May Books 10) The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who, by Paul Cornell
This is one of this year's Hugo nominees - the first I have read in the Best Graphic Story category - and it is utterly lovely. The Eleventh Doctor slips through a gap between universes and finds himself in a world where "Doctor Who" is a TV show and he himself is portrayed by a bloke called Matt Smith. Among other things, he discovers fan-fiction:
The ExCeL, where the 50th anniversary weekend was celebrated last November, is depicted; given that this will also be the venue for Loncon 3 this August, is it the first Hugo-nominated work which actually features the place where the awards for its year are actually to be made?
I haven't yet read any of the other shortlisted works in this category, but the bar is set pretty high as far as I'm concerned.
The ExCeL, where the 50th anniversary weekend was celebrated last November, is depicted; given that this will also be the venue for Loncon 3 this August, is it the first Hugo-nominated work which actually features the place where the awards for its year are actually to be made?
I haven't yet read any of the other shortlisted works in this category, but the bar is set pretty high as far as I'm concerned.