My tweets

• Sun, 19:38: RT @AnonClasWar: So armed white gang members KILL 9 people, they are ARRESTED. #TamirRice plays with a toy gun, is shot dead on sight SMF…
• Sun, 19:40: Since modern country music is nothing more than "Eagles lite"...that could be true, I guess. :-) https://t.co/DEJFrnnZEg
• Sun, 19:42: RT @ChartaCourseUSA Based on #police response, seems like #TamirRice would've been better off in that #Waco bar than at the playground.
• Sun, 19:44: RT @capetownbrown: Mike Brown—who never killed anyone in his life—was shot down in the street by a cop, yet he, the victim, was called a "t…
• Sun, 19:44: RT @capetownbrown: White biker thugs shoot each other up in public, kill 9, injure 16, go for police, hundreds of weapons recovered, and it…
• Sun, 19:44: RT @capetownbrown: AT THIS POINT, IF YOU CAN'T SEE THE MEDIA BIAS—WITH THE PRESUMPTION OF BLACK GUILT AND WHITE INNOCENCE—IT'S BECAUSE YOU …
• Sun, 19:54: RT @docrocktex26: Where is @GregAbbott_TX? The bikers are invading Waco but your state guard is too busy mobilizing against wingnut conspir…
• Sun, 19:54: RT @drumbeats4peace: On behalf of all white people, I'd like to apologize for the actions of gangs in Waco. There's no understanding the id…
• Sun, 19:55: RT @JesseLaGreca: White people kill multiple people = brawl Black people do ANYTHING = Thugs + 24/7 hair on fire coverage + Bill O'Reilly …
• Sun, 20:48: RT @cmclymer: Black men rioting in #Ferguson: "vicious thugs, menace to society" White gang bikers murder 9 in #Waco: "things got out of h…

The Hugo Project: "Championship B'Tok"

(Note: This is the latest in an ongoing series reviewing as many of the 2015 Hugo nominees as I can before the July 31 deadline, and explaining why I will or will not vote for them.)

This is the second story from Analog I've read (or rather, in this case, tried to read) and I'm surprised by the lack of quality. I started bouncing off this five pages in; the mild interest generated by the character in the first teeny-tiny "chapter" soon dissipated when he and his little cliffhanger completely disappeared, and were never mentioned again. That felt like a cheat, to say the least, and I skimmed through the rest of the story. I remember reading somewhere (can't find the link now) that this is a novel excerpt, and the ending justifies that notion; it's choppy and abrupt and resolves nothing, and certainly didn't encourage me to read the entire book. Not that I would read this anyway. I didn't relate to it at all, and have no interest in pursuing the characters further.

Not good enough to remember, not bad enough to fisk. This is not a recipe for a Hugo award.
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