Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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2014 Hugo Nominee Ballot: Best Novel

I feel like this is one of those categories where no matter what I do, I’ll always miss something.  2013 wasn’t a huge reading year for me, and that means there are just too many bloody novels I didn’t have time to get to.  Thankfully, I got to read some exceptional books, even if they […]

2014 Hugo Nominee Ballot: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

I thought long and hard about this one.  You’ll see a lot of things missing here:  no Byzantium (though I quite enjoyed it) or Iron Man 3 or Catching Fire (which was good until the last 5 minutes) or Upstream Color or The Hobbit 2 (the latter of which I think is utter garbage). With […]

2014 Hugo Nominee Ballot: Best Fancast

I love this category for entirely biased reasons:  I’m eligible for one and a lot of my favorite shows are eligible, too.  It’s also a category which I think deserves to exist.  Podcasting is such a specific medium, so it really doesn’t belong in Best Fanzine or Best Related Work or Best Dramatic Presentation (unless […]

2014 Hugo Nominees Incoming: Criteria and Notes

A lot of folks have been sharing their nominees.  I’m going to do the same, but woefully late, such that all the information I’ll provide will be completely useless to you in the end.  After all, you won’t have time to read any of the books I nominate.  Oh well! In any case, I do […]