Comments on: StarshipSofa for the Hugo http://aliettedebodard.com/2010/02/20/starship-sofa-for-the-hugo/ Writer of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sat, 19 May 2012 01:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: aliette http://aliettedebodard.com/2010/02/20/starship-sofa-for-the-hugo/comment-page-1/#comment-331 aliette Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:31:33 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1596#comment-331 AHS: you're welcome. Mike: for me, a podcast is just a story read in audio format, which isn't a radio emission or a TV show (where there is additional content such as different voices, sound effects, visuals...). A podcasted story is exactly the same thing delivered in another way. I don't have much opportunity to listen to podcasts (my daily commute is way too noisy, and I'm not a very patient listener), but I don't see any problem with making a podcast, or indeed an online market, eligible in the same category as the printed word. AHS: you’re welcome.
Mike: for me, a podcast is just a story read in audio format, which isn’t a radio emission or a TV show (where there is additional content such as different voices, sound effects, visuals…). A podcasted story is exactly the same thing delivered in another way. I don’t have much opportunity to listen to podcasts (my daily commute is way too noisy, and I’m not a very patient listener), but I don’t see any problem with making a podcast, or indeed an online market, eligible in the same category as the printed word.

]]> By: "Orange Mike" Lowrey http://aliettedebodard.com/2010/02/20/starship-sofa-for-the-hugo/comment-page-1/#comment-323 "Orange Mike" Lowrey Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:24:20 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1596#comment-323 Do you remember that brief era when much of the best SF text came out of Usenet newsgroups like rec.arts.sf.fandom and rec.arts.sf.written? Some of us are actual <b>readers</b>, mostly or completely text-oriented, and find podcasts incomprehensible or merely annoyingly inaccessible. I would would rather see an online "fanzine" win than a podcast, at least until podcasters provide transcripts as a matter of course. Podcasting is an audio-visual medium, and belongs with radio/TV/film content. There is nothing with the concept of a new Hugo category for "Best SF-Related Non-Fiction Audiovisual Material"; just don't call it a "fanzine" if it can't be <i><b>read</b></i>. Do you remember that brief era when much of the best SF text came out of Usenet newsgroups like rec.arts.sf.fandom and rec.arts.sf.written?

Some of us are actual readers, mostly or completely text-oriented, and find podcasts incomprehensible or merely annoyingly inaccessible. I would would rather see an online “fanzine” win than a podcast, at least until podcasters provide transcripts as a matter of course.

Podcasting is an audio-visual medium, and belongs with radio/TV/film content. There is nothing with the concept of a new Hugo category for “Best SF-Related Non-Fiction Audiovisual Material”; just don’t call it a “fanzine” if it can’t be read.

]]> By: Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Hugo recommendations http://aliettedebodard.com/2010/02/20/starship-sofa-for-the-hugo/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Hugo recommendations Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:11:40 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1596#comment-322 [...] Fanzine: -StarshipSofa: yup, podcasts are eligible for the Hugo. Check out my previous post for more [...] [...] Fanzine: -StarshipSofa: yup, podcasts are eligible for the Hugo. Check out my previous post for more [...]

]]> By: AHS http://aliettedebodard.com/2010/02/20/starship-sofa-for-the-hugo/comment-page-1/#comment-320 AHS Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:41:39 +0000 http://aliettedebodard.com/?p=1596#comment-320 Thanks for your support of StarShipSofa! Thanks for your support of StarShipSofa!

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