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2023 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novel

September 28, 2023 tarvolonLeave a comment

2023 marks my third year voting in the Hugo Awards for the year’s best science fiction and fantasy, and while a compressed schedule that happened to coincide with a very busy season of real life meant I wasn’t able to dive as deep into certain categories as I would’ve liked, I was able to make… Continue reading 2023 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novel

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Demystifying the Hugo Award Voting Process

September 21, 2023 tarvolonLeave a comment

This is my third year nominating and voting for the Hugo Awards for the year’s best science fiction and fantasy, and it’s taken about that long to feel comfortable with some of the logistics. Earlier this year, I took a look at the E Pluribus Hugo nomination system, explaining what was going on under the… Continue reading Demystifying the Hugo Award Voting Process

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Demystifying the Hugo Award Nomination Process

April 24, 2023April 26, 2023 tarvolonLeave a comment

This will be my third year nominating and voting in the Hugo Awards for the year’s best sci-fi and fantasy, and it’s only just now that I feel like I’ve garnered a solid understanding of the process.  The basic “how-to” questions are easy enough to answer. You buy a supporting membership for the current WorldCon… Continue reading Demystifying the Hugo Award Nomination Process

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2022 Hugo Awards Full Ballot

August 11, 2022 tarvolonLeave a comment

The voting deadline is almost here for the 2022 Hugo Awards for the best of last year’s science fiction and fantasy–by the time this post goes live, it will be tonight: 11:59 PDT on August 11th. This year, I made an effort to read everything in what I consider to be the four main fiction… Continue reading 2022 Hugo Awards Full Ballot

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2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novel

August 9, 2022August 9, 2022 tarvolonLeave a comment

2022 marks my second year voting in the Hugo Awards for the best science fiction and fantasy published in the previous year. Today I will be looking at Best Novel, for works greater than 40000 words.  Last year’s Best Novel shortlist was my favorite of any category, with three different novels that I absolutely adored.… Continue reading 2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novel

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2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novella

August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 tarvolonLeave a comment

2022 marks my second year voting in the Hugo Awards for the best science fiction and fantasy published in the previous year. Today I will be looking at Best Novella, for works between 17500 and 40000 words. Last year’s Best Novella shortlist was my least favorite of the categories I read, with one outstanding entry… Continue reading 2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novella

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2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novelette

August 2, 2022 tarvolonLeave a comment

2022 marks my second year voting in the Hugo Awards for the best science fiction and fantasy published in the previous year. Today I will be looking at Best Novelette, for works between 7500 and 17500 words. A full half of last year’s Hugo shortlist for Best Novelette were the kinds of stories you remember… Continue reading 2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Best Novelette

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2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Short Story

July 31, 2022 tarvolonLeave a comment

Like last year, I started my journey through the Hugo Awards with the Best Short Story finalists. Also like last year, two of the finalists were on my own nominating ballot, so whatever became of the pieces I hadn’t previously read, I was guaranteed to have a pair of strong choices at the top.  Every… Continue reading 2022 Hugo Awards Ballot: Short Story

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Way Too Early 2022 Hugo Nomination Draft

January 2, 2022March 13, 2022 tarvolonLeave a comment

This will be my second year nominating and voting for the Hugo Awards, and while I have a ton of reading to get to in the couple of months before nominations are due, I thought it was a good time to go ahead and share the works on my radar for potential nomination. This can… Continue reading Way Too Early 2022 Hugo Nomination Draft

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2021 Hugo Ballot: Best Novel

November 16, 2021 tarvolonLeave a comment

Our journey through the 2021 Hugo Awards ballot finishes with the most prestigious of categories: Best Novel. A final six consisting of five Hugo winning-authors and a sequel to a Hugo finalist might’ve disappointed those hoping for some new blood, but it’s hard to complain too much about a category with this kind of quality… Continue reading 2021 Hugo Ballot: Best Novel

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