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2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:09 pm
by Omphalos

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:28 pm
by Freakzilla
Not KJA's year... again. :lol=:

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:28 pm
by Serkanner
Freakzilla wrote:Not KJA's year... again. :lol=:
A 100+ novels and not a single real Hugo nomination ... somebody is not getting the message.

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:43 am
by D Pope
Serkanner wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:Not KJA's year... again. :lol=:
A 100+ novels and not a single real Hugo nomination ... somebody is not getting the message.
Someones cheques have yet to reach the magic number...

and...
Dr. Who? I never knew Neal Gaimen wrote for the Doctor, glad Moffit gets a pat on the back though- good stuff.

Graphic Story=hardback comics?

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:36 am
by Omphalos
I am so past caring about all this shit these days. It honestly reminds me of this local vote tally we have here in Sacramento every year in the local rag The News and Review (for those who visit us here one day, if you need a pot dispensary or a prostitute, this is your go-to newspaper in the Sacramento Valley).

Every year they have this popularity contest where people vote for their "Best Of" in a couple hundred categories. Every year without fail crap like Wendy's winds up on the "Best Hamburger" category, or Starbucks on the "Best Coffee." Now, I'm not too much of a snob, and Sacrament aint a megalopolis, but comeon folks! There's better hamburgers and coffee out there then the corporate crap.

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:12 am
by Freakzilla
The Creative Loafing does the same thing in Atlanta. I don't think Wendy's has ever made it on their list, though. :lol=:

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:35 am
by Nekhrun
Freakzilla wrote:The Creative Loafing does the same thing in Atlanta. I don't think Wendy's has ever made it on their list, though. :lol=:
We have City Pages for that, but same here, we've not had it taken over by any of that kind of stuff.

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:50 am
by A Thing of Eternity
We have the same thing here, but it definitely isn't shit like Wendy's and Starbucks winning!

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:02 pm
by Omphalos
It definitely depends on where you are. We had the City Paper in Washington DC, and for the 30 years I was there, there was none of that crap in it. But here in Sacramento its a different story. Depsite the fact that we are the center of government for an enormous region this is an ag town that has comparatively few cultured and/or higher-educated folks. So this is just the way things go here.

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:02 pm
by SandRider
shit, we ain't got no newspaper around here that advertises hookers ....

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:31 pm
by Freakzilla
SandRider wrote:shit, we ain't got no newspaper around here that advertises hookers ....
Check by the door at the local adult novelty store, I'll bet you do. :wink:

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 7:27 pm
by Robspierre
Omphalos wrote:I am so past caring about all this shit these days. It honestly reminds me of this local vote tally we have here in Sacramento every year in the local rag The News and Review (for those who visit us here one day, if you need a pot dispensary or a prostitute, this is your go-to newspaper in the Sacramento Valley).

Every year they have this popularity contest where people vote for their "Best Of" in a couple hundred categories. Every year without fail crap like Wendy's winds up on the "Best Hamburger" category, or Starbucks on the "Best Coffee." Now, I'm not too much of a snob, and Sacrament aint a megalopolis, but comeon folks! There's better hamburgers and coffee out there then the corporate crap.

The Daily Snooze in Alamogordo does the same thing. Every year Taco Bell wins Best place to eat when you have to pay. :lol=:

Rob

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:44 am
by lotek
So I take it that means the Hugo is not such a reference then.

Re: 2012 Hugo nominations, for those who care

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:12 pm
by Trang
we have the "the Pitch" here in Kansas City, a total piece of shit as a news paper, but they do their best of ... every year.