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Posted 2014-07-07 5:03 AM (#8143)
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Read all or part of the nominees for free

BEST NOVEL

Ancillary Justice (excerpt) by Ann Leckie (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
Neptune’s Brood (excerpt ) by Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
Parasite (excerpt ) by Mira Grant (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles (sample chapters 1-4) by Larry Correia (Baen Books)
The Wheel of Time (A Memory of Light Prologue excerpt Chapter 1 Chapter 2 [audio] Chapter 11 excerpt) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books)

BEST NOVELLA

“The Butcher of Khardov” (excerpt) by Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
“The Chaplain’s Legacy” by Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)
“Equoid” by Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
“Six-Gun Snow White” (excerpt) by Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)
“Wakulla Springs” by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)

BEST NOVELETTE

“The Exchange Officers” by Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)
“The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
“Opera Vita Aeterna” by Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)
“The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)

BEST SHORT STORY

“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” by Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)
“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)
“Selkie Stories Are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)
“The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)

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Posted 2014-07-07 5:21 AM (#8144 - in reply to #8143)
Subject: Re: 2014 Hugo Awards

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SF Signal's review of the Best Short Story Hugo Nominees

Kirkus Reviews review of the Best Short Story Hugo Nominees

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Posted 2014-07-07 8:46 AM (#8146 - in reply to #8143)
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Ancillary Justice e-book on sale right now for $1.99.

This is a seriously awesome book.

Posted 2014-07-08 1:41 AM (#8149 - in reply to #8146)
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They must be doing a Hugo nominee promotion, Mira Grant's Parasite is also on sale for $1.99:

Amazon

Nook

(it might also be on sale at Kobo, iTunes, or Google Play, but as I'm in NZ I can't see it; fortunately, I have a US Kindle)

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Posted 2014-07-12 11:23 PM (#8179 - in reply to #8143)
Subject: RE: 2014 Hugo Awards

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The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

*Finalists in their 2nd year of eligibility.

(the last 2 links are to pages which link to their short fiction which can be read online for free; the first 3 have only done novels)

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Posted 2014-08-27 4:22 AM (#8377 - in reply to #8143)
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Here's a little bonus for those who are interested:

28 Stories Nominated for the 2014 Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards That You Can Read Online for Free

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