Hugo Awards tonight

If anyone wants to follow the next stage in a ridiculous Culture War battle, the 2015 Hugo Awards will be announced tonight starting @ 8pm Pacific time. Streaming link here.

http://www.ustream.tv/hugo-awards

Added 8-22-2015, 11:30 pm Pacific time: the Hugos have happened in many record-breaking ways. The parties and post-game analyses are well underway. I can only add (with due sympathies to the many fine authors denied places at the nominee table): this is how United Fandom says ‘We do not negotiate with terrorists.’

Wired’s take, for an overview

Added 8-31-2015: Scott Lynch effectively caps the whole whinefest with this lovely bit.