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latest hugo thoughts
Aug. 11th, 2023 08:17 pmI've been working on my Hugos homework some more, and I realised that doing my Hugos homework no longer brings me joy. The way I feel so meh about a lot of what ends up on the ballot each year, and irritated about what wins.... it's wearing. I am losing my fannish obsessive dedication to the process of engaging with the award.
It's cool that the hugos are a fan award that anyone can participate in, but its scope is in practice much smaller than the "world" it promises. It's honestly a pretty niche little group! And the priorities of the majority contingent of voters are different than mine.
I'm still going to continue voting and nominating, I think. But this is the year I move to letting the books on the hugo list be a suggestion rather than a mandate in my life, and let it take up less of my time and energy.
It's cool that the hugos are a fan award that anyone can participate in, but its scope is in practice much smaller than the "world" it promises. It's honestly a pretty niche little group! And the priorities of the majority contingent of voters are different than mine.
I'm still going to continue voting and nominating, I think. But this is the year I move to letting the books on the hugo list be a suggestion rather than a mandate in my life, and let it take up less of my time and energy.
