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This Year's Hugo Nominees Chosen

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-will-be-the-one dept.

wrinkledshirt writes "They've announced this year's nominees for the Hugo Awards. Wonder who the next Asimov, Brin, Gibson or [shudder] Rowling is going to be? Find out at Conjose."

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  1. Re:Please don't know Rowling... by ckd · · Score: 3, Insightful
    But personally, I think that an award like this should given to something truly exceptional -- and that, HP was not (except perhaps in popularity).

    The Hugos are a fan-voted award. So they are, in fact, only based on popularity. Always have been, too.

    (The canonical "bad example" is They'd Rather Be Right, generally considered the most forgettable Hugo winning novel.)

  2. Re:Whats wrong with rowling? by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 3, Insightful

    She won because she was flavour of the month. Awards such as this would be far better if they were judged and awarded five years after the fact; then it might actually be based on the works themselves.

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