the Hugo preliminaries

[sergebroom]

A couple of days ago, I received my PIN to vote for the Hugo preliminaries, which will close at the end of February. That leaves me time enough to come up with some nominations. If you have some suggestions, please do pass them on. Note that I regularly read Asimov's and Realms of Fantasy, but that leaves plenty of other publications, online and offline.

By the way, it is my understanding that, at this year's worldcon, the Hugo Committee will vote on the ratification of a rule change proposed last year that would allow blogs to be eligible in the fanzine category.

It's about time, what with SF being the literature of the Future.

Comments

[txanne.livejournal.com]

I'm going to nominate Shadow Unit as the best semiprozine, but I haven't read any short stories this year. I've read some books, but I can't remember which ones are eligible. How do I find out?

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Here is the worldcon's section about the Hugos:
http://www.anticipationsf.ca/English/Hugos

And here is the Hugo site itself:
http://www.thehugoawards.org/

Sayyyyyyyyy... Does this mean that you will be going to the worldcon, or do you have a supporting membership only?

[txanne.livejournal.com]

I'm going. :-D

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Good, very good.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

At the risk of being self-serving, I'll point out that the two new stories in I Remember the Future are both eligible in their respective categories (which I've noted on my own LJ).

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reminder, Michael.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

As it is, I've also been going through my 2008 issues of Analog to see what I found most memorable. I really liked "The Spacetime Pool" by Catherine Asaro (Analog, March, novella) but have no idea if it's available online.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I got a subscription to Analog last year, but I'm not sure when it started, but maybe it's online. Thanks for the recommendation.