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Comment on Nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award by Phiala

Phiala — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:32:30 +0000

For future reference, if any of the above commenters is reading, “eligible to vote” means “paid the $50 membership.” And for that $50 you get well more than $50 worth of free ebooks: most or all of the Hugo-nominated works for that year. If you’re going to spend $50 on books in a year anyway, save that money for a Worldcon membership.

Too late now, but I kind of expect Clarkesworld to be nominated next year as well, especially if it doesn’t win this year.

Someday I’m going to be on the ballot too, and I expect you all to vote for me. (By that time Kate will have her umpteenth Hugo, and have declined the nomination. And you all will have voted for her in all of those years. Not that we’d be in the same category.)

Comment on Narrator, Writer, Singer, Gamer, Geek by craigr1971

craigr1971 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:36:00 +0000

Kate, I love your confident, sexy-voiced narrations – very strong work. I have only listened to a handful of your voluminous recordings, but I would challenge you in one respect. I have not heard a great range of happy-silly-upbeat Kate narrations. Granted, the Clarksville short stories are morose to down-right-depressing most of the time, but I would love to hear you step out of those somber registers and up into the upbeat.

Comment on Nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award by Carol Elaine

Carol Elaine — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:54:22 +0000

Congratulations on the nomination, Kate! I wish I was eligible to vote for you.

Comment on Nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award by Vince

Vince — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:12:14 +0000

Ooo! Ooo! What Nathan said!

Comment on Nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award by Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 01:19:31 +0000

Ooooooh! Can I play with it when you win?

::ZooooomWhooooshRoooooaaaaar::

Comment on Nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award by Janiece

Janiece — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:10:18 +0000

Good luck, my friend. I’m not eligible to vote this year, but I’ll hold good thoughts for you.

Comment on Narrator, Writer, Singer, Gamer, Geek by tj

tj — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:32:50 +0000

Kate,
Amazing voice and wonderful range as you narrate SF stories. A week after stumbling on the podcast for Clarksworld, I was hooked on listening to your work.

You have converted me from a leech to a paying supporter, no small feat.

Comment on Narrator, Writer, Singer, Gamer, Geek by Eric

Eric — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:35:08 +0000

I’m not sure I’m the marrying kind. Maybe we should live in sin a while first.

(And I’m glad you liked it. You’re welcome.)

Comment on Narrator, Writer, Singer, Gamer, Geek by Kate

Kate — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:30:54 +0000

Hahah!

Eric, I renew my marriage proposal to you. That was just a plain awesome post!

Comment on Narrator, Writer, Singer, Gamer, Geek by Eric

Eric — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:56:59 +0000

Pretty! And there’s a cool little moving thing at the top of the page! (Eric is easily distracted by shiny things! Oo! Shiny!)

The one criticism I have is the apparent lack of Latin. Yesterday, your website was one of the last bastions defending the mother tongue of the West, and today–English, a degraded Germanic language. (Let’s face facts: any time you mix Germany and France you get an utter disaster: World War II, the English language… the only exception is the hamburger with a side of french fries, which I concede the tastiness of. Mmmmm–burger and fries….) Anyway, I think you should revert the entire page to the beautiful lines of Roman text you had posted here yesterday, reminding us all of the glory that was Rome prior to Vespa scooters and small men saying, “Ciao” a lot, which is what I understand Rome has turned into, an assessment based on nothing more than my prejudices and a movie I saw one time. (As an American, it is my sacred right to therefore consider this an informed opinion–and if Italians don’t like it, maybe they need to remember who saved their asses in World War II! USA! USA! USA!)

Anyway, the site looks great.