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11. That's actually the opposite of what happened here

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 10:27 AM

Apr 2015

Nominations for the Hugo's are done by vote. Sad Puppies brought out the vote. The primary discussions within the community are about how to suppress that vote in the future, to change the rules such that only "true fans" vote. Which is a sad irony, because it basically reinforces Correia's point.

As Martin points out, there's no good path forward here. If the Hugo nominations are done by vote, then this is going to basically force all parties to do "block voting", and the Hugo's become a two-party system. If the Hugo nominations are not done by vote, then they are now picked by committee. How do you pick the people on the committee? Do we get block votes for committees?

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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