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lagilmanThe Good: I am informed (thanks Myke!) that FLESH AND FIRE was named "Most Surprising Novel of the Year" over at Grasping the Wind..
I gather that all I had to do was knock off Peter Brett and I could have gotten best epic fantasy of the year, too. Hrmmmm... (Nah, I like Peter. And his agent would hurt me)
The Bad: I came back from the gym this morning (20 degrees! cold!) to discover that my front door would not open. The keys were turning in the locks, the locks were clicking over properly...but the door would not open. I was tired, sweaty, and in dire need of coffee, damn it. This was Not Amusing. Especially since my first thought, of course, was that someone had broken in (or tried to, and ruined the lock). And since this is a Sturdy NYC Door, it would take nothing shy of a firefighter with an axe to take the damn thing down from the outside.
The Almost Funny: And this is why I call Otto the super Super. Because I went downstairs, knocked, whimpered a little, and he came upstairs immediately and figured out the problem (using a variety of tools I'm going to pretend I didn't see), went downstairs and came back with tools, and let me in to reassure the cats and make coffee while he replaced the over-30-years-old lock that had died on me. And yes, for those of you wondering, this was a Building Failure, so it's covered under my maintenance fees, both the labor, the new lock, and the keys. And so, what could have been a Bad Morning has become instead an Amusing Story.
And now, coffee in hand, something Serious. I am reminded by other people posting that the nudge to nominate for the Hugos is upon us. If you were a member of the 2009 WorldCon, or have your membership for this year's WorldCon in hand, you are eligible to vote for the best SF/F/H of the year, in print and media.
People, every year the Hugos are decided by an incredibly small number of people. Really -- the percentage of people who are eligbile to vote who actually do is just...sad. How can we call this Science Fiction's Peoples' Choice, if so few people are actually choosing?
Yeah, I'd love to get a few nods for FLESH AND FIRE. Duh. But what I'd really like to see if the number of people making nominations DOUBLE. The rules are here. Go on, it'll only take a minute, and you can Make A Difference to the Genre.
I gather that all I had to do was knock off Peter Brett and I could have gotten best epic fantasy of the year, too. Hrmmmm... (Nah, I like Peter. And his agent would hurt me)
The Bad: I came back from the gym this morning (20 degrees! cold!) to discover that my front door would not open. The keys were turning in the locks, the locks were clicking over properly...but the door would not open. I was tired, sweaty, and in dire need of coffee, damn it. This was Not Amusing. Especially since my first thought, of course, was that someone had broken in (or tried to, and ruined the lock). And since this is a Sturdy NYC Door, it would take nothing shy of a firefighter with an axe to take the damn thing down from the outside.
The Almost Funny: And this is why I call Otto the super Super. Because I went downstairs, knocked, whimpered a little, and he came upstairs immediately and figured out the problem (using a variety of tools I'm going to pretend I didn't see), went downstairs and came back with tools, and let me in to reassure the cats and make coffee while he replaced the over-30-years-old lock that had died on me. And yes, for those of you wondering, this was a Building Failure, so it's covered under my maintenance fees, both the labor, the new lock, and the keys. And so, what could have been a Bad Morning has become instead an Amusing Story.
And now, coffee in hand, something Serious. I am reminded by other people posting that the nudge to nominate for the Hugos is upon us. If you were a member of the 2009 WorldCon, or have your membership for this year's WorldCon in hand, you are eligible to vote for the best SF/F/H of the year, in print and media.
People, every year the Hugos are decided by an incredibly small number of people. Really -- the percentage of people who are eligbile to vote who actually do is just...sad. How can we call this Science Fiction's Peoples' Choice, if so few people are actually choosing?
Yeah, I'd love to get a few nods for FLESH AND FIRE. Duh. But what I'd really like to see if the number of people making nominations DOUBLE. The rules are here. Go on, it'll only take a minute, and you can Make A Difference to the Genre.
