2014 Hugo results
...are here:
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08/...
The complete voting breakdown, interesting if you are in an entrails-of-the-sacrifice mood, are here:
http://loncon3.org/hugos/2014%20Hugo%...
It took me years to figure out how their Australian Ballot system works. On the whole, I think it works pretty well, in an "at least better than the alternatives" way. 60 or so years of evolution will do that.
Ta, L.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/2014/08/...
The complete voting breakdown, interesting if you are in an entrails-of-the-sacrifice mood, are here:
http://loncon3.org/hugos/2014%20Hugo%...
It took me years to figure out how their Australian Ballot system works. On the whole, I think it works pretty well, in an "at least better than the alternatives" way. 60 or so years of evolution will do that.
Ta, L.
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Aug 18, 2014 10:19AM
Have you read the winning novel, Ancillary Justice? I have been trying to finish it for months. I keep getting distracted by other books with more compelling characters and yet I keep going back to it for short spurts of reading. I usually ditch books that cannot keep my attention but I am curious why this one is so well regarded.... I suppose I have to finish it to find out.
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Nancy, I'd love to read the books you're reading that have more compelling characters than Ancillary Justice - for me, the characters were one of the strongest features of the book.On topic for the Hugos, I'm really pleased with the results this year. I kind of wish I'd started paying attention and voting years ago, though. Great way to fill my to-read list for the summer. :P
That's funny. I guess compelling is a matter of taste - or the reader's ability to relate to particular types of characters. I got side-tracked most recently re-reading John Irving's A Widow for One Year which I love and I am pretty sure that it has mixed reviews. I guess it is hard to pin down what makes for compelling characters when readers come in so many flavors.
Ancillary Justice does get better in the last 1/3 of the book. The main problem I feel is the first 2/3 of the book are pretty bad until you look back at them in retrospect from what you learn in the last 1/3, and to me that puts it in the 3 star category.
Absolutely! If readers weren't so diverse, books wouldn't be either, and everyone would be the poorer for it.
Nancy wrote: "Have you read the winning novel, Ancillary Justice? I have been trying to finish it for months. I keep getting distracted by other books with more compelling characters and yet I keep going back to..."I'm a sucker for good AI books (*mumbles something about one of hers, but nevermind*), so that kept me going on some of the slow flashback parts; it's not about the plot, there, so much as getting into the mindset of the narrator so that her actions make more sense later, in some ways -- it's got emotional payoff later, though in an oddly distant kind of way. (She's not good with emotions.)
I got it when the ebook was on sale at iBooks, and was reading it on my phone off and on. It generally was one that I could put down easily (slow pace in many places), but also pick up extremely easily, too. But it's definitely a book for looking at cultures and not-quite-human mindsets.
mumbles something about one of hers, but nevermind"Well don't mumble. I have pretty poor hearing as it is. Which one? I have a pretty quick trigger finger when it comes to my kindle.
I really like Ancillary Justice a lot. It's one of those books that starts you in the middle of the story and may be confusing for a while until you get the author's flow. And the style is very unusual since the main character and some other characters are split into various duplicates. It gets cooler as you get deeper.
Nancy wrote: "Well don't mumble. I have pretty poor hearing as it is. Which one? I have a pretty quick trigger finger when it comes to my kindle."*blushes a lot and will attempt to reply via Goodreads private message*
I read Ancillary Justice after hearing about it here ... and loved it. Now waiting for the sequel!
