Posted on 08/16/2015 10:31:29 AM PDT by EveningStar
... I know what it's like to love an author despite his or her controversial statements about real-life political issues. And I also feel that this year's Hugo slate is an unmitigated outrage that has serious implications for the future of speculative fiction. Next week, on Aug. 22, voters will decide if these awards are still about celebrating excellent writing and innovative ideas, or if they are just another blood-drenched battleground in the conflict between white male traditionalists and everyone else.
For those who don't follow the genre-fiction awards circuit, here's what's going on. A shifting contingent of science fiction authors, editors, and fans—led by Larry Correia (author of the Monster Hunters series, among others) and Brad Torgerson (author of "Ray of Light," "The Chaplain's Legacy" and other Hugo-nominated novelettes)—has spent the last several years fighting against what they perceive to be an escalating liberal bias in the Hugos. Dubbing themselves the Sad Puppies, this group has engaged in an annual effort to mobilize fans into voting for a specific slate of nominees, usually headlined by authors of a conservative political persuasion. The Hugos are vulnerable to this sort of manipulation because fans purchase the right to nominate works of fiction onto the ballot and vote—anyone who has bought a supporting or attending membership in the World Science Fiction Convention (aka Worldcon) can do it.
Historically, the Sad Puppies have not been successful in their efforts to swarm the Hugos, but this year it worked ...
(Excerpt) Read more at yesmagazine.org ...
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raging bull crap...
...Will Raging White Guys Succeed in Hijacking Sci-Fi’s Biggest Awards?
I can’t for the life of me recall reading much science fiction written by black guys. Can anyone enlighten me?
So it's OK when Lefties do it, but not OK when somebody else does it?
A clear evidence of leftist ideology is the inability of the proponent to know when to shut up. The article is 90% too long, making it a genre tactic of leftist ideology. Make the complaint so long and dreary it will be unnavigable. Thus it will not be directly dissected.
Keep in mind a blob is consistent in all its parts. Examining any sentence in this article is sufficient to remove it from consideration.
A lot of what Neil Degrasse Tyson does is science fiction.
I stopped reading after the author’s name, Miles Schneiderman.
Was that a character name on Seinfeld?
Samuel R. Delany, Octavia E. Butler (deceased), and Steven Barnes come immediately to mind. There are others.
bfl
I find it interesting that this is published by someone who is an Editorial Assistant, probably the next step up from the mail room delivery person. This guy is probably a would be writer or editor who is trying to break into the industry criticizing successful authors who happen to be conservative and don’t align with his view about how science fiction and fantasy have to be PC like everything else in his world.
Evening Star,
Thanks for your interesting reply to Sasprilla. I never thought about the race of these guys. I’ve read a fair amount of Delany, but am unfamiliar with Butler or Barnes (although, I may have read them quite a few years ago and merely not remember them.)
Thanks, again.
Oldplayer
ugly concern..
The Nebulas are bigger than the Hugos. Whenever you let the people vote weird things happen.
This sort of reminds me of the old joke which asked why there were no Arabs on Star Trek.
GamerGate has really damaged their credibility and ability to hold an audience. Desperate shrieking is all that remains.
Lol
And I'm not even a vile faceless minion.
Huh? The freakin King of Jordan was in Star Trek.
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