Escape Artists
Escape Pod => Science Fiction Discussion => Topic started by: Talia on April 24, 2011, 10:33:21 PM
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Many familiar names, (http://www.locusmag.com/News/2011/04/2011-hugo-and-campbell-awards-nominees/) including another nomination for StarShipSofa. :)
This year's Kij Johnson story is awesomely creepy, and far, far less controversial than 'Spar.' :P
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Interestingly, only four story nominations this year. Is that a policy change or just a sign of low variation in the votes?
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Interestingly, only four story nominations this year. Is that a policy change or just a sign of low variation in the votes?
I think it is a sign of high variation in the votes. There is a rule that says "No nominee shall appear on the final Award ballot if it received fewer nominations than five percent (5%) of the number of ballots". Apparently 5th place got less than 5%.
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I see Doctor Who once again sweeps the "Best Dramatic Presentation - Short" -- along with the Ray Bradbury fornication song. :-)
Total ignorance: are the Escape Artists 'casts eligible for any of these?
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Congrats to all the nominees. I really enjoyed reading a lot of these already, and have a few more to add onto the list once I'm through with A Song of Ice and Fire and my current non-genre reading (http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Political-Order-Prehuman-Revolution/dp/0374227349/).
This year's Kij Johnson story is awesomely creepy, and far, far less controversial than 'Spar.' :P
But it haunts your dreams far more than Spar ever did. There are things that cannot be unread, like Spar, and then there is Ponies.
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Are there still plans on airing these on EP as in past years?
Edited to add: I think the Hugo awards(and many awards) would look much different with no names attached to the stories.
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Are there still plans on airing these on EP as in past years?
Yes.
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From what I understand, the amount of Hugo votes this year was way more than they were expecting (I think I read "record-breaking" somewhere, but am too tired and/or lazy to find the link). And yet it's interesting that there weren't enough votes for fifth short story (due to the 5% thing). I don't know if that speaks to the diversity and richness of the field, but wow, kind of a bummer that despite there being so many good stories out there, there's only four stories in that category.
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That's the problem with setting the minimum as a percentage rather than a fixed number. But on the other hand, a story that got less than 5% of the nominations is very unlikely to win.
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That's the problem with setting the minimum as a percentage rather than a fixed number. But on the other hand, a story that got less than 5% of the nominations is very unlikely to win.
Well, unless it came in near the end of the eligiblity period, or simply hadn't reached a wide audience.