Hugo Reading Update

I've been doing a lot Hugo reading lately and I feel like telling people about it.

I've read all the novels I'm going to read. Only two of them, unless you count the fact that I did read a two three volumes of the Wheel of Time when they 1st came out. Ancillary Justice is my clear favorite.

I've read all the novellas as well. (Well except for The Butcher of Khardov, which I started but couldn't finish, because ick.) I don't think I like this years finalist as much as last year. “Equoid” by Charles Stross was surprisingly good considering it was full of things I dislike. (H. P. Lovecraft, secret government agencies dealing with magic, British in-jokes.) I think "Wakulla Springs" was my favorite though.

I have not finished reading in the other short fiction categories. I read a few before the finalist were announced, but haven't gone back and read the rest yet.

I'm currently working on best related work, and reading Queers Dig Time Lords. I just finished Speculative Fiction 2012 which was like reading the internet on my e-reader.

Not reading but I've also been working my way through the Best Fancast. Most of the podcast are some people rambling about things they like for for a long time. I'm not really a fan of the format. So my favorite Fancast so far is Tea and Jeopardy which has different and very cool format. Each episode is only half an hour, and Emma Newman interview a different person each time, in an ever changing tea lair. She has Butler and a different kind of cake to serve every episode.