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List of 2020 NOVELS eligible for the 2021 Hugos
List of 2020 NOVELLAS eligible for the 2021 Hugos
List of 2020 NOVLETTES eligible for the 2021 Hugos
List of 2020 GRAPHIC STORIES eligible for the 2021 Hugos
List of 2020 RELATED WORKS eligible for the 2021 Hugos

Anyone want to create a list for the Best Series Hugo? The eligibility requirements are a bit trickier than the other categories.

What about the not-a-Hugos, the Lodestar (YA) or Astounding (new writer) awards? Would anyone here find lists helpful for those categories?

If for no other reason, I'd be curious to see how many works eligible for the different awards are on LibraryThing. Hugo eligibility lists show up on social media, while I haven't seen what's considered for Lodestar and Astouding awards. Do we have members here who read for them, or any who read in advance of the award announcements?

I won't be much help maintaining those lists, though. My to-do list is... um... *grabs a pole to redirect an encroaching vine*

>2 aspirit:

Yep I read before voting. For the 2020 Hugos (the ones some of us will be voting on soon) I had read 4 of the 6 novels before the finalists were announced, 4 of the 6 novellas, 2 of the series in full, and parts of 3 of the others, 1 of the Lodestar nominees, and novels from 2 of the Astounding nominated writers.

Hi guys, sort of new to all this....my 7th grader's sci-fi/cli-fi book, Three Days Till EOC, won an international book writing contest last year, and was published by Stone Soup/Children's Art Foundation in early Sept. It is avail on Amazon, Barnes and Noble. Heard there is no minimum age requirement to be considered for Hugo. Can anyone tell me how I can get my son's book considered/nominated for the Hugos (novelette category as they define it?). Thank you! I tried to add it the "List of 2020 Novelettes eligbile for the 2020 Hugos," but no luck...

>4 asund: Hi asund, & welcome to LibraryThing!

To add a book to a List:

1. Go to the list: http://www.librarything.com/list/21402/all/2021-Hugo-Eligible-Novelettes

2. In the upper right corner of the List page, look for the box with three options:


3. Click Add work to list to open the Add work to list box.

4. Type in a couple of words from the work you want to add (say, "EOC Sukhdial").

If LT finds the work okay, just click on the work's name. If you just added the book today, it takes a little while for new things to be indexed for searching. (If that's the case, try again in a couple of days.)

asund (#4):

Keep in mind that "Hugo Eligible Novelettes" is just a list of novelettes published in 2020, nothing more.

Members of the World Science Fiction Society nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards. Details on the process can be found at http://www.thehugoawards.org/about .

If you're considering trying to buy your kid a Hugo by encouraging all your friends and family to get a Worldcon membership and vote for them, don't. This sort of ballot-stuffing is frowned upon.

Not sure if its eligible or not but just found out the new NK Jemisin book/trilogy is coming out The city we became Looks really intriging, but also very controversial. Which could be fun as well.

Oh, FFS.

It's only "controversial" if you require the vast majority of your characters to be straight white dudes. Which for a story set in NYC would be implausible in the extreme.

"This will upset racists" is a bonus, not a controversy.

I quite enjoyed the original "City Born Great" story, but will wait for the trilogy to complete first before jumping in.

>8 lorax: excuse me - I did not say it was a controversy for me. Just that I saw Amazon reviews from people who didn't like the book. Thats all. If they don't read it thats their loss.

"There are people who didn't like the book" is a far cray from "very controversial". And suggesting the latter, in the case of a specific woman who has been targeted with racist and sexist abuse from folks who are upset by her books containing diverse characters, can be highly misleading.

ok. I am a huge fan of the Inheritance Trilogy, the Broken Earth Trilogy, as well as How Long Till Black Future Month, where I read the short story that is the background to this book. I loved them all, and knew based on those, that this book would be similar in tone. I plan to buy and read it. Excuse me for my lack of appropriate language and vocuabulary for your taste. I did not think my words were going to cause controversy for heavens sakes. Do not make me out to be something I am not, you know nothing about me. I did not know about the death threats, and am disgusted and saddened by people who do this to anyone. That is a far cry for me to simply say, there are some people who will not like this book.

Now, back to my response to the topic Hugo Eligible Works - again, based on my reading of her previous books, I find this to be potentially excellent and thought provoking. And yes, some people will probably not like it. I shrug my shoulders and carry on. If thats a problem I can leave.

>6 lorax: Yes, I am aware that the Hugos are voted on by Worldcon members. Given the young age of the author (12), and that this book won a international book contest by Stone Soup Magazine, i am just trying to increase awareness of the book among readers out there, specially those who enjoy sci-fi/cli fi genre....

Nominations close on the 19th. Anyone got anything else to add to the lists? Or talk about it here....

I live in fear that I will have to read a John Scalzi novel this year.

In fact, if he's nominated, I will have to read TWO! So that I can catch up on the series.

Looking at the lists, I didn't read much published-in-2020 sff. My guess is Jemisin, Wells, and Scalzi are all finalists for novel. McGuire obviously for novella.

>14 karenb: Do you want all eligible works (that look interesting or were enjoyed) or a tight selection of what's been read and will be advocated for by each member adding them?

>14 karenb:
I added the one I am actually nominating :)

>13 asund: Given the name of the author you are promoting and your user id and given the fact it is the only book in your library your posts look suspiciously like self-promotion which is forbidden on this site.

>18 justifiedsinner: It's his/her son's book, as you can see from >4 asund:.

Are these lists for Hugo (and other awards) voters to track your top picks, or are they broader listings of what's eligible? I'm still uncertain about what's wanted.

>20 aspirit: I'm fine with lists of eligibility, myself. But you can always add notes about ones you thought were especially good. It's up to you, really.

The 2021 Hugo nominations are closed. Time to start thinking about works published this year (2021) that are eligible for nomination for the 2022 awards!

For 2022 Hugo nominations, see this post for links to the new lists.

I didn't get to adding works to the 2021 lists, and I've already had a disagreement outside of LT with someone about what should be on qualified reading lists for 2022. This is going to be a... year.