movies in their theatrical release. Every year, for three years, the Christmas gift I looked forwar...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

2008 Campbell Award Nominees

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Location: Campbell Conference Awards Banquet at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Comments: In 2008, Kathleen Ann Goonan b...

2008 Prometheus Award Nominees

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Location: Unknown. Comments: The Prometheus Award Hall of Fame is, and always has been, something of an odd duck. The nominees are usu...

2008 Clarke Award Nominees

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Location: Sci-Fi London at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus in London, United Kingdom. Comments: You can often discern the concerns of an ...
Sunday, November 2, 2008

2008 World Fantasy Award Nominees

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Location: World Fantasy Convention, Calgary, Alberta. Comments: Even though there are still serious gender disparity issues displayed i...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

2008 WSFA Small Press Awards

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Location: CapClave in Rockville, Maryland. Comments: One of the more interesting things about the WSFA Small Press Award is that is is...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Biased Opinion - Not All Opinions Matter

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It seems to have become an article of faith in many places that all opinions, no matter how loony, must be considered. On internet boards es...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Biased Opinion - What Is a Sport?

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The other day, I had the Olympics on, and NBC was showing the team synchronized swimming event (I know, but no other channels were carrying ...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Biased Opinion - Olympic Fraud and Disillusionment

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I love the Olympics. At least I used to. I'm not so sure any more. I like baseball, but pretty much only to the extent that I will pla...
Monday, August 18, 2008

2008 Mythopoeic Award Nominees

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Location: Mythcon XXXVIX in New Britain, Connecticut. Comments: Under the rules of the Mythopoeic Awards works of scholarship in both ...
Saturday, August 9, 2008

2008 Hugo Award Finalists

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Location: Denvention 3 in Denver, Colorado. Comments: In 2008, the alternate history novel The Yiddish Policeman's Union won the ...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

2008 Locus Award Nominees

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Location: Seattle, Washington. Comments: One of the more difficult things to do is to write something about every annual set of award ...