It's that time of the year again: when the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) holds its annual World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon). This year ( Nippon 2007) it's being held in Yokohama, Japan from 30 August to 3 September. It is during this convention that WSFS members vote on and, subsequently, award the year's Hugo Awards ( George Takei will be special co-host at the awards ceremony!). The 2007 nominees include authors such as Vernor Vinge and Neil Gaiman (among a whole bunch of others, of course).

I have read only one of this year's nominated works ('Kin' by Bruce McAllister) but intend to read most of the rest and watch all of the nominated movies ("dramatic presentations - long form") some time soon as well. Coming to the point of this post: some of the nomiated books are available for free as eBooks from Fictionwise. If you're into science fiction and fantasy, make sure you check those out.