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April 2024 in Review

30 Apr, 2024

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April’s news: on the heels of the public announcement that I was a Hugo Award finalist, I discovered that I am a nominee for the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association Hall of Fame, and that my Young People Read Old SFF is a finalist for the Aurora Award. May will have to work very hard to top that.

This year, the Hugo Award Ceremony and the Aurora Award Ceremony are both on August 11th, about two hours apart.

April marked the 10th anniversary of my Rediscovery Reviews, which would in a few months time develop into James Nicoll Reviews. I should probably be thinking how I want to acknowledge that anniversary.

April 2024

21 works reviewed. 10 by women (48%), 9 by men (43%), 2 by non-binary authors (10%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).

2024 to Date

86 works reviewed. 46 by women (53%), 37 by men (43%), 2 by
non-binary authors (2%), 1 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 33 by POC (38%).

Grand Total to Date

2615 works reviewed. 1458 by women (56%), 1092 by men (42%), 42 by non-binary authors (2%), 23 by authors whose gender is unknown (1%), and 804.75 by POC (31%).

Government Types April 2024

Total 22, Not Applicable 1 (5%), Unclear 2 (9%), Anarchy 2 (9%), Pure democracy 0 (0%), Representative democracy 6 (27%), Oligarchy 10 (45%), Autocracy 1 (5%).

Government Type 2024 TD

Total 86, Not Applicable 13 (15%), Unclear 4 (5%), Anarchy 4 (5%), Pure democracy 0 (0%), Representative democracy 27 (31%), Oligarchy 34 (40%), Autocracy 4 (5%).


2024 April 2023 April 2022 April 2021 April 2020 April 2019 April 2018 April 2017 April 2016 April 2015 April 2014 April
Women 10 11 11.5 10 12 11 12 11.5 15 18 2
Non-Binary 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unknown 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
POC 8 8 7 8 7 8 6 4 4 0 0
Total 21 21 21 21 21 20 22 21 21 26 2
% Women 48 52 55 48 57 55 55 55 71 69 100
% Non-Binary 10 0 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
% Unknown 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
% POC 38 38 33 38 33 40 27 19 19 0 0
2024 TD 2023 TD 2022 TD 2021 TD 2020 TD 2019 TD 2018 TD 2017 TD 2016 TD 2015 TD 2014 TD
Women 46 48 47.5 47.5 45.5 45.25 46 46 51 63 2
Non-Binary 2 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 0
Unknown 1 1 0 1 3.5 2 4 0 0 0 0
POC 33 34 31 35 32 33.75 36.5 28.5 21 5 0
Total 86 86 85 85 85 82 86 84 82 104 2
% Women 53 57 56 56 52 55 53 55 62 61 100
% Non-Binary 2 0 4 1 4 0 2 1 2 0 0
% Unknown 1 1 0 1 4 3 5 0 0 0 0
% POC 38 40 36 1 38 41 42 34 26 5 0


Month 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January
Government Type
Not Applicable 5 1 4 3
Unclear 0 2 1 1
Anarchy 0 2 1 1
Pure democracy 0 0 0 0
Representative democracy 6 6 6 9
Oligarchy 9 10 8 7
Autocracy 1 1 1 1
total 21 22 21 22
YTD
Not Applicable 13 8 7 3
Unclear 4 4 2 1
Anarchy 4 4 2 1
Pure Democracy 0 0 0 0
Representative Democracy 27 21 15 9
Oligarchy 34 25 15 7
Autocracy 4 3 2 1
total 86 65 43 22