Hugo Voting Closes Tomorrow
Voting for the Hugo Awards closes tomorrow, July 31, at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
I’d hoped to post additional reviews on the different categories, but I seem to have done the time warp again, and suddenly it’s the end of July. D’oh!
So instead, have a scattering of related thoughts and links.
- Hugo Voting Site. (In case you misplaced the URL.)
- On Voting No Award, by Kevin Standlee. Standlee explains in clear, straightforward terms how voting “No Award” works.
- Dierdre Saoirse Moen’s Sad Puppy-Free Hugo Voting Guide, for anyone looking to know which nominees were part of the puppy slates. While I didn’t vote No Award for 100% of the puppy nominees, I did put the majority of them below No Award.
- At least three of the nominees appear to support voting No Award, even over their own works:
- Puppy nominee Tom Kratman has stated that he wants the Hugos “utterly destroyed, No Awarded in perpetuity.” That’s not going to happen, but I see no reason not to respect his wishes when ranking his story.
- Puppy nominee Michael Williamson voted No Award across the board, including his own category.
- Rabid Puppy Organizer Vox Day has acknowledged that “No Award was the original objective for Rabid Puppies.” Which would explain some of his nominees…
- Williamson’s nominated work “Wisdom From My Internet” was on both the Sad and Rabid Puppies’ slates for Best Related Work, which I found both fascinating and revealing, as it does not appear to be related to SF/F in any way.
My overall impression? The Hugos have not been destroyed. There are some cranky people who want to piss all over things, but what else is new? Despite the shenanigans I think there are some very strong works on the ballot this year. Far fewer than usual, but enough that I remain excited to find out who takes home some rocket trophies. I also expect No Award to make a strong showing this year.
I encourage folks to vote, and to nominate next year, and beyond that, we’ll see what happens.
Rachael Acks
July 30, 2015 @ 9:33 am
I really don’t buy the, “It’s what we wanted all along” line. Smells like post hoc rationalization trying to get in ahead of a likely negative result.
Really, I’m curious to see how no award does fall out. It’s going to be interesting.
redheadedfemme
July 30, 2015 @ 9:38 am
I find it interesting that Mr. Beale said nothing about E Pluribus Hugo, which will bring all his machinations to a screeching halt if it gets implemented.
He’s also crowing that he’s already won, which of course is what John Scalzi and others predicted he would do.
Pam Adams
July 30, 2015 @ 11:00 am
I can’t remember the last time I personally clicked on ‘No Award.’ I am however, building my nomination list for next year.
Sigh.
Jana Brown
July 30, 2015 @ 11:03 am
Thank you for the reminder and the info. Voted and will look forward to the results.
Jim C. Hines
July 30, 2015 @ 11:28 am
“He’s also crowing that he’s already won…”
Of course he is. But really, who cares?
I suspect his future machinations are going to be a lot more difficult regardless, but we’ll see what happens.
Avilyn
July 30, 2015 @ 11:43 am
Saved my votes in most of the categories; have to go through the various artist ones tonight and add them to my ballot. Definitely building a nomination list for next year, and I hope the puppy shenanigans don’t discourage people from putting out lists of which works of theirs are nominated in what categories (I /know/ I’d get Short Story & Novelette mixed up on my own), because I have no memory and the lists are useful.
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Sally
July 30, 2015 @ 5:09 pm
Which would explain some of his nominees…
Snerk. Heh.
I agree with Rachael Acks. It’s absolutely post-facto “reasoning”, along the lines of “I bet those grapes were sour, anyway.” Aesop knew those types. And it certainly wasn’t the reason Sad Puppies gave — they were sad because they only got nominated and never won, boo hoo freakin’ hoo, talk to Kubrick, Hitchcock, and Chaplin about snubs.
I voted some “No Award” this year. But I’ve voted “No Award” all on my own before Pup machinations, and I expect I’ll do it again in the future.
The raw numbers are gonna be interesting this year, though!
Soon Lee
July 30, 2015 @ 5:42 pm
I am looking forward to this year’s Hugo statistics (released just after the Awards Ceremony) with added interest. In previous years, it has been a good way of discovering up & coming writers and their works. This year, it will be more about revealing the works that missed the cut because of bloc-nominating.
(I don’t think the Hugos are destroyed either, but are experiencing interesting times…)
Alessandra Kelley
July 31, 2015 @ 10:58 am
I’ve voted for Hugos before (only a few times, but still). Maybe I’m a goof, but it always felt a little solemn and meaningful to me.
I have never voted “No Award” before. It feels a little odd.
I tried to base its use solely on my readings and judgements of the works.
I don’t care who wants to pretend “No Award” was their goal from the start.