Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/20/the-stone-sky.html
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(Me reacting to Jemisin’s—third consecutive!—award, and her speech. (Though damn, woman! Learn to hit the airplane mode when reading a speech off yer cellphone! )
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I hope that speech (and rocket-shaped middle finger) made the Puppies especially Sad and Rabid.
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I see Chuck Tingle was snubbed yet again. What a sham of an award!
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I see we’ve found the post designed to out all the hardcore SFF fans on bb…
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Isn’t it great?
I’ve had Ms. Jemisin’s novels on my Library wish list for a while now; looks like I need to catch up soon… (as well as Martha Wells’ books. I’ve heard good things about the Murderbot series.)
And yes, @StVincent, while I haven’t read any of his books, I think Chuck Tingle should get some sort of award for being such a fine buckaroo!
[Edited minor typo.]
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Odd. My hope is that curiosity gets the better of some of them and they give the first book a shot.
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I’ve been an SFF reader for over 40 years, The Broken Earth is some of the best I’ve ever read and, more importantly, something that felt fresh in a genre that is often feels derivative even when entertaining.
Jemisin earned those Hugos with hard work and a willingness to ignore the naysayers and haters.
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Broken Earth is fantastic. Murderbot is a fun, lightweight read. Not really comparable.
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I listenes to all three audio books and I have you admit they definitely felt fresh. However the last book was not as good as the previous one. I enjoyed Cixin Liu three body problem series more.
I listened to all three books and I have to admit they definitely felt fresh. However the last book was not as good as the previous one. I enjoyed Cixin Liu three body problem series more
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Congrats to Ms. Jemisin! This is a major achievement. 
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Judging by the YouTube comments under her speech, your hope has been fulfilled.
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I didn’t read @Nightflyer’s comment as comparing them. I read it as mentioning some of the other category winners listed in the OP.
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It looks like the puppies noticed the kennel gate was open and decided to walk away.
Total final round vote for Three Body Problem (the 2015 winner) - 4547
Total vote for Stone Sky in the 2018 final round - 1723, which would have won the second round in 2015, but not rounds three through six.
No offense intended against Jemisin’s book which I might find was a great one if I was a fantasy (as opposed to an SF) fan.
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They won’t.
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They’re led by a white supremacist so I’m guessing that won’t happen.
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It does look like the vote count is dropping back to it’s pre-2014 levels although that spike in votes, while caused by the puppies, was likely more people signing up to stymie them rather than a lot of puppies themselves.
I think a lot of the SFF community were not happy at the idea of a small block gaming the system and paid their $50 to cast their own votes. Now that the voting system has been modified to be less gameable and the puppies seem to have retreated I would expect the total votes to drop back to it’s pre-2014 levels, which was under 2000.
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Yes! Seeing both names listed among the winners reminded me that I meant to read their work.
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My experience was the opposite. I felt like each Broken Earth book was better than the last and that the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy got progressively less interesting (and more depressing).
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