Hugo Awards - My Vote

Here's my ballot so far. I'm still working on the short fiction and Lodestar categories, so that will be reported later.

Best Novel
1. Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
2. Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
3. Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Gallery / Saga Press)
4. The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books)
5. The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
6. Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)

Commentary: If I had bounced any harder off of Harrow I would have injured myself. I liked Relentless Moon, but I felt the middle section got a bit draggy.

Best Series
1. The Lady Astronaut Universe, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor Books/Audible/Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction)
2. The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com)
3. The Interdependency, John Scalzi (Tor Books)

Commentary: I really like the Lady Astronaut series - it felt original and fresh. I also liked how Mary Robinette wrote her way out of the corner formed by the two short stories that bookend the series. Murderbot is, well, Murderbot, and Scalzi is Scalzi - both solid entries.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
1. The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix /
Skydance Media)
2. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), written by
Christina Hodson, directed by Cathy Yan (Warner Bros.)
3. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, written by Will Ferrell, Andrew Steele,
directed by David Dobkin (European Broadcasting Union/Netflix)

Commentary: Frankly, Eurovision is a bit of a stretch to call genre, but it's definitely got it's moments.