hugos – Moe Lane

I’m never getting a Hugo. The Chengdu Worldcon reminds me why I’m okay with that.

This mess was eminently avoidable, starting with the no-brainer of not hosting the Hugos in a totalitarian, repressive state like the People’s Republic of China:

The 2023 Hugos were mired in controversy from the beginning. It started with a pall being cast over Chengdu’s decisive site selection win over Toronto coming with accusations of ballot stuffing, something that plenty of authors had ideas about…

…Controversy was ignited anew with this week’s long-delayed release of the full nomination statistics. Science fiction and fantasy fans from in both East and West are up in arms over several candidacies being listed as “ineligible” without explanation, and fear for the reputational damage done to the region and Eastern fandom as a result.

Tweet of the Day, I Didn’t Really Want To Get Into The Entire Hugos Thing edition.

I am a little biased on the subject, you see. I have a sneaking suspicion that there’s a reason why what looked like it might have been a reasonably good RPG writing career suddenly dried up at about the same time it became clear that I was one of those Republicans. I can’t actually prove anything, can’t even justify my speculations, but there it is. And so, objective I may not be on the topic of the possible politicization of geekery. Continue reading Tweet of the Day, I Didn’t Really Want To Get Into The Entire Hugos Thing edition.