The Death of Hugo Gernsback
Apr. 4th, 2015 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowSo, it looks as though the Melancholy Sons of Bitches got their wish: this year's Hugos ballot is crammed with their slate. Three (out of five) of the nominees for Best Novella are by the same author, and a fourth is from the same stable. The Holy Syphilis is on both Best Editor categories. Three (at least) of the nominees for Best Related Work come out of that swamp.
I'm still planning on going to Sasquan, but my ballot is going to have "No Award" pretty high in most categories.
If you feel like defending the MSoBs, save it. Any such comments will be deleted immediately. Those bastards have done serious damage to what is supposed to be one of the highlights of the SFnal year, and I'm not interested in any apologias.
(I will admit that Skin Game probably does deserve a slot on the ballot, despite being on the MSoB slate.)
(Tangentially, I wish I were qualified to bear the honorable title of SJW. And these people think it's an insult!)
I'm still planning on going to Sasquan, but my ballot is going to have "No Award" pretty high in most categories.
If you feel like defending the MSoBs, save it. Any such comments will be deleted immediately. Those bastards have done serious damage to what is supposed to be one of the highlights of the SFnal year, and I'm not interested in any apologias.
(I will admit that Skin Game probably does deserve a slot on the ballot, despite being on the MSoB slate.)
(Tangentially, I wish I were qualified to bear the honorable title of SJW. And these people think it's an insult!)
