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grrm

Hugo Voting Continues

Jun 13, 2015 19:06

With the Puppy Wars heating up again -- not that they have ever really cooled down -- this seems an opportune moment to remind all and sundry that there is still plenty of time left to join Sasquan and cast your ballot for this year's Hugo awards ( Read more... )

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unsentauron June 14 2015, 01:17:18 UTC

Mr. Martin, I truly hope that you have not fallen into the pit of despair and futility that is the social justice war. On both sides, the vocal minorities reign supreme with their straw man arguments and absolutist beliefs. The only way to win is not to play. I hate the thought of a brilliant mind such as yours being tormented the way mine has. You're too important.

Say, gramps, what did you do in the Great Hugo War? ext_3188130 June 14 2015, 01:28:54 UTC

Well... I shoveled shit in Louisiana.

jlvsclrk June 14 2015, 01:51:31 UTC

I'm enjoying my first time voting for the Hugos, and am doing my best to give everyone fair consideration. The Best Novel category is solid, if not up to the stellar years of say 2000, 2001 or 2012 (years packed with some of my favorite recent books). The short story categories are pretty thin though, and related work is absolutely dire - that's where the puppies did their most rabid damage. My standard for voting something above 'no award' is if I rank it with my favorite stories from recent anthologies like Dangerous Women. Sadly, not many of the nominated short works have risen to that standard.

tafkarfanfic June 14 2015, 03:29:17 UTC

Registration also allows you to vote for the location of a future Worldcon, correct?

grrm June 14 2015, 19:02:51 UTC

Yes... and the contest for 2017 is the first four-way race in decades, with Helsinki, Washington DC, Montreal, and Japan all contending.

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Helsinki realorian June 16 2015, 01:54:10 UTC

I haven't experienced a pitch from the Montreal people, but I can tell you that Helsinki was very persuasive when they were on the ballot in 2013. :)

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Dramatic Presentation ext_2587046 June 14 2015, 04:12:29 UTC

As much as I loved The Mountain and the Viper, I ranked it #2, behind the season finale of Orphan Black, which was one of the best single episodes of a series that I've seen in years. Unfortunately, you really have to watch Orphan Black from the very beginning to appreciate the episode, so I really doubt it'll win. If you haven't seen the show, watch the first episode of Season 1. If you like it, keep watching. If you don't like episode 1, you're probably not going to like the series. Be warned, though: This is a show that can pull you into a binge-watch, so I wouldn't start it at 10 PM on a work night.

Re: Dramatic Presentation bitty June 15 2015, 20:57:53 UTC

Funny; I love love love Orphan Black, but the first couple of episodes didn't do anything for me. I stuck with it because a) I'm stubborn and b) I trusted people with similar taste, and I'm glad I did because it's hands down one of my favorite shows. But I didn't care for episode 1 very much at all.

And to bring this back to the theme of awards, Tatiana Maslany has been robbed. If anyone deserves an Emmy nod, she does.