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Ha, in my queer & horror-adjacent movie fan circles, I Saw the TV Glow was huge. So big I feel horribly FOMO for it not getting a proper release in Poland.

I like this year's overall finalists. I agree that accepting two best novel slots seems to be... not very strategic or sporting? But my track record with Tchaikovsky is 50-50, some of them are great and some very okay-but-instantly-forgotten (he writes so much).

Of the novels, I've read Service Model (which was not anywhere near Tchaikovsky's best), The Tainted Cup (amazingly fun, and the sequel is great, too) and the Kingfisher novel (10/10, loved it, one of her best imo). I'd like to read The Ministry of Time, but the book has been consistently expensive. I don't think I'll manage to make my way through the remaining novel nominees this year, as I didn't like the Wiswell shorts I've read all that much, and getting a whole novel's worth of it seems like too much. Maybe I'd give a chance to Alien Clay if it was borrowable (I loved Tchaikovsky's spider books) but I'd rather try to get around to the new VanderMeer or Tasha Suri (which are waiting on my shelf).

I loved the only Lodestar I've read, Sheine Lende. And a lot of the novella/novelette/short finalists sound cool. I've read the Mohamed (great), Samatar (amazing) and Kingfisher (one of my least fave of hers). I've read the previous Nghi Vos and loved them all. Tusks of Extinction sounds fascinating. De Bodard I've mostly bounced off of (with some exceptions) so not a priority.

I'm curious which Lodestars will be your favourite.