Category: Blog round-up

I’m shirking my responsibility to rank this year’s finalists because it is too emotionally painful. However here are links to my fan-writing meta-reviews in reverse alphabetical order: Adam Whitehead https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/11/hugo-fan-writer-why-you-should-vote-for-adam-whitehead/ Paul Weimer https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/hugo-fan-writer-why-you-should-vote-for-paul-weimer/ Bogi Takács https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/hugo-fan-writer-why-you-should-vote-for-bogi-takacs/ Alasdair Stuart https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/hugo-fan-writer-why-you-should-vote-for-alasdair-stuart/ James Davis Nicoll https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/hugo-fan-writer-why-you-should-vote-for-james-davis-nicoll/ Cora Buhlert https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/hugo-fan-writer-why-you-should-vote-for-cora-buhlert/ But most of all don’t forget to vote!

The final candidate and just in time as people rush to get their ballots filled in! Adam Whitehead: Blog: https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/Other Sites:https://atlasoficeandfireblog.wordpress.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4370220Twitter:@WertheadSample:https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-lord-of-rings-second-age-tv-round-up.html What else does the genre of fan-writing have to offer beyond the already mentioned three-ews (news, views and reviews)? We’ve already seen quite a variety. We could add another ‘ew’ with ‘interviews’ […]

Hugo online voting is now open. Don’t forget to vote in the Fan Writer category. Speaking of which here is our fifth contestant! Paul Weimer Sites:http://www.nerds-feather.com/search/label/paul%20weimer & https://skiffyandfanty.com/author/jvstin/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/princejvstinTwitter:@PrinceJvstinPhotography: https://www.princejvstin.com/Sample:https://skiffyandfanty.com/blogposts/blogseries/miningthegenreasteroid/miningrocannonsworld/Tor.com:https://www.tor.com/author/paul-weimer/B&N:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/author/paulweimer/SFF Audio: https://www.sffaudio.com/tag/paul-weimer/ It can’t be true that Paul Weimer knows everybody in science fiction but if we were to draw a huge network graph, I think […]

We are into the second half of this years fantastical fan-writing finalists. Tomorrow we hit the wonderful world of the W’s. Bogi Takács: Blog:https://www.bogireadstheworld.com/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/bogipersonFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/bogireadstheworld/Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogi_Tak%C3%A1csTwitter:@bogipersonSample:https://www.bogireadstheworld.com/transness-and-environmental-themes-in-sff/Tor.com:https://www.tor.com/2019/07/17/quiltbag-speculative-classics-dawn-xenogenesis-1-by-octavia-e-butler/ I believe I first encountered Bogi on Twitter. Of course, nobody should be defined just by their social-media but given that fandom is a social phenomenon, the role of media […]

Three down, three to go! The next exciting plot twist in the Hugo Fan Writer series! Alasdair Stuart: Blog:https://alasdairstuart.com/Newsletter:https://alasdairstuart.com/the-full-lid/Twitter:@AlasdairStuartPodcast: www.escapeartists.net , https://pseudopod.org/ & https://escapepod.orgSample:https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=a0e2b590b7db9ab7d2927942c&id=a411809ebdSciFiBulletin:https://scifibulletin.com/?s=Alasdair+StuartKo-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/alasdairWikia: https://escape-artists.fandom.com/wiki/Alasdair_Stuart What do we call a pop-culture explorer who co-owns a podcasting empire? A pod-cast impresario? An impodsario? The Escape Artist network of podcasts (SF: Escape Pod, Horror: Pseudo Pod, […]

Post number two (collect them all!) in our Hugo Fan Writer profiles. James Davis Nicoll: Blog:https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/Other Sites:http://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicollDreamwidth: https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/Twitter:@jamesdnicollSample: https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/paint-it-blackTor.com:https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ We could, if we felt inclined, classify fan writing into the three ‘ews’: news, views and reviews. James leads his Hugo packet contribution with reviews and while those are excellent they perhaps underplay his history as […]

This is the first of six posts highlighting each of the Hugo 2020 Best Fan Writer finalists. I’m going through by alphabetical surname order (as listed here https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/its-hugo-fan-writer-finalist-week/ ) Cora Buhlert: Blog:corabuhlert.comOther Sites:https://retrosfreviews.blogspot.com/ & http://indiespecfic.blogspot.com/Twitter:@CoraBuhlertSample:http://corabuhlert.com/2020/01/01/a-handy-guide-to-all-sff-related-posts-and-works-of-2019/Galactic Journey:https://galacticjourney.org/author/corabuhlert/ In the introduction to her blog packet, Cora describes her fan writing actives as: “I write about old and […]