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From nominees being mysteriously deemed ineligible to odd data curves, the 2023 Hugo Award voting data just released from Chengdu Worldcon has many in the fantasy and sci-fi community in an uproar.
The 2023 awards, held in Chengdu, China, saw several nominees mysteriously declared ineligible, including R.F. Kuang’s Babel and Xiran Jay Zhao’s Iron Widow.
For bookworms, a new semester and new year means getting to read anticipated novels releasing in 2024. Of course, with back-to-school season 2.0 in full swing, readers will have less time to read as academic work quickly builds up again. Whether readers have the time to read, these four books expand across the folds of.
A new and unlikely player is emerging as the place to get books recommended - Tiktok. People from around the world head to the app, instead of Goodreads, to get their literary fix.