The Hugo Voter Packet was released recently, and do you know what that is? I mean, I didn’t know it existed until after I got into this process, and then I kind of knew I’d get a voter packet, and I kind of knew what that meant, but I just downloaded it yesterday and GUYS. It’s like my birthday and Christmas and Hanukkah and people just giving me presents for NO REASON. That’s how cool it is. The Hugo Voter Packet contains electronic copies of many, if not most, of the Hugo nominees for best novel, novella, short story, novelette, series, art, magazine and so on through all the categories AND NOW I HAVE THEM ALL.
I am so happy to have these AND it makes my “what should I read next” dilemma WAY easier to solve. Voting is over in a month and a half. What will I read next? Everything in my Hugo Voter Packet!
Erik
How do we get one of those?
What’s nominated this year?
Zannah
If you registered to go, you should be receiving emails from WorldCon76. I got an email about voting information and credentials on June 8th, and it included a link to the voter packet downloads.
The list of finalists is here: https://www.tor.com/2018/03/31/2018-hugo-award-finalists-announced/
Erik
I just finished Collapsing Empire last night. I thought it was very good *BUT* I would not nominate it for the award as it was clearly the introduction to a new longer series. A Hugo winner needs to be able to stand on its own. It literally ended with a minor character turning to the lead and asking “What do we do now?”
Zannah
Agreed. I’m also not sure I liked it. I mean, I LIKED it, but not nearly as much as the others I read. I wouldn’t have nominated it if I had read it in time, not with the others on the list.