2016 Hugo finalists

AnemicOak · 04-28-2016, 04:20 PM

A couple of days ago the finalists for the Hugo Awards were announced...

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The finalists for the 2016 Hugo Awards are:

Best Novel (3695 nominating ballots)

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Best Novella (2416 nominating ballots)

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
The Builders by Daniel Polansky (Tor.com)
Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum)
Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson (Dragonsteel Entertainment)
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds (Tachyon)
Best Novelette (1975 nominating ballots)

“And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead” by Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed, Feb 2015)
“Flashpoint: Titan” by CHEAH Kai Wai (There Will Be War Volume X, Castalia House)
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang, trans. Ken Liu (Uncanny Magazine, Jan-Feb 2015)
“Obits” by Stephen King (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner)
“What Price Humanity?” by David VanDyke (There Will Be War Volume X, Castalia House)
Best Short Story (2451 nominating ballots)

“Asymmetrical Warfare” by S. R. Algernon (Nature, Mar 2015)
The Commuter by Thomas A. Mays (Stealth)
“If You Were an Award, My Love” by Juan Tabo and S. Harris (voxday.blogspot.com, Jun 2015)
“Seven Kill Tiger” by Charles Shao (There Will Be War Volume X, Castalia House)
Space Raptor Butt Invasion by Chuck Tingle (Amazon Digital Services)

Full list here...
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...6-hugo-awards/

The finalists for the 1941 retro Hugo's are...

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The finalists for the 1941 Hugo Awards are:

Best Novel (352 nominating ballots)

Gray Lensman by E.E. “Doc” Smith (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Jan 1940)
The Ill‐Made Knight by T.H. White (Collins)
Kallocain by Karin Boye (Bonnier)
The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson (Unknown, Mar 1940)
Slan by A.E. Van Vogt (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Dec 1940)
Best Novella (318 nominating ballots)

“Coventry” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science‐Fiction, July 1940)
“If This Goes On…” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Feb 1940)
“Magic, Inc.” by Robert A. Heinlein (Unknown, Sept 1940)
“The Mathematics of Magic” by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt (Unknown, Aug 1940)
“The Roaring Trumpet” by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt (Unknown, May 1940)
Best Novelette (310 nominating ballots)

“Blowups Happen” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Sept 1940)
“Darker Than You Think” by Jack Williamson (Unknown, Dec 1940)
“Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Oct 1940)
“It!” by Theodore Sturgeon (Unknown, Aug 1940)
“The Roads Must Roll” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science‐Fiction, June 1940)
Best Short Story (324 nominating ballots)

“Martian Quest” by Leigh Brackett (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Feb 1940)
“Requiem” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding Science‐Fiction, Jan 1940)
“Robbie” by Isaac Asimov (Super Science Stories, Sept 1940)
“The Stellar Legion” by Leigh Brackett (Planet Stories, Winter 1940)
“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” by Jorge Luis Borges (Sur, 1940)

Full list here...
http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-hi...o-hugo-awards/

Hugo and John W. Campbell Award winners will be announced Saturday, August 20, 2016, and 1941 Retrospective Hugo Award winners will be announced Thursday, August 18, 2016 at MidAmeriCon II in Kansas City.

DiapDealer · 04-28-2016, 04:28 PM

Chuck Tingle is my hero.

Jozawun · 04-28-2016, 04:41 PM

http://www.theguardian.com/books/201...medium=twitterHugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign

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fjtorres · 04-28-2016, 04:57 PM

As is typical these days, the publisher for the Indie short story is misrepresented: the publisher is Chuck Tingle. Amazon Digital Services is merely the distributor.

No different than the overdrive library listings that were attributing Indie titles to Smashwords as publisher.

fjtorres · 04-28-2016, 05:02 PM

Contrary to the new catfight slates, the retro nominations are genuinely interesting.

Tough year.
SLAN VS GRAY LENSMAN?
Heinlein all over? Double dose of Harold Shea?
Classic Leigh Brackett and Jack Williamson?

Easy to vote: all of the above.

rkomar · 04-28-2016, 09:01 PM

It seems a bit strange to me that The Dark Forest didn't get voted in when The Three-Body Problem won a Hugo last year. I thought the former was as good as the latter.

DiapDealer · 04-28-2016, 09:07 PM

The novella shortlist is actually pretty strong this year.

AnemicOak · 04-28-2016, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Chuck Tingle is my hero.

How did 'Space Raptor Butt Invasion' by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist?
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketc...htmlstory.html

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Why on earth — or the rest of the solar system — is a book called "Space Raptor Butt Invasion" by Chuck Tingle up for a Hugo award?

Thank the puppies.

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Pseudonymous erotica author Tingle, who is also responsible for titles such as "Taken by the Gay Unicorn Biker," responded quickly to the Hugo news with a new e-book, "Slammed in the Butt by My Hugo Award Nomination."

It seems clear that Day expected Tingle's nomination to outrage his critics, but it doesn't appear to have worked —Tingle is a popular figure among a wide range of readers, not just Puppy-affiliated ones:

bgalbrecht · 04-28-2016, 10:57 PM

This is all on the Rabid Puppies.

The Sad Puppies made sure that their list is a recommendation list, not a slate. Unlike last year, there was no behind the scenes discussion between the SP4 organizers and Vox Day, and deliberately, no category had exactly 5 recommendations. To conflate the two puppy lists will undeservedly continue the ill rancor between general worldcon membership and people who agree with the sad puppies that certain subgenres get overlooked by the Hugo awards.

Having said that, the Rabid Puppy slate was again a stinking pile of self-promotion on Vox Day's part, mixed with crappy works chosen to piss off the voters, plus a few decent works by well-respected authors in hopes that the voters will no award even the decent works. My prediction is that the voters will quickly realize which ones on Vox Day's slate could have been a nominee anyway, and vote for them anyway.

crich70 · 04-29-2016, 02:35 AM

Hopefully there won't be another scandal about the Hugo's this year like last year. At least I think it was the Hugo and last year.

DrNefario · 04-29-2016, 08:29 AM

The problem is that it takes 2 years to change the rules, so this year was always likely to be affected by the trolls.

BenG · 04-29-2016, 10:06 AM

The Puppies are running in front of an existing parade and claiming to lead it.
— John Scalzi

http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketc...426-story.html

khalleron · 04-29-2016, 03:01 PM

Whenever I hear about Sad Puppies, the song 'Dead Puppies' starts running through my head.

Cinisajoy · 04-30-2016, 11:27 AM

"Who let the dogs out?"

Yapyap · 05-02-2016, 03:03 AM

The novel, novella and both long and short form dramatic presentation categories seem to still have some genuinely interesting variety and something for everyone to vote for. I'm hoping people won't be put off by some of the actually deserving (as well as popular) works having been on either the rabid puppies slate or the sad puppies recommendation list (especially the latter).

Overall I'm just sad that the Hugos have been so overshadowed by all this outside drama these last two years. Especially this year, when I'm for the first time actually caring enough for something to want to win (Heaven Sent, which to me was probably not just the single best episode of Doctor Who ever but also the best episode of television I've ever seen, full stop).

04-28-2016, 04:41 PM	#3
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04-28-2016, 04:28 PM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,570 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Chuck Tingle is my hero.

04-28-2016, 04:57 PM	#4
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	As is typical these days, the publisher for the Indie short story is misrepresented: the publisher is Chuck Tingle. Amazon Digital Services is merely the distributor. No different than the overdrive library listings that were attributing Indie titles to Smashwords as publisher.

04-28-2016, 05:02 PM	#5
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Contrary to the new catfight slates, the retro nominations are genuinely interesting. Tough year. SLAN VS GRAY LENSMAN? Heinlein all over? Double dose of Harold Shea? Classic Leigh Brackett and Jack Williamson? Easy to vote: all of the above.

04-28-2016, 09:01 PM	#6
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,054 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	It seems a bit strange to me that The Dark Forest didn't get voted in when The Three-Body Problem won a Hugo last year. I thought the former was as good as the latter.

04-28-2016, 09:07 PM	#7
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,570 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The novella shortlist is actually pretty strong this year.

04-28-2016, 10:57 PM	#9
bgalbrecht Wizard Posts: 1,806 Karma: 13399999 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US Device: Nook Simple Touch, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Clara HD, Kindle 4	This is all on the Rabid Puppies. The Sad Puppies made sure that their list is a recommendation list, not a slate. Unlike last year, there was no behind the scenes discussion between the SP4 organizers and Vox Day, and deliberately, no category had exactly 5 recommendations. To conflate the two puppy lists will undeservedly continue the ill rancor between general worldcon membership and people who agree with the sad puppies that certain subgenres get overlooked by the Hugo awards. Having said that, the Rabid Puppy slate was again a stinking pile of self-promotion on Vox Day's part, mixed with crappy works chosen to piss off the voters, plus a few decent works by well-respected authors in hopes that the voters will no award even the decent works. My prediction is that the voters will quickly realize which ones on Vox Day's slate could have been a nominee anyway, and vote for them anyway.

04-29-2016, 02:35 AM	#10
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Hopefully there won't be another scandal about the Hugo's this year like last year. At least I think it was the Hugo and last year.

04-29-2016, 08:29 AM	#11
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,203 Karma: 12029046 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	The problem is that it takes 2 years to change the rules, so this year was always likely to be affected by the trolls.

04-29-2016, 10:06 AM	#12
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,730 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	The Puppies are running in front of an existing parade and claiming to lead it. — John Scalzi http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketc...426-story.html

04-29-2016, 03:01 PM	#13
khalleron Kate Posts: 1,700 Karma: 3605799 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oregon, United States Device: MeeBook, Kobo Libra Colour	Whenever I hear about Sad Puppies, the song 'Dead Puppies' starts running through my head.

04-30-2016, 11:27 AM	#14
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	"Who let the dogs out?"

05-02-2016, 03:03 AM	#15
Yapyap Guru Posts: 861 Karma: 3543721 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad 3, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	The novel, novella and both long and short form dramatic presentation categories seem to still have some genuinely interesting variety and something for everyone to vote for. I'm hoping people won't be put off by some of the actually deserving (as well as popular) works having been on either the rabid puppies slate or the sad puppies recommendation list (especially the latter). Overall I'm just sad that the Hugos have been so overshadowed by all this outside drama these last two years. Especially this year, when I'm for the first time actually caring enough for something to want to win (Heaven Sent, which to me was probably not just the single best episode of Doctor Who ever but also the best episode of television I've ever seen, full stop).