tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post7995118989506318726..comments2024-03-23T10:46:37.375+11:00Comments on Autumn Write: 'Hugo Worthy'Andrea K Hösthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01535131780314094508noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-46065077019171533462015-09-27T09:38:25.661+10:002015-09-27T09:38:25.661+10:00I'm glad you enjoyed them Donald!
There are t...I'm glad you enjoyed them Donald!<br /><br />There are the Retro Hugos, which are given to books published quite a long time ago. Maybe I'll be in with a chance!Andrea K Hösthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535131780314094508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-72871451385609544992015-09-27T02:37:32.833+10:002015-09-27T02:37:32.833+10:00I have often wished there was an award NOT given o...I have often wished there was an award NOT given out when something was published, but like 10 years later. And not given out to just one book, but to any book that was felt to be truly exceptional by some adequate number of readers. I would totally nominate the Touchstone books. Just finished them, haven't read anything I enjoyed that much in quite a while.Donald McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304757198432242540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-26744950308178689902015-08-28T09:32:20.741+10:002015-08-28T09:32:20.741+10:00The books I like most never appear on the Hugo fin...The books I like most never appear on the Hugo finalist lists at all. And when people start trying to narrow down their shortlists, you can clearly see them making an effort to read the books that have been getting the buzz all year, rather than listing the books that they personally liked enough to buy and read at release.<br /><br />I think people discount a lot of the books they actually like and enjoy in favour of 'worthy as determined by others'.Andrea K Hösthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535131780314094508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110306069817949473.post-48107703338081765032015-08-27T19:18:07.682+10:002015-08-27T19:18:07.682+10:00This is pretty much my response to the various con...This is pretty much my response to the various conversations I've read on. The whole point of a fan based award is the fan has to like it. I've conscientiously read as much as I could of the nominated books when I'm entitled to vote and most of them to me were; technically fine writing; not my thing and left me cold. Some were even "please let me skim through this quickly". And some I loved. I voted for the ones I loved. Irrespective of any hype or opinion of someone else. I'm a fan, its what I enjoy that matters for my vote...which would also be the case if I was nominating, but I've never got round to that for reasons of workload/timing/laziness.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909466417710679436noreply@blogger.com