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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. There appears to be a slight error in his story.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 04:55 AM

Apr 2015

From the linked story

The writers’ campaign to get the authors they believe deserve rewarding onto the Hugo shortlists has been eminently successful: three of the five best novel candidates appear on the Sad Puppies list, books by Kevin J Anderson, Jim Butcher and Marko Kloos.

From his link to the Hugo awards.

Best Novel (1827 nominating ballots, 587 entries, range 212-387)

Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
The Dark Between the Stars, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor Books)
The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Sarah Monette) (Tor Books)
Skin Game, Jim Butcher (Orbit UK/Roc Books)
The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu translator (Tor Books)

No 'Marko Kloos'.

At a guess, Martin spoke up before balloting was complete, maybe, and Kloos fell to sixth, perhaps?

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George RR Martin says rightwing lobby has 'broken' Hugo awards [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 OP

There appears to be a slight error in his story. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #1

The article was written on the 9th; Kloos withdrew his book on the 15th muriel_volestrangler Apr 2015 #2

Author Eric Flint also delves into this subject JHB Apr 2015 #3

Sad Puppies are the GamerGate morons of Science Fiction. sufrommich Apr 2015 #4

That's not quite true metalbot Apr 2015 #10

There is no difference between the two groups. sufrommich Apr 2015 #12

There's a lot of overlap between the slates, and there didn't seem to be much interest winter is coming Apr 2015 #14

Gee, an ideological campaign against ideological and literary awards for books. bemildred Apr 2015 #5

Movement conservatives take irony and hypocrisy to STRATOSPHERICAL levels. stillwaiting Apr 2015 #8

It's the only way that authoritarian mindset knows how to operate, cheating. Octafish Apr 2015 #6

That's actually the opposite of what happened here metalbot Apr 2015 #11

What the Puppies brought out were the Gamergaters who don't give two shits about winter is coming Apr 2015 #15

Hugos have been going to right wing fucktards for decades mwrguy Apr 2015 #7

Attention wingers: There is already an SF award just for 'libertarian' writers ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #9

Why hasn't Elizabeth Warren commented on this? Capt. Obvious Apr 2015 #13