I see your point about anthropological SF, although honestly I would have trouble with seeing some of those Orsinian Tales stories as Hugo-fodder -- the stories she created being concerned less with that culture (which is a bit pan-European) and more with working out the human relationships (e.g., you could set them in Vienna and tell the same story).
I also see your point about alt-history (I see, for example, that Man in the High Castle won a Hugo). I dunno about GGK. I mean, I know his works are regarded as fantasy, and I guess I think of them that way in my head too, but it's not clear to me that he's particularly interested in working out the implications of the alternate history, which to me is what I would need to consider it seriously for the Hugo. (But then again, as I noted above, I think I might be more grouchy and picky than the average Hugo voter.)
/agrees with you, but is feeling grouchy and nitpicky about details today :)
I'm troubled about TGE, though not because of the speculative aspect so much -- more because it's too... easy? That is, I really enjoyed it and I think it's a quite well-written book (much better written than 3BP, and depending on what Ancillary Mercy comes up with, quite possibly better written than AS), but I think I agree with skygiants' take on it.
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Date: 2015-07-31 10:15 am (UTC)I also see your point about alt-history (I see, for example, that Man in the High Castle won a Hugo). I dunno about GGK. I mean, I know his works are regarded as fantasy, and I guess I think of them that way in my head too, but it's not clear to me that he's particularly interested in working out the implications of the alternate history, which to me is what I would need to consider it seriously for the Hugo. (But then again, as I noted above, I think I might be more grouchy and picky than the average Hugo voter.)
/agrees with you, but is feeling grouchy and nitpicky about details today :)
I'm troubled about TGE, though not because of the speculative aspect so much -- more because it's too... easy? That is, I really enjoyed it and I think it's a quite well-written book (much better written than 3BP, and depending on what Ancillary Mercy comes up with, quite possibly better written than AS), but I think I agree with skygiants' take on it.