Daily Archives: April 29, 2015
Redshirts as a Social Justice Cabal Hugo Pick
Posted on April 29, 2015 192 Comments
Posting this Twitter rant here for posterity. This is Hugo neepery, but not of the usual sort I’ve been neeping about recently. Multitweet comment coming. Be ready. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) April 29, 2015 1. It's been recently suggested that I should be ashamed for getting the Hugo for Redshirts (by an author who hasn't […]
New Books and ARCs, 4/29/15
Posted on April 29, 2015 41 Comments
It’s been a week of new books and ARCs, and here’s today’s installment (there will be another one tomorrow, too!). What in this stack catches your fancy? Make note of it in the comments!
Drinking Poison and Expecting the Other Person to Die
Posted on April 29, 2015 82 Comments
(Warning: Further Hugo neepery. Avoid if you’re bored with it.) A question in email about a recent post, asking whether when I said, of one of the head Puppies, “So well done him, and I wish him all the best in his career,” if I was saying it with the same tone and meaning that […]
The Class of ’90 (and of ’06)
Posted on April 29, 2015 27 Comments
The New York Times has a very interesting long-form list on what happened to each of the first round picks of the 1990 NFL draft; unsurprisingly the stories are varied. Some have gone on to success in their post-NFL career; some have not; and some are in jail or have died. A lot of the success […]
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