Sunday, July 29, 2007

Hugo awards 2007: novel winner & nominees

I order the novels below according to my preference - better ones near the top. My rating follows the story title (in brackets).

  1. Michael Flynn's "Eifelheim" (B); download: When aliens visited a German village - in fourteenth century!
  2. [winner] Vernor Vinge's "Rainbows End" (B); download: Three quarters a computer/internet utopia description; rest is mostly a cheap spy thriller.
  3. Peter Watts' "Blindsight" (C); download: How do you handle first contact with aliens? You hit them, because they may be hostile!
  4. Naomi Novik's "His Majesty's Dragon"; download: not read.
  5. Charles Stross' "Glasshouse": not read.
Related: All Hugo Awards 2007 nominees in novel, novella, novelette, & short story categories

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