Comments on: Hugo Geekery

By: choebe

choebe — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:41:24 +0000

I think you should use that photo on all future book jackets.

By: Charles K. Bradley

Charles K. Bradley — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:43:22 +0000

Congrats on your Hugo. It was a great pleasure to meet you and your wife at the worldcon this year. I tried to sign up for your Kaffeeklatsche, but it was full. I then tried to get to some of your panels and it was SRO. Thanks you for siging my copy of Zoe’s Tale on the last day of the con. Will you be going to the NASFiC in Raliegh, NC next year? Or is it to early to plan that far ahead? I was very pleased that Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book won the Hugo for best novel. I thought Neal Stephenson’s Anathem was going to get it. By the way, I had the chance to talk to Nancy Kress at the con and I think she is soooo HOT!!!

By: hugh57

hugh57 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:44:41 +0000

Re: METAtropolis, I felt that it was highly impressive that a sufficient number of Hugo nominators agreed that an audiobook could qualify for the Dramatic Presentation category. Many that I talk to have been of the mindset that that category was for movies only. Just getting an audiobook to the final ballot was a victory for the format.

By: Glen Murie

Glen Murie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:20:39 +0000

You were robbed, I enjoyed META-tropolis much more than I did Wall-E. I found Wall-E boring and it’s message crudely delivered.

Or, to quote my four year-old. “Is movie over yet?”

Now had you lost to UP, that would have been OK.

By: Dave Howell

Dave Howell — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:46:37 +0000

“Mine, with its solid granite base, has got to weigh at least ten pounds and I suspect more like twelve.”

Would you care to lay a wager on that guess? I’ll bet “Less than ten pounds, and a very high probability of ‘below eight.’” Make it really interesting: I’ll bet you a Hugo. Heh heh heh.

And on a related note, I know you didn’t *intend* to be Evil Incarnate, and a Torturer Ne Plus Ultra when you told me before the ceremony that your wife was going to punish you in some fashion if you didn’t win one, but I’d helped to assemble the components the night before, so I was one of about six people in the room who already knew the results, and trying to avoid Spilling The Beans in the face of your enthusiasm was excruciating!

By: milo

milo — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:18:39 +0000

For what it’s worth, I think you got robbed on METAtropolis. It totally rules the S in SF compared to any of the other nominees, and the voice acting was so much better than in any movie. I’m sorry to see that the mass media concept of what “dramatic presentation” means is so limited among a science fiction audience.

By: AlanM

AlanM — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:59:09 +0000

#28 “I didn’t know Hugos were awarded on a catch and release basis”.

Legally they have to be above a certain size for you to keep them, so no problem there.

By: Kii

Kii — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:11:25 +0000

Rather late, but congratulations :) I was happy to hear you won for “Hate Mail.” Though I would have been upset, if “Zoe” won for best novel. I really like “Zoe” but it was in competition with “The Graveyard Book,” which I lovelove.
Btw. Maybe you can get some pics of cats with Hugos? I mean, cats are very cool and Hugos are awesome, so yes, please take pictures of cats with Hugos?

By: Paul Estin

Paul Estin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:03:43 +0000

Good to see you again (briefly) at Anticipation, and congratulations on the well-deserved Hugo! (However, I’m afraid you’re only runner-up in the lesser-known “how to have fun using the Hugo as a prop” competition; Frank Wu wins that one. :-)

By: John Scalzi

John Scalzi — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:36:31 +0000

Thanks! And thank you for such a great photo!