In which we have many words about the 2015 Hugo Nominations. Hello everyone and Happy Sunday – for those who celebrate Easter, Happy Easter! For those who observe Passover, Happy Passover! And for those of us who are speculative fiction fans, well… we have no words. Wait. That’s not true. We have many words. What We Talk About When We Talk About the Hugo Awards Yesterday, the nominees for the 2015 Hugo Awards were announced. Nominees are selected by popular vote from members of Worldcon (Lonecon 3, Sasquan, and MidAmeriCon II), and 2122 nominating ballots were received for 2015. If you were online yesterday, you probably observed the many stages of disbelief, horror, disappointment, and anger that ignited twitter during the uStream event. And it’s for good reason. The 2015 slate of nominees this year, and what the sum total of the ballot represents for fandom and SFF overall, are unbelievable, horrific, disappointing, and rage-inducing. Suffice it to say, the Sad Puppies slate (led by Brad R. Torgersen and Larry Correia) and the more extreme Rabid Puppies slate (organized by the vitriolic Vox Day), paid off in 2015. These movements were professionally organized and completely within the scope (if not […]