tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post214132248629482416..comments2023-07-13T05:22:27.645-05:00Comments on CiaraCat Sci-Fi: 2015 Best Novelette - My Hugo Ballotciaracathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12314237117499417274noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post-24567136442210630552015-04-21T17:51:47.295-05:002015-04-21T17:51:47.295-05:00My blog is at http://odoyle42.blogspot.com My pos...My blog is at http://odoyle42.blogspot.com My post will probably follow be similar to the one I wrote last year: http://odoyle42.blogspot.com/2014/08/hugo-award-voting-2014.html However, I should warn you that I blog about lots of other things that are not science fiction related, as well.<br /><br />I'd be interested to see what other blogs are on your Hugo bloggers list. Do you have a list of links anywhere?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357398682419756851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post-81926956721957486522015-04-20T19:29:04.564-05:002015-04-20T19:29:04.564-05:00Link please?Link please?ciaracathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12314237117499417274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post-20548252164866036342015-04-20T18:48:35.371-05:002015-04-20T18:48:35.371-05:00I will definitely write a blog post about my votes...I will definitely write a blog post about my votes once I've finished all the nominees. I probably won't do as you've done here and write an individual post about each category. (Although, I'm unpredictable, and you never know what I'll do.)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357398682419756851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post-11594030383232575372015-04-20T15:01:58.717-05:002015-04-20T15:01:58.717-05:00Hi Jeff!
Wonderful! I hope that does mean you'...Hi Jeff!<br /><br />Wonderful! I hope that does mean you're going to love the other four stories. Of course, we may just have different tastes in SFF. Which is also awesome. :)<br /><br />I will most likely vote all Puppy slate block-vote nominees below No Award, in response to their stated intentions to break the social contract to make people angry and/or destroy the Hugos, all of their (well, some of their) current backpedaling aside. I will try to read them all, and will rank them below "No Award" accordingly.<br /><br />In the case of this ballot, I didn't think the one non-Puppy was worthy of the award. There is one Puppy I might have thought worthy of the award, if it had been a legitimate ballot. <br /><br />I like to have a complete category to work through all at once, so I can better compare the works to each other. So I'm working my way through the novels I already own, re-reading the nominated ones, because I know the voter's packet will be out by the time I'm ready for the one novel I don't own. I'll have to wait for more of the short fiction to appear for free online, or for the voter's packet, before I start working on the other categories. I usually buy what I can of the nominees while waiting for the voter's packet; not this year.<br /><br />Are you blogging your way through the nominees this year too? I'd love to read your thoughts, and add you to my list of Hugo bloggers ----->ciaracathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12314237117499417274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post-16006447199239795102015-04-20T14:42:11.551-05:002015-04-20T14:42:11.551-05:00I'm still working through the slate. I tend to...I'm still working through the slate. I tend to read haphazardly, grabbing a short story, followed by a novella, followed by a novellette. So the only one I've read in this category so far is "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, Earth to Alluvium". It certainly wasn't the best story I've read recently, but I did enjoy it. If it was your least favorite, that actually makes me excited to read the rest of the slate.<br /><br />I haven't read what you wrote about the other stories, because I wanted to avoid spoilers, but I have to ask, did you really not think a single one was worthy of the award? Or was this a protest vote against the 2 puppy slates?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357398682419756851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679440735100620164.post-57586797561774847322015-04-20T14:40:57.723-05:002015-04-20T14:40:57.723-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357398682419756851noreply@blogger.com