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.
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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.!
John’s a great guy. He and his family were over for BBQ a week or two ago. We occasionally trade snarky comments. .