I've been meaning for months to blog about specific works and people I'm going to nominate for the Hugos, and I've even got a couple of half-finished entries in progress, but we've once again come down to the final week before nominations are due, and so I think it's time I put together a post listing some recommendations without worrying about giving details.<\/p>\n
This is not a complete list of everyone and everything I'll be nominating; just the ones on my list so far. For example, I still haven't read about a third of the 2013 Strange Horizons<\/cite> stories, including one that's on the Nebula ballot; I'll be finishing reading those soon. Oh, and I should note that I have a direct or indirect vested interest in some of these.<\/p>\n In each category, works are listed in alphabetical order by author's last name, or by title.<\/p>\n\n As I've noted elsewhere, I almost never read books in time to nominate them. This year, oddly, I've read four, all by people I know to some degree, and liked all of them enough to nominate them. (But one is technically a novella; see below.)<\/p>\n Hmm, I seem to have seven here. Will have to pick five of these.<\/p>\n Another one where I have to narrow it down.<\/p>\n Hmm. I haven't checked with the SH<\/cite> editors about their nomination preferences, and I haven't decided who else to nominate yet.<\/p>\n\n I'm not entirely clear on whether all of these artists are eligible in this category, nor on whether all of the samples I'm linking to are from 2013. See also Justin Landon on Gender Parity and Cover Art<\/a> for some other links.<\/p>\nBest Novel<\/h3>\n
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Best Novella<\/h3>\n
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Best Short Story<\/h3>\n
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Best Related Work<\/h3>\n
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Best Graphic Story<\/h3>\n
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Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form<\/h3>\n
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Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form<\/h3>\n
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Best Editor Short Form<\/h3>\n
Best Professional Artist<\/h3>\n
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Best Semiprozine<\/h3>\n
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Best Fan Writer<\/h3>\n
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