Nebulas

[filkertom]

Thanks to ladysmith for the heads-up on this year's Nebula Award winners. Joss Whedon won Best Script for the screenplay of Serenity, and Harlan Ellison was presented the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.

So, what are your choices for the Hugos? I mean, apart from shsilver as Best Fan Writer. :)

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

"The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances" for Short Dramatic, because "Everybody lives!" edges out "I know what you deserve...Exterminate." Barely.

Serenity will, I am confident, get Long Dramatic. As well it should.

I have a few I'd rather not see win. I wasn't a big fan of Accelerando by Stross, though I'm in the minority; likewise, "I, Robot" by Doctorow annoyed me.

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

Don't tell us any more -- We only just got "The Empty Child" cliffhanger on Sci-Fi Channel last Friday and won't see the pickup until next Friday.

So far though, I liked "Dalek" better. It was sad and sweet in its own peculiar way... OK there was that impressive body count too. [grin]

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn. I thought "The Doctor Dances" was the one that had aired a few days ago, which is why I felt OK saying what I said. I certainly won't say any more...I don't think I spoiled anything, though; without context, a quotation like that is meaningless.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I agree, but I'm afraid with so much Who on the ballot the vote will split and Dr. Who won't get it at all.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm surprised that Davies and co. allowed all three to be on the ballot like that (ISTR that J. Michael Straczynski kept some of his episodes off the ballots for that reason, which is part of how he won two Hugos)...we'll see.

Nice icon. Took me a second, but...hee!

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

No, with instant run-off it helps to have multiple nominees in the category.

Round 1:

Dr Who ep A
Dr Who ep B
BG
Hugos
Lucas Back
Dr Who ep C

Dr Who ep C drops off, but its votes go to Dr. Who A and B, helping boost them higher, let's say the same order. Lucas Back drops off with its votes going to the Prix Victor Hugo, now we have:

Dr. Who ep A
Dr. Who ep B
Hugo
BG

BG drops off and we have

Dr. Who ep B
Dr. Who ep A
Hugo

[neadods.livejournal.com]

It's a pretty obscure icon if you're not in the fandom and torrent-enabled - but it really had to be made!

[eleri.livejournal.com]

Tk'tk'tk, by davidlevine for Short Story :)

[crwilley.livejournal.com]

I know nothing about the Hugos this year.

But dang, in that picture of the Nebula winners, Harlan doesn't look so hot. Is his health deteriorating?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Dunno. The dude is gonna be 72 on May 27.

[ericcoleman]

I saw him at Minicon a few weeks ago.

He's kinda pudgy, and looks like he never sees the sun.

But he was on the run ALL weekend. Certainly seemed fine to me.

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

He doesn't look so hot in any of his recent pix. I suspect the mirror in his attic broke.

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for the plug.

For Non-fiction, Transformations by Ashley.
I seem to be a minority that likes "Father's Day" best of the Dr. Who eps.
"Serenity" over W&G.
Just beginning my fiction reading.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

At this point, there are only two categories I have any familiarity with. For Long Dramatic, my ranking is:

Serenity
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Batman Begins
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

All are good choices, and I won't be too disappointed with any of them winning.

At this point, I've read 3.5 of the five Novel nominees. I'm halfway through Learning the World, and I haven't gotten to A Feast For Crows. Right now, my ranking (with the Martin TBD) is:

Accelerando - seems to be dividing people, but I loved it
Spin - would win my vote easily most years
Learning the World - very good so far
Old Man's War - well, I'm going to put it ahead of No Award - it's a good read - - but I wouldn't have nominated it myself

[sdelmonte]

The only place I'm qualified to vote is in the drama categories (though I make a point of rooting very hard for my buddy Michael Burstein to win).

For film, I would say Serenity, though of the others, only HP4 seems like a weak choice.

For TV, "Empty Child"/"Doctor Dances" with the caveat that I've only seen the three Doctor Whos.

[morpheus0013.livejournal.com]

So, what are your choices for the Hugos?

Well, NOT A Feast for Crows. =P

Hey, Frank Wu's up for Fan Artist! I think he's the artist GoH for our local Con this month. Met him at RadCon.

"Best Interactive Video Game" confuses me. Not only because it was dropped, but because the idea of a non-interactive video game boggles me.

[wouldyoueva.livejournal.com]

I'm voting for Steve Stiles for fan artist, and I'm encouraging everyone I know to do so. It's long overdue (he's been a fan artist for what, 40 years?), he's extremely good at what he does, and he's generous with his talents, he gives us great cartoons.

That he's my neighbor is just icing on the cake.

[barbarakitten-t.livejournal.com]

John Scalzi's Old Man's War. I didn't finish the book by Charlie Stross (it's good, but I got distracted.) I want to kick GRRM's ass (even though I liked his book).

I liked Cory Doctorow's story...

[hms42]

The problem with the Dr. Who is that it will likely be splitting its ballot (and the downloads and British import was worth it).

I think the 2 parter (Empty Child/Doctor Dances) was the strongest of the 3 choices.

Father's Day and Dalek just don't grab me as much for that vote.

As for Long presentation, HP4 should not be on the list in my opinion... Cliff notes version of the book and not much cliff notes in there. It was ok, but for someone who has read the books, its really chopped up and missing a LOT.

Narnia was very good and I am going to have a hard time choosing between that and W&G.

As for books, I have read Old Man's War and its sequel. Old Man's War was a good story, but I suspect the sequel will NOT be on the list next year. The author is also up for the Campbell award against a number of authors I am not familar with.

Artists, I have met a number of the ones nominated for Pro (nice people) and a couple of the fan artists over the years. I have no clue whom I am going to vote for, but maybe someone who has not won a hugo before, so they get the recognition.

Harold S.- Worldcon 2006 art show staff... (I told Joni I don't know better...)

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

If I were eligible, I'd be voting for Banana Wings for fanzine and Brad Foster for fan artist.