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Is the inbred group of voters at WorldCon culturally appropriating Nazis with this 1488 shit?
I've noticed that I have not read a Hugo award winner in a very long time.
I was half paying attention during the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies era and noticed that the point of the Hugo stopped being excellence in story telling but excellence in checking the progressive, minority, disability, LGBTQ boxes by the author regardless of the quality of the work.
Especially when there were Sad Puppy supporters saying things like, "I despise the author personally, but they wrote a really good story and should get your nomination and vote."
I stopped reading at least one webcomic over the Hugo controversies.
Something this video made me notice is how similar the language is of the WorldCon nominating committee and Steve Jackson Games discussing inclusion with the upcoming GURPS 4eR.
Which makes me want to ask Sean Punch, "Are you actively happy with the Hugo Award?"
I think the answer matters because when we filter based on the attributes of the author and not the quality of the work, we will not be getting the highest quality work.
Anytime you filter for ideological reasons the people who do the selection process you taint the process. Once it's gone from 'is it a good read?' and 'did it sell?' you end up with political agendas pushed by whomever is on the selection.
ReplyDeleteThe Dragon Awards mean much more because it really is a much more open process. There's still issues, due to the filtration system of the publishing houses, but it's still a more egalitarian process.