Talk:Hugo Award for Best Novel
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Well done for putting it up. But it seems to me that it should be on the Hugo Award page, since that is scarcely too long. The Nebula award uses that format. : ChrisG 14:18, 24 Oct 2003 (UTC)
Possibly; however, the Novel award isn't the only recognition: if, at some future time, we choose to list each category, akin to Academy Award. That would also give plenty of room to list nominees as well, something I'm partial to. -- Seth Ilys 19:10, 27 Dec 2003 (UTC)
The latest retro Hugos are for 1953 according to the Noreascon website but this page lists them as 1954. -- TRS-80 11:28, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- That's understandable confusion -- the retro Hugos are what would have been awarded in 1954 if any had been awarded then, for work published in 1953. -- Arwel 14:52, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Table/list formatting
Here's an excerpt from the current version:
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling |
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Here's the same part from the old version:
- 2001: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
- A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
- Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
In my opinion, the multicolumn table format doesn't work as well, since the entries are single lines of text, mostly. Does anyone besides Phil Boswell or myself have a preference? If the winner isn't emphasized enough, it could be bolded or set off vertically with a <br/><br/> afterward:
- 2001: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
- 2001: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
—wwoods 19:43, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Nominations
- About the 2006 nominations (or 2005), why wasn't Kazou Ishigura's "Never Let Me Go" nominated. It is science fiction if you read it. Is there some technical requirement I am unaware of.
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- I think it is sci-fi, but it has to be chosen for the shortlist by a judge, afaik, and perhaps none of them thought it was as good as the competition? -- Jon Dowland 10:45, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
Hugos are fan-based awards. Those registered to attend the convention nominate the books they liked best, and the 5 books with the most nominations are put on the ballot. [Never Let Me Go] was actually nominated for a SF award, but probably didn't receive enough Hugo nominations. Fan-based awards sometimes overlook good writing in favor of an entertaining story. KennyLucius 14:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
As mentioned above, 'Never Let Me Go' *was* nominated for an award - the Arthur C. Clarke Award. I checked this year's Hugo nominations and it didn't appear in the top 15. See [1] VJDocherty 21:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] headers for years
I would like to be able to wikilink to this article and jump straight to a year (e.g. Hugo Award for Best Novel#2006. Would it be possible to re-structure the listing so that the years were headers? -- Jon Dowland 10:45, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
