Of course, I have Hugo Thoughts.

Apr 08, 2015 19:15

Got back from the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab to find that the internet blew up in my absence. Since I knew the Hugo nominations would be announced on Easter Saturday, this was inevitable. And I thought long and hard about whether I was going to make a public post or just lock it to the folks I trust, but I've decided I'm not going to let fear rule ( Read more... )

worldcon, rants, larry correia

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yamamanama April 9 2015, 01:46:49 UTC
Figuratively punch Wright in the face? I want to say... REVENGE RAMPAGE!
He certainly doesn't deserve the award. Someone posted some excerpts from what I think is One Bright Star To Guide Them and it's somehow both insipid and pretentious.

Godfather of a genre? Sweet Silver Blues was published in 1987, you know.

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agilebrit April 9 2015, 01:52:43 UTC
Somehow I knew you were still stalking me. What's the matter, Clamps, banned everywhere else?

I'm pretty sure that Sweet Silver Blues did not put urban fantasy on the map the way Dresden Files did. As for punching John, well, honey, I'm pretty sure he's too much of a gentleman to punch you back.

Also, if you derail this into a conversation about how terrible people are who aren't even involved, I, too, will ban your sorry ass.

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yamamanama April 9 2015, 01:59:48 UTC
If by "people who aren't involved" you mean the publisher of several of John's novels?

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agilebrit April 9 2015, 02:04:45 UTC
*innocent whistling* You mean Tor and PNH?

If you're talking about Vox, and you have "demands" for me (or anyone else) to "explain" something he did? Yes, you can leave that at the door. I won't entertain it here.

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selenite April 9 2015, 03:07:00 UTC
Amid all the terror and panic I'm seeing on FB there's some hopeful signs. People signing up to vote because they're annoyed by "no award without reading" rants. People who hate SP who are still reading and voting according to the stories. And more people signing up to vote in general.

I suspect the SPs and RPs will go in different directions next year. The two factions were held together by predator pressure, they'll split with the CHORFs defeated. It'll be interesting to see if the other side coalesces around Tor or if they form multiple factions as well.

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agilebrit April 9 2015, 03:14:38 UTC
Yeah, I'm vastly annoyed by people saying that they're going to vote No Award over anything on SP or RP just because they ended up on the slates. Hell, Vox didn't even ask if he could put people on his slate, he just did it. This is those people's faults, how?

"I'm going to punish you because someone I hate liked your stuff." Well. That's real mature. I thought we were all grownups...

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kensieg April 10 2015, 18:00:53 UTC
Middle school is forever. Some of us are psychologically still vicious little brats.

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frogfarm April 9 2015, 22:42:31 UTC
Smiling, and nodding, and glad there are voices of sanity left anywhere - but particularly in this case, Livejournal - I approve this message.

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