The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2020

Yes it is that time of year for the annual Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards for 2020. As anyone who has been following along for the last few years these awards are put together by a series of bloggers to celebrate their favourite science fiction and fantasy of the prior year and have chaotic fun.Continue reading “The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards 2020”

Women of the Retro Hugos: 1943 and 1944 edition

Note: Fog Magic by Julie Sayer and Child of the Sun by Leigh Brackett were both longlisted, but I have yet to read these. As such I have left them out of the article here. Best Novel 1943: The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle It is interesting to see a work of gothic horror make theContinue reading “Women of the Retro Hugos: 1943 and 1944 edition”

The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards 2019: Winners

The second year is complete. Our discussions are finished and the winners now have their trophies. It was quite a divided field in the end, with everyone having their own favourites and trying to narrow it down to winners was quite hard. Here are the winners: Best Fantasy Novel: The Loosening Skin – Aliya WhiteleyContinue reading “The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards 2019: Winners”

The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards 2019: Finalists

And so we come to the finalists for this year: Best Fantasy Novel: The Poppy War by RF Kuang The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley In here there was one clear front runner and then a fight over the second slot. Will definitely be interesting to see what happens in the head to head Best ScienceContinue reading “The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards 2019: Finalists”

The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards 2019: My Thoughts

In our second year of the SCKA I thought this time I would write my feelings in a single post on all of the SCKA works we have shortlisted and those I felt strongest in the various fields*:   Best Fantasy Novel: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Someone Like Me by MRContinue reading “The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards 2019: My Thoughts”

Announcement: The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards – Winner

And so we come to the end. A fun adventure in reading and debating our favourite books of the year. After a lot of discussion here are our winners: Best Fantasy Novel: Under the Pendulum Sun – Jeannette Ng   This ended up being a really varied category, showing how strong and diverse the fieldContinue reading “Announcement: The Subjective Chaos Kind Of Awards – Winner”

Women of the Retro Hugos

By Kris and Nisha We are great lovers of book awards, we love to discuss them and look at them in depth. With the celebration of the well-deserved wins of women writers (predominantly women of colour) at the 2016 Hugo awards, the 1941 Retro Hugos were largely overlooked. On the one hand all the winnersContinue reading “Women of the Retro Hugos”