I recommend following the link to the Tor.com site to test drive a few columns before you buy the book. Walton’s book chapters on each year are somewhat different than just reading the columns online because she inserts her longer book reviews (also published at Tor) in the chapter year and selective reader comments each column received. If you’ve followed the Hugos for decades, it will also trigger a lot of great memories. This book is for avid science fiction fans who are scholars or historians of the genre or wish to become one. When I’m through my Kindle will provide a “shopping list” stories I want to study, and maybe remember. I got the Kindle edition because it’s easier to read and I can highlight all the stories I want to track down. Many readers are asking why they should buy this book when it’s culled from Walton’s column at Tor.com. It’s just out in hardback and Kindle editions. Another way is to read An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton, at least for the years 1953-2000. Researching the most remembered short stories, novelettes, and novellas of science fiction for this site was one way of learning about science fiction history. By James Wallace Harris, Monday, August 20, 2018
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