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Originally Posted by DrNefario
The popular version of The Martian ought to be eligible this year, and I believe will pick up a lot of nominations. I'm not sure it actually is eligible, though, because of the original self-published edition. I think some sort of rule change might be required to catch these kinds of situations (assuming this is correct and it isn't eligible).
The Hugo is for new(ish) books, and will always miss books that take time to become popular.
I don't personally feel that Ready Player One was good enough. Again it's one of these books, like Hunger Games, that are pretty gripping and fun to read but aren't really doing anything special. That's my feeling. I love to read these kinds of books, but it's rather like eating fast food instead of a quality meal.
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Okay, but if you look at the number and score of reviews for those books on Amazon, I fear you'll find yourself in the minority. Nothing wrong with that. But if the Hugo doesn't reflect the majority of SF readers, then who does it represent? And what does it represent? Not the majority of SF readers, I would argue.