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Apr. 7th, 2012 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccastareyesI'm considering getting the supporting membership to Chicon 7 -- basically you pay $50 to vote for the Hugo Awards, Science Fiction and Fantasy's version of the Oscars. I'm getting into a phase in my readings where I've actually heard of (and read) some of the nominees already. Heck, last year I watched the ceremony via web streaming and I certainly didn't do that for the Oscars.
Also, the 'voter package' they put together each year is usually worth the $50 -- ebooks of all the novels (and usually the shorter stuff too), PDFs of the comics, etc. I probably won't get the long or short form presentations*, and... well, I don't know.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seanan_mcguire might do something, since she's the first filksinger to ever land an album as 'Best SF/Fantasy Related Work'. (She also set a record for most times a woman has appeared on a year's Hugo Ballot -- once as a filksinger, once as a podcaster, and twice as a writer (under her pen name).)
Really, besides Wicked Girls and “The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech", seeing John Scazli's April Fools 2011 short story (a prologue that parodied epic fantasy, but was sold and published on Tor.com) make it on the list, so it's nice to see fandom can have some fun. I'm sure people will be complaining about how we aren't Taking This Seriously. But, oh well.
* Basically the TV and movie categories, though you also get odd things. This year, an acceptance speech from last year is on the ballot for 'Best Short Form Presentation'. Last year I think had the music video of 'Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury', and I know Doctor Horrible has been on there. Otherwise, it's mostly Doctor Who and whatever SFF movies were released.
Also, the 'voter package' they put together each year is usually worth the $50 -- ebooks of all the novels (and usually the shorter stuff too), PDFs of the comics, etc. I probably won't get the long or short form presentations*, and... well, I don't know.
seanan_mcguire might do something, since she's the first filksinger to ever land an album as 'Best SF/Fantasy Related Work'. (She also set a record for most times a woman has appeared on a year's Hugo Ballot -- once as a filksinger, once as a podcaster, and twice as a writer (under her pen name).) Really, besides Wicked Girls and “The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech", seeing John Scazli's April Fools 2011 short story (a prologue that parodied epic fantasy, but was sold and published on Tor.com) make it on the list, so it's nice to see fandom can have some fun. I'm sure people will be complaining about how we aren't Taking This Seriously. But, oh well.
* Basically the TV and movie categories, though you also get odd things. This year, an acceptance speech from last year is on the ballot for 'Best Short Form Presentation'. Last year I think had the music video of 'Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury', and I know Doctor Horrible has been on there. Otherwise, it's mostly Doctor Who and whatever SFF movies were released.
