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Fantasy Book Cover Trends

An interesting study has been done down at Orbit publishing dealing with something I’d like to start getting into; the trends of fantasy book covers. Though I am curious if books with swords on the cover statistically sell better than those with unicorns…

Hugo Award

The 2009 Hugo awards have been posted: Presented at: Anticipation, Montréal, Quebec, August 6-10, 2009 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