Hugo Thoughts

[drplokta]

Having posted a proposed solution to the issue, and a couple of analyses arising from it, here are my actual thoughts, in no very coherent order. Non-friend comments are screened

Comments

[voidampersand]

#10 and #12 are both really good points that clarify the meaning of "No Award".

[randy_byers]

Great stuff, Doctor P. I've mostly only been nominating in the fan and dramatic long form categories in recent years when I was eligible. (None of my nominees for dramatic long form made the ballot this year, by the way. There were a lot of great offbeat SF films last year, but it's the more popular ones that of course make the ballot.) My problem with nominating in the other categories is that I don't really keep up with the work that's eligible, so I'm not sure how I can help out in the nomination phase next year.

[daveon]

Ditto - I read 1 SF novel that was eligible last year (Ancillary Sword) and I didn't think it was as good as Justice and didn't nominate.

There were a range of good movies but the reality was Interstellar, Lego and Guardians were always going to be there.

[debgeisler]

Thank you, Mike. This was clear, concise, and level-headed. :-)