On Saturday at Seattle WorldCon, the Hugo Awards judges announced their decision, awarding the prize for best novel to Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Tainted Cup. Go to the Hugo Awards web site for all the short-listed titles in every category. I suppose they’ll post the winners there soon?

If you love mystery novels of the Sherlock-and-Watson odd couple variety, AND you love fantasy, Bennett’s novel is the book for you. See my review of it HERE.

Meanwhile, I’m reading through the list of short-listed nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, but they will not be named until late October. Look for my reviews of all the novels, coming soon. Bennett’s novel is among them!

QUICK ADDENDUM: As of Aug. 17th, my search for “Hugo Awards 2025” on the internet led to–no information on the Hugo site BUT on the Seattle WorldCon site. . . one search engine returned the awards list, and another still hadn’t put up the page with the list, that I could find. This is a bit strange, I think. Is it me? Is it internet enshittification? It may be me. . .😵‍💫