The Nominees All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Deaths’ End by Cixin Liu Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation If there’s… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2017 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
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How I would vote now: 2018 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Provenance by Ann Leckie Raven Strategem by Yoon Ha Lee New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation I liked Six Wakes. It was a fun murder mystery… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2018 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2009 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Little Brother by Cory Doctorow The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi Anathem by Neal Stephenson Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation I’ve found that Hugo Award winning / nominated books tend to fluctuate in decade-long waves, in terms of how… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2009 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2019 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation The Calculating Stars actually started out… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2019 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2006 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Learning the World by Ken MacLeod A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin Old Man’s War by John Scalzi Accelerando by Charles Stross Spin by Robert Charles Wilson The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation This is going to be controversial, but I don’t think any of George R.R. Martin’s… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2006 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2023 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
Alright, let’s tackle the most controversial Hugo awards since Sad Puppies 3—and possibly the most controversial Hugos ever! The Nominees Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Kaiju… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2023 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 1977 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Man Plus by Frederik Pohl Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg Where Late the Sweet Birds Sing by Kate Wilhelm The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation It’s interesting to see which of these books hold up after nearly fifty… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1977 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2020 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Middlegame by Seanan McGuire Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2020 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 1958 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees The Big Time by Fritz Leiber. The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation The Big Time has a lot of things in it that I normally would like. It’s a time travel story that bucks the popular convention of the butterfly effect—the idea that small changes in the past lead to… Continue reading How I would vote now: 1958 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
How I would vote now: 2021 Hugo Award (Best Novel)
The Nominees Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Network Effect by Martha Wells The Actual Results How I Would Have Voted Explanation Network Effect was pretty good. In fact, it’s my favorite… Continue reading How I would vote now: 2021 Hugo Award (Best Novel)