tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post7389077664151676384..comments2023-11-09T22:51:59.986-05:00Comments on Dreaming About Other Worlds: 2015 Hugo Voting - Roundup and ReviewAaron Poundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-15611338601842359192015-07-28T13:46:33.804-04:002015-07-28T13:46:33.804-04:00@Cat Sittingstill: I read Skin Game right after re...@Cat Sittingstill: I read <i>Skin Game</i> right after reading <i>The Goblin Emperor</i> and <i>The Three-Body Problem</i>. The difference in quality between those books and Butcher's offering wasn't just apparent, it was painful. <i>Skin Game</i> is simply not even close to being in the same league as the non-Puppy works.<br /><br />I read <i>Totaled</i> while working my way through the nominees for the WSFA Small Press Award, and quite simply English's story was inferior to all of them. That, more than anything else, cemented my decision to leave <i>Totaled</i> off my ballot and vote "No Award" for the entire category.<br /><br />I also put <i>The Day the World Turned Upside Down</i> below "No Award", but that is simply because I didn't like the story very much.Aaron Poundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747596648152141394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3304302673132222419.post-87874649506428533732015-07-28T13:08:37.790-04:002015-07-28T13:08:37.790-04:00I agree that No Awarding based on quality and No A...I agree that No Awarding based on quality and No Awarding based on principled opposition to slate nominations gives roughly the same result. For me Totaled and Skin Game would probably have come out above No Award if they had reached the ballot honestly and if they had a full field of honest competitors to run against. Furthermore "The Day The World Turned Upside Down" was one I strongly disliked, but might not have No Awarded had it been facing a full field of honest competitors.Cat Sittingstillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062115138900062729noreply@blogger.com