[Ginwen]

I don't really like how this all came to pass, but I'm going to read the books and then decide (since I'm going this year, I am going to vote). If I don't think they're worthy of winning, I'll put them below no award, but I'm not going to do that solely based on how they got nominated.

Worthlessness of the awards: As far as identifying the "best" book in a genre, of course they are worthless as there is really no such thing. But I generally read the winners (and now that I vote, I read the nominees as well). And every so often in doing that, I find an author or series I want to read more of. And I really appreciate them for that, because I read a lot, and am always looking for new things to read. Last year, the sad puppies bunch got that Warbound book in there. While it wasn't my pick for the award (that was Ancillary Justice) I enjoyed it (much more than the Stross book which I hated) and read more books by him (even though politically he is pretty much opposite me I can still enjoy the books). He didn't actually get any additional money from me, since I already had the books due to Baen Bundles.