Immersion experiences can be hit or miss, but I often feel like its a two-way street where the audience member has to let themselves be immersed. Sure, there’s definitely shoddily constructed experiences; I have been in a haunted house where a wall quite literally fell down when I touched it. But are you someone who screams…
2021 Hugo Awards Celebrate Imagination, Wonder, and an Arms Manufacturer
On Saturday the Hugo Awards were presented at DisCon III, the 2021 iteration of the international science fiction and fantasy convention Worldcon. A new set of winners were selected for genre immortality by a voting base of Worldcon members — and another round of debate raged on social media. Martha Wells’ much-loved Murderbot Diaries series,…
Con Diaries: Fan Expo Canada 2021 – Experiencing a Pandemic Convention
The pandemic put everything on hold, especially comic conventions. But after 18 months of staying in, social distancing and being as careful as possible, I thought I was ready to experience a convention in-person. Having been double-vaccinated and knowing the vaccine passport was in place in Ontario, I decided to brave Fan Expo Canada.
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Upright Women Wanted/Come Tumbling Down
Welcome back to another installment of WWAC’s series discussing the prose finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards. Having covered the Best Short Story and Best Novelette category, it is now time to start on Best Novella with a look at Sarah Gailey’s Upright Women Wanted and Seanan McGuire’s Come Tumbling Down…
2021 Ignyte Awards: Rebecca Roanhorse and Tochi Onyebuchi Amongst Winners
The second annual Ignyte Awards were presented on Saturday at FIYAHCON, a science fiction and fantasy convention emphasising racial diversity.
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Two Truths and a Lie/The Inaccessibility of Heaven
WWAC concludes its look at the finalists for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novelette with reviews of “Two Truths and a Lie” by Sarah Pinsker and “The Inaccessibility of Heaven” by Aliette de Bodard.
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: The Pill/Monster
Thank you for joining us once again as WWAC continues its trip through the 2021 Hugo Award finalists with reviews of two more stories in the Best Novelette category…
Jim Butcher, Andy Weir, T. Kingfisher Amongst 2021 Dragon Award Winners
Atlanta’s Dragon Con was hit by further disruptions from the ongoing pandemic: last year’s iteration was virtual; this year’s Dragon Con was physical, but operating at reduced capacity. One event unaffected by COVID-19, however, was the presentation of the annual Dragon Awards. Decided with the aid of an online poll open to the public, these…
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super/Helicopter Story
Having covered all six finalists for Best Short Story, WWAC’s coverage of the Hugo Awards now moves on to the Best Novelette category, starting with A. T. Greenblatt’s “Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super” and Isabel Fall’s “Helicopter Story” (formerly titled “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter”).
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Metal Like Blood in the Dark/Open House on Haunted Hill
Welcome to the third installment of WWAC’s coverage of the 2021 Hugo Award prose fiction finalists. This post shall examine two more contenders for Best Short Story: “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher and “Open House on Haunted Hill” by John Wiswell…
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: The Mermaid Astronaut/A Guide for Working Breeds
We continue our coverage of the 2021 Hugo Award finalists with a look at two more contenders in the Best Short Story category: “The Mermaid Astronaut” by Yoon Ha Lee and “A Guide for Working Breeds” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad… “The Mermaid Astronaut” by Yoon Ha Lee Essarala is a mermaid fascinated by the upper…
2021 Hugo Award Reviews: Badass Moms in the Zombie Apocalypse/Little Free Library
With the pandemic having delayed this year’s Worldcon until December, the 2021 Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy will be handed out a little later than usual. Whatever changes may take place, Women Write About Comics shall be continuing its tradition of reviewing the prose finalists while SF/F readers the world over await the…