Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

Editor. Writer. Professor. Host.

Hugo Awards: The Results

Well, it’s over and I’m late with this (sorry). The winners of each category are: Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate) Best Novella: “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press) Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; […]

Rejection: Artemis

Alright! Another rejection. Exciting, eh? This time from Strange Horizons. It was a good rejection, meaning that they had nice comments to say (they liked the pacing and action, but it didn’t work for them overall), so I’m thankful of that. “Artemis” has actually received some praise, just not enough praise for it to get […]

What does your browsing history say about you?

Apparently my browsing has this to say: Likelihood of you being FEMALE is 89%Likelihood of you being MALE is 11% Site Male-Female Ratiogoogle.com 0.98yahoo.com 0.9youtube.com 1amazon.com 0.9craigslist.org 1.13facebook.com 0.83paypal.com 1.04blogger.com 1.06imdb.com 1.06wordpress.com 0.98ticketmaster.com 0.79typepad.com 0.94fandango.com 0.82priceline.com 0.82hotels.com 0.8cafepress.com 0.8vistaprint.com 0.53greyhound.com 0.72wrongdiagnosis.com 0.68usairways.com 0.8feedburner.com 1.11godaddy.com 1.17alibris.com 0.77bbb.org 0.74zazzle.com 0.75abebooks.com 0.96newyorker.com 1.22bartleby.com 0.92lulu.com 0.96creative.com 1.53live365.com 1.27 Of […]