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Cargando... An Informal History of the Hugos (2018)por Jo Walton
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A new favorite. These essays have been guiding my sci fi reading a ton ( ) Loved this book; not only is it an in depth guide to the Hugo winners all the way back to 1952 but includes digressions on who was also up for the Nebula and other major awards, along with essays on the winners for most years. As a compilation of material that originally appeared online, the format car occasionally be a little jarring, but the affection and enthusiasm that the editor brings to the subject is utterly charming. It also got me to compile a 50+ item wishlist, so I think my reading for this year may take on a bit of a theme. Recommended; I wish she did a companion for the Nebulas as well. I wasn't keeping up with Tor's online presence when these essays were first run, and I probably wouldn't have been that interested until I read Walton's "What Makes this Book so Great," and basically wanted more. As for whether Walton achieved her mission of putting each year's Hugo slate into context, and considering whether the award presented a reasonable snapshot of the field, I think that was accomplished. If anything is the bane of the award, it's when a beloved old hand of the field puts out something that gets anointed as just as wonderful as the work they did in their prime; and it isn't. Also, what really really gilded the lily is when knowledgeable folks, particularly the late Gardner Dozois and Rich Horton (a long-time reviewer for "Locus" and an anthologist in his own right) chimed in with useful commentary. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"The Hugo Awards, named after pioneer science-fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback, and voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society, have been given out since 1953. They are widely considered the most prestigious awards in science fiction. Between 2010 and 2013, Jo Walton wrote a series of posts for Tor.com, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000. Her contention was that each year's full set of finalists generally tells a meaningful story about the state of science fiction at that time. Walton's cheerfully opinionated and vastly well-informed posts provoked valuable conversation among the field's historians. Now these posts, lightly revised, have been gathered into this book, along with a small selection of the comments posted by SF luminaries such as Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, and David G. Hartwell."--Dust jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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