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> I'm probably never going to read again, because I have absolutely no metric, however bad any more, for guessing about the quality of a the book. Really? Thi
by k2enemy 3y ago
> I'm probably never going to read again, because I have absolutely no metric, however bad any more, for guessing about the quality of a the book.
Really? This might be the laziest thing I've read on HN. 30 seconds of Googling (DuckDuckGoing?)
https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/ https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/
https://nebulas.sfwa.org https://nebulas.sfwa.org
https://www.sfadb.com https://www.sfadb.com
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/ https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-s... (and tons of other lists like this)
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19341.Best_Science_Fiction https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19341.Best_Science_Ficti... (etc...)
Yes, searching on Amazon might not be the best discovery method anymore, but there are also institutions that curate.
- wincy 3y agoAh yes, the Hugo award, known for such quality and revered works like “Space Raptor Butt Invasion” by Chuck Tingle. How can I trust any award as a standard of quality that has ridiculous stuff like that getting nominated?
- Philpax 3y agoNominations aren't awards...?
- rendaw 3y agoI've read a number of books from those lists in the past and they're not really what I'm looking for, and a lot of the books I really enjoyed are not in the circles those lists select from. But I guess more to the point in the past I've grabbed books with interesting covers or titles off the shelves at a library and enjoyed them, and I don't feel confident in that method working today. Or at least, I feel like there was a time when the rankings on Amazon were probably a lot closer to what you'd see in libraries.