Hugo Awards 2018: How (Some More) Bloggers Are Voting

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As vaguely promised, an update to my previous post on bloggers' votes for the four traditional Hugo written fiction categories (see also 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2011). Usual health warnings apply.

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Thanks to JJ for alerting me to some of the additional entries.

Short Stories

Fifteen more bloggers here, for a total of 37, with three now running very close together just behind the leader. Going from bottom to top:

1 1 vote for “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand,” by Fran Wilde
Embrodski

1.83 4.33 votes for “Carnival Nine,” by Caroline M. Yoachim
⅓ Andrea Elisabeth Kovarschik
½ Camestros Felapton
Trish Matson
Alexander Pyles
David Steffen
½ Lise Andreasen

2 7 votes for Nebula-winning “Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience™,” by Rebecca Roanhorse
Psocoptera
Travis
Doctor Science
Ethan Mills
Garik
S.R. Algernon
Steve Mollmann

6.33 7.33 votes for Locus-winning “The Martian Obelisk,” by Linda Nagata
Andrea Blythe
⅓ Andrea Elisabeth Kovarschik
Bonnie McDaniel
Doris V. Sutherland
Joe Sherry
Peter J. Enyeart
Rich Horton
Chris Gerrib

3.5 7.5 votes for “Sun, Moon, Dust” by Ursula Vernon
Bruncvik
½ Camestros Felapton
Charon Dunn
Nicholas Whyte
Cambridge Geek
Rachel Coleman
Timo Pietilä
Vanessa Ricci-Thode

8.33 10.83 votes for “Fandom for Robots,” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
Adrienne Joy
⅓ Andrea Elisabeth Kovarschik
Andrew Leon Hudson
Crankybookwyrm
Grimlock
James Reid
Mark Ciocco
Sue Burke
Tsana Dolichva
Andrew Hickey
Chris Battey
½ Lise Andreasen

Novelettes

Fourteen more here, for a new total of 31. Front runner much further ahead now.

0.33 0.33 votes for “Children of Thorns, Children of Water,” by Aliette de Bodard
⅓ Bruncvik

2.75 2.75 votes for “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time,” by K.M. Szpara
Doris Sutherland
½ Embrodski
Psocoptera
¼ Tsana Dolichva

1.25 3.25 votes for “Extracurricular Activities,” by Yoon Ha Lee
Rich Horton
¼ Tsana Dolichva
Chris Battey
Steve Mollmann

3.58 5.58 votes for “A Series of Steaks,” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
⅓ Andrea Elisabeth Kovarschik
Charon Dunn
Peter J. Enyeart
Sue Burke
¼ Tsana Dolichva
Doctor Science
Rachel Coleman

2.42 6.92 votes for “The Secret Life of Bots,” by Suzanne Palmer
⅓ Andrea Elisabeth Kovarschik
Bonnie McDaniel
⅓ Bruncvik
½ Embrodski
¼ Tsana Dolichva
½ Alexander Pyles
Cambridge Geek
Chris Gerrib
Timo Pietilä
Vanessa Ricci-Thode

6.67 12.17 votes for “Wind Will Rove,” by Sarah Pinsker
Adrienne Joy
Andrea Blythe
⅓ Andrea Elisabeth Kovarschik
⅓ Bruncvik
Crankybookwyrm
Joe Sherry
James Reid
Nicholas Whyte
½ Alexander Pyles
Andrew Hickey
David Steffen
Ethan Mills
Garik
Kat Jones

Novellas

Twelve more, for a total of 27, and the two leaders still far in front, though swapping places.

0 0 votes for Down Among the Sticks and Bones, by Seanan McGuire
0 0 votes for River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey

1 2 votes for The Black Tides of Heaven, by JY Yang
Joe Sherry
Doctor Science

0 3 votes for Binti: Home, by Nnedi Okorafor
Alexander Pyles
Andrea Blythe
Ethan Mills

7.5 9.5 votes for "And Then There Were (N-One)", by Sarah Pinsker
½ Adrienne Joy
Charon Dunn
David Steffen
James Reid
Peter J. Enyeart
Rich Horton
Nicholas Whyte
Psocoptera
Steve Mollmann
Timo Pietilä

6.5 12.5 votes for Locus- and Nebula-winning All Systems Red, by Martha Wells
½ Adrienne Joy
Bonnie McDaniel
Camestros Felapton
Chris Battey
Crankybookwyrm
Trish Matson
Tsana Dolichva
Cambridge Geek
Chris Gerrib
Garik
Rachel Coleman
Sue Burke
Vanessa Ricci-Thode

Novels
Nine more votes to report, and one change of mind, but the front-runner remains very far ahead.

1 1 vote for Locus-winning The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi
Charon Dunn

1 1 vote for Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty
Chris Battey
Chris Gerrib

1 2.5 votes for New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Rich Horton
½ Hugo Book Club
Timo Pietilä

1 3 votes for Provenance, by Ann Leckie
Nicholas Whyte
Crankybookwyrm
Doctor Science

1 3 votes for Raven Stratagem, by Yoon Ha Lee
Alex Marianyi
Chris Battey
Reader of Else

6 9.5 votes for Locus- and Nebula-winning The Stone Sky, by N.K. Jemisin
Adrienne Joy
Bonnie McDaniel
The Incomparable podcast
Joe Sherry
Peter J. Enyeart
Psocoptera
Ethan Mills
Garik
½ Hugo Book Club
Vanessa Ricci-Thode

This methodology has had decidedly mixed results in previous years. But I think it’s looking good for The Stone Sky and “Wind Will Rove” in particular.