The following list will be updated over the next few months as we read, watch, and listen to Hugo-eligible works for 2022. These are not necessarily what we plan to nominate, but rather works that at least one member of the Edmonton Hugo Book Club has enjoyed and believes to be worth consideration. We appreciate any additional suggestions in the comments.
Updated on March 11, 2022Items marked with a “*” are ones for which there was significant disagreement within the book club.
Chaos on Catnet — Naomi Kritzer
Shards of Earth — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Desolation Called Peace — Arkady Martine ** (At least one member of the club intends to nominate this, but at least one other had a strong aversion to it.)
Civilations — Laurent Binet (translated by Sam Taylor)
Far From The Light Of Heaven — Tade Thompson
The Annual Migration of Clouds — Premee Mohamed
Light Chaser — Peter F. Hamilton & Gareth Powell
Elder Race — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Novelette
O2 Arena — Oghenechovwe Ekpeki
Self Care — Annalee Newitz
You Are Born Exploding — Rich Larson
Short Story
Tyrannosaurus Hex — Sam J. Miller
Tyrannosaurus Hex — Sam J. Miller
Orumai's Choice — Gautam Bhatia
Patriotic Canadians Will Not Hoard Food! — Madeline Ashby
Flowers Like Needles — Derek Künsken
Flowers Like Needles — Derek Künsken
Yesterday's Wolf — Ray Nayler
Best Series
Merchant Princes — Charles Stross
Merchant Princes — Charles Stross
Chorus of Dragons — Jenn Lyons
Jade War trilogy — Fonda Lee
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction — Jesse Sheidlower
Graphic Story
Strange Adventures — Written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads & Evan Shaner
Strange Adventures — Written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads & Evan Shaner
Wasted Space — Written by Michael Moreci
Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory — Written by Evan Dorkin & Sarah Dyer
Frontiersman — Written by Patrick Kindlon
Universe — Written and illustrated by Albert Monteys
Semiprozine
Black Nerd Problems
Black Nerd Problems
Professional Artist
Will Staehle
Will Staehle
Astounding Award for Best New Writer
Neil Sharpson (When The Sparrow Falls)
Gautam Bhatia (The Wall & The Horizon)
Shadow & Bone S01E01 — A Searing Burst Of Light
For All Mankind S02E01 — The Grey *** (While at least two members of the book club intend to include this on their ballots, several others within the book club have expressed a strong dislike for this work)
Schmigadoon — S01E01
Lower Decks S02E09 — Wej Duj
In The Earth
Fan Writer
Cora Buhlert
Cora Buhlert
Fan Artist
Iain Clark
For Novel: Arkady Martine's A Desolation Called Peace. A most worthy sequel to A Memory Called Empire.
ReplyDeleteMy novel picks:
ReplyDeleteSorrowland - Rivers Solomon
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within - Becky Chambers
Machinehood - S. B. Divya
Light From Uncommon Stars - Ryka Aoki
Destroyer of Light - Jennifer Marie Brissett
PS: I just started Far From the Light of Heaven, so it's a possibility as an addition, but I wouldn't be eliminating one of the others.
Novella:
The Necessity of Stars - E. Catherine Tobler
A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Becky Chambers
Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells
The Annual Migration of Clouds - Premee Mohamed
Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw
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DeleteIs the Green Knight actually any good? The trailer made it look like a farrago of CGI nonsense.
ReplyDeleteFive people in the book club saw it. Two hated it intensely. Three of us loved it.
DeleteIt's a movie for cinemaphiles, for film students, and for pretentious navel-gazers. And I say that without casting aspersions at any of those groups. Personally, I liked it a lot, but understand why some people really don't.
I would recommend The Plague Birds, by Jason Sanford, to be considered for Best Novel.
ReplyDeleteThat's one I keep meaning to read, and had yet to get around to. I'm going to try and read it before the weekend. Thank you for the recommendation!
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