"George R. R. Martin --
A Giant, Shackled By Dwarfs"
© 2015
by
Jordan S. Bassior
Some people were surprised and others saddened when George R. R. Martin came out against the Sad Puppies 3 campaign to restore control of the Hugos to the fans, and expressed (some) support for the Scalzi cabal which is currently trying to control the nominations and
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At least he admits that voting cabals have been around as long as he's been involved (and he did admit it, if you read his stuff).
And as Larry more or less said, 'where were you when the SJW's were doing all of their attacks? Why do you only step forward now?' Yup, Martin can only be bothered when his side is losing, up until then, he didn't give a damn about civility.
I'm tried of all the whining by the Worldcon committee and the usual suspects, they HIJACKED the Hugos for their own political purposes, and now they have the gall to complain when another group comes along and does the same? At least SP has been open and fair about it, instead of working in the shadows and lying.
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Then again the nineties turned into a black hole for SF with much of what was written and published just being absolute drek (remember I commented on it MANY times on my LJ back then and into much of the 00's).
I mean I really just got tired of books that really didn't want people like me buying or reading them. Maybe his weren't in that mold, but I used to read a couple books a week in the 80's and early 90's and had the income to buy whatever I wanted. That I never picked up any of his makes me wonder if I read the intro's thought they weren't for me and set them back down.
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Makes me suspect the Roger did not get along with George.
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(My stories are like oysters; they need their own shell.)
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I am also amused that Teresa Neilsen Hayden shot her own cause in the foot (and possibly blew the whole damn leg off) by shrieking that Sad Puppies was just another attempt at WrongFun by #GamerGate...whose members came over to see what the shrieking was about and decided to have fun sticking it to the SJWs on a new front. :)
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