#hugos2024 — Public Fediverse posts

Hugo question, answered
Explaining a feature of the Hugo nominations tallying process.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/hugo-question-answered/
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The Administrator’s Tale, third time around: part two
(continued from here)

And so, I went to Worldcon in Glasgow. I read with envy of people who were able to attend lots of panels, go to signings and spend long hours hanging out with their mates; because I was doing two jobs in Glasgow, I had even less time than usual. (Also, I forgot to fill out the programme participation
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-administrators-tale-third-time-around-part-two/
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Those who were interested in my #Worldcon #Hugos2024 sankey charts and are of a more technical disposition might want to check out the source code now at https://github.com/zoeimogen/hugo-sankey.

Still some tidying up to do, mostly to make images easier to find. (i.e. an index page)

Also working on visualising E Pluribus Hugo data used for nominations. Here's a very busy sankey graph for Best Novel nominations 2024!

And Lodestar and Astounding awards, which aren't Hugos.

Credit to @ajlanes for suggesting visualising the data like this, and @nwhyte and the team for some very prompt release of the detailed #Hugos2024 data. Running the votes for this much data is a major task!

Hey, I've revived my moribund personal book review blog in order to post my thoughts on the Hugo Nominated 'Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet' novella by He Xi, because it requires a certain . . . vigour of expression to convey the strength of my displeasure that would probably not be welcome at other outlets.

CW: The words 'genocide' and 'fuck' appear frequently, in a variety of forms.

https://dampskunk.wordpress.com/2024/07/14/life-does-not-allow-us-to-meet-2023-by-he-xi/

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Best Novelette Hugo 2024
“Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C. L. Polk

Second paragraph of third section:

“Jael Brown.”

“The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer

Second paragraph of third section:

“Maybe someone in the suburbs has an electric tiller they’d trade,”Lem said. We’d started tearing up yards with spades, and it was slowgoing, although at least we weren’t putting buried u
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/best-novelette-hugo-2024/
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If Found Return to Hell / The Death I Gave Him, by Em X. Liu
I enjoyed them both.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/if-found-return-to-hell-the-death-i-gave-him-by-em-x-liu/
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Best Graphic Story or Comic Hugo 2024
Bea Wolf, written by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet

Second frame of Fitt 3:

The Three Body Problem, Part One, by SFCF Studio

Second frame of part 3:

The Witches of World War 2 written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo

Second frame of Chapter 3:

Saga, Vol. 11 written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/best-graphic-story-or-comic-hugo-2024/
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Lodestar Award 2024
Promises Stronger than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

Second paragraph of third chapter:

Two cute young Makvarians surround her and gaze adoringly while she keeps their cups overflowing with Yuul sauce. All three of them kiss each other with their mouths full of the spicy, tart liquor, in the gloomiest corner of the sleaziest nightclub at the bottom level of Vandal Sta
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/lodestar-award-2024/
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Best Related Work Hugo 2024
雨果X访谈 (Discover X), presented by 王雅婷 (Tina Wong)

First video of third section is a discussion of "The Spirit of Worldcon" with Dave McCarty, Ben Yalow and Helen Montgomery.

中国科幻口述史, 第二卷, 第三卷，(Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, vols 2 and 3) ed. 杨枫 / Yang Feng 

Second paragraph of third section of vol 2 (interview with Shen Zaiwang):

申再望：我是 19
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/best-related-work-hugo-2024/
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Artist categories Hugo 2024
As usual, very difficult to choose between these lovely works.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/artist-categories-hugo-2024/
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Best Short Story Hugo 2024
“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”, by Baoshu

Second paragraph of third section:

“郝滋味”餐饮体验新品发布会即将开始，全世界已经有数百万人在线报名参加，而一些重要的客人则是直接被邀请到了现场的体验中心。The launch event for Taste of Herz Dining Experience Group’s new product was about to begin. Already, over a million people had registered their participation online, and some important guests had been invited to the Experie
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/best-short-story-hugo-2024/
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Best Novel Hugo 2024
Again, I'm not discussing my votes, but here is the second paragraph of the third chapter of each of the finalists.

Witch King, by Martha Wells

So far the voyage hadn’t been as bad as Kai had feared. But waking up dead and entombed had invited some unpleasant memories into his dreams, mixed with fading nightmares still written into this new body’s flesh. Like so many
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/best-novel-hugo-2024/
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Best Novella Hugo 2024
As the Administrator, I'm not discussing my votes, but for completeness here is the second paragraph of the third section or chapter of each of the finalists.

Life Does Not Allow Us To Meet, by He Xi

何夕面无表情地注视着站在飞船前面的三个人，准确地说，他的目光是落在那个娇小的身影上，心里麻木得没有一丝感觉。就在昨天之前，他的心还被幸福的憧憬填得满满，而现在一切都已无法挽回。He Xi stared expressionlessly at the three people standing in front of the spac
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/best-novella-hugo-2024/
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Looking at the Hugo award nominations for this year... I've read none of the novels, novellas, novelettes, comics, or games.

I've read one of the short stories, one of the series, and seen one of the dramatic presentations (long); two of the dramatic presentation (short).

I've got three novels from the series nominations sitting on my bookshelf, and I've just started one of those.

Is this level of ignorance in the face of the shortlists typical? I feel inadequate.

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Hugo final ballot: Goodreads / LibraryThing statistics
This number-crunching has proved a good guide to the outcome rather less than half the time in the past.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/hugo-final-ballot-goodreads-librarything-statistics-2/
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The Hugos and me
As a Hugo administrator in the past, my own record is clear.
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/the-hugos-and-me/
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I've been hearing about this Hugo Awards mess for a while now on social media, but this is the first article I've seen summing it up.

As Paul Weimer put it: “Censoring people based on what you think that a government might not like is completely against what the whole science fiction project is.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/science-fiction-authors-excluded-hugo-awards-china-rcna139134

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