Here we go again

[owlmoose]

Maybe the world doesn't need another post on this year's Hugo Awards, especially since Barry Deutsch already said much of what I've been thinking, but I feel compelled to share some thoughts anyway.

The 2016 Hugo Award finalists were announced today, and unfortunately -- but not unsurprisingly -- the Rabid Puppies ran away with them, to the tune

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[owlmoose]

I also thought Ancillary Mercy was excellent. However, Uprooted was my favorite book of 2015 by a good bit, so it will take something quite special to beat it. I don't think Seveneves is that book, but I'd still like to give it a shot. Less certain about the Butcher; I'll probably wait to see if it's in the packet.

I will most likely only read the slate-nominated works that, like Seveneves, had a decent shot of making the ballot without the help. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to crowdsource which stories those are. I hear you on spending a lot of time reading shorter fiction. I'm coming to quite appreciate the novella length, though -- for the most part, they have enough space to fully develop a story, and they go much faster than novels.