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A review by bowienerd_82
An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton
4.0
An insightful, entertaining, useful, and frequently funny history of the Hugos with Jo Walton (and friends). I've been reading a library copy, but I think I may need to buy a copy of my own, because this is such a great resource (particularly when it comes to novellas and short fic, which to be honest, I have not read nearly enough of).
Perhaps my favorite moment of the book came from the chapter on 1968:
James Davis Nicoll: "...in general, if you have to read just one book this year about futuristic hippies living in Greenwich Village who find themselves protecting Earth from malevolent space lobsters and their human quisling, read this one."
Gardner Dozois: "There's dozens of those! I get tired of them."
In short, this book is awesome.
Perhaps my favorite moment of the book came from the chapter on 1968:
James Davis Nicoll: "...in general, if you have to read just one book this year about futuristic hippies living in Greenwich Village who find themselves protecting Earth from malevolent space lobsters and their human quisling, read this one."
Gardner Dozois: "There's dozens of those! I get tired of them."
In short, this book is awesome.