The Hugo Awards are presented each year to the best works in the world of science fiction as voted on by members of that year’s World Science Fiction Convention, or WorldCon. This year, the 68th WorldCon is being hosted by AussieCon 4 in Melbourne, Australia, who announced the list of nominees back in April.
Two months after the the nominees were announced, I did something I’ve never done during an entire lifetime of reading and enjoying science fiction – I bought a supporting membership to this year’s WorldCon so that I could vote on the Hugos. I will admit that I did have ulterior motives, however. The folks at AussieCon 4 have put together an electronic Hugo Voter’s Packet, which includes just about every written word nominated for an award this year, and made it available for voters to download.
I’ve already begun my reading, and as the voting deadline of July 31st 2010 draws closer, I will attempt to share my thoughts on the nominated works in each particular category I’m reading. First up will be the Best Short Story category, which I finished about a week ago. Look for that soon, as well as a post about my new toy!
