Comments on: Hugo nominees http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cheryl Morgan http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-65206 Cheryl Morgan Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:57:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/#comment-65206 <a href="http://www.louanders.com/blog.html" rel="nofollow">Lou Anders</a>, the editor at Pyr, has posted "We'll be releasing a US edition in Pyr's third season." When I find out what that means I'll let you know. Lou Anders, the editor at Pyr, has posted “We’ll be releasing a US edition in Pyr’s third season.” When I find out what that means I’ll let you know.

]]> By: pedro http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-65132 pedro Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:51:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/#comment-65132 Iron Council was inferior--in my view--to both Perdido Street Station and The Scar. But then again, that may be simply because I'm not a native English speaker, and all the agrammatical mess of the text threw me off. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a delightful story, but I never quite understood how it was a bit subversive, as claimed by Henry some time ago. Iron Council was inferior—in my view—to both Perdido Street Station and The Scar. But then again, that may be simply because I’m not a native English speaker, and all the agrammatical mess of the text threw me off. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a delightful story, but I never quite understood how it was a bit subversive, as claimed by Henry some time ago.

]]> By: Henry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-65074 Henry Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:59:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/#comment-65074 Thanks Cheryl - when they put something up, I'd be glad to link to it. Thanks Cheryl – when they put something up, I’d be glad to link to it.

]]> By: Ross Smith http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-65066 Ross Smith Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:19:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/#comment-65066 I think the reason <em>The Algebraist</em> got such mixed reviews was that too many reviewers didn't notice that it's a comedy, and made the mistake of taking it seriously. (It reminded me in some ways of Terry Pratchett's early and undeservedly forgotten SF novels.) Of the five nominees, I've read the Banks, Clarke, and Mieville. It's a good thing I'm not voting, because it spares me the agony of choosing between <em>Strange + Norrell</em> and <em>Iron Council</em>. I think the reason The Algebraist got such mixed reviews was that too many reviewers didn’t notice that it’s a comedy, and made the mistake of taking it seriously. (It reminded me in some ways of Terry Pratchett’s early and undeservedly forgotten SF novels.)

Of the five nominees, I’ve read the Banks, Clarke, and Mieville. It’s a good thing I’m not voting, because it spares me the agony of choosing between Strange + Norrell and Iron Council.

]]> By: Cheryl Morgan http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-65027 Cheryl Morgan Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:33:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/03/28/hugo-nominees/#comment-65027 <i>River of Gods</i> will be published in the US by <a href="http://www.pyrsf.com/" rel="nofollow">Pyr</a>. It doesn't appear on their schedules yet, but they are already leaping up and down with joy. And for anyone in the US looking for a copy of <i>The Algebraist</i>, it will be coming out soon from <a href="http://www.nightshadebooks.com/index.aspx" rel="nofollow">Night Shade</a>. Again there's no release date yet, but it is on their web site. River of Gods will be published in the US by Pyr. It doesn’t appear on their schedules yet, but they are already leaping up and down with joy.

And for anyone in the US looking for a copy of The Algebraist, it will be coming out soon from Night Shade. Again there’s no release date yet, but it is on their web site.

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