Apples Vs. Oranges
May. 27th, 2009 09:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribIn yesterday's entry, I mentioned that the four books on my "to be considered for a Hugo list" were three apples and an orange. (Three SF action novels and one fantasy). Jason Robertson (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pyropyga) said, in effect, "it's okay to be biased to apples vs. oranges." Although I appreciate the vote of confidence, that's not exactly my problem. My problem with the decision is two-fold:
1) Oranges are not apples - what makes a good orange makes a lousy apple, and vice versa. In other words, comparing fantasy to SF can be difficult, since they are separate things. Granted, they are both novels, so it's not entirely out of the realm of possible, but still.
2) I'm not a regular shopper for oranges. Gaiman's The Graveyard Book will be only the second fantasy novel I've read this year. The first isjimhines's book The Stepsister Scheme. So, I assume that the fantasy fans like Gaiman, but I have very little basis to evaluate that assumption.
I guess what I'm thinking is that it would be nice to have the Hugos structured like the Emmys, where you vote for "best comedy" as well as "best drama." Just a thought.
pyropyga) said, in effect, "it's okay to be biased to apples vs. oranges." Although I appreciate the vote of confidence, that's not exactly my problem. My problem with the decision is two-fold:1) Oranges are not apples - what makes a good orange makes a lousy apple, and vice versa. In other words, comparing fantasy to SF can be difficult, since they are separate things. Granted, they are both novels, so it's not entirely out of the realm of possible, but still.
2) I'm not a regular shopper for oranges. Gaiman's The Graveyard Book will be only the second fantasy novel I've read this year. The first is
jimhines's book The Stepsister Scheme. So, I assume that the fantasy fans like Gaiman, but I have very little basis to evaluate that assumption.I guess what I'm thinking is that it would be nice to have the Hugos structured like the Emmys, where you vote for "best comedy" as well as "best drama." Just a thought.
