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A recent analysis of Hugo voting suggests that Hugo Award categories are in danger of being rendered irrelevant based on Section 3.12.2 of the World Science Fiction Society Constitution and the popularity of professional prose fiction categories.3.12.2: “No Award” shall be given whenever the total number of valid ballots cast for a specific category (excluding those cast for “No Award” in first place) is less than twenty-five per cent (25%) of the total number of final Award ballots received.
Since 2,362 final Award ballots were cast in 2021, if any category received fewer than 591 votes in the final count, then a result of “No Award” would have been declared. Fancast received 632 votes, barely scraping past that 25 per cent threshold.
https://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2022/03...
Ruth (tilltab) Ashworth wrote: "Oh, hey guys! Hope I’m not late to the annual Rob Appreciation Society meet up. Are there snacks?"Snacks and drinks with plenty of Old Bay seasoning.
Silvana wrote: "Anybody read The Sins of Our Fathers yet?"Just finished it. Felix Nagata is the featured character. A good story, (view spoiler).
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John (Taloni) wrote: "What, again? I like Children of Time just fine, but Rivers is a juggernaut. I also join in the call for an On High pick."Since it would be a Sword pick, how do we convince Veronica to pick Rivers of London?
I recently read and enjoyed all of P. Djèlí Clark's Djinn stories, so I'll vote for Children of Time, which I haven't read yet. I think they are both good choices.Some other time for this one, I guess.
Jenny (Reading Envy) wrote: "Here is my annual reminder of how the author of Rivers of London pronounces his last name (it's not how you think!)https://youtu.be/oxm05Hqsqk0"
Thanks Jenny! I had no idea. I wonder if there is a version of the video without the bleeps ;-)
We could pick from the list of SFWA Grand Masters we haven't read. Phil's list contains seven we haven't readClifford Simak
Fritz Leiber
Poul Anderson
Hal Clement
Philip Jose Farmer
Robert Silverberg (both as author and editor)
Harlan Ellison (both as author and editor)
The remaining eight are
Jack Williamson
L. Sprague de Camp
Lester Del Rey
Damon Knight
Jack Vance
James Gunn
Michael Moorcock
Harry Harrison
Full list here
https://swordandlaser.fandom.com/wiki...
Interesting match-ups. I though Project Hail Mary would make it to the final four. I've read both Sword picks, and both Laser picks are on my TBR pile, so I'm good with whatever the final results will be.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers is on sale for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H831J18
