The Sword and Laser discussion

Because the Campbell is not a Hugo.

If you want even more newish authors you can check out 2014 Campbellian Anthology

Wesley Chu
Max Gladstone
Ramez Naam
Sofia Samatar
Benjanun Sriduangkaew

I don't know what I'll read for the others, but I have Crux by Ramez Naam at home.

For Benjanun Sriduangkaew, it looks like Woman of the Sun, Woman of the Moon is available free online.

Ooh and I have access to the eBook for A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar through my library.

I guess I'm on my way!

Sofia Samatar also wrote “Selkie Stories Are for Losers” which is nominated for the Hugo for Best Short Story.

Stupefying Stories Still has all the mirror sites to get the free Campbellian Anthology, featuring everyone nominated. I figure I'll just peruse the listed authors from that.

http://stupefyingstories.blogspot.com...

If I may, I've a bibliography here, with links to a lot of stories available online. 'Autodidact' and 'Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade' are some of my strongest if you prefer SF, ‘Golden Daughter, Stone Wife’ if you'd rather read fantasy. C:

Here are links to free online stories by Sofia Samatar. Ramez Naam also has a short story, 'Water', online.

Benjanun wrote: "If I may, I've a bibliography here, with links to a lot of stories available online. 'Autodidact' and 'Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade' are some of my strongest if you prefer SF, ‘Golden Daughter, Ston..."

Thanks for popping in, Benjanun!

Thank you, hope it wasn't out of line!

Wanted to also provide links to any free fiction online available from Wesley Chu and Max Gladstone, but as far as I can tell they don't write short fiction. I imagine their novels would be included in the Hugo Voter Packet, though.

wow, a nominee in our thread!! Congrats Benjanun on the nomination and thanks very much for the links.

Max has a story in the Campbellian Anthology Daran linked to above which is quite interesting. Not sure if there are others and it was part of an anthology so not online otherwise as far as I can tell.

Max Gladstone, Ramez Naam, Sofia Samatar, and Benjanun Sriduangkaew each have stories and/or excerpts in the 2014 Campbellian Anthology. (Four out of five nominees participated! I was seriously impressed by that simple statistic.)

Wesley Chu also meant to send a contribution, but he was facing a deadline and forgot because of it. You can sample an excerpt from one of his novels here: http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/09/th...

All five nominees should be represented in the Hugo Voter Packet, although I do not yet know which work(s) any of them will supply. Depending on what the admins allow when gathering materials, there is a chance the Campbellian Anthology might contain a few tidbits that the Voter Packet doesn't.

Thank you so much! The nomination took me by surprise; as a writer who currently only does short stories, it's as high an honor as I can imagine.

I'm going to get copies of Max's books too. Having made his acquaintance on twitter, I can say that he's a lovely person and exceptionally charming (also in person, I hear!).

Thanks for stopping by Benjanun! I got sucked into your blog this morning. I really appreciate how much time and effort you put into reading and reflecting on the works of other writers, and I hope you keep doing it now that you're Famous. :)

Jenny (Reading Envy) wrote: "Thanks for stopping by Benjanun! I got sucked into your blog this morning. I really appreciate how much time and effort you put into reading and reflecting on the works of other writers, and I ho..."

Yay! I like doing those posts a lot and plan to do so at least once a month, it's fun and lets me express my love of short fiction. Most of those other writers are actually more established or famous than I am, hee.

The nice thing about the Campbell is that is doesn't automatically slant to the novelists. For example, two years ago, E. Lily Yu won after publishing just a few short stories. Great group of people on this year's ballot, though I have to admit a personal bias when it comes to two of them. (I've published their work.)

I think she won the year of the anarchist bees? That was an amazing story.

I've been dabbling in Sofia Samatar today. Does anyone know if she more typically writes in the urban fantasy style of the selkie story or the high fantasy feeling of Olondria? Quite a bit of contrast there, wonder it she's trying on some different styles and voices. (I know some authors don't stick with just one and that's okay!)

Yes, that was the story that got her noticed.

Sofia has a great range. I published a SF story by her back in 2012. You can read it here: http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/samat...

Wait... first we have a nominee show up and now it's Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld?? I'm loving this thread. It also reminds me I need to renew my Clarkesworld sub... :)

Neil has been posting around here for about a year now. Usually has something insightful to say about the shorter works. I think this goes to show the quality of conversation Tom, Veronica and everyone else have fostered around here. What a cool group.

:) Thanks! I'm not here as frequently as I would like, but it is the only Goodreads group I try to keep up with.