Life, and Hugo's (not neccesarily in that order)

[vik_thor]

I am working my way through the Hugo shortlist and voting. Basically, anything put out by Castalia House and Vox Day is getting placed under the No Award Option. The only exception to that may be Jerry Pournelle as editor of There May Be War Vol. 10. I would like to know if he just lent his name, or if he actually did some editing work/selection. Everything else is getting ranked according to merit. (yes, even Chuck Tingle's work is getting rated above no award and the two items from Castalia/Vox. Especially since one of the nominees, If You Were An Award, My Love did not get included in the Hugo packet, and I can't find it on Mr. Day's website. Not that I looked very hard.)

I am going to WorldCon/MidAmeriCon 2 next month. Taking the Amtrak over to KC, since we only have one vehicle, and taur10 needs it to get to work while I'm gone. Since I decided to actually go so late, I wasn't able to find a room-mate in one of the hotels. (Of course, they don't seem to have any type of roomshare site set up, like several of the furry cons do. ) I'm booked at an AirBnB in easy bus distance from the KC Convention center. This will be my first time doing an AirBnB. Of course, I don't do much travelling…

taur10 and I will be going down to Mephit Fur Meet over Labour Day weekend. Planning on doing the caravan down to Memphis from Saint Louis. Hopefully this year, we will get with them at the start, rather than catching up to them down near Cape. :)

I have been cleared to return to work, and drive! :) Went back on Thursday. It's nice not having to rely on Seph to drive me places. Have an appointment Monday with my cardiologist, which will probably be an every 6 months ritual for the rest of my life. No real restrictions, other than weight, and to be somewhat careful to not put a lot of stress on the sternum. Need to see if the 2 medications I am still on are contraindicated with alcohol. I will be glad to start drinking beer again. And Mtn Dew. (they wanted me off caffeine also, with all the blood pressure medicines I was on. The caffeine free diet Mtn Dew just isn't the same.)

Comments

[rowyn]

Jerry Pournelle really did edit There May Be War Vol 10. He did it for Castalia House because they were the only publisher interested in reviving the series.

Congrats on being able to work & drive again! \o/

I will be at WorldCon as well! See you there. :)

[vik_thor]

hmmmmm.......,

That makes it more difficult for me. Cause I really don't like what Mr. Day has been doing, but I do like much of Mr. Pournelle's stuff. I will have to think on this, and I don't have much time left.

Thanks, it was nice to get back to work, though I was more tired at the end of the day than usual…

See ya!

[rowyn]

I ended up leaving almost everything in some categories unranked, because I didn't get around to reading them. I admit, if I hate something within the first 10%, I'm perfectly willing to drop it below No-Award, though. :/