So...that Interesting Announcement? I'm a Hugo Finalist!

[hrj]

Back over a year ago, when the voting statistics came out on the 2023 Hugo Awards, I was one of the people who said, "Huh, that looks realy weird." So I threw myself into data geekery and wrote a couple of analytical essays on my Alpennia.com blog about the "cliff" phenomenon that was a clear sign that there had been shenanigans.

SFF blogger Camestros Felapton invited me to include it as a co-author in a more expansive analysis he was working on, and the result was published as "Charting the Cliff: An Investigation Into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics" (Charting the Cliff).

And today, it was announced that our essay is a finalist for the Best Related Work Hugo Award.

I had already planned to attend Worldcon in person this year, so this will be a wild ride.

Comments

[brithistorian]

Congratulations! I had missed both your original posts and "Charting the Cliff," but now I've got "Charting the Cliff" open in a tab to read now.

[life_of_glamour]

That's so cool! Congratulations!

[cathrowan]

Congratulations!

[heleninwales]

I saw on FB that you were listed as a finalist. Congratulations!

[hawkwing_lb]

Congrats!

[madbaker]

Well deserved (and my stats heart glories in the recognition for numbers geekery)

[ladythmpr]

Congratulations!!

[beanolc]

Very cool! Congrats.

[cellio]

Oh wow, congratulations!

[shewhostaples]

Wow, congratulations!

[vittoriosa]

fantastic! congratulations!!

[evil_macaroni]

WOOOOO HOOOOO! I'm so happy for you to have been nominated!