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2026 Hugo Award Winners Include Ursula Le Guin-Authored Graphic Novel

This year's Hugo Award winners were announced last weekend at Worldcon — the world's longest-running science fiction/fantasy convention. The Orange County Register reports there were fans "clad in capes, gowns and elaborate character costumes," with famous attendees including Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin, who held a book signing: Martin attended his first Worldcon in 1971 in Boston,…

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When Reading Becomes Risky: The Rise Of Self-Censorship

Reading is usually a solitary act, even when it happens in a crowded place. A person sitting in a café, on a train or in a park with a book is rarely expected to explain why they chose it. But that assumption of privacy changes when the book itself becomes a reason for confrontation.

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