This popped up in my FB feed

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Here is a careful breakdown of the Hugo voting, with some point by point explanations of how the instant runoff voting functioned in many cases.

The takehome lesson is that the Sad Puppies appear to have brought about 70 nominating ballots to the table, that Larry Correia and Toni Weiskopf would probably have been nominated without them, and that the Puppies had no effect on the final winners aside from keeping some pieces off the ballot entirely.

I expect Larry and Toni would actually have done better in the voting if the Sad Puppies hadn't been running around pissing in everyone's post-toasties. But done is done, and we'll never know now.

This piece also notes that we need more nominations at the nominating stage and I agree--though I think Seannan writes wonderfully and her fans have every right to nominate what they love, I would be psyched to see lots of variety on next year's Hugo ballots. There are twenty fiction pieces that can go on the ballot and I for one would be quite happy to make the acquaintance of twenty different authors during the Hugo reading.

Remember if you voted on the Hugos this year you are eligible to nominate (but not vote unless you buy another supporting membership) next year. Nominations will likely be open from Jan 1 to March 10. Other ways to be eligible to nominate are to buy an attending or supporting membership to WorldCon 2015 (SpoCon Sasquan) before Jan 31 2015. SpoCon Sasquan is in Spokane Washington, which I lived in for a year, and which is a beautiful place, with a whitewater river running right through downtown. If I could afford a WorldCon I would totally go.

I intend to read as widely as I have time for, and nominate a full slate. I encourage you to do likewise, and as you come across pieces you like, drop me a note--perhaps our tastes will align. Don't be shy about pointing out good related works, or fan writing, or other categories; I will read and nominate in as many as I can manage. However I don't have a TV, so while I will happily listen and smile if you want to tell me your favorite TV show, I won't be able to see it for myself.

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Note that hms42 at LJ pointed out that I meant Sasquan, not SpoCon when I tried to supply the name of WorldCon 2015. I thank him for the catch and have edited the post to reflect the proper name.