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I am currently reading Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and is very eye opening.  It has been marketed as a young adult book, but it does not matter how old you are it is intense!  It is making me really think about the so called “Patriot Act” .

I wish I could have been at WorldCon just to see Neil and Cory together!  I know I am a nerd.  Not metal at all…what can say…

On Saturday at WorldCon, Guest of Honor Neil Gaiman read Cory Doctorow’s short story “The Right Book” to a full house for later audio release with an upcoming self-published project. During the question and answer session afterward, the subject of giving digital work away for free came up.

via Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Gaiman and Doctorow Discuss Giving It Away.

The 2009 Hugo awards were announced.  I was a little disappointed that Anathem did not win for best novel but, hey, Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book is a great book!   Congratulations to Neil and all other winners!

# Best Novel: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK)

# Best Novella: “The Erdmann Nexus”, Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)

# Best Novelette: “Shoggoths in Bloom”, Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar 2008)

# Best Short Story: “Exhalation”, Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)

# Best Related Book: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008, John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)

# Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones, Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)

# Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney)

# Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy)

# Best Editor Short Form: Ellen Datlow

# Best Editor Long Form: David G. Hartwell

# Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola

# Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

# Best Semiprozine: Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal

# Best Fan Writer: Cheryl Morgan

# Best Fanzine: Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima

via The Hugo Awards.