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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I'm doing pretty well. I'm half way through my sub-challenges, now, with almost a month to spare, and right at this second my TBR challenge (add no more than twice as many as I remove) is on target.
I will, however, be taking a big hit to the TBR from the Hugo voter packet, which, I learned from the bargains forum, was released a couple of days ago. (I'm not sure what happened to the promised email notification. Maybe they are staggering them to try to spread the server load a bit.) Luckily this will largely be short fiction, so I should be able to get through a good chunk of it quite quickly.
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I didn't get my email either but have downloaded the voter packet and come up with a reading plan which will hopefully work and allow me to get through the nominated works before the voting deadline.
My plan is as follows: First, I'll read all of the shorter works (novellas, novelettes and short stories) in their entirety. Then I'll start on the novels, saving the Wheel of Time series for last.
There are five nominations in the novels category, three of which are from Orbit Books. Orbit elected to only provide samples, not full copies, so I'll read the samples. If I decide any of them are worth considering for my Hugo vote, I'll buy the full copies and read them in their entirety.
The Wheel of Time series deserves special mention, because it is the
entire 14 book series that was nominated and it was incredibly generous of Tor to provide full copies of the entire series to Hugo voters. For that reason alone, the series deserves my consideration.
Also, even though it isn't everyone's favorite series, it has been one of the most popular, bestselling fantasy series ever written. Almost all fantasy readers, and certainly most Hugo voters, are familiar with the series and already have an opinion, whether or not they've read the entire series.
In my case, like many other readers, I read the first several books but gave up on the series when Robert Jordan seemed to get bogged down and the story stalled out and become boring. In my case, that was Book Five, which I'm not sure I ever even finished.
I don't know if have the time or interest to re-read the early books or to read the next few in their entirety. However, I'll definitely read the last three books completed by Brandon Sanderson and, if I have time, I'll read the earlier books I haven't previously read.
Tor has thoughtfully provided a Hugo refresher for those who don't want to re-read (or read) the entire series. I expect it to be of great value to me if I can't make it through the entire series. Here's the link:
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/the...hugo-refresher