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Pete731 · 07-09-2014, 08:10 AM

Thanks jscarbo, I hadn't seen that WoT refresher before. I'd finished reading most of the series again a couple years ago, and was going off that. I agree with DiapDealer, it's way too much to read before the voting. Next category for me was Related Work. I enjoyed this category more than I thought I would, though for me there was a clear No. 1. (Link to full names, I'm to lazy to type all that out http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...4-hugo-awards/ )

1. We Have Always Fought
2. Queers Dig Timelords
3. Wonderbook
4. Speculative Fiction 2012
5. Writing Excuses S8

Even though it's shorter than the others, I found We Have Always Fought to be a powerful piece of writing. I read it when it first came out, and bits of it have stayed with me. Queers Dig Timelords struck as very heart felt, and seems to be the kind of thing SF/F needs. I'm not a Dr. Who fan, or familiar with it, so it surprised me how much I enjoyed it. I think the honest humanity of it, possibly. Wonderbook had some interesting content, is funny and has beautiful illustrations. Spec. Fic. 2012 (feels a little weird to be voting on something from 2012 in 2014 but I see how it came about). It and Wonderbook were tied, I went the way I did because I just enjoyed Wonderbook more. As for Writing Excuses, I'm not an author, nor do I aspire to be one. Between that and the length of the podcasts (like WoT, just not enough time), this one came last for me. That might not be fair, and I can see how one might really like this, but it left me cold, especially compared to the competition.

07-09-2014, 08:10 AM	#58
Pete731 Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 10070 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo Glo; Nexus 7	Thanks jscarbo, I hadn't seen that WoT refresher before. I'd finished reading most of the series again a couple years ago, and was going off that. I agree with DiapDealer, it's way too much to read before the voting. Next category for me was Related Work. I enjoyed this category more than I thought I would, though for me there was a clear No. 1. (Link to full names, I'm to lazy to type all that out http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...4-hugo-awards/ ) 1. We Have Always Fought 2. Queers Dig Timelords 3. Wonderbook 4. Speculative Fiction 2012 5. Writing Excuses S8 Even though it's shorter than the others, I found We Have Always Fought to be a powerful piece of writing. I read it when it first came out, and bits of it have stayed with me. Queers Dig Timelords struck as very heart felt, and seems to be the kind of thing SF/F needs. I'm not a Dr. Who fan, or familiar with it, so it surprised me how much I enjoyed it. I think the honest humanity of it, possibly. Wonderbook had some interesting content, is funny and has beautiful illustrations. Spec. Fic. 2012 (feels a little weird to be voting on something from 2012 in 2014 but I see how it came about). It and Wonderbook were tied, I went the way I did because I just enjoyed Wonderbook more. As for Writing Excuses, I'm not an author, nor do I aspire to be one. Between that and the length of the podcasts (like WoT, just not enough time), this one came last for me. That might not be fair, and I can see how one might really like this, but it left me cold, especially compared to the competition.