#― ❖ dominik fletcher ❖ ⋮ ≒ about. ≓

[blocdlust]

(  jodie comer  .  nonbinary  .  they & them  )       ✧       entering through oldham’s shore,  we’ve spotted  dominik 'dom' fletcher,  as usual carrying their ONYX SIGNET GOLDEN RING & SELF-MADE BRAIDED LEATHER BRACELET WITH THE NAMES OF THEIR LOVED ONES ENGRAVED ON IT .  the tides had let us know they’re a thirty ( alive for a hundred and ten )  year old  vampire  with their sun in aries,  and their day mostly occupied by carrying out their duties as an emergency physician @ oldham general hospital.  the spring breeze whispered they quite enjoy  the sound of stabilization of patients heart rates; the rush that a certain red tainted liquid they despise the most provides them; deep exploration of nature due to long-distance hiking sessions which might or might not be responsible for their  charismatic, obssessive, protective, vindictive  nature.  dom  isnt an oldham local,  yet the ocean’s waves brought us tales about them regardless,  about how they  bid farewell to their human form after getting involved in an abrupt car crash; deeply long for the warmth their body once possessed; oftentimes battle with their greatest foe ― the unholy thirst that accompanies their new form.  although we can never know for sure when it comes to oldham,  in the end,  it could be only rumors,  right ?

    dossier. ( carrd ) visage. threads. musings.

──── 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑺 .

𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄. dominik fletcher 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒. dom (used by everyone except their parents) 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐆𝐄 & 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇. thirty / april 6th, 1883 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑. a hundred and ten years ( 110 ) 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇. tromsø, norway 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄. oldham town 𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. emergency physician @ oldham general hospital 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄. aries ☼ capricorn ☾ scorpio ↑ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑. nonbinary 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒. they & them 𝐒𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘. homosexual, demiromantic 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒. vampire

──── 𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 .

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌. jodie comer 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑. hazel 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑. dark blonde (dyed) 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. 5′ 8 / 1.73 m 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂(𝐒). messy bun often accompanied by lazy soft smile / playful amused smirk & eyes tainted with subtle hints of melancholy-like sensation. fidgety fingers usually wrapped around a fidget spinner or stress ball due to recurring restlessness. lean physique with occasional appearance of vintage waxed canvas travel rucksack firmly attached to the shoulders. several receipts thrown in a trash bin indicating reoccuring orders of black coffee & mini dark chocolate bars. 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄. during their shifts @ oldham general hospital, dom can be seen wearing scrubs and a white coat, maintaining their professional appearance. outside of hospital, they prefer to wear casual, baggy & comfortable clothing that allows excessive movement as they often prefer travelling long distances. additionally, due to their vampiric nature, dom oftentimes wears vintage baseball caps whenever they embark on a longer journey outdoors. sunglasses also come into play during most of the time spent outside. 𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐒. a hand holding a candle on their right inner forearm

──── 𝑹𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷𝑺 .

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒. ethan fletcher (father - deceased), lily dahl (mother - deceased) 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. eli fletcher (younger brother - deceased) 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑(𝐒). tba. 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑(𝐒). tba. 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒. tba.

──── 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 .

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆. house of balloons by the weeknd 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒. loyal, charismatic, driven, generous, protective. 𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒. self-destructive, private, vindictive, obssessive 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐀𝐆𝐄. physical touch, acts of service 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓. chaotic good 𝐌𝐁𝐓𝐈. ISFP

──── 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑪𝑨𝑵𝑶𝑵𝑺 .

- tba !

──── 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.

trigger warning for: mentions of death, murder, blood & anxiety

you've always been keen on travelling, seeing and exploring new places. the interest, or, as your parents liked to call it, life style, ran in the family. by the time you were five years old, you have had the pleasure of witnessing aurora borealis in it's full glory in multiple skandinavian countries. baltic countries and the rest of the europe soon followed next. this way, childhood and most of your teenage years ended up being one huge adventure you'd always hold dear to your heart. the adventurous and spontaneous life style was placed on hold when you enrolled at the med school the same year you turned eighteen. your primary focus was on the studies and working part-time at animal shelter to save up money for upcoming semesters of school. those turned into long years at med school filled with theory and hands-on practice which, as you realized along the way, was your favorite way of learning. the end of your residency years as an emergency physician was marked by a completely new adventure you decided to reward yourself and your family with by taking your first trip oversees. you could still remember the proud and approving looks you received from your beloved parents and the bright shining eyes of your younger brother eli. everybody overly excited about the potential of exploring new unseen and untouched lands by the fletcher family. north america happened to be the first continent on your bucket list of broad places to explore and while you lacked the clear direction in the list of cities and/or towns that were to be explored, the whole family decided to start with smaller towns and more remote areas. that could only indicate one thing ― a peaceful and enjoyable excursion that everyone were so dying to experience. to the family's great dismay, this could not be further from the truth. the week long trip had drastically cut in half as by the fourth day, the family's car drive across the countryside ended in an abrupt car crash. who would've thought that was even possible in a remote place such as they were travelling through? barely no houses or people living nearby, scarcity of vehicles besides that one that seemed to manifest out of thin air. no nightmares of yours has ever had such a terrible fate as that day which had left deeply rooted scars for the rest of your miserable immortal life. the impact being so great had taken the lives of your family within first moments leaving you witness the horrors caused by the seemingly innnocent distractions that had temporarily captured your attention at the worst time imaginable. there was no doubt you'd follow your loved ones to the other side as excruciating pain had paralyzed your body rendering you completely motionless, only perceptions of mind left to further remind you of your greatest failure. the darkness that engulfed you then was supposed to be the end of it all. you wished it to be the end as in your shattered spirit there was no place for redemption nor continuation of any form beyond this point. that was, indeed your ideal scenerio for the end credits, however, there was someone else ― something else that had decided your fate for you. and, as it will be established eventually by time itself, that alternative path was going to serve as the punishment you truly deserved instead of going down as easily as you'd hoped.

next time you awoke, neither your body nor your mind were your own. it's like some malicious virus had taken over and now was in charge of all your senses, dictating your new needs, desires, likes and dislikes. worst of it all, you had lost the pleasure of enjoying the rays of sun on your skin, the food you used to love indulging yourself in was no longer of interest. however, nothing compared to horrifying realization that these nightmares of losing your family will not cease to torment you no matter the amount of attempts and effort put into distracting yourself from them. a curse was bestowed upon you and there was nothing you could do about it. despite the teachings of the elder that had turned you in order to 'save' your life, you had never learned to truly control your thirst. for one, you distanced yourself as much as you could from the one that created you in a poor attempt to disconnect from him entirely with no luck. the connection between the two of you remained all these years, however the bond on your end was still pretty sour. you had never managed to forgive him, or more like yourself, for the tragic end that met your loved ones on that fateful day, thus moving forward you did everything that was in your power to rebel against your new nature, knowing full well that the attempts will only work temporarily, but that was enough to keep your anxiety and guilt in check. for the time being, anyways. for many upcoming years you wandered different countries and states in hopes of finally satiating your thirst only for it to grow with each drop that landed your now modified tastebuds. no amount of special substance was enough for you as it resulted in many victims left behind completely drained and even more names and/or faces added to a private journal of yours you dared not share with anybody else but yourself as a living proof of the monster that you became all these years ago. that was your new reality now. until it wasn't. time tracking was no longer of any value to you as years flew by anyway at that point, but something ― a memorable meeting had made a significant difference in your being. a destined encounter with a certain witch who ended up being your savior for whatever future held for you. they brought light and hope of potentially surpressing the beast within you and satiating your thirst enough for you to forget the taste and the smell of blood whenever you were in considerable distance to any human or living being. a ring was created for you to be able to tolerate the sun and actually spend additional time outside without any discomfort as well as certain spells were cast on the blood you brough to them which resulted in prolonging your thirst which had been your primary concern and struggle. you were able to focus on being a person again. one with interests, aspirations and vision for the future. you had one person to thank for that and thank them you would as ever since meeting them, you started providing them with rare herbs and other potentially valuable rare items brought from mysterious lands you liked to explore during your days off and your occasional vacations. it was a fair exchange, you always told yourself. they did something for you and you returned the favor with something more tanbigble than just plain words. and as that continued, the more professional bond of trading between two species became something more. something deeper. a connection was formed and although you swore to never get this close to anyone else again, this one person had managed to seamlessly slip through all of your walls and shields previously firmly put in place. they were your anchor, your safe haven and for this you were willing to risk your immortal life for them.

time did pass unbelievably quickly for you and by the time you knew it, it was time to return to your witch confidant for a new set of spells and due to such usual visits it was apparent that you could not wander too far away from where the other was located. on the other hand, there was something about this town... something that called for you. it felt welcoming. right. perhaps it wouldn't hurt to try and settle for at least a little bit? it was not a decision you had to wonder about for too long. after your latest visit you decided to move to oldham and see what this place had to offer. strange as it may be, oldham's general hospital appeared to be looking for additional emergency physician which only affirmed your choice of staying there. your primary focus now was to help the rest of oldham's residents in any way possible rather than diverting attention to yourself and the struggles you were currently facing due to incredibly small amount of blood you allowed yourself to consume. the ever growing exhaustion, anxiety, restlessness and aggression did cause quite a bit of a stir within, however your fearless determination had prevailed time and time again. nontheless, the issue in the background was only growing and the thirst could only be suppressed for so long. suddenly the sunshine over your skin did not feel as pleasant as it used to and the little taste you received by consuming regular human food was close to nonexistent. the culprit? unknown. reason? unknown. was it finally time for you to truly meet your grusome end? or is it another cruel challenge the fate decided to throw your way?

──── 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.

― mentor / creator [ 1/1 ] you never asked for it. you'd never wish this upon anyone and yet it happened. someone else stole this crucial decision from you and you were expected to simply accept it? accept that your newest reality was the hell you deserved to be living in? fate truly had a really interesting way of showing it... | taken by abraham “ abra ” milton ― confidants [ 2/4 ] there was no place in your heart after the tragic accident that had changed everything for you. letting someone in ― letting anyone in only brought anguish and intensified a prominent longing for something that was long lost. then again, nothing ever meant to stay the same forever, right...? | taken by eve "evie" adair, sarai notchaiya ― trusted witch & warlock contacts [ 1/3 ] there was so much you could do without the help of your magic wielding friends. there was no denying it ― you couldn't enjoy your time outdoors in peace if it weren't for their assistance. there is a high chance you wouldn't even be where you were right now without them. being dependent on someone else was never in your bucket list, but did you really have a different choice? | partially taken by eve "evie" adair ― the curse of immortality [ 1/5 ] who said you couldn't relate to someone else who just happened to be stuck in this damned place for eternity? there is much to be shared, learned and experienced together after all. so at this point, why should you suffer alone? | partially taken by abraham “ abra ” milton ― hey, got a ciggie? [ 0/2 ] working in the emergency room is not for the faint of hearts. although you love the spontaneity and the unknown that comes with each patient that will be in need of different treatments, the shifts can easily get pretty hectic and next thing you know the axiety has reached the roof of your tolerance, threatening to breach your limits. that's where your dear co-workers come into play, distracting you enough with their small talk and lunch/smoking/coffee breaks for you to catch your breath again. there is gratitude there, although it is not often expressed out loud. still, you make sure to bring that to their attention in any way you possibly can. ― don't i know you...? [ 1/2 ] what's that wonderful face that just left the coffee shop moments ago...? there is no doubt you have seen them somewhere before, but when you try to trace back a potential name, your memory decides to shut down. surely there must be a reason for that? you were never the forgetful type, so why each time you'd like to address them, call out to them, nothing comes out? perhaps the issue was never about their current name... after all, we all do have to start our journey somewhere. who knows which name they'll be using in this lifetime. | partially taken by tamsyn "amalthea/'thea" grey ― my other annoying half [ 0/2 ] each time you are met with their face it forces a new set of snappy combacks out of you. you don't sugarcoat. you aren't holding back one bit. everything you say is meant to get on their nerves, push their buttons, drive them towards madness itself. yet neither of you seem to give up. no. they won't get the pleasure of witnessing you lose your last proper braincells. the clownery has just begun and you'll be the last one to put on your makeup. ― safe haven [ 0/1 ] the fierce streak of protectiveness has always been in your blood. there was never place of tolerance for any form of injustice in your eyes. so when your paths crossed a certain knowing was established within your being. no harm of any kind was to come to this person. you weren't always able to protect those you loved the most, but protecting one... that you can do.

― it's all your damn fault [ 0/2 ] it can take very little for you to become your messy self, especially when it comes to new ruthless nature you aren't proud of. and these two just know how to get under your skin, push the right buttons to unleash the inner beast whether for something as fucked up as for fun or any other reason that's unknow to you. nonetheless, one is clear from the start ― they do not have pure intentions at heart when it comes to you nor care about the consequences that will end up accompanying their foolish actions. ― i'll see you around, then? [ 0/3 ] messy is what most of your relationships could be described as. or hook-ups, rather, would be more fitting in this case. you try your best to keep it as casual as it can be, yet it doesn't always go according to the plan, does it? ― so... are we friends or? ( potential slow-burn ) [ 0/1 ] you could easily identify and count the same main emotions that happen to be a part of your agenda at least once a day on your fingers. this, however, you cannot label. has it been too long of a time for you to recall the proper name and meaning of this feeling? deep appreciation is what has to be. you are sure of it. besides, they must be feeling the same if that playful grin and a particular glint in their eyes whenever you meet is of any indication. when has some harmless teasing ever been a culprit of any kind..?

[alittlefrenchtree]

ALFT Cultural Rewind 2022

For the first time this year, I tried to write down everything I've consumed in terms of movies, books and TV Shows during 2022. I live having these lists and I've decided to share in case you're looking for some random recommendations. Feel free to ask for more opinions, thoughts on anything if you want 😊

purple is for things I liked 💜

Movies I’ve watched in 2022

1) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - David Fincher

2) Flickan som lekte med elden — Daniel Alfredson

3) Amadeus - Milos Forman

4) En attendant Bojangles — Régis Roinsard

5) Licorice Pizza — Paul Thomas Anderson

6) Lynx — Laurent Geslin, Laurence Buchman

7) The Chef (Boiling Point) — Philip Baranti ; James Cummings

8) Her — Spike Jonze (Rewatch, one of my favorite movie ever)

9) Arthur Rambo — Laurent Cantet

10) White Snake — Amp Wong : Zhao Ji

11) Death on the Nile — Kenneth Branagh

12) Enquête sur un Scandale d’État - Thierry de Peretti

13) Goliath — Frederic Tellier

14) The Batman — Matt Reeves

15) Notre Dame Brûle — Jean-Jaques Annaud

16) En Corps — Cédric Klapish

17) Les Bad Guys — Pierre Peril

18) À la folie — Audrey Estrougo

19) Fantastic Beasts : The Secrets of Dumbledore — David Yates

20) Downton Abbey : A new era — Simon Curtis

21) Sentinelle Sud — Mathieu Gerault

22) Elvis — Baz Luhrmann

23) Tenor — Claude Zidi Jr.

24) Tron — Steven Lisberg

25) La nuit du 12 — Dominik Moll

26) Sundown— Michel Franco

27) Nope — Jordan Peele

28) Three Thousand Years of Longing — George Miller (my favorite movie of the year)

29) Tout le monde aime Jeanne - Céline Devaux

30) La page blanche — Murielle Magellan

31) Everything, everywhere, all at once — Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

32) Lord of the ring 1 — Peter Jackson (rewatch)

33) Lord of the ring 2 — Peter Jackson (Rewatch, even if I had forgotten all about it)

34) Lord of the ring 3 — Peter Jackson (Rewatch, even if I had forgotten all about it)

35) Don’t Worry Darling — Olivia Wilde

36) Le visiteur du futur — François Descraques

37) Les secrets de mon père — Véra Belmont

38) Entergalactic — Fletcher Moules

39) Dragon Ball Super — Tetsurô Kodama

40) Maria Rêve — Lauriane Escaffre, Yvonnick Muller

41) Simone : Le Voyage du siècle — Olivier Dahan

42) My Policeman — Michael Grandage

43) Mascarade — Nicolas Bedos

44) Armageddon Time — James Gray

45) Bones and All — Luca Guadagnino

46) Close — Lukas Dhont

47) Les Bonnes Étoiles --(브로커 - Beurokeo) — Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Books I’ve read In 2022

1) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest — Stieg Larsson (the rec is for the whole trilogy)

2) The art and soul of Dune — Tanya Lapointe

3) Un dernier tour de piste — Martin Fourcade

4) The Dark Half — Stephen King

5) Death note — Tsugumi Ōba & Takeshi Obata (Let’s pretend I’ve read all of them and not stop reading before reaching the end for an unknown reason)

6) Le Match de ma vie — Nicolas Mahut

7) Les liaisons dangereuses — Choderlos de Laclos (First re-read since high school. It’s a good things I don’t remember what my literature class sounded like because I think all the toxic/criminal behavior in this book were not called out enough by my teacher.)

8) Midnight Sun — Stephanie Meyer

9) Children of Dune — Frank Herbert

10) Blackwater : The Flood — Michael Mcdowell

11) Les Ravissantes — Romain Puertolas

12) The Royal Game — Stephan Zweig (Re-read, I love this short novel so much)

13) Le plongeur 

14) Le Diner de Babette 

— Karen Blixen

15) Onze Minutes — Paulo Coelho (Re-read, still interesting)

16) Desolation Road — Jerome Noires (Re-read as well, not sure why I felt the need to pick it again but ok book)

17) Double Fault — Lionel Shriver (Re-read as well, didn’t really like it the first time but it’s definitely more interesting/relevant to read when you care about tennis)

TV Shows I’ve (tried to) watch(ed) in 2022

-Mr Robot Season 1 ; Episode 1 to… 4 I think?

-Grey’s Anatomy ; Seasons 1 to 6 (Regular rewatch that stopped by itself at some point)

-Designated Survivor ; Season 1

-House MD ; Season 1, a few episodes (Failed my rewatch, will try again in 2023)

-The Undoing 1 season (✅ completed)

-Severance ; a few episodes ?

-Balthazar ; Season 4 (Only here for Tomer Sisley)

-Veronica Mars ; 4 seasons (✅ completed) (Rewatch except for the last season)

-Outlander ; Season 6

-Heartstopper ; Season 1

-Timeless ; 2 Seasons (✅ completed)

-Moon Night ; 1 Season (✅ completed)

-Quantico ; 1 Season

-Obi-Wan Kenobi ; 1 Season (✅ completed)

-Lost ; Season 1 and 2

-Mind Hunter ; Season 1 and 6 episodes of Season 2

-Shokugeki No Soma ; All 5 seasons (✅ completed) (4 AMAZING seasons. Last one should be forgotten)

-The Walking Dead ; 6 seasons (Rewatch of the first season to try to finish it soon. First time I had stopped around season 8 or 9 I think ?)

-Emily in Paris ; Season 3 (The last source of joy left in the world)

-10 pour 100 (Call my agent) ; 2 seasons and 5 episodes of season 3 (Current watch, very easy to binge watch)

[worldscollidehqrpg]

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[luciemusicinyourclassroom]

My primary sources

Hello everyone ! I hope your first week back at school went well and that the weather isn’t affecting your health like it’s doing to me ! 

For this week post, let’s talk about my project and my primary sources! 

I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to talk about for my project, what interested me, I had several brainstorming sessions... What did I like recently ? What do I wanna explore ? And I came up with several ideas... When it finally hit me, one of the things I like most in life are musicals. Okay, so we’re going with a movie of some sorts then! And I thought about it a bit more... One thing that is extremely popular now are : biopics. 

Like many of you (I hope!) I absolutely loved Bohemian Rhapsody. My mum transmitted to me her love for her favorite band ever : Queen (She saw them live 4 times! Can’t tell you how jealous I am.) And as much as I loved it, I couldn’t avoid some of the controversy it created. 

So, my project will be on biopics, how they became a golden tickets for directors in Hollywood, how the -still alive- stars they’re telling the story of perceive them, how they sometimes help with their creation but also how, sometimes, they don’t tell the whole truth and how it upsets people. 

My primary sources will be : 

- Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Bryan Singer and Dexter Fletcher, 2018

- Rocketman, directed by Dexter Fletcher, 2019

- Walk the Line, directed by James Mangold, 2005

- Stardust, directed by Gabriel Range, 2020

- Blonde, directed by Andrew Dominik, coming in 2022

And probably others I’ll find along the way of my researches! 

Have a good weekend !

[gaygreenranger]

ABOUT ME since this theme doesn't have one but I love it too much my former urs include ipromiseillbethere youcanbemysanity & prince-mysterio toniann/ toni ▪ 32 ▪ jersey ▪ 🏳‍🌈 a gay who's practically made "I'm too gay for this shit." my catchphrase ▪ 3/27/19 was the best day to ever happen to me 💕 my teams 🏈 eagles/cardinals (I followed Ertz) 🏒stars⚽ juventus 🏀 mavs wrestlers aj mendez ▪ dakota kai ▪ johnny gargano▪ sonya deville ▪ rey mysterio ▪ dominik mysterio ▪ bayley ▪ sasha banks ▪ cm punk ▪ britt baker ▪ brian danielson ▪ the iinspiration ▪ ruby soho tv shows honestly what I watch is a clusterfuck. I tend to rewatch old shows. the last current shows I loved were atypical and the bold type and those both ended. If you have any suggestions my ask is open. (bonus points if its something gay) music I am very much still a demi stan. (even when I think I am not just watch me when she's dropping music.) Thanks for saving me then and the serotonin now. (Oh making me admit what I knew at six out loud.) nick jonas writes songs from inside my brain. i will still jam to selena gomez and taylor swift from time to time, (judge me I don't care). kane brown has a gift for making me cry. so do dan + shay, even sometimes beiber. florida georiga line have a special place in my heart, thanks babe.�� do I speak Spanish? no. do I love snow tha product and becky g? yes! i will gladly claim fletcher with jersey pride. you might also find some mgk in my apple music.

nerd things I love power rangers ▪ lego ▪ funkos

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2019 Hugo Award finalists announced

The 2019 Hugo Award nominees have been announced; the Hugos will be presented this summer at the 2019 World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin, Ireland.

Normally, I find that I've read and reviewed a huge slice of the year's finalists, but this year is different; I've done a lot less reading lately, partly because I wrote two books in 2018 and partly because the new EU Copyright Directive ate my life for about 10 months in the past year.

I was a little sad to be so far behind the curve when I saw the new list, but then I realized that this meant that I had a bunch of really exciting books to add to my to-be-read pile!

One notable inclusion: the Archive of Our Own fanfic archive -- a project of the Organization for Transformative Works (for whose advisory board I volunteer) -- is up for "Best Related Work."

Congrats to all the nominees!

Best Novel * The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) * Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager) * Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) * Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga) * Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan) * Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Best Novella * Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing) * Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing) * Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com Publishing) * The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing) * Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com Publishing) * The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency)

Best Novelette * “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018) * “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018) * “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018) * The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com Publishing) * “The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November- December 2018) * “When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)

Best Short Story * “The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018) * “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018) * “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018) * “STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018) * “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018) * “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018)

Best Series * The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor) * The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Tor.com Publishing/Orbit) * Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris) * The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW) * The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press) * Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)

Best Related Work * Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works * Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books) * The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan (YouTube) * An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953- 2000, by Jo Walton (Tor) * www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio) * Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon (Tin House Books)

Best Graphic Story * Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios) * Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel) * Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics) * On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second) * Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics) * Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form * Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance) * Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios) * Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios) * A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night) * Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form * The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment) * Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs (BBC) * Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe, directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records) * The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC) * The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram, directed by Trent O’Donnell (NBC) * Doctor Who: “Rosa,” written by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai (BBC)

Best Professional Editor, Short Form * Neil Clarke * Gardner Dozois * Lee Harris * Julia Rios * Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas * E. Catherine Tobler

Best Professional Editor, Long Form * Sheila E. Gilbert * Anne Lesley Groell * Beth Meacham * Diana Pho * Gillian Redfearn * Navah Wolfe

Best Professional Artist * Galen Dara * Jaime Jones * Victo Ngai * John Picacio * Yuko Shimizu * Charles Vess

Best Semiprozine * Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews * Fireside Magazine, edited by Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, social coordinator Meg Frank, special features editor Tanya DePass, founding editor Brian White, publisher and art director Pablo Defendini * FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editors Troy L. Wiggins and DaVaun Sanders, editors L.D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert * Shimmer, publisher Beth Wodzinski, senior editor E. Catherine Tobler * Strange Horizons, edited by Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons Staff * Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien

Best Fanzine * Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus * Journey Planet, edited by Team Journey Planet * Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan * nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla and The G * Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur * Rocket Stack Rank, editors Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Best Fancast * Be the Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace * The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe * Fangirl Happy Hour, hosted by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams * Galactic Suburbia, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch * Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders * The Skiffy and Fanty Show, produced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke, hosted by the Skiffy and Fanty Crew

Best Fan Writer * Foz Meadows * James Davis Nicoll * Charles Payseur * Elsa Sjunneson-Henry * Alasdair Stuart * Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist * Sara Felix * Grace P. Fong * Meg Frank * Ariela Housman * Likhain (Mia Sereno) * Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book * The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz) * Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, by Julie Dillon (self-published) * Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press) * Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications) * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books) * Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer * Katherine Arden (2nd year of eligibility) * S.A. Chakraborty (2nd year of eligibility) * R.F. Kuang (1st year of eligibility) * Jeannette Ng (2nd year of eligibility) * Vina Jie-Min Prasad (2nd year of eligibility) * Rivers Solomon (2nd year of eligibility)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book * The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz) * Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books) * The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books) * Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray) * The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic) * Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)

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A Backstory Of The Frey & McGray Books & Review Of ‘Loch Of The Dead’.

So, this blog is more about my writing, rather than critiquing other's writing. But, I have just finished, probably my favourite book in the Frey & McGray series by Oscar De Muriel, and if I don't get down my thoughts on it, I might explode. I shall start by detailing my finding of the Frey & McGray series, and a little backstory into the books. I will apologise, I didn’t know that when I started writing this it would turn out so long, over 1500 words! This review will contain some spoilers, but most of them are from the beginnings of the books anyway, but I implore you, please, have a look into reading the books, more people need to find out about this incredible book series.

I distinctly remember browsing the shelves in the book section of my local Sainsburys, now I'm not normally one to judge a book by it's cover, but I saw the cover of the first Frey & McGray book, 'The Strings Of Murder', and I fell in love. I usually read the blurb, and the first few pages to get a grasp of whether I'll like the book. I read the blurb, and I instantly wanted to know more, so I read the prologue, and again, I wanted to carry on reading, and so I bought it, and I haven't regretted it since. The series has fast become my favourite series, I did have another, but that was spoilt due to a film made of it, which in my eyes has rendered the sequels from the first book useless. The second Frey & McGray book was released a year later, 'A Fever Of The Blood', and reading the synopsis on Amazon, I saw that it was set at Pendle Hill, not far from where I live, and a place I have been countless times. As you may know Pendle is synonymous with the Lancashire Witches, one of which, Alice Nutter, I am  (according to my father's cousin) related to by marriage some where along the line. Needless to say, I was ecstatic about it being set so close to home, and I was delighted to have something in common with Frey's maid, Joan, she came from my hometown. Not that there's much to be proud of in my town, but to know someone, even fictionally, who is such a strong character is from my town, was great. The third book was announced, 'A Mask Of Shadows', and when I saw the news on twitter, I said 'I screamed like a banshee', and the author, Oscar, tweeted back saying it was funny I mentioned that. The third book told the tale of prophecies from a banshee, during the time Henry Irving, Ellen Terry and Bram Stoker were in Edinburgh with their rendition of Macbeth. Now we come to the fourth book, which I will review in just a moment, I know this has been long so far, but please, bear with me.  

The series is set in November 1888 at the start of the first book, and the two main characters of the series are, Ian Percy Frey, and Adolphus 'Nine-Nails' McGray. Ian is a Londoner, or a 'Southron' as McGray calls him, he comes from a well to do family, and is an Inspector for the CID. His tale began in London, where he was ousted from his post in London, due to Sir Charles Warren being ousted from his post as head of Scotland Yard by Lord Salisbury, the prime minster at the time, and James Monro taking his post. Frey was then forced to take a position in McGray's subdivision in order to keep his place in the police, the sub division itself is made a mockery by the majority of the police, the division is the 'Commission For The Elucidation Of Unsolved Cases Presumably Related To The Odd And Ghostly.' Needless to say, the prim and proper Frey, is not at all happy about being sent up to 'Edin-bloody-burgh' as his father calls it, and being in the most mocked subdivision of the entire CID. With his career in tatters, he visits his fiancée, Eugenia, who announces to him that she is calling their engagement off, due to a better offer, which Frey would later find out is his older brother Lawrence, whom he detests. With nothing left to lose, he embarks to Edinburgh, where he soon meets, the infamous 'Nine-Nails' McGray.

McGray is as Scottish as they come, on their first meeting, Frey describes McGray as being one of Mary Queen of Scots jesters, as apart from his moth eaten overcoat, and tattered shirt, he is covered in tartan. McGray's backstory is a rather tragic one, his father a distiller of whiskey, and on June 23rd 1883, on a family holiday to their home in Dundee, tragedy struck when his younger sister, Amy 'Pansy' McGray, then only 16 years old, in a spate of madness, murdered both of their parents, and hacked McGray's ring finger off on his right hand, hence his nickname. When the good Dr. Clouston, the doctor from Morningside Lunatic Asylum in Edinburgh came to the family after the tragedy, the last thing Amy said, was that it was the devil who had caused her violent outburst. Since the tragedy, she has resided in Morningside, apart from in the 3rd & 4th book, when Dr. Clouston took her to the Orkneys to try and improve her condition after the events of the 2nd book, where she was witness to a rather brutal murder. Since, the McGrays are a laughing stock, and everyone takes the opportunity to remind Adolphus of his mad sister, or what happened, which is usually met with a swift punch to the face from McGray. Since the tragedy, McGray has poured all of his efforts into finding a cure for his sister, so much so, that he created the division he and Frey work in, and has entirely funded it himself. His office at both home and work is full of books, and artefacts related to the paranormal.

Frey & McGray's relationship is a rather ragged one at the start, Frey not liking McGray's vulgarity, his uncleanliness, and his predilection for violence. McGray on the other hand can't stand the soft southron he has been partnered with, and winds him up at every opportunity. The relationship, and banter between them both, is one of the strongest suits of the series, though they are starting to come to a mutual understanding.

Now, we move on, briefly, to the events of the 4th book. McGray has gone to visit his sister in the Orkneys, and Frey still in Edinburgh, with his uncle, Maurice Plantard, who is one of his favourite members of his family, the other being his younger half brother, Elgie, who after the 3rd book went back down to London after appearing in the 1st book. Frey gets a visit from a Millie Fletcher, a servant of the wealthy Koloman family who reside in a elegant, extravagant manor on the shores of Loch Maree, a rather interesting loch, as within it’s waters, are a number of islands, one of which has a smaller loch inside, she comes asking to see McGray, because she believes he, and only he can help with the case, and in return, she can help cure his sister of her madness, with mystical waters from a well on Loch Maree, which are said to cure madness, and cured the madness of Mr. Nellys, who resides on Juniper Island which is in the loch. Millie had a son, 16 years ago, after being raped by Maximillian Koloman, the wayward, womanising brother of Konrad Koloman. Due to Millie being a servant in the Koloman's household, and also the child conceived out of wedlock, it was improper for her to keep the child, named Benjamin, so he was sent to Thruso to live with a priest. Millie now believes there is a serious threat against her son's life, after having a brick thrown through a window, with a note saying as much. With a few murders, and a gloomy, and mysterious setting Loch Of The Dead is quite the read.

The book, like the others is incredibly well written, De Muriel has quite a way with describing scenes so vividly, the gloomy loch, contrasts with the vibrant elegance of the Koloman’s house. He also has a knack for creating well rounded, and believable characters, describing them in great detail, giving them intriguing and believable backstories, and giving them quirks, which make them more human and relatable, like in this book, we find that McGray has debilitating sea sickness, and now has a distaste for salted herrings, and the incredibly clever, and curious twin daughters of the Kolomans, Veronika and Natalja, who have a shadows room in the house, and are interested in the science of light, and conduct experiments using different shaped prisms. The books usually keep you guessing right up until the end, with plenty of red (salted) herrings thrown in, though I had my suspicions in this one, I felt that Dominik and Calcraft were rather obvious, but I didn't count them out, I also suspected Minerva Koloman, since she is talented at medicine, and all of the wounds suffered by the victims were described as being done with surgical precision. De Muriel’s background in chemistry allows him to write the intricacies of the scientific elements in greater detail. The book also leaves a rather interesting cliffhanger, McGray had taken a sample of water from the well on the loch to take back to Edinburgh for Dr. Clouston to give to Amy. Regardless, I am very excited for the 5th book, which Oscar has said on twitter he is working on now.

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Films à voir : 2011

Violet & Daisy - Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Avec : Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini

Un duo de jeunes assassines accepte ce qui semble être une mission facile, lorsqu'un évènement inattendu chamboule leur plan.

La guerre est déclarée - Valérie Donzelli

Avec : Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaim

Un couple, Roméo et Juliette. Un enfant, Adam. Un combat, la maladie. Et surtout, une grande histoire d'amour, la leur...

La piel que habito - Pedro Almodovar

Avec : Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya

Depuis que sa femme a été victime de brûlures dans un accident de voiture, le docteur Robert Ledgard, éminent chirurgien esthétique, se consacre à la création d’une nouvelle peau, grâce à laquelle il aurait pu sauver son épouse. Douze ans après le drame, il réussit dans son laboratoire privé à cultiver cette peau : sensible aux caresses, elle constitue néanmoins une véritable cuirasse contre toute agression, tant externe qu’interne, dont est victime l’organe le plus étendu de notre corps. Pour y parvenir, le chirurgien a recours aux possibilités qu’offre la thérapie cellulaire. Outre les années de recherche et d’expérimentation, il faut aussi à Robert une femme cobaye, un complice et une absence totale de scrupules. Les scrupules ne l’ont jamais étouffé, il en est tout simplement dénué. Marilia, la femme qui s’est occupée de Robert depuis le jour où il est né, est la plus fidèle des complices. Quant à la femme cobaye…

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Avec : Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac

Un jeune homme solitaire, "The Driver", conduit le jour à Hollywood pour le cinéma en tant que cascadeur et la nuit pour des truands. Ultra professionnel et peu bavard, il a son propre code de conduite. Jamais il n’a pris part aux crimes de ses employeurs autrement qu’en conduisant - et au volant, il est le meilleur ! Shannon, le manager qui lui décroche tous ses contrats, propose à Bernie Rose, un malfrat notoire, d’investir dans un véhicule pour que son poulain puisse affronter les circuits de stock-car professionnels. Celui-ci accepte mais impose son associé, Nino, dans le projet. C’est alors que la route du pilote croise celle d’Irene et de son jeune fils. Pour la première fois de sa vie, il n’est plus seul. Lorsque le mari d’Irene sort de prison et se retrouve enrôlé de force dans un braquage pour s���acquitter d’une dette, il décide pourtant de lui venir en aide. L’expédition tourne mal… Doublé par ses commanditaires, et obsédé par les risques qui pèsent sur Irene, il n’a dès lors pas d’autre alternative que de les traquer un à un…

Polisse - Maiwenn

Avec : Maiwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot, Karin Viard, Marina Fois

Le quotidien des policiers de la BPM (Brigade de Protection des Mineurs) ce sont les gardes à vue de pédophiles, les arrestations de pickpockets mineurs mais aussi la pause déjeuner où l’on se raconte ses problèmes de couple ; ce sont les auditions de parents maltraitants, les dépositions des enfants, les dérives de la sexualité chez les adolescents, mais aussi la solidarité entre collègues et les fous rires incontrôlables dans les moments les plus impensables ; c’est savoir que le pire existe, et tenter de faire avec… Comment ces policiers parviennent-ils à trouver l’équilibre entre leurs vies privées et la réalité à laquelle ils sont confrontés, tous les jours ? Fred, l’écorché du groupe, aura du mal à supporter le regard de Melissa, mandatée par le ministère de l’intérieur pour réaliser un livre de photos sur cette brigade.

We need to talk about Kevin - Lynne Ramsay

Avec : Ezra Miller, Tilda Swinton

Eva a mis sa vie professionnelle et ses ambitions personnelles entre parenthèses pour donner naissance à Kevin. La communication entre mère et fils s’avère d’emblée très compliquée. A l’aube de ses 16 ans, il commet l’irréparable. Eva s’interroge alors sur sa responsabilité. En se remémorant les étapes de sa vie avant et avec Kevin, elle tente de comprendre ce qu’elle aurait pu ou peut-être dû faire.

Suicide Room - Jan Komasa

Avec : Jakub Gierszal

L’argent ne fait pas le bonheur, paraît-il. C’est aussi l’avis de Dominik, un fils de riches que la vie facile déprime. Rien à voir avec l’excitation que lui procure le monde virtuel ! Surtout la chambre du suicide, une plateforme de contacts pour ceux qui veulent mettre fin à leurs jours.

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NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION Company Town, Madeline Ashby (Tor) The Medusa Chronicles, Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Saga) Take Back the Sky, Greg Bear (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Visitor, C.J. Cherryh (DAW) Babylon’s Ashes, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Europe in Winter, Dave Hutchinson (Solaris US; Solaris UK) False Hearts, Laura Lam (Tor; Macmillan) Death’s End, Cixin Liu (Tor; Head of Zeus) The Corporation Wars: Dissidence, Ken MacLeod (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Into Everywhere, Paul McAuley (Gollancz) Faller, Will McIntosh (Tor) After Atlas, Emma Newman (Roc) The Core of the Sun, Johanna Sinisalo (Black Cat) Occupy Me, Tricia Sullivan (Gollancz) Rosewater, Tade Thompson (Apex) Central Station, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon) Icon, Genevieve Valentine (Saga) The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead (Doubleday; Fleet) Alien Morning, Rick Wilber (Tor) Impersonations, Walter Jon Williams (Tor.com Publishing) Last Year, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) Barren Cove, Ariel S. Winter (Bestler) Underground Airlines, Ben H. Winters (Mulholland; Century)

NOVELS – FANTASY The Spider’s War, Daniel Abraham (Orbit US; Orbit UK) All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan) Summerlong, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon) City of Blades, Robert Jackson Bennett (Broadway) Masks and Shadows, Stephanie Burgis (Pyr) Breath of Earth, Beth Cato (Harper Voyager US) A Shadow All of Light, Fred Chappell (Tor) Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?, Paul Cornell (Pan) Four Roads Cross, Max Gladstone (Tor) The Regional Office is Under Attack!, Manuel Gonzales (Riverhead) Will Do Magic for Small Change, Andrea Hairston (Aqueduct) Eterna and Omega, Leanna Renee Hieber (Tor) Roadsouls, Betsy James (Aqueduct) The Obelisk Gate, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Perdition Score, Richard Kadrey (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK) Children of Earth and Sky, Guy Gavriel Kay (NAL; Viking Canada; Hodder & Stoughton) The Wall of Storms, Ken Liu (Saga; Head of Zeus) The Seer, Sonia Orin Lyris (Baen) Kingfisher, Patricia McKillip (Ace) An Accident of Stars, Foz Meadows (Angry Robot US; Angry Robot UK) The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville (Del Rey; Picador) Medusa’s Web, Tim Powers (Morrow; Corvus UK) The Gradual, Christopher Priest (Titan US; Gollancz) The Winged Histories, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer) The Trees, Ali Shaw (Bloomsbury Circus; Bloomsbury USA) The Last Mortal Bond, Brian Staveley (Tor; Tor UK) The Nightmare Stacks, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK) The Liberation, Ian Tregillis (Orbit US; Orbit UK) Necessity, Jo Walton (Tor) Cloudbound, Fran Wilde (Tor)

NOVELS – HORROR The Brotherhood of the Wheel, R.S. Belcher (Tor) Fellside, M.R. Carey (Orbit US; Orbit UK) The Wretch of the Sun, Michael Cisco (Hippocampus) The Fireman, Joe Hill (Morrow) Good Girls, Glen Hirshberg (Tor) Mongrels, Stephen Graham Jones (Morrow) The Fisherman, John Langan (Word Horde) Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dunne) HEX, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor; Hodder & Stoughton) The Family Plot, Cherie Priest (Tor) Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff (Harper) Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, Paul Tremblay (Morrow)

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS The Rose & the Dagger, Renée Ahdieh (Putnam) Crooked Kingdom, Leigh Bardugo (Holt) The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin) The Bronze Key, Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (Scholastic; Corgi) Three Dark Crowns, Kendare Blake (HarperTeen; Macmillan) Lois Lane: Double Down, Gwenda Bond (Switch) The Swan Riders, Erin Bow (McElderry) Labyrinth Lost, Zoraida Cordóva (Sourcebooks) Truthwitch, Susan Dennard (Tor Teen; Tor UK) Poisoned Blade, Kate Elliott (Little, Brown) Blood for Blood, Ryan Graudin (Little, Brown) Aerie, Maria Dahvana Headley (Harper; Orion) Gemina, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Knopf) Rebellion of Thieves, Kekla Magoon (Bloomsbury USA) Burning Midnight, Will McIntosh (Delacorte; Macmillan) When the Moon Was Ours, Anna-Marie McLemore (Dunne) The Left-Handed Fate, Kate Milford (Holt) Goldenhand, Garth Nix (Harper; Allen & Unwin; Hot Key) Revenger, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US ’17) Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies, Lindsay Ribar (Dawson) This Savage Song, Victoria Schwab (Titan; Greenwillow) The Evil Wizard Smallbone, Delia Sherman (Candlewick) And I Darken, Kiersten White (Delacorte; Corgi) The Steep and Thorny Way, Cat Winters (Abrams)

FIRST NOVELS The Reader, Traci Chee (Putnam) Waypoint Kangaroo, Curtis Chen (Dunne) The Star-Touched Queen, Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin’s) The Girl from Everywhere, Heidi Heilig (Greenwillow; Hot Key) Roses and Rot, Kat Howard (Saga) Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK) Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine (Tor) A Fierce and Subtle Poison, Samantha Mabry (Algonquin) Devil and the Bluebird, Jennifer Mason-Black (Amulet) Infomocracy, Malka Older (Tor.com Publishing) Everfair, Nisi Shawl (Tor) Vigil, Angela Slatter (Jo Fletcher) Azanian Bridges, Nick Wood (NewCon)

COLLECTIONS Sharp Ends, Joe Abercrombie (Orbit US; Gollancz) The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories, Joan Aiken (Small Beer) Hwarhath Stories: Twelve Transgressive Tales by Aliens, Eleanor Arnason (Aqueduct) Swift to Chase, Laird Barron (JournalStone) Slipping, Lauren Beukes (Tachyon) Fathoms, Jack Cady (Underland) A Long December, Richard Chizmar (Subterranean; Short, Scary Tales) On the Eyeball Floor and Other Stories, Tina Connolly (Fairwood) A Natural History of Hell, Jeffrey Ford (Small Beer) The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria, Carlos Hernandez (Rosarium) The Complete Orsinia, Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America) The Found and the Lost, Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga) The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, Ken Liu (Saga; Head of Zeus) Furnace, Livia Llewellyn (Word Horde) The Best of Ian McDonald, Ian McDonald (PS) Dreams of Distant Shores, Patricia A. McKillip (Tachyon) Other Stories, Paul Park (PS) Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds, Alastair Reynolds (Subterranean; Gollancz) Early Days: More Tales from the Pulp Era, Robert Silverberg (Subterranean) A Feast of Sorrows, Angela Slatter (Prime) Project Elfhome, Wen Spencer (Baen) Interior Darkness: Selected Stories, Peter Straub (Doubleday) Not So Much, Said the Cat, Michael Swanwick (Tachyon) Two Travelers, Sarah Tolmie (Aqueduct) Amaryllis and Other Stories, Carrie Vaughn (Fairwood) Greener Pastures, Michael Wehunt (Shock Totem) Children of the New World, Alexander Weinstein (Picador) Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories, Caroline M. Yoachim (Fairwood)

ANTHOLOGIES ORIGINAL Clockwork Phoenix 5, Mike Allen, ed. (Mythic Delirium) Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed. (PS Australia) Children of Lovecraft, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse) The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu, Paula Guran, ed. (Robinson; Running Press) Hidden Youth: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History, Mikki Kendall & Chesya Burke, eds. (Crossed Genres) Tremontaine, Ellen Kushner, ed. (Serial Box; Saga ’17) Love Beyond Body, Space, & Time, Hope Nicholson, ed. (Bedside) Monstrous Little Voices, Jonathan Oliver & David Moore, eds. (Abaddon US; Abaddon UK) The Starlit Wood, Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, eds. (Saga) Bridging Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK) Drowned Worlds, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK) The Grimm Future, Erin Underwood, ed. (NESFA) Now We Are Ten, Ian Whates, ed. (NewCon) REPRINTS/BESTS The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One, Neil Clarke, ed. (Night Shade) The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Night Shade) The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, Gardner Dozois, ed. (St. Martin’s Griffin; Robinson as The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 29) The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016, Karen Joy Fowler & John Joseph Adams, eds. (Mariner) The Year’s Best SF & Fantasy: 2016 Edition, Rich Horton, ed. (Prime) Invisible Planets, Ken Liu, ed. (Tor; Head of Zeus) The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Ten, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris US; Solaris UK) The Big Book of Science Fiction, Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, eds. (Vintage)

NON-FICTION Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981-1990, Mike Ashley (Liverpool University) Octavia E. Butler, Gerry Canavan (University of Illinois Press) Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction, André M. Carrington (University of Minnesota Press) Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, Ruth Franklin (Liveright) The View From the Cheap Seats, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline) Time Travel: A History, James Gleick (Pantheon) The Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron Hurley (Tor) Words Are My Matter: Writings about Life and Books 2000-2016, Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer) The Merril Theory of Lit’ry Criticism, Judith Merril (Aqueduct) Making Conversation, Teresa Nielsen Hayden (NESFA) Castaway Tales: From Robinson Crusoe to Life of Pi, Christopher Palmer (Wesleyan) The History of Science Fiction: Second Edition, Adam Roberts (Palgrave Macmillan) Alfred Bester, Jad Smith (University of Illinois Press) Art and War: Poetry, Pulp and Politics in Israeli Fiction, Lavie Tidhar & Shimon Adaf (Repeater) …Flying Saucers Are Real!, Jack Womack (Anthology Editions) Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Fairwood)

ART BOOKS Yoshitaka Amano: Illustrations, Yoshitaka Amano (VIZ Media) Kinuko Y. Craft, Beauty and the Beast, Mahlon F. Craft (Harper) Kinuko Y. Craft, Myth & Magic: An Enchanted Fantasy Coloring Book (Amber Lotus) Mélanie Delon, Magika: The Art of Mélanie Delon (SQP) Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, John Fleskes, ed. (Flesk) Patrick J. Jones, The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Art of Patrick J. Jones (Korero) Stephanie Law, Descants & Cadences: The Art of Stephanie Law (Shadowscapes) Jeffrey Alan Love, Notes From the Shadowed City (Flesk) Michael Manomivibul, Fathoms: The Art of Michael Manomivibul (self-published) Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie (Abrams) Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined, Ron Miller (Smithsonian/Elephant Book Company) The Fantasy Illustration Library, Volume Two: Gods & Goddesses, Malcolm R. Phifer & Michael C. Phifer (Michael Publishing) The Art of the Film: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Dermot Power, ed. (Harper Design; HarperCollins UK) Shaun Tan, The Singing Bones: Inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales (Allen & Unwin 2015; Arthur A. Levine; Walker UK) Charles Vess, Walking Through the Landscape of Faerie (Faerie Magazine)

NOVELLAS The Lost Child of Lychford, Paul Cornell (Tor.com Publishing) The Dream Quest of Vellitt Boe, Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing) Hammers on Bone, Cassandra Khaw (Tor.com Publishing) The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing) Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing) This Census-taker, China Miéville (Del Rey; Picador) “The Charge and the Storm”, An Owomoyela (Asimov’s 6/16) The Devil You Know, K.J. Parker (Tor.com Publishing) The Iron Tactician, Alastair Reynolds (NewCon) The Dispatcher, John Scalzi (Audible; Subterranean 2017) Pirate Utopia, Bruce Sterling (Tachyon) “The Vanishing Kind”, Lavie Tidhar (F&SF 07-08/16) A Taste of Honey, Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)

NOVELETTES “The Art of Space Travel”, Nina Allan (Tor.com 7/27/16) “Checkerboard Planet”, Eleanor Arnason (Clarkesworld 12/16) “Fifty Shades of Grays”, Steven Barnes (Lightspeed 6/16) “Salto Mortal”, Nick T. Chan (Lightspeed 6/16) “A Dead Djinn in Cairo”, P. Djeli Clark (Tor.com 5/18/16) “Pearl”, Aliette de Bodard (The Starlit Wood) “The Life and Times of Angel Evans”, Meredith Debonnaire (Booksmugglers 9/13/16) “Touring with the Alien”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld 4/16) “Red as Blood and White as Bone”, Theodora Goss (Tor.com 5/4/16) “Number Nine Moon”, Alex Irvine (F&SF 1-2/16) “Birdfather”, Stephen Graham Jones (Black Static 3-4/16) “The Night Cyclist”, Stephen Graham Jones (Tor.com 9/21/16) “Antediluvian Homesick Blues”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Sirenia Digest 10/16) “Jonas and the Fox”, Rich Larson (Clarkesworld 5/16) “Foxfire, Foxfire”, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/03/16) “The Visitor from Taured”, Ian R. MacLeod (Asimov’s 9/16) “In the Ruins of Mohenjo-Daro”, Usman T. Malik (The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu) “Angel, Monster, Man”, Sam J. Miller (Nightmare 1/16) “Cold Comfort”, Pat Murphy & Paul Doherty (Bridging Infinity) “Spinning Silver”, Naomi Novik (The Starlit Wood) “Unauthorized Access”, An Owomoyela (Lightspeed 9/16) “Told by an Idiot”, K.J. Parker (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 2/04/16) “Project Empathy”, Dominica Phetteplace (Asimov’s 3/16) “Project Symmetry”, Dominica Phetteplace (Asimov’s 6/16) “Those Shadows Laugh”, Geoff Ryman (F&SF 9-10/16) “Prodigal”, Gord Sellar (Analog 12/16) “Inheritance, or the Ruby Tear”, Priya Sharma (Black Static 7-8/16) “The Great Detective”, Delia Sherman (Tor.com 2/17/16) “The Future is Blue”, Catherynne M. Valente (Drowned Worlds) “Everyone from Themis Sends Letters Home”, Genevieve Valentine (Clarkesworld 10/16) “The Mind Is Its Own Place”, Carrie Vaughn (Asimov’s 9/16) The Jewel and Her Lapidary, Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing) “The Metal Demimonde”, Nick Wolven (Analog 7-8/16) “Passion Summer”, Nick Wolven (Asimov’s 2/16) “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay”, Alyssa Wong (Uncanny 5-6/16)

SHORT STORIES “Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived By Her Mercy”, Charlie Jane Anders (Drowned Worlds) “Rager in Space”, Charlie Jane Anders (Bridging Infinity) “Mika Model“, Paolo Bacigalupi (Slate 4/16) “I Was a Teenage Werewolf“, Dale Bailey (Nightmare 12/16) “The Story of Kao Yu“, Peter S. Beagle (Tor.com 12/7/16) “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies“, Brooke Bolander (Uncanny 11-12/16) “The Voice in the Cornfield, the Word Made Flesh”, Desirina Boskovich (F&SF 9-10/16) “The House That Jessica Built“, Nadia Bulkin (The Dark 11/16) “Nesters”, Siobhan Carroll (Children of Lovecraft) “Applied Cenotaphics in the Long, Long Latitudes“, Vajra Chandrasekera (Strange Horizons 9/5/16) “A Tower for the Coming World“, Maggie Clark (Clarkesworld 12/16) “The House That Creaks“, Elaine Cuyegkeng (The Dark 10/16) “A Salvaging of Ghosts“, Aliette de Bodard (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 3/17/16) “The Sound That Grief Makes“, Kristi DeMeester (The Dark 10/16) “Seasons of Glass and Iron“, Amal el-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood) “Ghost Pressure”, Gemma Files (What the #@&% Is That?) “Not Without Mercy“, Jeffrey Ford (Conjunctions 67: Other Aliens) “The Mutants Men Don’t See”, James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s 8/16) “Even the Crumbs Were Delicious”, Daryl Gregory (The Starlit Wood) “Tower of the Rosewater Goblet“, Nin Harris (Strange Horizons 1/4/16) “Little Widow“, Maria Dahvana Headley (Nightmare 9/16) “The Magical Properties of Unicorn Ivory”, Carlos Hernandez (The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria) “The City Born Great“, N.K. Jemisin (Tor.com 9/28/16) “Red Dirt Witch”, N.K. Jemisin (Fantasy 12/16) “Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse”, Xia Jia (Invisible Planets) “Breathe“, Cassandra Khaw (Clarkesworld 5/16) “The Line Between the Devil’s Teeth (Murder Ballad No. 10)”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Sirenia Digest 11/16) “Whisper Road (Murder Ballad No. 9)”, Caitlín R. Kiernan (Sirenia Digest 7/16) “Successor, Usurper, Replacement“, Alice Sola Kim (Buzzfeed 10/25/16) “The One Who Isn’t“, Ted Kosmatka (Lightspeed 7/16) “Postcards from Natalie“, Carrie Laben (The Dark 7/16) “The Finest, Fullest Flowering“, Marc Laidlaw (Nightmare 6/16) “Sparks Fly“, Rich Larson (Lightspeed 3/16) “You Make Pattaya”, Rich Larson (Interzone 11-12/16) “Shadows Weave“, Yoon Ha Lee (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 5/26/16) “Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit – Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts”, Ken Liu (Drowned Worlds) “Seven Birthdays”, Ken Liu (Bridging Infinity) “A Good Home“, Karin Lowachee (Lightspeed 6/16) “Ozymandias”, Karin Lowachee (Bridging Infinity) “Her Sacred Spirit Soars“, S. Qiouyi Lu (Strange Horizons 7/18/16) “My Body, Herself“, Carmen Maria Machado (Uncanny 9-10/16) “The Wreck at Goat’s Head“, Alexandra Manglis (Strange Horizons 11/16) “Elves of Antarctica”, Paul McAuley (Drowned Worlds) “Something Happened Here, but We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was“, Paul McAuley (Tor.com 7/20/16) “Ye Highlands and Ye Lowlands“, Seanan McGuire (Uncanny 5-6/16) “Last Gods”, Sam J. Miller (Drowned Worlds) “Things with Beards“, Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 6/16) “Webs“, Mary Anne Mohanraj (Asimov’s 7/16) “u wont remember dying“, Russell Nichols (Terraform 6/23/16) “With Her Diamond Teeth“, Pear Nuallak (The Dark 11/16) “Ever Changing, Ever Turning“, Yukimi Ogawa (Lackington’s Summer 2016) “Afrofuturist 419“, Nnedi Okorafor (Clarkesworld 11/16) “Screamers“, Tochi Onyebuchi (Omenana 11/9/16) “Between Dragons and Their Wrath“, An Owomoyela & Rachel Swirsky (Clarkesworld 2/16) “Under One Roof“, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 9-10/16) “Left Behind“, Cat Rambo (Clarkesworld 5/16) “Sixteen Questions for Kamala Chatterjee”, Alastair Reynolds (Bridging Infinity) “Those Brighter Stars“, Mercurio D. Rivera (Lightspeed 8/16) “The Bog Girl“, Karen Russell (The New Yorker 6/20/16) “The Red Thread“, Sofia Samatar (Lightspeed 6/16) “The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle”, Sofia Samatar (The Starlit Wood) “Vulcanization“, Nisi Shawl (Nightmare 1/16) “Wednesday’s Story“, Wole Talabi (Lightspeed 5/16) “Drowned”, Lavie Tidhar (Drowned Worlds) “Terminal“, Lavie Tidhar (Tor.com 4/13/16) “The Abduction of Europa“, E. Catherine Tobler (Clarkesworld 1/16) “La beauté sans vertu“, Genevieve Valentine (Tor.com 4/16) “That Game We Played During the War“, Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com 3/16/16) “Dragon Brides“, Nghi Vo (Lightspeed 4/16) “First Light at Mistaken Point“, Kali Wallace (Clarkesworld 8/16) “Openness”, Alexander Weinstein (Beloit Fiction Journal Spring 2016) “Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left“, Fran Wilde (Shimmer 9/16) “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers“, Alyssa Wong (Tor.com 3/02/16) “Secondhand Bodies“, JY Yang (Lightspeed 1/16) “Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station | Hours Since the Last Patient Death: 0“, Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed 3/16) “The Witch of Orion Waste and the Boy Knight“, E. Lily Yu (Uncanny 9-10/16)

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Ayer en el marco de la  Worldcon,  77th World Science Fiction Convention, se dieorn a conocer a los ganadores de los premios Hugo y los premios Lodestar Award y John W. Campbell

Los premios Hugo 2019 se entregarán en el WorldCon de este año, que se celebrará en Dublín, Irlanda, entre el 15 y el 19 de agosto. No se olviden de bajarse el calendario que hicimos en Viajando Sobre Libros de ACA para poder tener todas las fechas de entregas de premios literarios. Aquí les dejo la lista completa de los nominados para los premios de este año y comenten si leyeron alguno.

Best Novel

The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor) GANADOR

Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager)

Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)

Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)

Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Macmillan)

Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga)

Best Novella

Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com publishing) GANADOR

Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com publishing)

Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com publishing)

The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com publishing)

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson (Tor.com publishing)

The Tea Master and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press / JABberwocky Literary Agency)

  Best Novelette

“If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, 29 November 2018) GANADOR

“The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections,” by Tina Connolly (Tor.com, 11 July 2018)

“Nine Last Days on Planet Earth,” by Daryl Gregory (Tor.com, 19 September 2018)

The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander (Tor.com publishing)

“The Thing About Ghost Stories,” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)

“When We Were Starless,” by Simone Heller (Clarkesworld 145, October 2018)

Best Short Story

“The Court Magician,” by Sarah Pinsker (Lightspeed, January 2018)

“The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society,” by T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine 25, November-December 2018)

“The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington,” by P. Djèlí Clark (Fireside Magazine, February 2018)

“STET,” by Sarah Gailey (Fireside Magazine, October 2018)

“The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat,” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine 23, July-August 2018)

“A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” by Alix E. Harrow (Apex Magazine, February 2018) GANADOR

Best Series

The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older (Tor.com publishing)

The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross (most recently Tor.com publishing/Orbit)

Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)

The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire (most recently DAW)

The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard (most recently Subterranean Press)

Wayfarers, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager) GANADOR

Best Related Work

Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works GANADOR

Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee (Dey Street Books)

The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan (YouTube)

An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, by Jo Walton (Tor)

http://www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76(Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picacio)

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon (Tin House Books)

Best Graphic Story

Abbott, written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, letters by Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios)

Black Panther: Long Live the King, written by Nnedi Okorafor and Aaron Covington, art by André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford (Marvel)

Monstress, Volume 3: Haven, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image Comics) GANADOR

On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden (First Second)

Paper Girls, Volume 4, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image Comics)

Saga, Volume 9, written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Annihilation, directed and written for the screen by Alex Garland, based on the novel by Jeff VanderMeer (Paramount Pictures / Skydance)

Avengers: Infinity War, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Marvel Studios)

Black Panther, written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, directed by Ryan Coogler (Marvel Studios)

A Quiet Place, screenplay by Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, directed by John Krasinski (Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night)

Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley (Annapurna Pictures)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman, directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman (Sony) GANADOR 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate,” written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Simon Cellan Jones (Penguin in a Parka / Alcon Entertainment)

Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab,” written by Vinay Patel, directed by Jamie Childs (BBC)

Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe, directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning (Wondaland Arts Society / Bad Boy Records / Atlantic Records)

The Good Place: “Janet(s),” written by Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan, directed by Morgan Sackett (NBC)

The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy,” written by Megan Amram, directed by Trent O’Donnell (NBC) GANADOR

Doctor Who: “Rosa,” written by Malorie Blackman and Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Tonderai (BBC)

Best Editor, Short Form

Neil Clarke

Gardner Dozois (GANADOR)

Lee Harris

Julia Rios

Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas

E. Catherine Tobler

Best Editor, Long Form

Sheila E. Gilbert

Anne Lesley Groell

Beth Meacham

Diana Pho

Gillian Redfearn

Navah Wolfe (GANADOR)

Best Professional Artist

Galen Dara

Jaime Jones

Victo Ngai

John Picacio

Yuko Shimizu

Charles Vess (GANADOR)

Best Semiprozine

Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews

Fireside Magazine, edited by Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, social coordinator Meg Frank, special features editor Tanya DePass, founding editor Brian White, publisher and art director Pablo Defendini

FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editors Troy L. Wiggins and DaVaun Sanders, editors L.D. Lewis, Brandon O’Brien, Kaleb Russell, Danny Lore, and Brent Lambert

Shimmer, publisher Beth Wodzinski, senior editor E. Catherine Tobler

Strange Horizons, edited by Jane Crowley, Kate Dollarhyde, Vanessa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandrasekera, Romie Stott, Maureen Kincaid Speller, and the Strange Horizons Staff

Uncanny Magazine, publishers/editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, managing editor Michi Trota, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue editors-in-chief Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien (GANADOR)

Best Fanzine

Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus

Journey Planet, edited by Team Journey Planet

Lady Business, editors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay & Susan (GANADOR)

nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla and The G

Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur

Rocket Stack Rank, editors Greg Hullender and Eric Wong

Best Fancast

Be the Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace

The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe

Fangirl Happy Hour, hosted by Ana Grilo and Renay Williams

Galactic Suburbia, hosted by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts, produced by Andrew Finch

Our Opinions Are Correct, hosted by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders (GANADOR)

The Skiffy and Fanty Show, produced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke, hosted by the Skiffy and Fanty Crew

Best Fan Writer

Foz Meadows (GANADOR)

James Davis Nicoll

Charles Payseur

Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

Alasdair Stuart

Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist

Sara Felix

Grace P. Fong

Meg Frank

Ariela Housman

Likhain (Mia Sereno) (GANADOR)

Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book

The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition, illustrated by Charles Vess, written by Ursula K. Le Guin (Saga Press /Gollancz) GANADOR

Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon, by Julie Dillon (self-published)

Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, Sam Witwer (Ten Speed Press)

Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, ed. John Fleskes (Flesk Publications)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books)

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, ed. Catherine McIlwaine (Bodleian Library)

Además de los Hugo tenemos estos dos premios manejados por by Worldcon 76 :

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton (Freeform / Gollancz)

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books) (GANADOR)

The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black (Little, Brown / Hot Key Books)

Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland (Balzer + Bray)

The Invasion, by Peadar O’Guilin (David Fickling Books / Scholastic)

Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman (Random House / Penguin Teen)

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Katherine Arden*

S.A. Chakraborty*

R.F. Kuang

Jeannette Ng* (GANADOR)

Vina Jie-Min Prasad*

Rivers Solomon*

 NOTICIAS: GANADORES DE LOS HUGO AWARDS 2019 Ayer en el marco de la  Worldcon,  77th World Science Fiction Convention, se dieorn a conocer a los ganadores de los premios Hugo y los premios…

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Monday, January 16, 2017

 We had a beautiful sunny weekend here in Ottawa and the Rideau Canal Skateway opened for the first time this winter. I went for a walk in the sun and then finished up the first volume of the two volume Strangers in Paradise Omnibus by Terry Moore which my partner Chris let me borrow. I read the story as floppies but it was very nice to re-read the story about the volcanic relationship between Francine and Katchoo again. I highly recommend any comic book that Terry does.

 Scarlet Witch #14 - James Robinson (writer) Shawn Crystal (art) Chris Brunner (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Wanda's journey along the Witch's Road finally comes to an end with the expected result of witchcraft being cured. It's neat that Shawn's art pays homage to Steve Ditko's Doctor Strange dimensional vistas but why is Agatha Harkness young looking now?

 Unworthy Thor #3 - Jason Aaron (writer) Kim Jacinto & Olivier Coipel (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). The Collector's hammer is being sought by many. The Odinson wants it and so does Thanos. My money is on U-Thor and his companions getting their hands on it in the end.

 Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #3 - Gerry Conway (writer) Ryan Stegman (art) Sonia Oback (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This issue features Anna May Parker in and out of costume. Gerry must watch a lot of Nickelodeon to make his kids sound so authentic. Annie is young, foolish and hot-headed which makes for some interesting situations. This is a fun book that I think more fans should be reading.

 Justice League/Power Rangers #1 - Tom Taylor (writer) Stephen Byrne (art & colours) Deron Bennett (letters). I don't read either of these teams' comic books but I like Tom's writing so I picked this up to see what he could do with these characters. I have no clue what the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are about but they seem like a decent bunch. The story is pretty basic with an accidental interdimensional hop including a super villain. If you like the Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle team up you'll enjoy this too.

 Moonshine #4 - Brian Azzarello (writer) Eduardo Risso (art & colours) Jared H. Fletcher (letters). If the creature doesn't make you howl then Tempest will by the time you get to the end of this issue. I did not see that coming.

 Daredevil #15 - Charles Soule (writer) Goran Sudzuka (art) Matt Milla (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Here's something else I did not see coming. We have the return of one of Daredevil's arch enemies back from the dead. At least I think they died. It's hard to keep track.

 Action Comics #971 - Dan Jurgens (writer) Stephen Segovia (pencils) Art Thibert (inks) Arif Prianto (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). The trial of Lex Luthor takes a surprising turn and he and Superman are still not home free. Meanwhile back home, Lois and Jon are caught in a place where they shouldn't be by Clark Kent. It's going to be fun to see how mom and son explain their trespass.

 Groo: Fray of the Gods #4 - Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier (writers) Sergio Aragones (art) Tom Luth (colours) Stan Sakai (letters). It's always distracting whenever the Minstrel appears in a Groo comic book because of the ever changing end of his instrument. This mini ends with much dining and fraying for Groo but the gods don't actually fight throughout this story. Oh well, what do you expect from a Groo comic?

 Uncanny Avengers #19 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Pepe Larraz with Rodrigo Zayas (art) Dono Sanchez Almara (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Looks like the Red Skull has this team in his complete control but there is one hero left to come to the rescue. It's Gerry's homeboy Deadpool. Wade can't do it all alone so it's team up time. I like who he rustles up to help save the day.

 Wonder Woman #14 - Greg Rucka (writer) Nicola Scott (art) Romulo Fajardo Jr. (colours) Jodi Wynne (letters). This issue concludes "Year One" with a battle between Diana and Ares the God of War. One must suspend belief that Diana can fly all around the world carry Steve Trevor to stop the poison gas from being deployed. Maybe she got help from Santa Claus. I felt a little let down by Greg with that miracle move, but otherwise this story has been pretty good. Good enough for me to keep reading now that the first two storylines have ended.

 Red Sonja #1 - Amy Chu (writer) Carlos Gomez (art) Mohan (colours) Simon Bowland (letters). I hope you read the twenty-five cent #0 or you will be wondering how Sonja ends up in modern Manhattan. Amy solves the problem of Sonja speaking ancient Hyrkanian by introducing a handsome young police officer who sort of understands the language. This is quite similar to the Rebirth Wonder Woman book but different enough that a long time fan  like me still finds it worth reading.

 Occupy Avengers #3 - David F. Walker (writer) Carlos Pacheco (pencils) Rafael Fonteriz (inks) Sonia Oback with Wil Quintana (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I'm not a fan of the title. I think comic book buyers have Avengers fatigue and would be more likely to buy this book if it was called Marvel Team-Up starring Hawkeye. I am enjoying it so far and would recommend it. Here we have Hawkeye and Red Wolf getting help from Nighthawk and his sidekick Deadly Nightshade to track down some shady cybernetics in Chicago. There are some surprise appearances at the end of this issue but they do make sense when you consider the evidence that Hawkeye brings to the search. Next issue should have some wahoo fun.

 Detective Comics #948 - James Tynion IV & Marguerite Bennett (writers) Ben Oliver (art) Marilyn Patrizio (letters). Batwoman Begins part one. This is a good primer to read before Kate's own book hits the racks next month. I hope DC doesn't screw it up again.

 Dr. Strange/The Punisher: Magic Bullets #2 - John Barber (writer) Jason Muhr (storyboards) Andrea Broccardo & Dominike "Domo" Stanton (art) Andres Mossa (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I like Stephen and Frank and thought that the two of them teaming up would be fun but this story is turning into an unbelievable magical mystery tour with bad art. Shoot me now.

 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #12 - Robert Venditti (writer) Ethan Van Sciver (art) Jason Wright (colours) Dave Sharpe (letters). Green and Yellow Lantern Corps combine to crush the Orange Corp. Larfleeze even helps. Ethan draws the best aliens.

 Jessica Jones #4 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Michael Gaydos (art) Matt Hollingsworth (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). The meeting with Captain Marvel explains a lot and made me decide to stick with this. I really hope Luke and Jessica's marriage doesn't suffer from what Jess has to do.

 Totally Awesome Hulk #14 - Greg Pak (writer) German Peralta (art) Jay David Ramos & Dono Sanchez Almara (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). The two part team up with Jeremy Lin ends, thank Thor. This one is great for the kiddies but I found it to be a bit silly.

 Ms. Marvel #14 - G. Willow Wilson (writer) Takeshi Miyazawa (art) Ian Herring (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). The World of Battlecraft fight to start off this issue was fun. Now that Bruno's gone (I miss him), Kamala has to figure out stuff on her own. Someone is stalking her but we don't know if he's good or evil. I'm guessing evil since he looks like the Green Goblin.

 Spider-Man/Deadpool #13 - Joe Kelly (writer) Ed McGuinness (pencils) Mark Morales, John Dell & Ed McGuinness (inks) Jason Keith (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). It's an adventure in Weirdworld as the two heroes recover from their fight with Itsy Bitsy. I really like Joe's version of Wade with the soupcon of humanity.

 Guardians of the Galaxy #16 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Valerio Schiti (art) Richard Isanove (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This issue is one long poem featuring everyone's favourite sentient one phrase tree. He is Groot. Some of the verses made my brain cringe however. I hope this isn't the last issue that Brian writes because I would hate to see his run end on a dissatisfying note.

 Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #4 - Joshua Williamson (writer) Fernando Pasarin (pencils) Matt Ryan (inks) Alex Sinclair with Jeremiah Skipper (colours) Rob Leigh (letters). Max Lord and his team of super villains break into Belle Reve Penitentiary to get the thing that he needs to take over the world. We haven't seen this artefact since that special cover from 1992. I wish I can remember how they beat that bad guy 25 years ago then I wouldn't have to read the last 2 issues of this mini.

 Inhumans vs. X-Men 2 - Jeff Lemire & Charles Soule (writers) Leinil Francis Yu (pencils) Gerry Alanguilan (inks) David Curiel (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). This war of the genetically enhanced seems to be contrived given what the Mutants' objective is in attacking Attilan, the home of the Inhumans. They couldn't just ask? I'm reading this because I love Leinil's art and it's still pretty exciting. Plus you never know what shocking "deaths" will claim the life of  some characters.

 Mighty Thor #15 - Jason Aaron (writer) Russell Dauterman (art) Matthew Wilson (colours) VC's Joe Sabino (letters). The Asgard/Shi'Ar War starts here. Don't know why the Shi'Ar are all up in arms but I'm sure we'll find out. Russell is back drawing the whole issue and that makes me very happy. Judging from the cover the Unworthy Thor could be involved and that makes me excited.

 Spider-Man #12 - Brian Michael Bendis (writer) Sara Pichelli (art) Gaetano Carlucci (inking assist) Justin Ponsor (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). It's interdimensional adventure time. Miles goes to another dimension to rescue his dad. There he meets Spider-Gwen as depicted on the cover. The kissy face must come later because this issue is all set up. This story crosses over with Spider-Gwen #16 and I like Miles so much that I will actually read that issue to see what happens next.

 All-New Wolverine #16 - Tom Taylor (writer) Nik Virella (art) Michael Garland (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). Laura's current predicament in Madripoor seems simple and boring until you get to the last page and BOOM, someone comes out of left field. Things just got less boring.

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