Sci-2 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Most of those are too high quality to be nominated let alone win a Hugo. Heh, IMO the Hugo should go to whatever fan-fic Scalzi manages to drum up in six weeks or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Nice to see so many recs for Ancillary Justice. :) I'm not sure which works I'll nominate, although I do know for sure that Meathouse Man will be on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlingzen Bill Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I would add to the long for dramatic presentation The Howard, George, and Gardner Show as taped at Capclave. Just under two hours of entertainment. Vote for it or You will Die ;) Also I can see AMoL getting a nomination spot as the end of a very long series that has been entertaining many people for over 20 years. Another Novel that I enjoyed a lot was Steel Heart by Brandon Sanderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabel Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Also I can see AMoL getting a nomination spot as the end of a very long series that has been entertaining many people for over 20 years. Another Novel that I enjoyed a lot was Steel Heart by Brandon Sanderson. Because aMoL is the last book in the series and a wot book has never been nominated,you can nominate the whole wheel of time series this year. Just a suggestion :devil: 3.2.6: Works appearing in a series are eligible as individual works, but the series as a whole is not eligible. However, a work appearing in a number of parts shall be eligible for the year of the final part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Because aMoL is the last book in the series and a wot book has never been nominated,you can nominate the whole wheel of time series this year. Just a suggestion :devil: This appears to be so... And WOT fans look like they're going to campaign for it. Did any other series end in 2013? The Malazan one, perhaps? If there's a campaign for WOT seems only fair other series get considered for nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabel Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Malazan series ended in 2011. At least that's what my version of the Crippled God says. I don't know of any other series that ended last year, but if you know of any let me know. Everyone should nominate what they like and want to nominate :) I believe you can nominate multiple books per category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Last Chronicles of Thomas Convenant would qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Last Chronicles of Thomas Convenant would qualify. Actually, the entire Chronicles would qualify. None of the earlier six books were nominated either (according to a quick Wikipedia check, anyway). ETA: Riftwar would also qualify. Though, oddly, I suspect it won't get too many votes ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
End of Disc One Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Best FanzinePat's Fantasy Hotlist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoë Sumra Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'd like to add another for consideration: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Frozen, Disney (If you haven't seen it, go and see it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 I just want to remind people that the nomination period is now open. The deadline for sending in your nominations is March 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alytha Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Has anybody else not received a PIN yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I don't appear to have either? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I emailed to find out where mine is. Apparently it's a slow process and might take a few days to send them all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaofHodorsfield Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I received mine back in December. Though I did request all stuff via email rather than paper copies, if that makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Best Fanzine Pat's Fantasy Hotlist I agree, I wish there was a category on 'Fanzine that other Fanzine publishers hate on the most', because pat would win that one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I agree, I wish there was a category on 'Fanzine that other Fanzine publishers hate on the most', because pat would win that one as well. Nah, it's more a sort of an eyeroll followed by a chortle on the parts of most these days. Seems the ire is reserved more for authors who post silly things about gender on their blogs/sites recently ;) But if I were to ever change my mind and register to vote in the Hugos, I'd probably vote for blogs that don't have the majority of their content be listings of cheap Amazon e-books or promotional giveaways (this applies to several blogs, not just one). Maybe blogs like Matt Cheney's The Mumpsimus or if I wanted to recognize one for coverage of secondary-world fantasies in multimedia forms, Adam/Wert's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Necessary Evil, Ian Tregillis (Tor) Ian also has Something More Than Night eligible this year, although it was probably released too late in the year for many people to have read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Pat gave me a huge leg-up when I started the blog, for which I'll be forever grateful, but it does feel like he's withdrawn a bit from the SFF field recently. Most of his blog entries are competitions, competition results or posting PR copy. Reviews and articles are way down on what they used to be. Understandable, as he was saying he was getting tired of the field and considered leaving it a couple of years ago. Hopefully he'll get back to form in the future. For other blogs, A Dribble of Ink and the Specualtive Scotsman remain pretty good. Pornokitsch and the Book Smugglers are also worth a look. if I wanted to recognize one for coverage of secondary-world fantasies in multimedia forms, Adam/Wert's. Ha. I've been told I'm the 'epic fantasy guy'. When I said I didn't want to be 'the epic fantasy guy', it was suggested that I not read and review so many of them. But I pointed out that about 75% of what I get sent are epic fantasies. Why? Because publishers also think I'm the 'epic fantasy guy' :) Apparently this is down to me saying that I didn't like urban fantasy (which wasn't quite true, more that a book with a sexy vampire/werewolf looking badass on the cover was unlikely to be read), which means I just get sent epic fantasies instead, broken up by the occasional SF work. [/firstworldbloggerproblems] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Ha! Well, I may tease many about the focus of their blogs being too much on one literary (sub)genre or another, but I do understand the limitations of budgets when it comes to buying books and having to depend upon review copies (not that I'm plagued with many of them anymore; took three years, but barely any publisher sends me materials unsolicited). That being said, any chance of you doing more historical fiction/history reviews this year? After all, two big anniversaries (centennial for WWI and 75th for WWII) are coming up later this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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