busyI am reasonably sure that each and every person on that ballot wants to win. I am no different. But almost as much as I want to win, I want to know that if I lose, it will be because every possible voter looked at the works up for consideration, looked at their ballot, and made their choice fairly and well. I want you all to vote. I want to lose because I lost, not because there was a sale at Ben and Jerry's and we all got rightfully distracted because dude, ice cream.
Please. If you are eligible to vote, it has never been easier to get a clear view of the entire ballot. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Hugo committee, we have an electronic voting package that is a bibliophile's dream; you can read and consider absolutely everything that's asking for your vote. And if you're not a member yet, but were thinking about it, you can still register with full voting rights if you do it soon.
Make this year's Hugo winners the ones you think deserve those shiny rocket ships.
Vote.
SQUEAK!
July 6 2011, 10:22:17 UTC 5 years ago
FREE MONEY! Thanks to the magic juggling involved in households where "people with credit cards" and "people who can manage to go to the bank like an adult" are not fully overlapping sets, I now have a supporting membership and can vote.
I really, really wish I'd read more of the material in the Novel and Campbell categories already, since I do have to spend most of this month packing, but I think I'll be all right. If nothing else I don't have a personal stake in the Campbell this year, my contender not having made the ballot, and Novel probably won't be that hard.
(and no, I'm not automatically voting for Feed because I know you or just because I liked the book -- but I know that Feed had my by the throat and I could not have stopped reading by chapter five, and it never let up, being solid all the way through to the ending. Therefore, if I get five chapters into one of the other books (er....maybe ten in the case of Willis' monstrosity [which I still vehemently disagree with the presence of on this ballot and the Nebulas -- what's next, trilogies being dealt with as a block after the third comes out? 20 book series being a block? ] and I am not really invested in it for any reason, it's off my list. I'd RATHER do a full ranking of all entries, but we'll see!)
Re: SQUEAK!
July 6 2011, 14:35:46 UTC 5 years ago
(I think this is a really reasonable way to do things. Who was your Campbell contender?)
Re: SQUEAK!
July 6 2011, 15:03:20 UTC 5 years ago
I kinda remain INSANELY BITTER that The Green Book isn't on the Hugo ballot, also.
Re: SQUEAK!
July 6 2011, 15:07:20 UTC 5 years ago
Re: SQUEAK!
July 7 2011, 01:07:53 UTC 5 years ago
*lofty* I consider you wrong-headed, of course, but it IS everyone's prerogative to be as wrong-headed as they like, that's what opinions are for!
(j/k, honest)
Re: SQUEAK!
July 7 2011, 18:56:42 UTC 5 years ago