2024 Hugos - my entire voting ballot

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Category: Best Novel

1 The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera
2 Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh
3 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty
4 Translation State, Ann Leckie
5 Witch King, Martha Wells
6 Starter Villain, John Scalzi

Category: Best Novella

1 Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
2 The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
3 Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
4 Rose/House by Arkady Martine
5 “Seeds of Mercury”, Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend
6 “Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet”, He Xi, translated by Alex Woodend

Category: Best Novelette

1 “On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo
2 “The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer
3 “One Man's Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker
4 “Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C. L. Polk
5 I AM AI by Ai Jiang
6 “Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi, translated by Emily Jin

Category: Best Short Story

1 “Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer
2 “The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard
3 美食三品 (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”) by Baoshu
4 “How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark
5 “The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones
6 “Answerless Journey” by Han Song, translated by Alex Woodend

Category: Best Series

1 Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie
2 The Last Binding by Freya Marske
3 The Universe of Xuya by Aliette de Bodard

Category: Best Graphic Story or Comic

1 Shubeik Lubeik, Deena Mohamed (Pantheon); as Your Wish Is My Command
2 Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott
3 The Witches of World War 2 written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo
4 Bea Wolf, written by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet

Category: Best Related Work

1 A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith

Category: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

1 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2 Nimona
3 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
4 Barbie

Category: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Category: Best Game or Interactive Work

1 Chants of Sennaar

Category: Best Editor, Short Form

Category: Best Editor, Long Form

1 Ruoxi Chen

Category: Best Professional Artist

1 Galen Dara
2 Alyssa Winans

Category: Best Semiprozine

1 Strange Horizons
2 khōréō
3 GigaNotoSaurus

Category: Best Fanzine

Category: Best Fancast

Category: Best Fan Writer

1 Bitter Karella
2 Örjan Westin
3 Paul Weimer

Category: Best Fan Artist

1 Laya Rose
2 Iain J. Clark

Category: Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo)

1 To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
2 Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
3 Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer

Category: Astounding Award for Best New Writer (not a Hugo)

1 Moniquill Blackgoose (1st year of eligibility)
2 Sunyi Dean (2nd year of eligibility)
3 Xiran Jay Zhao (eligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines)
4 Hannah Kaner (1st year of eligibility)
5 Em X. Liu (1st year of eligibility)
6 Ai Jiang (2nd year of eligibility)

Comments

[ajacs]

Does this suggest that you didn't care for Bea Wolf? I admit I really liked it, but then again I'm a Weinersmith fan so maybe that prejudiced me in favor. I guess there's one you didn't rank at all; just didn't read it, or actively dislike it?

I am reading Mimicking of Known Successes (or whichever one is the first one) right now; I'm having a little trouble staying interested even though it seems like it would be right up my alley.

[psocoptera]

Did you see my post (here) where I talked about Bea Wolf? If not, I'll recap, I thought it was a cute idea but I didn't find it that interesting beyond the initial concept. I'd be fine seeing it win - it *is* a fun concept - but liked the other three more. And Saga and Three Body Problem I didn't read at all and so didn't rank. (If I had really hated something I would probably have ranked out the whole category so I could rank it below No Award...)

I would have to agree Mimicking of Known Successes is not always the most riveting, pacing/plot-wise. I thought the setting was really neat and original but was already feeling more lukewarm by the second book, and apparently she got a deal for three more of them which I'm not sure is a train I want to board. Although, enh, they're enjoyable, and I like Older.