Sep. 14th, 2015
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Sep. 14th, 2015 02:32 pmSo I'm reading The Shepherd's Crown, and it's a very sad book in a bunch of ways. First, because it's the last Terry Pratchett. Second, because it simply isn't great on a scale of the earlier books in the series. It's not BAD, it's a perfectly acceptable piece of writing, simply on the low end of quality *for Pratchett*.
And I suspect that unless Rhianna Pratchett turns it down, it's going to get nominated for the Hugo for Best Novel 2015, and win in a landslide. Because it's decent and it's the last Terry Pratchett.
But I've had a thought. A fiendish, funny thought that warms my cockles from several directions: Pratchett declined a nomination for Going Postal. No other Discworld book has ever been nominated. This means The Discworld ITSELF, the entire series, ALL 41 BOOKS, is eligible for the Best Novel Hugo, under the same rules that let The Wheel Of Time and Apollo XI and all the old Asimov serials get nominated.
This thought makes me giggle.
(I think The Kansas People should just create a special non-Hugo award and give it, as is their right. Or create a special Hugo category for, say, "Best longstanding British comedy series whose author's name contained several Ts and which is over now" and open that up for nominations, as is also their right. But submitting *41 books* (several of which are among the best SFF ever written) for "Best Novel", legally, is the kind of thing I find so hilarious I'm not sure I can avoid doing it.)
And I suspect that unless Rhianna Pratchett turns it down, it's going to get nominated for the Hugo for Best Novel 2015, and win in a landslide. Because it's decent and it's the last Terry Pratchett.
But I've had a thought. A fiendish, funny thought that warms my cockles from several directions: Pratchett declined a nomination for Going Postal. No other Discworld book has ever been nominated. This means The Discworld ITSELF, the entire series, ALL 41 BOOKS, is eligible for the Best Novel Hugo, under the same rules that let The Wheel Of Time and Apollo XI and all the old Asimov serials get nominated.
This thought makes me giggle.
(I think The Kansas People should just create a special non-Hugo award and give it, as is their right. Or create a special Hugo category for, say, "Best longstanding British comedy series whose author's name contained several Ts and which is over now" and open that up for nominations, as is also their right. But submitting *41 books* (several of which are among the best SFF ever written) for "Best Novel", legally, is the kind of thing I find so hilarious I'm not sure I can avoid doing it.)