Ah, well, I can play it in my mind!
Posted on 08/28/2019 6:52:49 PM PDT by kingu
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer has been renamed The Astounding Award for Best New Writer. The award, which is sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered by the World Science Fiction Society, was named for the editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact). Current Analog editor Trevor Quachri said,
Campbell’s provocative editorials and opinions on race, slavery, and other matters often reflected positions that went beyond just the mores of his time and are today at odds with modern values, including those held by the award’s many nominees, winners, and supporters.
As we move into Analog’s 90th anniversary year, our goal is to keep the award as vital and distinguished as ever, so after much consideration, we have decided to change the award’s name to The Astounding Award for Best New Writer.
The nomination and selection process will remain the same, and we will be working with the World Science Fiction Society through future Worldcon committees to ensure the award continues to remain supportive of emerging authors.
(Excerpt) Read more at locusmag.com ...
For me, it'll be the 'Award Formerly Known as the John W Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Author.' I mean, seriously, at the end of the day, naming it the Astounding Award just trims off his name, not what he did. Empty gesture.
Who Goes There?
Much like the Hugo, the Campbell has been meaningless for several years now, the committee having been taken over by SJWs.
That’s the best part of it; Campbell would be rolling in his grave over whom they’ve given the award to (and for the abysmal level of writing.)
Yes, but that’s the reason nobody cares - they were ruined years ago, so it doesn’t matter what they want to name it.
Ridiculous.
I am a published author of three books about SF, former national book review columnist for two magazines and have written hundreds of articles and reviews in the field (now retired).
This is disgusting. The new editors are leftist as they come. In the 1970sand 80s they started up with the “Heinlein was a closet fascist” and don’t publish Niven,Pournelle (Libertarians), Orson Scott Card (conservative, pro USA) due to their political views. All were patriots all along.
So now the ultra PC editors say only leftist LGBTQ+ viewpoint characters and plots will be allowed in the magazines and books. Blame America. Males are always to blame. Fight climate change. Socialism is great. Fine.
Close minded, prejudiced SF world: go chase yourself in freeway traffic. This is still a free republic, jerks.
This is why the Dragon awards have come into existance and reflect what is truly mainstream Fantasy/SciFi. Sopport the writers nominated for the Dragons.
Did you read Scalzi or NK Jemison? Multiple Hugo winners. wretched stuff.
No. I stopped totally around 2004 or so. Just had enough.
Good. those two are really poor writers, IMHO.
Try Nick Cole for some good stuff (again IMHO)
And his Wasteland trilogy.
Just solid writing and good apocalyptic fiction.
Heinlein today is celebrated (you know, vilified last year, today's darling...) Clark is somehow now a human rights champion, and Asamov is the hero of the history books (those must be some massive blinders they're wearing...)
I honestly can't follow what SJWs are idolizing this week; their heroes tend to change with the next posting of a meme.
Ah, well, I can play it in my mind!
Leave the past alone! Create your own future -- if you have the balls to do so!
I’m sorry, they can’t even create a future... Same ole’ Star Trek meets LGBTQWERTY story... Guy discovers he’s a woman who meets a man who then tries to subjugate her but she persevered against all odds (well, not many odds, to be quite honest) and comes out on top, but in a strange twist, decides she’s a man again and thus has to put himself down...
#15. Perhaps you should write a book about your comments and give it the old Abbott and Costello-type title, “Who’s On Top?”
My best SciFi books are the paperback Anthologies from the mid-50’s thru the 60’s and a few Heinlein/Amber? books, plus H.G. Wells.
Communistic Revisionism.
Ooh, James Schmitz that I haven’t read yet?
I’ll have to find it and keep it with my Telzey Amberdon & Trigger Argee books.
:)
You might appreciate a recent interview with the author of Hazardous Imaginings: The Mondo Book of Politically Incorrect Science Fiction.
An Interview with Author Andrew Fox
https://libertyislandmag.com/2020/11/07/an-interview-with-author-andrew-fox/
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