{"id":8785,"date":"2012-04-29T10:06:45","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=8785"},"modified":"2012-04-29T10:06:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T18:06:45","slug":"weekend-reading-handicapping-the-hugos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/articles\/weekend-reading-handicapping-the-hugos\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Reading: Handicapping the Hugos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Issue #315<\/a> of The Drink Tank<\/a>, the Hugo Award-nominated fanzine edited by Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon, just hit newstands<\/del> efanzines.com and it’s dedicated entirely to examining this year’s Hugo ballot. It’s called “Handicapping the Hugos.”<\/p>\n

Also included are thoughts on the awards from Charlie Jane Anders, Niall Harrison and some guy named “Aidan Mohr.” Despite the mispelling of my name, I’m absolutely thrilled to have been invited to take part in the analysis with several other Hugo-nominated fan writers (and Niall Harrison, who, damnit, should<\/em> be a Hugo-nominated fan writer by this point,) all of whom have a strong online presence.<\/p>\n

Also of interest are Garcia’s thoughts on the inclusion of SF Signal in the “Best Fanzine” category:<\/p>\n

\nOK, there\u2019s been a lot of folks in the blog community that were not happy with the Hugos last year.<\/p>\n

They point out that much of fandom is blogs and podcasts and so on and they wanted to see them represented on the Hugo ballot. And there were others who didn\u2019t like that and it went on and on. Aidan Mohr [sic] was one of the loudest folks decrying the lack of blogs and so on. There were others, but his were the most widely discussed among the folks I know. This nomination was probably not directly tied, though even I was a little surprised that it didn\u2019t do better in the nominations last year . I expect it to destroy the rest of us completely. [W]hen it ended up somewhere around number 13 or so. It\u2019s got a huge following, far bigger than any of the other nominees, or probably eFanzines.com in total!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, go read “Handicapping the Hugos”, The Drink Tank #315<\/a>. You’ll find insight into the ballot and also and interesting look at how another portion of the fan community views the awards and the nominated books\/stories\/writers\/editors.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in learning more about The Drink Tank<\/em>, its editors and the fanzine culture in general, check out Garcia’s “Ma Vie En Zines,”<\/a> and article he recently wrote for A Dribble of Ink exploring fanzine history and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Issue #315 of The Drink Tank, the Hugo Award-nominated fanzine edited by Christopher J. Garcia and James Bacon, just hit newstands efanzines.com and it’s dedicated entirely to examining this year’s Hugo ballot. It’s called “Handicapping the Hugos.” Also included are thoughts on the awards from Charlie Jane Anders, Niall Harrison and some guy named “Aidan… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[205,61,185,58,38,84,57,59],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-awards","tag-blogosphere","tag-christopher-j-garcia","tag-fan-writers","tag-fantasy","tag-fanzines","tag-hugo-awards","tag-science-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n