The rules are different this year, and so tactics have to change accordingly. One year sooner than anticipated, the Hugos are no longer about single-party domination or single-author award-pimpage, they are now divided between three to five major factions, of whom Tor and Rabid Puppies are merely the most obvious. In order to ensure a seat at the table as a faction, it’s now important to limit nominations to one per category in the bigger categories, and an absolute maximum of three in the smaller ones. Two will likely prove to be the optimal number in any category outside the five fiction categories, which this year includes the new Best Series category in addition to the usual four.
Remember, under E Pluribus Hugo, an additional nomination isn’t merely wasted, but halves the effectiveness of the primary nomination. More to come tomorrow. And yes, there will be are t-shirts from Dark Lord Designs. In any event, here are the Rabid Puppy picks for the 2017 Hugo Awards. Rabid Puppy picks for the Dragon Awards will be provided later this year. If you’re not already registered, you can’t nominate, so don’t sign up now. Especially when you can get four Castalia ebooks and the Rabid Puppies 2017 t-shirt for the same price.
BEST NOVEL
An Equation of Almost Infinite Complexity by J. Mulrooney
BEST NOVELLA
“This Census-taker” by China Miéville
BEST NOVELETTE
“Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By The T-Rex” by Stix Hiscock
BEST SHORT STORY
“An Unimaginable Light” by John C. Wright (God, Robot)
BEST SERIES
Arts of Dark and Light by Vox Day
BEST RELATED WORK
Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie by Ralph McQuarrie (Abrams)
The View From the Cheap Seats, Neil Gaiman (Morrow; Headline)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
none
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
P. Alexander, Cirsova
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Vox Day, Castalia House
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
Deadpool
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
“The Winds of Winter”, Game of Thrones, Miguel Sapochnik, David Benioff & D. B. Weiss
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Tomek Radziewicz
JiHun Lee
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Cirsova
BEST FANZINE
Castalia House blog
BEST FANCAST
The Rageaholic by Razorfist
Superversive SF
BEST FAN WRITER
Jeffro Johnson
Morgan (Castalia House)
BEST FAN ARTIST
Alex Garner
Mansik Yang
BEST NEW WRITER (Campbell Award)
J. Mulrooney