My 2018 Hugo Awards nomination ballot

Hugo Awards nominations close TONIGHT, March 16, 2018, at 11:59 pm Pacific time! If you haven’t already put in your ballot, go go go!

Here’s my final nomination ballot, such as it is.

Best Novel

·         Provenance, by Ann Leckie

·         Seven Surrenders, by Ada Palmer

·         The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

Best Novella

·         Binti: Home, by Nnedi Okorafor

·         I Met a Traveler in an Antique Land, by Connie Willis

·         Mira’s Last Dance, by Lois McMaster Bujold

·         The Prisoner of Limnos, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Best Short Story

·         Eminence, by Karl Schroeder

·         In Everlasting Wisdom, by Aliette de Bodard

·         Machine Learning, by Hugh Howey

·         Street Life in the Emerald City, by Brenda Cooper

·         The Dragon that Flew Out of the Sun, by Aliette de Bodard

Best Series

·         Hidden Legacy, by Ilona Andrews

·         World of the Five Gods / Penric and Desdemona, by Lois McMaster Bujold

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

·         Spider-Man: Homecoming

·         Star Wars: The Last Jedi

·         The Good Place, Season 1

·         Wonder Woman

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

·         Star Trek Continues, S. 1 Ep. 9 – “What Ships Are For”

·         Star Trek: Discovery, S. 1 Ep. 5 – “Choose Your Pain”

·         Star Trek: Discovery, S. 1 Ep. 7 – “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”

·         The Orville, S. 1 Ep. 7 – “Majority Rule”

·         The Orville, S. 1 Ep. 12 – “Mad Idolatry”

I’m still trying to cram in just a FEW more short stories I really wanted to read before nominations close, so my short story list might change slightly.

Otherwise… can’t wait to see what’s on the list of finalists, both for the 2018 Hugos and for the 1943 Retro Hugos!