George RR Martin Says Rightwing Lobby Has 'Broken' Science Fiction's Hugo Awards
Novelist says that group orchestrating readers’ votes for conservative ‘swashbuckling fun’ is trying to take over the awards.
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So... what's a Sad Puppy?
Wow. Fan Politics. Always entertaining, from a safe distance.
Quoting the Sad Puppy that George is Reacting to:
The book has a spaceship on the cover, but is it really going to be a story about space exploration and pioneering derring-do? Or is the story merely about racial prejudice and exploitation, with interplanetary or interstellar trappings?
There’s a sword-swinger on the cover, but is it really about knights battling dragons? Or are the dragons suddenly the good guys, and the sword-swingers are the oppressive colonizers of Dragon Land?
A planet, framed by a galactic backdrop. Could it be an actual bona fide space opera? Heroes and princesses and laser blasters? No, wait. It’s about sexism and the oppression of women.
Finally, a book with a painting of a person wearing a mechanized suit of armor! Holding a rifle! War story ahoy! Nope, wait. It’s actually about gay and transgender issues.
Or it could be about the evils of capitalism and the despotism of the wealthy.
Do you see what I am trying to say here?
I'm pretty sure we all do.
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He misses Classic Science Fiction The Way God Intended It To Be
A still from the classic SF film, "Flesh Gordon"
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A response to George R. R. Martin from the author who started Sad Puppies
As for the term SJW, ... that isn’t going to happen at this point. It is entrenched. You might as well tell people not to say conservative or liberal, because though often inaccurate when applied to every single individual in a movement, they are useful, handy descriptors that get the point across." -
Silence Is Not Synonymous With Uproar: A Response To John C. Wright
I'm not one to issue trigger warnings. But... you might want to pour a libation before you begin.
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