Comments | rymenhild: Hugo Nominations, 2015

rymenhild

Hugo Nominations, 2015

Mar 08, 2015 11:32

Since I got a supporting membership to last year's Worldcon, even though I never got around to voting for the 2014 Hugos, I have nomination powers this year. I intend to use these powers for good. Here are my nominations as they stand currently. Does anyone have additional suggestions? What have I forgotten? Which fan writers were on fire this year ( Read more... )

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avanti_90 March 8 2015, 15:46:57 UTC

Oh, oh, oh, that 'How to become a robot is incredible. I loved it. Thank you so much for linking it here!

rymenhild March 8 2015, 19:24:36 UTC

You're welcome! It blew me away, and I do think it deserves a wider audience than it's gotten so far.

ladybird97 March 8 2015, 15:49:34 UTC

For short story, Saladin Ahmed, Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy. It's a beautiful and brilliant reimagining of medieval romance from a Muslim perspective.

For novel, Max Gladstone, Full Fathom Five. I'd recommend this even if the author weren't a friend of mine :) Necromancer-lawyers and faith-accountants dealing with offshore religion investment. Weird, smart, very well-written, with some lovely thoughts about faith and an awesome transgender protagonist.

However, I still totally agree with you putting Goblin Emperor at the top. That was an absolutely brilliant book!

rymenhild March 8 2015, 19:24:03 UTC

Thanks for reminding me of "Without Faith...!" I do like his rethinking of The Faerie Queene very much, and I'd forgotten about it as a Hugo option.

If I have time in the next two days to read Max Gladstone's book, I'll consider it. I can't nominate what I haven't read!

ladybird97 March 8 2015, 19:34:03 UTC

Fair enough :) I recommend it in general, even if you don't get to it in time for the Hugos. (The series starts with Three Parts Dead. It's all excellent!)

And, yay, I'm glad I reminded you about Without Faith! It was such a gorgeous story.

taylweaver March 8 2015, 20:16:52 UTC

I really enjoyed Three Parts Dead, and look forward to reading the other two at some point. (The first two are in the Hugo packet from... last year? Maybe two years ago. But either way, I was excited to realize I had copies of them.)

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reconditarmonia March 8 2015, 19:44:28 UTC

I don't know if you're into Doctor Who, but "Death in Heaven", the season finale, was fucking amazing. I also fully support the nomination of Korra s4 :D

I can't think of other stuff - I don't think I've read any FSF this year that was written this year!

rymenhild March 8 2015, 19:47:12 UTC

Doctor Who is one of the fannish things that I just have no feeling about at all. I'm glad other people like it, but the few episodes I've seen don't make me want to watch more, alas.

reconditarmonia March 8 2015, 19:54:04 UTC

Fair enough, chacun son goût!

taylweaver March 8 2015, 20:20:23 UTC

I've read very few books from 2014, which is why I feel like I can't nominate anyone (though I may change my mind), but I enjoyed Ancillary Sword. (Which surprised me, because I hadn't enjoyed Ancillary Justice, though I'm glad it won last year.) Oddly, I also enjoyed Lock-in by John Scalzi, but I have a suspicion that isn't your type of book.

rymenhild March 8 2015, 20:22:23 UTC

I like Scalzi's blog, but both Old Man's War and Redshirts left me yawning. Not nearly enough characterization for my taste.

taylweaver March 8 2015, 22:24:19 UTC

I didn't like Redshirts either. But I liked this one. Partly because the protagonist has a disability, and it's part of who he is but not all of who he is. And the book touches on disability politics and disability rights, and also some intersectionality. It was a murder mystery while also being about some of these things. I can't recall how he did with characterization. And, like I said, it may not be your style. Not sure whether I'd vote for it. But I enjoyed reading it.