Abigail Nussbaum
@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social
Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner.
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/
It never fails: I log into this site after an incident of antisemitic violence, and within minutes someone on my feed is explaining that violence against Israelis is justified.
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It never fails: I log into this site after an incident of antisemitic violence, and within minutes someone on my feed is explaining that violence against Israelis is justified.
It Continues
September 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It Continues
Hugo: The Unboxening
September 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Hugo: The Unboxening
Excellent drive-by burn in @niallharrison.bsky.social's review of Joan Slonczewski's Minds in Transit. locusmag.com/2025/08/mind...
August 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Excellent drive-by burn in @niallharrison.bsky.social's review of Joan Slonczewski's Minds in Transit. locusmag.com/2025/08/mind...
Just look at this. Are any of these baked good actually meant to be appealing or appetizing?
August 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Just look at this. Are any of these baked good actually meant to be appealing or appetizing?
The Worldcon/Seattle haul
August 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Worldcon/Seattle haul
Gotta do this at least once before I leave, I guess.
August 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Gotta do this at least once before I leave, I guess.
Wait, you can't start the Hugo ceremony by saying "one category was decided by only one vote" and then announce this about the stats. Every winner (and nominee) is desperate to know if it was their category!
August 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Wait, you can't start the Hugo ceremony by saying "one category was decided by only one vote" and then announce this about the stats. Every winner (and nominee) is desperate to know if it was their category!
Tremendous thanks to LAcon V for this little fellow, their gift to the 2025 Hugo nominees and winners.
August 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Tremendous thanks to LAcon V for this little fellow, their gift to the 2025 Hugo nominees and winners.
Kudos to the Hugo ceremony organizers for just leaning into its length and providing attendees with entertainment. If only I’d brought a pen.
August 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Kudos to the Hugo ceremony organizers for just leaning into its length and providing attendees with entertainment. If only I’d brought a pen.
Got stopped on my way out of the con by a guy with a day pass who was wondering what my ribbons were all about. Which required several seconds of mental gear-grinding while I tried to find the words to explain this tradition to outsiders.
August 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Got stopped on my way out of the con by a guy with a day pass who was wondering what my ribbons were all about. Which required several seconds of mental gear-grinding while I tried to find the words to explain this tradition to outsiders.
Angela Bassett is also beautiful in Strange Days, of course. But she has, through witchcraft or divine intervention, only gotten more beautiful in the intervening thirty years.
June 18, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Angela Bassett is also beautiful in Strange Days, of course. But she has, through witchcraft or divine intervention, only gotten more beautiful in the intervening thirty years.
Tonight's movie was Strange Days, a great watch all around but also because it's an opportunity to catch Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Lewis, and Vincent D'Onofrio at the absolute peak of their beauty.
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tonight's movie was Strange Days, a great watch all around but also because it's an opportunity to catch Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Lewis, and Vincent D'Onofrio at the absolute peak of their beauty.
4. A subplot about a wildly neurotic, neurodivergent choreographer and the self-absorbed himbo who becomes his muse. It goes EXACTLY where you think it does.
May 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
4. A subplot about a wildly neurotic, neurodivergent choreographer and the self-absorbed himbo who becomes his muse. It goes EXACTLY where you think it does.
3. Lou de Laâge as prima ballerina Cheyenne, AKA "what if Paris Gellar was a deep voiced Frenchwoman who dances like an angel and moonlights as a militant eco-warrior." (Best part of the show bar none.)
May 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
3. Lou de Laâge as prima ballerina Cheyenne, AKA "what if Paris Gellar was a deep voiced Frenchwoman who dances like an angel and moonlights as a militant eco-warrior." (Best part of the show bar none.)
2. David Haig as a dissipated, high-on-life former dancer turned artistic director who is always ready with a story about getting debauched with someone famous in the 70s.
May 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
2. David Haig as a dissipated, high-on-life former dancer turned artistic director who is always ready with a story about getting debauched with someone famous in the 70s.
1. This is the sort of thing I would normally find depressing, but there's something kind of hilarious about the fact that Luke Kirby is now at a stage in his career where he can play Geoffrey Tenant.
May 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
1. This is the sort of thing I would normally find depressing, but there's something kind of hilarious about the fact that Luke Kirby is now at a stage in his career where he can play Geoffrey Tenant.
Eastercon (and Northern Ireland) haul:
April 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Eastercon (and Northern Ireland) haul:
A few final Belfast photos.
April 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A few final Belfast photos.
Thrilled and slightly stunned by this win. Thank you to the @bsfa.bsky.social, the voters, my fellow nominees, and of course @briardenebooks.bsky.social.
April 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thrilled and slightly stunned by this win. Thank you to the @bsfa.bsky.social, the voters, my fellow nominees, and of course @briardenebooks.bsky.social.
Getting ready for the Colourfields launch at Glenbank, 2pm.
April 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Getting ready for the Colourfields launch at Glenbank, 2pm.
An overcast Saturday morning in Belfast
April 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
An overcast Saturday morning in Belfast