brainstorms

Saturday March 25, 2006

heaps of reviews in amazonia

i just noticed that there are 828 reviews for the serenity dvd. phew, that is a lot of reviews to read. it occurs to me: given amazon's increased need to squeeze what little value there is in every inch of their strange web of product attributes and associations, perhaps they can now find moderators to digest the reviews, and even produce per-book mailing lists for the review digests accompanied by the reviewer-also-reviewed references. it would make it so much easier to choose...

[ps: 836 reviews as of 2006-04-01.]

hugos

hugo nominees have been announced. i am rooting for accelerando in the best novel category, and inside job (willis) for the best novella category.

in the best related book category, westfahl's sf quotations is a lot of fun, but perhaps kate wilhelm's storyteller ultimately delivers more. in any case, i would like to see gary k. wolfe win with his soundings. i have been reading his thoughtful locus reviews for years; it has enlightened my SF reading more than westfahl and wilhelm together possibly could.

for best dramatic form, i would love to see serenity win, but it is up against the blockbusters nursed by powerful imaginations...