williamjm Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 2 hours ago, Ormond said: Is the "Best Game or Interactive Work" a new category? I don't remember that one from the past, but as I am seriously old and not the best at paying attention to the Hugos, maybe my memory is faulty. I think it is a recent addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I think there's a rule that a Worldcon can add its own category for one year or something, and "Best Video Game" was pretty popular last time they did it a couple of years back so they're running it again. Baldur's Gate III pretty much a shoe-in for the win, I think. IlyaP, Ormond and Corvinus85 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 (edited) It seems Mr. McCarty is moving to the “find out” side of the famous equation. It seems he showed up last minute at Eastercon in the UK (where the Hugo Finalists were announced) and was declined a memebership then had to be escorted out by security when he made a stink and refused to leave. https://file770.com/person-refused-membership-by-uk-eastercon-and-escorted-out-by-security/comment-page-1/#comments [Edit to add] Why is Ben Yalow still on the Mark Protection Committee? Edited April 1 by Ser Scot A Ellison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 3 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: It seems Mr. McCarty is moving to the “find out” side of the famous equation. It seems he showed up last minute at Eastercon in the UK (where the Hugo Finalists were announced) and was declined a memebership then had to be escorted out by security when he made a stink and refused to leave. https://file770.com/person-refused-membership-by-uk-eastercon-and-escorted-out-by-security/comment-page-1/#comments Flying across the Atlantic to a convention without already having a membership for it is definitely suggesting he was more interested in making a scene that actually taking part. Derfel Cadarn and Ser Scot A Ellison 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caligula_K3 Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 If Witch King, Starter Villain and Translation State really are three of the best books of the last year, then sci-fi/fantasy is in real trouble as a genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) 7 hours ago, Caligula_K3 said: If Witch King, Starter Villain and Translation State really are three of the best books of the last year, then sci-fi/fantasy is in real trouble as a genre. Unfortunately we're in a situation where these three authors are among those nominated annually regardless of quality (see also McGuire, Seanan), although I at least thought they were moving away from Scalzi for that. Wells is usually reliable, but I haven't read this one. Leckie was a bit of a one-hit wonder who keeps being nominated when she hasn't quite replicated the quality of her first book. Edited April 4 by Werthead Caligula_K3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Patrek Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Witch King doesn't deserve to make any shortlists for best novels. Subpar and lackluster. But as Wert mentioned, the Hugos have a long history of nominating authors regardless of the quality of their latest works. So. . . Fragile Bird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Back in 2020 Ann Leckie declined a nomination for The Raven Tower. I wonder why she didn't do the same for Translation State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 37 minutes ago, Ormond said: Back in 2020 Ann Leckie declined a nomination for The Raven Tower. I wonder why she didn't do the same for Translation State. She felt she had had so much awards success up to that point that she wanted to give others the chance to win, and so withdrew at that time, but noted it was not a permanent decision. She'd just had a string of good fortune, awards-wise, and felt she could let that one go, but would consider staying on a shortlist again afterward. She wrote about it on her blog Ormond 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I mean, 'twas ever thus. If you go back to the '70s, you can see Bob Silverberg get nominated three times in two years ('72 and '73) then again in '76 and '77: and if anyone here can name any of those novels without looking it up, I'll give them a lollipop. Translation State is the only one of those named above I've read, and it's Hugo-worthy IMO even if it's not Leckie's very best work. Even not-her-best is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 10 minutes ago, mormont said: f you go back to the '70s, you can see Bob Silverberg get nominated three times in two years ('72 and '73) then again in '76 and '77: and if anyone here can name any of those novels without looking it up, I'll give them a lollipop. Dying Inside is one of them, 100%, it's a genuine classic of the genre. Lord Valentine's Castle I know was in the 80s. The Book of Skulls, perhaps? That's 70s, anyways. The Stochastic Man, perhaps? Think that would be in the mid-70s... The thing about Silverberg is he's written so much stuff that it's hard to actually remember when they all came out. But Dying Inside, for sure, it's one of the nominated works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 OK anyone except Ran. :p (You got 3/5.) But the point remains, Hugo voters have always had their favourites. Ran, IlyaP and Gigei 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 2 hours ago, mormont said: Translation State is the only one of those named above I've read, and it's Hugo-worthy IMO even if it's not Leckie's very best work. Even not-her-best is very good. I liked it. I think saying that Ancillary Justice is still her best book is accurate, but I thought Translation State was the best book she'd written since the Ancillary trilogy. I think it's perhaps inevitable for an award like the Hugos that the nominations won't necessarily represent the full breadth of the genre because most of the nominators probably only read a limited number of new releases in a year and they are likely to prioritise books by authors they are already fans of. mormont 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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