[ SECRET POST #6253 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6253 ⌋

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Comments

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

Hugo was in China this award season, and when lots of books that had enough votes for nominations weren't on the list, people asked why not. The first answer was something like "the work/author wasn't in accordance with the Hugo constitution." People asked them which parts specifically, they said basically "don't worry about it". After a lot of insults about how the people asking were stupid and couldn't read etc etc, someone leaked emails showing that the committee automatically excluded people who they thought China wouldn't like. Including literally an author who said something arguing against violation of human rights one time, someone who liked a building in Taiwan, and someone who ate Tibetan food.

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that's dumb. I can definitely see internet people getting upset about that! I don't think awards shows are all that important so I'm kind of meh about it. Thanks for the summary!

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

It's not so much award show as it is that being a Hugo award winner boosts an author's career. It won't matter for Neil Gaiman, who was snubbed this year for the same horrible reasons, but it does for new authors.

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

DA

As far as I understand, Gaiman wasn't snubbed for political reasons, that was just incompetence (Sandman was nominated for both Best Series and Best Episode, you're only allowed to be nominated for one, and they fucked up and ended up disqualifying it from both).

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

Like I said, same horrible reasons. Just so happens the most horrible reasons were political.

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

Not just "internet people." The Hugos are a big part of Worldcon, and are held in a certain esteem by SF/F authors and fans.

It's very dismissive of you to act like, because you don't care about awards shows, no one in real life would be impacted or annoyed by this.

Re: I have no idea what you're talking about

[(Anonymous)]

Its really not that big a deal.