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Old 04-05-2015, 09:28 AM   #9
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Everyone raved about Leckie's previous novel, and I read and loved The Goblin Emperor before it was a Hugo nomination. I'm not saying the Hugo's not being gamed (or that it doesn't suck that it is), but the fact remains that there ARE some worthy nominations this year (and every year). There's never going to be a consensus that the shortlist had all the books/authors it SHOULD have had regardless. If you care about the award (and in all honesty, I can't say that I really do), I'd say the best course of action would be to continue to vote for works you find worthy (based solely on their own merits) and ignore the campaigning. If you find nothing of merit ... so be it. That's a valid vote, too.

Just vote for works (if you can)--not for or against campaigns/slates--and everything will straighten itself out eventually. Or it won't, and the Hugo will become a footnote. Which wouldn't be the end of the world (or even the end of SFF).

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