Posted on 04/22/2015 7:05:02 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
A small clique of left-wing publishers, editors, writers, and fans have controlled the Hugo for years, and they are threatening to make sure the winner of this year’s Hugos are all “No Award.” Yes, “No Award” is a valid vote; it’s a shame that’s not an option in political elections.
Larry Correia, Brad Torgerson, Vox Day, and all of the other “Puppies” supporters set out to demonstrate that the Hugo process was politicized and broken. They said that if authors were nominated who didn’t “fit the mold,” who weren’t approved by the ruling faction, they would be blacklisted, ostracized, insulted, and deliberately voted dead last, regardless of what they had written or how well it was done. Their predictions have come true, and they have proven their point admirably.
Libertarians, and especially science fiction fans with libertarian leanings, should pay particular attention to the Puppies campaigns. Like last year’s Gamersgate controversy, the Puppies drew a line in the sand–a stopping point in the ongoing culture war between individualists and statists, between the people who believe in freedom of expression and the mindless drones who believe in political correctness.
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The Oscars need “No Award” more years than not.
There are always good movies but they are frequently not nominated.
Didn’t Sanderson win the last Hugo?
He seems closet conservative.
But I could be dead wrong.
Never heard him speak on politics.
The Left greatly deplores blacklisting; unless they’re the ones doing it.
Q: What are Retro-Hugos?A: Science Fiction has been around a lot longer that the Hugos, so many famous works never got the chance to win an Award. The WSFS Constitution gives Worldcons the right to award Hugos for a year 50, 75 or 100 years in the past, provided only that there was a Worldcon in that year and no Hugos were awarded.
I wonder how this compares to readership in other genres. Seems to me fewer and fewer people are reading at all. Their claim of the drop in readership being related to PC falls apart if other genres dropped proportionately.
That said, I recently borrowed a book from the library because it had won both the Hugo and Nebula. Very PC and appallingly bad.
We’re still hearing about government censorship from HUAC 60 years on. However, HUAC never censored anyone, it was their own Industry (Hollywood) that censored these writers and actors. Which sounds exactly like what is going on in the Science Fiction publishing world. Only, now it seems to be okay because the left is doing it. I always have found it amusing that there are never any stories and cries of condemnation of HUAC when they were investigating NAZI influence in the 30’s.
I rarely read science fiction - and nothing new, just the old classics - but I find it both interesting and depressing that left-wing activism and political correctness have entered a realm that I might have thought to be immune. I should have known better - leftists are like cockroaches, and infiltrate and corrupt everything.
The intermingling of politics and recognition in most forms of artistry is permanent. The idea that one’s politics should determine if an artist is to be lauded or ignored is present in movies and TV for sure. Hopefully these authors can cut the Hugo award problem off at the pass before it becomes completely ingrained.
If by Sanderson you mean Brandon Sanderson (my favorite current author), he was nominated in 2014 for the novel which finished the Wheel of Time series but he didn’t win.
Apparently part of the impetus for all this is the terrible quality that the SJWs are lauding as great stuff. I know some authors that the sad puppies nominated actually were from lib authors, but lib authors whose work is quality.
Of the fairly new authors that I have read that are involved, John C Wright is my favourite. His blog is cool too.
FReegards
It’s interesting.
The anti-PC group has only invited people to join and vote. Some of their opponents are actually offering to pay the membership for those who will vote their way.
Guess which group the media has accused of using underhanded tactics?
Is the "Wheel of Time" a good series and worth getting in to? I'm always on the lookout for a good new series I can get and power read one book after the other. If you highly recommend it, I will get the first book and check it out. One thing though, althogh I love science fiction I don't really get into the fantasy/swords and sorcerers stuff (like Lord of Rings and Game of Thrones)
I just read Brad Torgersen’s “The Chaplain’s War”. Outstanding. Got the Kindle edition at Amazon. It encouraged me to buy more of his work.
Looked up the book I referenced. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, 2014 winner.
Appallingly bad writing, but very PC, as most of the species/cultures in it have dropped all reference to gender/sex in their languages and societies. When romance arises, nobody apparently even thinks to ask the gender/sex of the person they’re interested in.
Poor characterization, poor action scenes, lazy and stupid world-building. I could go on, but why would you want to read my complaints?
And this thing won both the Hugo and Nebula, putting Ms. Leckie in the same category as Niven, Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov, Pournelle, etc.!
Isn’t that the truth. They have been dining out on “McCarthyism” for decades, while perfecting the concept.
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