tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post8656823789353930560..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: 2011 Hugo Awards: My ThoughtsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-89448455526786012752011-08-25T21:01:17.460-04:002011-08-25T21:01:17.460-04:00I'm sure you have to be there, but I'm unl...I'm sure you have to be there, but I'm unlikely to ever attend because I simply can't afford it.<br /><br />As for Willis: I understand that she's popular, but that doesn't seem to me to be a good reason to award someone something for best novel. The real question is whether the book is good. I haven't heard a lot of good about it...and it's two novels anyway, so...<br /><br />Eh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-87976526960454423302011-08-25T19:42:26.109-04:002011-08-25T19:42:26.109-04:00I think you kind of have to be there to get the fu...I think you kind of have to be there to get the full effect. This was my 2nd one being there live. It's kind of like this whole celebration of the genre. Chris Garcia's extreme reaction deserved mention, it was hysterically amusing, I don't think I've ever seen anyone get that over the top about winning anything.<br />Robert Silverberg's highly amusing speech also deserves a mention. He had the entire room in tears and he has such a great voice.<br />It's possibly worth noting that Connie Willis was one of the most popular people at the Con before she won the award, most of her panels were standing room only if you got there at all late.Elfyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09955473789404631382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-15663655121162029892011-08-24T09:27:33.337-04:002011-08-24T09:27:33.337-04:00Actually, if we're being honest: I started ac...Actually, if we're being honest: I started actually watching the Hugos and blogging about the results in the last year or so (not just the writing categories, but all of them). This year was particularly illuminating since I actually got to see the awards in action.<br /><br />But even when I saw them on the ballot last year, I was thinking some of the same things I'm thinking now. I've never heard anyone talk about The Drink Tank. I've heard File 770 before, but most of them have never so much as appeared in a single conversation I've ever had, whether at The Eaton Conference in California, on Twitter, via this blog, via interviews, in podcasts I've listened to, etc. etc. etc.<br /><br />And that's the problem for me. What conversations am I missing? Where are people talking about these fanzines? Because they keep appearing, but aside from the ballot, the segment of the world I participate in, which is embedded deep in the genre community, isn't talking about them...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-79295947750082930352011-08-23T18:12:04.561-04:002011-08-23T18:12:04.561-04:00A question for you. In the fanzine category, you ...A question for you. In the fanzine category, you wrote, "But the other options on the list seem utterly irrelevant to me. I don't read them. Most of them I didn't know existed until they showed up on ballots in the last year."<br /><br />Which tells me that you didn't look at the category in previous years since Banana Wings, Challenger, The Drink Tank, and File 770 all have been on the ballot before (and File 770 has multiple wins). And all four were on the ballot against StarShipSofa last year.<br /><br />So my question is...what changed in the last year to make you aware/care about the category?shsilverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795917341695138709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-40568976400493949522011-08-23T14:42:47.600-04:002011-08-23T14:42:47.600-04:00I suppose it's nice that we get a podcast cate...I suppose it's nice that we get a podcast category, but it seems to me that that doesn't really solve the problem of representation so much as shift it. Many podcasts should have been included in the fanzine lists to begin with, but never were (StarShipSofa ceased to be a fanzine when it stopped producing fan content).<br /><br />But alright, I guess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-60220542914032703342011-08-23T13:22:50.185-04:002011-08-23T13:22:50.185-04:00You may be interested to know, given your comments...You may be interested to know, given your comments about StarShipSofa being a podcast instead of a fanzine, that the Worldcon Business Meeting passed an amendment to create a Podcast category and move podcasts out of fanzine. It will need to be ratified at next year's Worldcon to take effect.<br /><br />-Steven H Silver (one of those Fan Writers you'll never hear of outside the Hugo Nomination List).shsilverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795917341695138709noreply@blogger.com