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‘Ere we go, ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go!!!

by | Mar 27, 2016 | Uncategorized | 4 comments

Fellow Vile Faceless Minions, take heed and make haste, for the time to nominate works for the Hugo Awards 2016 is upon us!

Ballots for nominations can only be made up until midnight, March 31st, so get your ballots in as soon as you can.

Here is the list that I nominated for the Hugos this year:

BEST NOVEL

  • Seveneves: A Novel, Neal Stephenson, William Morrow
  • Golden Son, Pierce Brown, Del Rey
  • Somewhither: A Tale of the Unwithering Realm, John C. Wright, Castalia House
  • The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher, Roc
  • Agent of the Imperium, Marc Miller, Far Future

BEST NOVELLA

  • Fear of the Unknown and Self-Loathing in Hollywood, Nick Cole, Tales of Tinfoil
  • Penric’s Demon, Lois McMaster Bujold, Spectrum
  • Perfect State, Brandon Sanderson, Dragonsteel Entertainment
  • The Builders, Daniel Polansky, Tor.com
  • Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds, Tachyon Publications

BEST NOVELETTE

  • Flashpoint: Titan, Cheah Kai Wai, There Will Be War Vol. X, Castalia House
  • Folding Beijing, Hao Jingfang, Uncanny Magazine
  • What Price Humanity?, David VanDyke, There Will Be War Vol. X, Castalia House
  • Hyperspace Demons, Jonathan Moeller, Castalia House
  • Obits, Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner

BEST SHORT STORY

  • Asymmetrical Warfare, S. R. Algernon, Nature Nr. 519
  • Seven Kill Tiger, Charles Shao, There Will Be War Vol. X, Castalia House
  • The Commuter, Thomas Mays, Amazon Digital Services
  • If You Were an Award, My Love, Juan Tabo and S. Harris, Vox Popoli
  • Space Raptor Butt Invasion, Chuck Tingle, Amazon Digital Services

BEST RELATED WORK 

  • Appendix N, Jeffro Johnson, Castalia House blog
  • Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986, Marc Aramini, Castalia House
  • The Story of Moira Greyland, Moira Greyland, Askthebigot.com
  • Safe Space as Rape Room, Daniel Eness, Castalia House blog
  • SJWs Always Lie, Vox Day, Castalia House

BEST GRAPHIC STORY

  • The Divine, Boaz Lavie, Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka, First Second
  • Full Frontal Nerdity, Aaron Williams, Do Gooder Press
  • Erin Dies Alone, Cory Rydell and Grey Carter, The Escapist
  • The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman and JH Williams III, Vertigo
  • Invisible Republic Vol 1 (#1–5), Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman, Image Comics

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM

  • Jerry Pournelle
  • Vox Day

 BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM 

  • Anne Sowards, Penguin
  • Jim Minz, Baen Books
  • Mike Braff, Del Rey
  • Toni Weisskopf, Baen Books
  • Vox Day, Castalia House

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
  • Until Dawn
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • The Martian

 BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

  • Supernatural, “Just My Imagination” Season 11, Episode 8
  • Grimm, Season 4 Episode 21, “Headache”
  • Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5, “The Vault of the Traveller”
  • Life is Strange, Episode 1
  • My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, Season 5, Episodes 1-2, “The Cutie Map”

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

  • Larry Elmore
  • Michal Karcz (Karezoid on Deviant Art)
  • Abigail Larson
  • Lars Braad Anderson
  • Rowena Morrill (Checking to see if eligible)

BEST SEMIPROZINE

  • Abyss & Apex
  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies
  • Daily Science Fiction
  • Sci-Phi Journal
  • Strange Horizons

BEST FANZINE

BEST FANCAST

  • The Rageaholic by Razorfist
  • Hello Greedo
  • 8-4 Play
  • Cane and Rinse
  • Tales to Terrify

BEST FAN WRITER

  • Jeffro Johnson
  • Morgan (Castalia House)
  • Shamus Young
  • Zenopus
  • Douglas Ernst

BEST FAN ARTIST

  • Rgus
  • Matthew Callahan
  • Disse86
  • Darkcloud013
  • Kukuruyo

BEST NEW WRITER (Campbell Award)

  • Pierce Brown
  • Cheah Kai Wai
  • Sebastien de Castell
  • Brian Niemeier
  • Andy Weir 

Let me make it very clear that under no circumstances was this a direct copy-paste of the list of nominations created by our Supreme Dark Lord, His Unspeakable Evilness, Lord Voxemort of Day. I am totally not acting on any orders, under any compulsion, of any kind, to work the Dark Lord’s will.

And as for my fellow Minions:

To war, brothers- TO WAR!!!!!

WAAGH!!!!!

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4 Comments

  1. LastRedoubt

    More dakka!!

    Reply
  2. Unknown

    Why is there a picture of Islamic immigrants entering Germany at the bottom of the post?

    Reply
    • Didact

      Because that's exactly how the SJWs who control the Hugo Awards see us.

      They're already scared shitless of us. Why avoid playing to type?

      Reply
    • Unknown

      Because truth? Most of the RP's I have met in person more strongly resemble Sigmund Freud, physically, than Matthew Willig.

      Reply

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