Beyond Selidor

As with last week, my Friday open thread prompt is about the Hugo finalists, which again I'm splitting up into subcategories. This week, I'm asking about editorial categories (editors, various magazines), and the grab-bag category for everything that doesn't fit elsewhere, Best Related Work.

All finalists can be found on the Hugo Awards website.

Best Related Work

All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays by Niall Harrison (Briardene Books)

中国科幻口述史, 第二卷, 第三卷，(Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, vols 2 and 3) ed. 杨枫 / Yang Feng (8-Light Minutes Culture & Chengdu Time Press)

A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)

The Culture: The Drawings, by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
雨果X访谈 (Discover X), presented by 王雅婷 (Tina Wong)

A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller, by Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan (Luna Press Publishing)

Best Editor Short Form

Scott H. Andrews

Neil Clarke

刘维佳 (Liu Weijia)

Jonathan Strahan

Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas

杨枫 (Yang Feng)

Best Editor Long Form

Ruoxi Chen

Lindsey Hall

Lee Harris

Kelly Lonesome

David Thomas Moore

姚海军 (Yao Haijun)

Best Semiprozine

Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney, Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team

FIYAH Literary Magazine, publisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B. Sharise Moore, special projects manager L. D. Lewis, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon

GigaNotoSaurus, editor LaShawn M. Wanak, associate editors Mia Tsai and Edgard Wentz, along with the GNS Slushreaders Team

khōréō, produced by Aleksandra Hill, Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Rowan Morrison, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Lilivette Domínguez, Jei D. Marcade, Jeané Ridges, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Danai Christopoulou, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adil Mian, Alexandra Millatmal, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Marie Croke, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sara S. Messenger

Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.

Best Fanzine

Black Nerd Problems, editors Omar Holmon and William Evans

The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart and edited by Marguerite Kenner

Idea, editor Geri Sullivan

Journey Planet, edited by Michael Carroll, Vincent Docherty, Sara Felix, Ann Gry, Sarah Gulde, Allison Hartman Adams, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Helena Nash, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Yen Ooi, Chuck Serface, Alan Stewart, Regina Kanyu Wang, James Bacon and Christopher J. Garcia

Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, Adri Joy, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla.

Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk

I have no strong opinions on these categories so far, apart from feeling it's ridiculous that the Uncanny team are still putting themselves forward for consideration. I like the material they publish, but it gets to the point that people should behave in a more collegiate manner and refuse nomination for a while, for the health of the field.

If you are voting this year, let me know your thoughts on the various categories (or individual works). If you're not a voter, but you have thoughts on some of the finalists on this list, feel free to comment on your assessment of them. Or is there anything you feel should have made the shortlist that didn't? For various reasons I will be slow to reply, but hopefully you can all chat to each other in the comments.