As the shortlists for the 2016 prizes are announced, writers consider how the genre’s leading prizes can survive the bitter Sad and Rabid Puppies debacle
You might think handing out awards for the best science fiction writing of the year would not be, ahem, rocket science. But you’d be wrong.
The Hugo awards are the Oscars of the science fiction and fantasy genres, and the 2016 shortlist is announced on Wednesday. The winners will be revealed at the annual World Science Fiction convention (Worldcon), this year in Kansas City in August. It should be a grand day for the nominees – and for most of them it will be. But a shadow looms over the Hugo awards, one that howls like a pack of puppies.
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I felt I had to say something and refute the Puppies’ claims that there was discrimination against conservative fiction
I wouldn't get 2.2m page-views per month if there were not tens of thousands of readers sympathetic to my perspective
Last year was a catastrophe and this year may not be much better
Related: George RR Martin says rightwing lobby has 'broken' Hugo awards
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