So it was fun being at my very first Hugo Awards evening and great to see so many people who I wanted to win, actually win (and where they didn’t, people I liked just as much did). Especially since none of the wingnut brigade did. The detailed breakdown of the votes (PDF) only confirmed this.
Awards I got right: the Campbell, Fan Artist, Fan Writer, Fanzine, Best Related Work, Best novel. Of the other awards, the only one I was really disappointed in was the Best Fancast award, as that just seemed to trade on familiarity rather than quality; personally I saw SF Signal Podcast as the worst of the nominees.
But apart from that it was a brilliant night, with the people winning firmly part of the future of science fiction, rather than the dead past dragging us down.
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