Got Death With Interruptions recently and realized the author José Saramago was a Nobel Laureate in literature, which in turn got me reading about said prize and more particularly criticisms and controversies thereof. Looking down the list of laureates I recognize some, and don’t recognize a lot more.
Thinking about the Nobel in literature got me thinking about others, like the Hugo, the Pulitzer, and of course the R.L. Stine creative writing award, which in turn leads to the question- What literary awards, if any, do you trust?
I pay absolutely no attention to awards. Not in books, not in any media.
pretty much just the Lambda, Hugo, and Nebula awards. if a book has those it gets my attention.
Goodreads Annual awards.
Not necessarily who wins, but I’ve found a lot of good books by looking at the nominees in the categories I’m interested in.
