Fangirl Happy Hour, Episode #53 – “Alternate Reality Hugo Finalists”

Ana and Renay discuss their experiences at Nine Worlds, MidAmeriCon II, and dig into the Hugo stats. Discussion References Conventions; 01:00 Mieneke from A Fantastical Librarian, Ana’s Nine Worlds pal Liz de Jager, author of The Blackheart Legacy, Ana’s Nine Worlds pal Sebastien de Castell Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein The Girl from Everywhere […]

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Ana and Renay discuss their experiences at Nine Worlds, MidAmeriCon II, and dig into the Hugo stats.

Discussion References

Conventions; 01:00

Mieneke from A Fantastical Librarian, Ana’s Nine Worlds pal

Liz de Jager, author of The Blackheart Legacy, Ana’s Nine Worlds pal

Sebastien de Castell

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

Renay met Chelsea from The Reading Outlaw

Worldcon Expels Truesdale

2016 Hugo Award Stats

Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Today at Nine Worlds Ana met the first real life space bee! A fan! A real fan! pic.twitter.com/OcZ6szIdRb

— Fangirl Happy Hour (@fangirlpodcast) August 13, 2016

The folks at my reading wave hello. We had fun. pic.twitter.com/F5epRVzHbS

— John Scalzi (@scalzi) August 19, 2016

Recommendations; 42:30

Ana: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (altho Ana wants you to see the actual play)

Renay: Sleep. Everyone use f.lux and night modes on your devices! DO IT. SELF-CARE FOR RETINAS.

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