tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post66930234730564897..comments2024-03-28T19:49:24.277-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: The Hugo Ballot: NovellaRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-84695229819317778422018-04-29T18:15:22.099-07:002018-04-29T18:15:22.099-07:00Also, the Sarah Pinsker story is a fairly obvious ...Also, the Sarah Pinsker story is a fairly obvious homage to the classic Agatha Christie mystery "And Then There Were None", both in title and setting. It's a really clever variation on that theme.<br />Dave W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02933734333796126524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-8321207416787339242018-04-29T08:40:49.871-07:002018-04-29T08:40:49.871-07:00Extrasolar wasn't available in the US until 20...<i>Extrasolar</i> wasn't available in the US until 2018, so I think the stories from <i>Extrasolar</i> are eligible for the 2019 Hugo Awards. (See WSFS Constitution section 3.4.2: "Works originally published outside the United States of America and first published in the United States of America in the previous calendar year shall also be eligible for Hugo Awards."Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-79587309639207621942018-04-27T05:03:32.556-07:002018-04-27T05:03:32.556-07:00I do wonder if some people are nominating stories ...I do wonder if some people are nominating stories like BINTI:HOME and even THE BLACK TIDES OF HEAVEN partly because of other stories in the same series. That's understandable in a way but not the way I'd do it.<br /><br />I think the first three on my ballot are a good example of three very different stories that could be ranked in any order -- they each do what they want to do very well, and there's no real way to say one is affirmatively "better" than the other, in my mind.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-15276570247604586542018-04-26T07:07:38.652-07:002018-04-26T07:07:38.652-07:00I'm in pretty close agreement on the ones I...I'm in pretty close agreement on the ones I've read. 1) so clever! 2) great character 3) I liked the 1st one, but this is much better. 4&5) haven't read yet 6) I must be missing something too. And this is just a middle fragment of a story. Makes me wonder if at least some nominators already read the conclusion.<br /><br />("The Dragon of Dread Peak" was one of my nominees.)Laurahttp://lauraslibrary.blognoreply@blogger.com