Finished another Hugo nominee and, while I have two more to go, I have a hard time believing it will be topped. Emily Tesh's “Some Desperate Glory" does a lot of things very well. In particular it’s a skilled subversion of military SF, deals with a slew of difficult topics (as covered in an extensive content warning), has solid unexpected twists, and, as much great SF is, is more about now than any imagined future.
So, started Babel by R. F. Kuang yesterday. So far it is good, not spectacular. The magic system is very original, but I haven't really gotten attached to the characters yet.
I will say that Robin is supposed to be very young, yet he sounds like an adult and has very odd like "narrator" moments where he foresees the future. It's a very odd writing style. #reading#books@bookstodon
News from #hugoawards#chengdu#censorship scandal:
"WIP officials announced that director Dave McCarty and board chair Kevin Standlee have resigned " The linked article also gives an overview on the developments that led to the resignation.
In #chismes from the world of #books. The more details revealed about it, not that there are that many given the awards people are just not really talking, the worse it looks.
>Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors