Mon, 24 Jan 2005
A note from our sponsors ...
(Yes, I'm back.)
As some of you might know, Interaction,
the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, is being held in
Glasgow this August. Members of Interaction, and of Noreascon 4 (last year's
worldcon) are eligible to nominate and vote in the Hugo
Awards, the leading award for excellence in the field of
science fiction and fantasy.
The first stage of voting is the nomination ballot. If you're
elligible you can nominate up to five works in each category.
The nominated works with the most votes are then placed on a
final runoff ballot and the final vote winners are announced at
the convention.
Nominations are open: you can find the nomination
form here, and they must be received by the 11th of March.
(Clears throat.)
Far be it from me to tell you who to vote for, but in case
you were wondering, I have three eligible novels: The
Family Trade, Iron
Sunrise, and The
Atrocity Archives.
Of these three books, only Iron
Sunrise will be in print on both sides of the Atlantic during
the voting period. This means it's the only
one of them to stand a snowball's chance in hell of winning the final ballot.
I'm not saying the other books are bad -- but this worldcon will
be held in the UK, neither of the other books have a UK
publisher, and thus it is unlikely that enough of the British
members will have read them to make a difference. Whereas the UK
edition of "Iron Sunrise" is due out on March 2nd (if not sooner), well
before the final vote takes place.
If you're a supporting or attending member of
Interaction or a past attending member of Noreascon IV, I'd like
to ask you to fill out a Hugo ballot. While I'd obviously
like you to vote for me, I think it's important to repeat
that the Hugos reflect the views of the worldcon membership, and
in recent years a dismayingly small proportion of attendees have
voted. Your opinion does count, and I encourage
you to express it.
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