thoughtfulGo. Read. And remember...
We complain about younger people not getting into the community. About seeing teenagers pack up their toys and go home at a certain point. About wanting more people to become lifelong readers, and lifelong members of our social hyperspace. But we also tend to write off YA as "juvenile" (as if that were an insult; as if Heinlein and Norton and Gaiman didn't write for young adults), and all too often, shame the people who read it. We scoff at covers that cater to teen sensibilities, instead of adult aesthetics. We don't listen.
There is amazing stuff happening in YA. Concepts and stories are being built and explored there in ways that are difficult to impossible in adult fiction. From the big blockbusters like The Hunger Games to the sneakier stories like Unspoken, it's a medium that's bursting with potential, and bringing our younger voters in by recognizing what many of them are reading, while also bringing more adult readers to this amazing work...I just can't see that as a bad thing. At all.
This is Amy's ballgame, so while you're welcome to comment here, I am declaring comment amnesty, and will only answer if I feel like it. Although I will moderate if folks get snappy. Remember, we're all in this together.
August 13 2013, 18:07:36 UTC 3 years ago
I guess you mean the combining nominations part? If that's the case, then only partially: votes may only be moved to the other category if the nominator didn't use up all their slots in that category.
In other words: if persons A, B, and C nominate a certain book as YA, and also nominate 5 (other) books for best novel, and said book gets these 3 nominations in the YA category, plus 4 nominations in the novel category, the votes can't be combined, and the book ends up with 4 nominations, not 7, and another novel with 5 nominations in the best novel category goes on the ballot instead of the first book.
If this wasn't what you meant (or if my explanation didn't make sense), then forget everything I just said. :-)
August 13 2013, 18:13:09 UTC 3 years ago
(Actually, are there other categories where what category something falls into isn't clear -- the only one I can come up with are things like Best Related Work and... well, anything, but as an example 'Wicked Girls' ended up there, and not in 'Best Dramatic Presentation' (and 'Writing Excuses' ends up there instead of 'Best Fancast'). I'd have to look into whether anything has had significant splits about whether it was SF or 'related work' -- I'd suspect it would be more common for things that focus on the meta, like fanzines and fancasts, rather than works of fiction.)
August 13 2013, 18:21:31 UTC 3 years ago
August 14 2013, 01:55:59 UTC 3 years ago