Science Fiction Awards Watch has jumped into the blogosphere in a big way, coming just before this year’s Hugo announcements. Aside from my own hand-wringing about His Majesty’s Dragon and an impressive list of awards and award-resources, they’ve also just posted a link to author Jay Lake’s defense of the existence of these awards. […]
The story (see also the Torque Control take) of Titan’s Campbell Award win has made a little more headway. David Truesdale has a column for F&SF that includes the remarks of Elizabeth Hull announcing Bova’s victory. Until now we have had no insight into the reasoning of the Campbell jury in selecting Titan, […]
My Elves Are Different throws in on the Campbell & Titan debate.
Ben Bova’s Grand Tour novel Titan was announced as winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel earlier this month. This post examines the merits of that decision and makes an argument to the jury of that award that their choice comprised a mistake damaging to the award and […]
