#372 - Hmmm... hmmm.

[Tamahome]

Or, have Jenny read all the Hugo nominees, and have her on to tell us what happened.

[Trike]

Tamahome wrote: "Or, have Jenny read all the Hugo nominees, and have her on to tell us what happened."

This is genius.

Jenny, will you do our homework for us?

[Tassie Dave, S&L Historian]

I bet she's read most of them before the finalist list is published ;-)

[William]

As has been mentioned, Fantasy novels are eligible and have won in the past though books that are obviously SF vastly outnumber them.

Here are some Fantasy finalists that I can remember:

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Majipoor (I forget which novel) by Robert Silverberg
Perdido Street Station & Iron Council by China Mieville
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

Also the entire Wheel of Time series, rather unusually.

That's a pretty high quality list there.

(btw I'm aware that some could be argued as SF, but they definitely all have at least one foot in Sword territory)

[Note: Edited to say finalists, Thank you Joe, that's what I get for posting in a quick break at work]

[Joe Sherry]

William: Those were Hugo Award finalists, but not winners.

Though - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won Best Novel in 2000. McCaffrey did win Best Novella for "Weyr Search" in 1968. Most years do have multiple fantasy novels on the ballot.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Tamahome wrote: "Or, have Jenny read all the Hugo nominees, and have her on to tell us what happened."

Trike wrote: "Tamahome wrote: "Or, have Jenny read all the Hugo nominees, and have her on to tell us what happened."

This is genius.

Jenny, will you do our homework for us?"

Tassie Dave wrote: "I bet she's read most of them before the finalist list is published ;-)"

I doth protest too much but you guyyyyyys.

I had a lot of 2019 fantasy reading that I wouldn't normally have read thanks to my Over the Rainbow booklist responsibilities so if they include The Priory of the Orange Tree, Gideon the Ninth (which would be awesome on the list!), The Raven Tower, The Deep, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, or even Thorn - these I've already read. I haven't kept up as much with science fiction this year but I did read Vessel, If, Then, and The Vela. :)

[Stephen]

My only Hugo nomination that is a stand alone is A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World. It is the only dystopia setting I wanted to live in of all the dystopia books I have read so far. And if you are a dog lover this book will hit home. And the E Book is only $4.99.

[Jan]

I still feel it's somewhat strange that the Hugo Awards are named after someone who was reportedly a terrible writer...