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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
The other selections in those categories are no slouches either. It would have been hard for me to vote against Seveneves and The Builders myself (if I were a Hugo voter). I hadn't read any of the novelette noms.
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I was rather disappointed with Seveneves. I think it had more infodumps per page than any other book I've read. Assuming that the calculations that the debris from the moon would have heated up the atmosphere enough to make the earth uninhabitable for at least 5000 years, I thought there was not enough time for them to create enough infrastructure in space to survive that long. I didn't believe that society would not have collapsed into chaos after they realized that they had about two years to prep for long term survival, and I didn't believe in the social dynamics of the survivors. I don't think I would have finished it if I hadn't been reading for voting for awards. There are more reasons why I disliked it, but I'd be going into spoiler territory.
I have been voting for the Hugos for about 6 years. Some of the nominees each year are not to my taste, and a lot of my first choices are not the winners, but it's rare that I actually dislike the winner.