What I’m Nominating for the 2016 Hugo Awards
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The 2015 Hugo Awards were a clusterfuck, but that just means more readers need to join the conversation. So here’s who I’m nominating for the 2016 Hugos.
Fiction
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Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
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I first read Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson back in high school. Now I’m realizing how much I didn’t understand then and confronting my own faults.
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The Broken Kingdoms and the Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin
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Trilogies are a hard thing to pull off, and it seems like The Broken Kingdoms and The Kingdom of Gods by N.K. Jemisin are an exercise in diminishing returns.
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The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
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Ka Ashante Wilson’s The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps is a clever debut, full of sinuous prose and interesting rethinks of sword and sorcery tropes.
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Captain America: The Truth – Red, Black, and White
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Captain America: The Truth shows the true origins of the super serum that gave Steve Rogers his powers — but the truth is a reality of black and white.