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from io9:

This Is What The 2015 Hugo Ballot Should Have Been

Last night, the Hugo Awards were handed out. And the fans rejected the attempt of a small minority to impose its ideology on the nominations via slate-voting. But last night, we also learned which works would have been on the ballot, if the nominations hadn’t been rigged.

As we covered in last night’s liveblog, the Hugo voters chose “No Award” over any candidates pushed by the slates. And where there were non-slate candidates, they overwhelmingly won the vote. You can read the full results here. If you’re new to the entire kerfuffle over the Hugo Awards, here’s a primer.

But as is traditional after the Hugo Awards, the organizers also released detailed statistics on the nominations and voting process, including the list of works that were kept off the ballot by the organized backlash of the “Sad Puppies” and “Rabid Puppies.”

And last night, after the ceremony, George R.R. Martin held a special afterparty, where the A Song of Ice and Fire author staged his own awards ceremony. Martin created the brand new “Alfie” awards, named after Alfred Bester, and created them out of genuine 1950s car hood ornaments (which is what the original Hugo Awards looked like.) Martin gave Alfie awards to Patrick Rothfuss, Ursula Vernon, Jo Walton, John Joseph Adams and Liz Gorinsky, the people who should have been on the ballot (and who had received the most nominations.) He also gave special Alfie awards to Marko Kloos and Annie Bellet, who had been nominated thanks to the slates but had withdrawn from consideration, and Eric Flint, who has been a voice of moderation in this dispute.
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