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Hugo 2023 Nominations are open
Chengdu Worldcon has announced that nominations are open here https://en.chengduworldcon.com/hugo-awards/#/index I submitted some nominations and everything appears to work but be mindful that the email with a log in code went to my junk folder. I’m finding it hard to get the Chengdu emails to not go to junk. ETA: The link to the 2023…
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Weber, cons and Sergey Lukyanenko
David Weber reposted a Facebook post from two years ago, when he commented on the disinvitation of Toni Weisskopf from the 2021 Worldcon. The disinivitation arose in the aftermath of the January 6th riot and pro-insurrectionary comments on Baen’s discussion forum Baen’s Bar. Weber’s repost had the additional context of a recent discussion about Larry…
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A Worldcon Election in 2015
Kevin Standlee has an interesting article at File 770 on the future of Worldcon governance https://file770.com/guest-post-standlee-on-the-future-of-worldcon-governance/ There is a lot to the post but the guts of his idea is to replace the Business Meeting with a representative committee that would pass initial rule changes. The ratification of those changes would happen in the following…
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Unofficial Worldcon Mascot
Individual Worldcon’s have had their own Mascot (Helsinki had a Polar Bear, Chengdu has a panda bear, maybe it’s all bears) but Worldcon, in general, doesn’t have one. So I plonked “Worldcon mascot” into Midjourney to see what I’d get: Unsure of which one to pick, I put the question on Twitter and asked them…
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Fan v Pro v Fanzine
The indefatigable Hugo Book Club have a lengthy discussion on the issue of the fan v pro distinction in the Hugo Awards. It is a knotty issue but an important one for the Hugos precisely because the single most notable feature of the awards is that they include both professional works and fan activity.
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Tim’s Hugo Base Design
The cat is complaining that he has been “snubbed too many times” by the Dragon Awards and has decided to turn his attention to the Hugo Awards. He has only one demand: he will only accept a Hugo if they adopt his new base design for the trophy. I’ve mocked it up based on the…
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Bonus Hugo Stat Nerdery
I assume the PDF is a Nicholas Whye production because it is full of additional fun stuff. There’s a really great table at the end of the PDF which I’ve included here as a screenshot: The key thing is columns M and N. M is the rank of the ultimate winner in the nomination stage…
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Hugo Quick Reactions
It’s been a busy work day for me and I had to sneak in peaks at the Hugos during one of those meetings that are both important and deathly boring. I missed Cora’s acceptance speech (sorry!) and later only got back onto the live stream to see Charlie-Jane Anders win Best Related Work. Debarkle didn’t…
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Hugo Ceremony Tomorrow
For the Americans, it is Sunday evening but in my spooky time prison it will be on at 11 am Monday morning. I’ll be at work, so will be watching off and on 🙂
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I will astral project myself to Worldcon
After engaging in a gruelling* regimen of psychic exercises, I have gained the power to send my psychic essence anywhere I so choose. If you attending Worldcon this year and you feel a sudden but small gust of air that might well be me*. That weird, uncanny feeling of a presence, an odd movement just…
Camestros Felapton
Two Time Hugo Award Finalist
Camestros Felapton 