1amaranthe
Online Publications
Hello, and welcome to the 2021 Online Publications thread! This is for discussion of works published online, especially if they’re free to read and/or download.
A big problem with finding good stuff to read online is sorting through all the less good stuff. This thread is for pooling knowledge about recommended sources and discussing self-published1 and amateur reads in general.
This includes, but is not necessarily limited to:
Self-published books that deserve attention. These are usually published on Amazon, Smashwords, or another ebook platform, and they cost money, but not as much as most professional fiction does.
Older works that are now in the public domain.
Project Gutenberg is a good place to find such things. It focuses on works for which the U.S. copyright has expired.
Faded Page is another, for works that are public domain in Canada.
New, professional works that are NOT in public domain, but that the authors have posted for free. Usually, they are hoping to build their audience or attract donations. If I enjoy someone’s work, I do try to contribute as I can afford it. These sources might include:
Web sites of professional authors who post free short pieces
Fiction magazines2 that have some free stories available
Other sites3 where professionals or semi-professionals post fiction
Amateur fiction that is NOT in public domain.
Fan fiction4 is always free. Fan authors like their stories to be read, recommended, and “remixed” with permission, but NOT re-posted elsewhere on the Internet or plagiarized.
Original amateur fiction is usually free as well, and available on a number of other sites. I don’t have any I would like to recommend just now, but I used to read a lot of this fifteen years ago.
WARNING: Both amateur fanfic and amateur original fic sites tend to host a lot of stories with mature and sexual content. It is not always handled well. Most sites encourage tagging and appropriate categorization of their stories so that people can find what they want to read, but this is still done by AMATEURS, so beware.
Webcomics. There are many, many webcomics out there. Some are excellent. Webcomics may go professional after a while, even into print, but the archives typically remain available online.
Professional fiction that started as online fiction, then moved to print (graphic or text). This may not be freely available now, if it ever was, but it is interesting to note how many popular novels were self-published to begin with.
JayneCM pointed out that Andy Weir’s The Martian, a very well-regarded science fiction novel, was originally self-published. I know of a few YA and romance novels that have made the leap as well.
Non-fiction.
Open access scholarly publishing is becoming more popular, so it is possible to find quality academic writing that is not behind a paywall.
Public libraries often provide access to some subscription databases, which makes them free to library card holders.
There are a lot of quality blogs out there. Feel free to recommend your favorites!
1 Self-publishing is not a new phenomenon. These days, self-publishing is usually done online, for obvious reasons.
2 For example: the short story “Mono no Aware” at Lightspeed Magazine.
3 Mythcreants is an excellent site for advice on WRITING fiction, but they also post their own short fiction, in both text and audio.
4Archive Of Our Own is not the only fan fiction Web site, but it might be the best one. Stories may be read online or downloaded in a variety of formats, and there is a robust search functionality, though the stories are chiefly indexed by authors’ tags which may not be consistent.
2amaranthe
Webcomics
Here are some of my favorite quality webcomics. I'll add additional recommendations to this post as well.
Hark! A Vagrant: Creator Kate Beaton went professional a few years ago, but the comic archives are still up. Non-narrative, humorous, relatively clean comics, mostly about history. There's some adult humor but nothing explicit.
Hyperbole and a Half: Creator Allie Brosh's webcomic came out in print to great acclaim in 2013. She has recently published a second volume of comics NOT previously seen online, Solutions and Other Problems, but the first set is still up on her old blog. Quite clean.
Skin Horse is a narrative webcomic about the people who work for a government agency that looks after non-human sapients. Most of the characters aren't human. It is best to begin at the beginning, since it's a story. This comic is also available in print, self-published and not from Amazon. They are reasonably priced, good quality print volumes. This comic has some adult humor but nothing more explicit than cartoon male nipples.
Order of the Stick is a long-running webcomic about Dungeons & Dragons. It follows the adventurers, not the players, but often breaks the fourth wall to make jokes about D&D. It is a narrative, especially after the first year or two, so probably best to begin at the beginning. It's really long. It is also available in print. There is some adult humor but nothing explicit, and also the characters are basically stick figures (though very expressive ones).
The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal is a sweet gay romance story. It isn't too long and it is complete. It's available in print as well (the buy link on the website is broken - I found the correct one). This DOES have some MATURE CONTENT (nudity and swearing, if I recall correctly) but there is only nudity in one scene if I recall correctly, and it isn't prolonged.
Oglaf is a PORNOGRAPHIC but funny webcomic with fantasy themes (sort of D&D-ish; it riffs on different fantasy tropes and doesn't have consistent characters). Not all of the strips are porn, but they think it's funny to put a warning when the strip is clean instead of when it's filthy, because they're usually filthy. Semi-narrative, as in, there are sometimes story arcs but there are quite a lot of standalone strips as well.
rabbitprincess recommends:
The Awkward Yeti
Dinos and Comics
Dinosaur Comics
Introvert Doodles
Here are some of my favorite quality webcomics. I'll add additional recommendations to this post as well.
Hark! A Vagrant: Creator Kate Beaton went professional a few years ago, but the comic archives are still up. Non-narrative, humorous, relatively clean comics, mostly about history. There's some adult humor but nothing explicit.
Hyperbole and a Half: Creator Allie Brosh's webcomic came out in print to great acclaim in 2013. She has recently published a second volume of comics NOT previously seen online, Solutions and Other Problems, but the first set is still up on her old blog. Quite clean.
Skin Horse is a narrative webcomic about the people who work for a government agency that looks after non-human sapients. Most of the characters aren't human. It is best to begin at the beginning, since it's a story. This comic is also available in print, self-published and not from Amazon. They are reasonably priced, good quality print volumes. This comic has some adult humor but nothing more explicit than cartoon male nipples.
Order of the Stick is a long-running webcomic about Dungeons & Dragons. It follows the adventurers, not the players, but often breaks the fourth wall to make jokes about D&D. It is a narrative, especially after the first year or two, so probably best to begin at the beginning. It's really long. It is also available in print. There is some adult humor but nothing explicit, and also the characters are basically stick figures (though very expressive ones).
The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal is a sweet gay romance story. It isn't too long and it is complete. It's available in print as well (the buy link on the website is broken - I found the correct one). This DOES have some MATURE CONTENT (nudity and swearing, if I recall correctly) but there is only nudity in one scene if I recall correctly, and it isn't prolonged.
Oglaf is a PORNOGRAPHIC but funny webcomic with fantasy themes (sort of D&D-ish; it riffs on different fantasy tropes and doesn't have consistent characters). Not all of the strips are porn, but they think it's funny to put a warning when the strip is clean instead of when it's filthy, because they're usually filthy. Semi-narrative, as in, there are sometimes story arcs but there are quite a lot of standalone strips as well.
rabbitprincess recommends:
The Awkward Yeti
Dinos and Comics
Dinosaur Comics
Introvert Doodles
3rabbitprincess
Hurray! Thanks for setting up this thread!
This year I am hoping to make more use of Faded Page, a site that makes available books that are in the public domain in Canada ('cause I'm in Canada).
Some webcomics I like, in addition to Hark! and Hyperbole:
The Awkward Yeti https://theawkwardyeti.com/
Dinos and Comics https://dinosandcomics.com/
Dinosaur Comics (I sense a theme): https://www.qwantz.com/
Introvert Doodles: https://introvertdoodles.com/
This year I am hoping to make more use of Faded Page, a site that makes available books that are in the public domain in Canada ('cause I'm in Canada).
Some webcomics I like, in addition to Hark! and Hyperbole:
The Awkward Yeti https://theawkwardyeti.com/
Dinos and Comics https://dinosandcomics.com/
Dinosaur Comics (I sense a theme): https://www.qwantz.com/
Introvert Doodles: https://introvertdoodles.com/
4amaranthe
>3 rabbitprincess: Yay! Added your suggestions! If there get to be very many suggested websites, I can condense the explanatory text later, but it's fine for awhile. I didn't want to make too many different posts to edit, so we'll see how it goes.
5DeltaQueen50
Thanks for setting this thread up. I am working on the 1,001 List and often find books that are difficult to acquire can be found on Project Gutenberg. I haven't checked out The Faded Page, but as a Canadian, I will certainly give it a detailed look!
6spiralsheep
Every year on 1 January a whole year of published texts become public domain (which year depends on where you live).
These are Jennifer Jenkins choices for the US (if anyone has lists for other countries then I'd love links!):
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
The Trial (in German) by Franz Kafka
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
The New Negro edited by Alain Locke (collecting works from writers including W.E.B. du Bois, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer and Eric Walrond)
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs by Dorothy Scarborough
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
Enjoy!
These are Jennifer Jenkins choices for the US (if anyone has lists for other countries then I'd love links!):
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
The Trial (in German) by Franz Kafka
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos
The New Negro edited by Alain Locke (collecting works from writers including W.E.B. du Bois, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer and Eric Walrond)
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
On the Trail of Negro Folk-Songs by Dorothy Scarborough
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
A Daughter of the Samurai by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
Enjoy!
7spiralsheep
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_public_domain
George Orwell's works are now public domain in most of Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_in_public_domain
George Orwell's works are now public domain in most of Europe.
8rabbitprincess
I'm reading the list of authors entering the public domain in Canada and pleased to see Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth. Maybe if I get a public-domain copy I can finally finish it! Erle Stanley Gardner is good news for Canadian Perry Mason fans, too.
Also according to that list, Jimi Hendrix died 50 years ago?! Wow.
Also according to that list, Jimi Hendrix died 50 years ago?! Wow.
10spiralsheep
>8 rabbitprincess: I had a feeling someone on here would be reading through classic works newly in the public domain. It makes me happy just knowing this.
>9 thornton37814: 1925 was obviously a good year for publishing.
>9 thornton37814: 1925 was obviously a good year for publishing.
11Montarville
>3 rabbitprincess: (fellow Canadian here) I didn't know about Faded Page. What a great ressource!
12markon
Does this also include magazines? I read a fair amount of science fiction, and several online 'zines are available. I can't subscribe to every one, but will try to subscribe to a different one different years.
13amaranthe
>12 markon: Yes, this thread includes anything you want to read online and talk about! I linked to a story in Lightspeed Magazine in the top post, but I don't read all that much science fiction and you would know more than me about what's available, so please do share.
14markon
>13 amaranthe: Great!
There is a collection of science fiction stories with an ocean theme here. Funded by the XPRIZE Foundation (xprize.org)
Will come back & add when I have laptop.
There is a collection of science fiction stories with an ocean theme here. Funded by the XPRIZE Foundation (xprize.org)
Will come back & add when I have laptop.
15markon
Online science fiction magazines
This is by no means a complete list, just some of the ones I look in on. I try to subscribe or donate to one a year.
Beneath ceaseless skies
Clarkesworld British
EITA brand new entry - Brazilian science fiction in English
FIYAH by and about black people of the African diaspora
Lightspeed
Mithlia international, focus on Asia
Strange Horizons
and
Speculative fiction in translation blog about science fiction translated into English
This is by no means a complete list, just some of the ones I look in on. I try to subscribe or donate to one a year.
Beneath ceaseless skies
Clarkesworld British
EITA brand new entry - Brazilian science fiction in English
FIYAH by and about black people of the African diaspora
Lightspeed
Mithlia international, focus on Asia
Strange Horizons
and
Speculative fiction in translation blog about science fiction translated into English
16msemmag
I'm not sure if translated webnovels are meant to be included in this thread, but I've been having a lot of fun reading them while hiding from the pandemic! Admittedly, I've been choosing the ones that are...very tropey and silly.
But I'd encourage people to explore NovelUpdates if they want to find translations of web novels/light novels, since there are more and more manga, webtoons and television series based on them nowadays (or, at least there are in my small patch of the web- not to out myself as a weeb and super-fannish besides, but there you are.). I will caveat this by saying that these are all amateur translations and YMMV a lot in quality, depending on the translation group.
(ETA 20 July 2021: MangaDex is pretty much back up! Yay! I'll add the links to the manga and anime*** below)
Webnovels and Light novels that got adapted to comics or television*
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Manga: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | Anime (on Crunchyroll): here
So I'm A Spider, So What?
Manga: Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? | Anime (on Crunchyroll): here
My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Manga: here | Anime (on Crunchyroll): here
Webnovels and light novels I've enjoyed** (I considered putting the summaries in as well, but that would have made this post EVEN LONGER. The links open to the info pages for the novel, so you can check the summaries there)
Heaven Official's Blessing - link on NU (aka: 天官赐福, Tian Guan Ci Fu, TGCF) by MXTX (Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 墨香铜臭)
Relevant tropes/tags: BL, xuanhuan, mythology, mysteries, dark themes, ascension to godhood
Warnings (just in case!): just...so much gore, sexual content, violence, referenced traumatic child birth,the protagonist has a LOT of trauma that gets depicted in Book 3 pretty explicitly. Probably more than I listed here, but those are the ones that stuck with me. Caveat emptor!
My thoughts and notes: I would recommend reading this post on Chinese-media fandoms and specifically the section on MXTX (the author)'s works. TGCF is her most 'polished' work to date, but there are a lot of themes and recurring tropes in her works that can be HUGE red flags for an unsuspecting reader. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (魔道祖师, Mo Dao Zu Shi) is probably the most well-known of MXTX's works (it was adapted into the drama 'The Untamed', which is available on Netflix in the US), but I didn't want to just list all her works as my recommendations.
Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiàng Zi Bèi (酱子贝)
Relevant tropes/tags: BL, gaming, online dating, misunderstandings, college/university, enemies to lovers, secret identity, MMORPGs, comedy
Warnings: The protagonist starts the story by catfishing the love interestto get revenge- and the love interest finds out, but because this is a 'misunderstandings'-type story with a happy ending, this is resolved with no one getting hurt (emotionally or otherwise). . This was almost a dealbreaker for me, but this is a very light, low-conflict story despite its premise.
My thoughts and notes: Web novels/light novels have a multitude of SFF genres like 'transmigration', 'trapped in a game' and wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan, but I was not expecting to enjoy the more grounded 'gamers in the normal world' genre as much as I have. This is a good intro if you are more interested in BL or romance than the actual gaming aspect, but it does have a fair amount of gaming content as well to enjoy. Its sequel, PUBG Online Romance of the Century, leans more heavily into the gaming/progaming part of the world.
(Sorry for the absolute WALL of text!)
Footnotes
*I will come back when MangaDex is back up (or I've found a reliable alternate) and put the manga adaptations here with their respective titles. Not a lot of point in adding a bunch of broken links at this time when the site is down. UPDATED!
**I feel I should insert a YMMV on these works in particular. I am fairly specific in what I want to read, almost all of it is slash/BL/danmei/gay romance. I can't promise that the translations themselves are going to be of high quality for these works, either. But I enjoyed the stories enough that I was able to ignore some of the rougher translations as I read.
***Caveat: Crunchyroll streams most of these animes for free, but some ARE locked unless you subscribe for $$$
But I'd encourage people to explore NovelUpdates if they want to find translations of web novels/light novels, since there are more and more manga, webtoons and television series based on them nowadays (or, at least there are in my small patch of the web- not to out myself as a weeb and super-fannish besides, but there you are.). I will caveat this by saying that these are all amateur translations and YMMV a lot in quality, depending on the translation group.
(ETA 20 July 2021: MangaDex is pretty much back up! Yay! I'll add the links to the manga and anime*** below)
Webnovels and Light novels that got adapted to comics or television*
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Manga: Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken | Anime (on Crunchyroll): here
So I'm A Spider, So What?
Manga: Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? | Anime (on Crunchyroll): here
My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
Manga: here | Anime (on Crunchyroll): here
Webnovels and light novels I've enjoyed** (I considered putting the summaries in as well, but that would have made this post EVEN LONGER. The links open to the info pages for the novel, so you can check the summaries there)
Heaven Official's Blessing - link on NU (aka: 天官赐福, Tian Guan Ci Fu, TGCF) by MXTX (Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 墨香铜臭)
Relevant tropes/tags: BL, xuanhuan, mythology, mysteries, dark themes, ascension to godhood
Warnings (just in case!): just...so much gore, sexual content, violence, referenced traumatic child birth,
My thoughts and notes: I would recommend reading this post on Chinese-media fandoms and specifically the section on MXTX (the author)'s works. TGCF is her most 'polished' work to date, but there are a lot of themes and recurring tropes in her works that can be HUGE red flags for an unsuspecting reader. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (魔道祖师, Mo Dao Zu Shi) is probably the most well-known of MXTX's works (it was adapted into the drama 'The Untamed', which is available on Netflix in the US), but I didn't want to just list all her works as my recommendations.
Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiàng Zi Bèi (酱子贝)
Relevant tropes/tags: BL, gaming, online dating, misunderstandings, college/university, enemies to lovers, secret identity, MMORPGs, comedy
Warnings: The protagonist starts the story by catfishing the love interest
My thoughts and notes: Web novels/light novels have a multitude of SFF genres like 'transmigration', 'trapped in a game' and wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan, but I was not expecting to enjoy the more grounded 'gamers in the normal world' genre as much as I have. This is a good intro if you are more interested in BL or romance than the actual gaming aspect, but it does have a fair amount of gaming content as well to enjoy. Its sequel, PUBG Online Romance of the Century, leans more heavily into the gaming/progaming part of the world.
(Sorry for the absolute WALL of text!)
Footnotes
*
**I feel I should insert a YMMV on these works in particular. I am fairly specific in what I want to read, almost all of it is slash/BL/danmei/gay romance. I can't promise that the translations themselves are going to be of high quality for these works, either. But I enjoyed the stories enough that I was able to ignore some of the rougher translations as I read.
***Caveat: Crunchyroll streams most of these animes for free, but some ARE locked unless you subscribe for $$$
17msemmag
For my sins, please enjoy some more general-interest resources and works (￣ω￣;)
Resources (I feel like these are a little 'no, duh' but just in case!)
Standard Ebooks- nicely formatted public domain ebooks. I dunno, it just makes reading a little more special :)
Libby and Overdrive- This is where my library network (Minuteman) moved their ebook/digital collection, and it's been fun for me to read more on my tablet while my local library quarantined last year. Libby is the iOS app (I'm not sure about its Android support), and Overdrive is the web-based app.
Serial Reader- a 'read a little every day' phone app for public domain works. I haven't seen a web-based version of the app though >:|
Short Story Repositories:
Tor.com Fiction- A publisher of SFF primarily, Tor.com offers original short fiction regularly on their blog, and also has a monthly ebook club where they offer a free ebook from their lineup to subscribers (this isn't paid, you just have to sign up to that email list). They've offered some pretty good ebooks in the past; I've gotten books like AK Larkwood's The Unspoken Name, all of Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, and The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson from this list. (link ebook.tor.com)
Young People Read Old SFF- this is a project that started as book reviewer James Nicoll giving pre-1980s SFF short stories to young readers and soliciting their reactions. It's an interesting project, but some of these discussed works are published online and linked on the discussion pages, so if you want to read the stories for yourself, this is a good place to indulge in a little book-club analysis. There is also "Old People Read New SFF" with newer works from authors like NK Jemisin. (note: not all stories here an available online >:/ But I've been using this site as a way to find new-to-me SFF short stories)
Webcomics (for funsies):
Three Panel Soul- this is a mostly slice-of-life strip from the guys who brought you Mac Hall. It also had a cute recurring story with a mage, an office worker and some fire sprites (you can go and start that specific arc here)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal- this is for anyone who enjoys goofy science- and sex-based jokes. This and xkcd probably constitute the majority of the links I send to my friends with the message "you have GOT to read this!"
Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicolas Gurewitch- Admittedly a little low on the written word, but this is one of the cleverest comics I've read. Lots of visual wordplay and a great sense of humor. The humor does delve into the risque and explicit in places.
Resources (I feel like these are a little 'no, duh' but just in case!)
Standard Ebooks- nicely formatted public domain ebooks. I dunno, it just makes reading a little more special :)
Libby and Overdrive- This is where my library network (Minuteman) moved their ebook/digital collection, and it's been fun for me to read more on my tablet while my local library quarantined last year. Libby is the iOS app (I'm not sure about its Android support), and Overdrive is the web-based app.
Serial Reader- a 'read a little every day' phone app for public domain works. I haven't seen a web-based version of the app though >:|
Short Story Repositories:
Tor.com Fiction- A publisher of SFF primarily, Tor.com offers original short fiction regularly on their blog, and also has a monthly ebook club where they offer a free ebook from their lineup to subscribers (this isn't paid, you just have to sign up to that email list). They've offered some pretty good ebooks in the past; I've gotten books like AK Larkwood's The Unspoken Name, all of Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, and The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson from this list. (link ebook.tor.com)
Young People Read Old SFF- this is a project that started as book reviewer James Nicoll giving pre-1980s SFF short stories to young readers and soliciting their reactions. It's an interesting project, but some of these discussed works are published online and linked on the discussion pages, so if you want to read the stories for yourself, this is a good place to indulge in a little book-club analysis. There is also "Old People Read New SFF" with newer works from authors like NK Jemisin. (note: not all stories here an available online >:/ But I've been using this site as a way to find new-to-me SFF short stories)
Webcomics (for funsies):
Three Panel Soul- this is a mostly slice-of-life strip from the guys who brought you Mac Hall. It also had a cute recurring story with a mage, an office worker and some fire sprites (you can go and start that specific arc here)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal- this is for anyone who enjoys goofy science- and sex-based jokes. This and xkcd probably constitute the majority of the links I send to my friends with the message "you have GOT to read this!"
Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicolas Gurewitch- Admittedly a little low on the written word, but this is one of the cleverest comics I've read. Lots of visual wordplay and a great sense of humor. The humor does delve into the risque and explicit in places.
18rabbitprincess
Yay, glad to see this thread revived! I'd say translated webnovels fit the parameters :)
I really like that idea of having younger people reading old SFF. I can imagine they have a lot of interesting things to say about them!
I really like that idea of having younger people reading old SFF. I can imagine they have a lot of interesting things to say about them!
19mathgirl40
I too like James Nicoll's project, and I also find his Tor articles a good source of recommendations:
https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
As for new SFF, the 2021 Hugo award nominees were announced recently and somewhat at File 770 very helpfully compiled this list that includes links to excerpts or the full text of the nominees:
http://file770.com/where-to-find-the-2021-hugo-award-finalists-for-free-online/
https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/
As for new SFF, the 2021 Hugo award nominees were announced recently and somewhat at File 770 very helpfully compiled this list that includes links to excerpts or the full text of the nominees:
http://file770.com/where-to-find-the-2021-hugo-award-finalists-for-free-online/
20msemmag
>19 mathgirl40: Nice! Thanks for the link for the Hugo Awards nominees :)
