I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system. One example is John Kennedy.
I'm not going to pretend that I never fantasized about winning the Hugo. Or the Nebula, for that matter. I just never thought it was an actual real possibility.
Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.
I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any question about my being nominated. I don't think it was a surprise.
It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
You want to win. Everyone says, 'It's just an honor to be nominated,' but that's so not true. You want to win.
I won't say I wouldn't be grateful and happy and delighted and thrilled to bits to receive a nomination. But I wouldn't be suicidal if it didn't happen.
A great many of us have been concerned about the presidential nomination system... whether or not we have drifted into a system that simply doesn't work so well any more.
Nominations come and go. It is not going to happen to you every year, and I am very well aware of that.
Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.