Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Final reminder: Hugo voting coming to a close.

Ladies and gentlemen of the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention membership...have you remembered to cast your vote for this year's Hugo Awards? Because if you haven't, you're sort of running out of time; July 31st is your last day to vote.

I 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.
Tags: awards and stuff, con prep, feed, requesting things, shameless plea
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drcpunk

July 6 2011, 06:03:53 UTC 5 years ago

We were actually quite lucky, although I will be bouncing off walls periodically until we know we can go back home. Apart from Firemen Gotta Do What Firemen Gotta Do damage, I think we're looking at tossing some dead food due to power being turned off for several hours. And, the firemen did an amazing job of cleaning up after themselves. Sure, stuff is piled everywhere, but as carefully as they could, and the bathroom is cleaner than it's been since we moved in.

No, the thing that is scaring me is that the mayor wants to close the fire house that responded. Five more minutes could easily have made the difference between my neighbor across the hall being able to talk to me from the burn unit, sounding like himself, and my neighbor across the hall being dead. The superintendent is planning to circulate a petition (and chafing at the bit to start repairs -- he has to wait for insurance folks to give him the go ahead).

So, yeah, it sucks, and I really appreciate all the sympathy and good vibes everyone is sending, but we were very, very lucky.

As for the Hugo reading, bouncing off a book counts as acting in good faith. I'd be more uncomfortable about your not reading the Bujold if I thought this one were a stronger novel. As it is, I think the last five hundred to a thousand words of it would have made a kickass short story. Then again, I'm already splitting a hair very finely for my top two picks in the short story category, so perhaps it's just as well that no one tried to do that.

I'll see if I can talk to SMOFs at Renovation about the list of stuff edited. I gather that this was supposed to have been done for at least the short form nominees, but that it never has been done.

seanan_mcguire

July 6 2011, 14:34:24 UTC 5 years ago

I'm really, really glad that you're okay! Good luck keeping that fire station open, it sounds like you need it.

drcpunk

July 6 2011, 20:20:54 UTC 5 years ago

Thanks!

drcpunk

September 14 2011, 14:02:51 UTC 5 years ago

Follow up note: The superintendent was going to circulate a petition about that, but when I asked him about it recently, he said that the fire station is going to be kept open. I am very glad about this.

seanan_mcguire

September 14 2011, 14:29:55 UTC 5 years ago

Good!