2016 Hugo nomination thoughts

I've been making a special effort this year to cast a full (and fully informed) Hugo nominating ballot in at least the major categories, for reasons that should be obvious if you've been following the controversies of the last couple of years. (If you haven't, well, it's a Long Story™.) I've done quite a lot of novel reading, and much more short fiction reading than usual, and have come up with a large number of excellent stories I can recommend.

( Recommended reading )

The ballot deadline is the end of March, so I have time to do more reading before then.