Hugo Nominee!!!!!!!

The full list is here. Some fascinating choices this year. I am very disappointed that Kraken didn't make the novel group. Not surprised that Blackout/All Clear did, even though every review of or comment on it/them I have read has pointed out the poor research and overblown writing.

Some interesting new nominees this year: Randall Munroe, of XKCD fame, for best fan artist; Moshe Feder, Liz Gorinsky and Nick Mamatas for Best Editor, Long Form among them. There are eight nominees for Best Editor, Long Form this year.

I do think it's time for a webcomic Hugo. There are a number of very good sf/fantasy/geek works out there, enough to justify such an award. Choosing between Order of the Stick, Sluggy Freelance, Skin Horse, Lovecraft is Missing and XKCD (to name a few) would not be easy.

So here are few of the storylines that will dominate the coverage as we head toward the Hugo presentations in Reno: Can M.K. Jemison fend off the Cult of Connie for Best Novel? Will Zombie Charles N. Brown bring the Semi-Prozine trophy back to Locus? Who will be the fifth different winner of the Best Fan Writer Hugo in the last five years? And, relatedly, how well is Reno prepared for a major Nicoll Event?

You want to vote? You need to be a member of Renovation. Don't think you can afford to attend? A mere $50 gets you a supporting membership, with full voting privileges for the Hugos and site selection for 2013, along with all the wonderful publications (including the almost [finally] {no, for reals this time!}] finished Progress Report 4, co-edited by the lovely Tim Miller and some other guy).