tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post8312694799975021535..comments2024-03-28T19:49:24.277-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Hugo Nomination Thoughts -- Other CategoriesRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-39515301451930385452017-02-09T10:35:21.417-08:002017-02-09T10:35:21.417-08:00Thank you for the kind words, Rich! I think the b...Thank you for the kind words, Rich! I think the best way to dispel any taint that remains is to reclaim the Hugos. I wish you the best of luck, and if you're coming to Condor, Wondercon, or San Diego Comic Con, I'd love to meet you. Drop me a line in that event. :)<br /><br />Gideon<br />http://galacticjourney.orggalacticjourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350935794214027433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-72619293473386557052017-02-08T15:01:05.328-08:002017-02-08T15:01:05.328-08:00The site was updated very recently (e.g. to add MS...The site was updated very recently (e.g. to add MSZ), so I suspect it's a matter of missing that change rather than the whole list being out of date. I was about to say I'll leave a note on the front page but I see you've beaten me to it :)Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035397577227908678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-55660957426774882412017-02-08T14:50:01.079-08:002017-02-08T14:50:01.079-08:00I note that the list at semiprozine.org includes B...I note that the list at semiprozine.org includes BLACK GATE, which is not a semiprozine. (It neither pays its contributors nor staff, nor is it offered for sale, and John hasn't declared it a semiprozine.)<br /><br />I recommended BLACK GATE as a fanzine, and I believe it definitely is one.<br /><br />I suspect the list at semiprozine.org was created back when BLACK GATE was a print magazine, and paid its contributors, and was offered for sale (and when I nominated it as a semiprozine every year). That's hasn't been the case for 5 years.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-80834842871478828202017-02-08T11:17:46.546-08:002017-02-08T11:17:46.546-08:00For Related Work: Here's the wikia: http://hug...For Related Work: Here's the wikia: http://hugonoms2017.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Best_Related_Work<br /><br />I'm self-interested; I'm an author of one of the works on that list. But here's some thoughts nonetheless.<br /><br />This is a tough category to vote in, because it all-too-often involves comparing apples to oranges. Essays, fandom-specific reference works, a memoir, a paper on voting theory; how do you measure these things against each other? But I think that those same factors make it relatively easy to nominate in this category; just take a "one of each" philosophy.<br /><br />As to specific things on the list:<br />I think Carrie Fisher's memoir will probably win easily. I haven't read it but I expect that it's deserving.<br /><br /> "AGFR" is a compilation that includes a previous Hugo winner in this category. I think that if it were a finalist, it would have little chance of winning a repeat Hugo, so I think it's best not to nominate it.<br /><br />Of the other feminist stuff, my ordering is Elliot, Gailey, Wong*, Rusch. But I wouldn't nominate all of those; I'd cut it off after the first three at most. (*Already has won Hugos and/or Alfies.)<br /><br />I haven't read the other single-work-specific stuff, either the academic ones or the fandom ones; but something that specific would have to be really great <br />to be Hugo-worthy.<br /><br />I think it's worth having the EPH paper as a finalist, even though I suspect it would be unlikely to win.<br /><br />The remaining work is Speculative Blackness, which I also haven't read.<br /><br />homunqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539994035167878969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-7320971983809280902017-02-08T05:25:26.304-08:002017-02-08T05:25:26.304-08:00Thanks, Mark. I should have mention MOTHERSHIP ZET...Thanks, Mark. I should have mention MOTHERSHIP ZETA, which I agree is an excellent new magazine. (Alas, apparently it's also an excellent possibly defunct magazine!) Definitely a potential Hugo nominee in Semiprozine. I will mull the list further ...Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-59154501174752462392017-02-07T22:32:22.839-08:002017-02-07T22:32:22.839-08:00"give me a list of the currently eligible Sem..."give me a list of the currently eligible Semiprozines, and I’ll have more to say"<br /><br />Ask and ye shall receive...<br /><br />http://semiprozine.org/semiprozine-directory/<br /><br />The three you mention are all strong contenders for me. I think the most interesting addition to the category is Mothership Zeta.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035397577227908678noreply@blogger.com