tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post3408582190440926966..comments2023-06-09T15:16:38.867+01:00Comments on It Doesn't Have To Be Right...: Doing the Hugos, Part 1Ian Saleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-82215726134135093142009-03-31T07:13:00.000+01:002009-03-31T07:13:00.000+01:00No, I wouldn't be disappointed if Chiang won. But ...No, I wouldn't be disappointed if Chiang won. But I think I'd prefer the Johnson to do so. I'm still waiting for Asimov's to get their act together and post the Swanwick online (he wrote on his blog last week that it was, or would shortly be, available). Perhaps when I've read that, I might change my mind....Ian Saleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-31397341736557187772009-03-31T04:34:00.000+01:002009-03-31T04:34:00.000+01:00Have to say that I really liked Exhalation. That ...Have to say that I really liked Exhalation. That being said, I haven't read a lot of Chiang or "new" genre short stories over the last year, but I still enjoyed it and wouldn't be disappointed if it won.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-38025379694223043582009-03-30T15:23:00.000+01:002009-03-30T15:23:00.000+01:00Have to agree with you on the Resnick, although I ...Have to agree with you on the Resnick, although I don't think it's abysmal so much as irrelevant and very old fashioned. The Innocent Robot story is just too blunt a tool for me these days.<BR/><BR/>Exhalation, on the other hand. Yeah, I can see the point about it being a thought experiment, but I thought there was enough personality in the narrative voice that there was a chime of genuine angst there. As solitary surrenders to entropy go, I found it quite beautiful in places.neil williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862608353690447412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-42898908558975358032009-03-30T14:02:00.001+01:002009-03-30T14:02:00.001+01:00Oops. Have amended.Oops. Have amended.Ian Saleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-83625831030948241122009-03-30T14:02:00.000+01:002009-03-30T14:02:00.000+01:00Worldcon is in Montreal...Worldcon is in Montreal...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com