[LMB] Reminder: Hugo voting ends tonight

[Paula Lieberman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <alayne at twobikes.ottawa.on.ca>
To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster Bujold." 
<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [LMB] Reminder: Hugo voting ends tonight


> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Elizabeth Holden wrote:
>> Alayne reminds us of the Hugo awards.
>>
>>> Or you can choose not to vote in categories where you have no
>>> opinion or not enough info, and only vote where you care.
>>>
>>> More info at http://www.thehugoawards.org/
>>
>> Want to share - ? What have you voted for?
>
> This was one year when I was unenthusiastic about most of the Best Novel
> nominees -- the ones I loved, like Half A Crown by Jo Walton, weren't on
> the ballot.

So vote for No Award and leave the others off....

> The sections I was most enthusiastic about were
>
> * Best Related Book : and not just for the Vorkosigan Companion, because
> Farah Mendelson's _Rhetorics of Fantasy_ was excellent, giving me some
> fascinating new viewpoints on how to see fantasy books.
>
> * Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form : Two great Doctor Who episodes:
> what more can I say? I voted for "Turn Left" over "Silence in the Library"
> because the former had more Donna and more character torture, but I
> enjoyed both.

Doctor Who had never done anything postive for me... no appreciation for it. 
Gets left OFF my Hugo ballot, not even -below- No Award...