Hugo Awards

[mariness]

So if you missed it, the Hugo Award nominations were announced over the weekend. You can find the list here:

http://www.loncon3.org/2014hugos.php

Comments

[sanmiguel71]

Gaiman has turned down Hugo nominations. He turned one down for Anansi Boys. He may have turned down this one.

[mariness]

I didn't know that - thanks! If he turned down this nomination, that would explain that - plus, I'd feel a bit better about my predicting abilities :)

I have no idea how this works, so question: if Gaiman turned down the nomination, would that mean that Person Six jumped on the ballot next?

[sanmiguel71]

Yes. When the ballots are counted all the potential nominees are contacted and asked if they wish to be nominated. If they turn it down someone number 6 can then be asked. We will not know until after the awards when the voting and nominating statistics are published after the ceremony.

[mariness]

Ah, ok. Thanks so much for the clarification.

I was so off on all of my other novel guesses, however (except for the Ann Leckie novel) that my guess that Gaiman was a shoo-in for the ballot may also be completely wrong.

[sanmiguel71]

See this link. http://cluebytwelve.net/Hugos2006/nominees.txt