The 2015 Hugo Awards, the World Science Fiction Convention in Seattle.
It appears that the drama started even before the nominations were out.
According to a report from Sci-Fi Storm blog, the group “Sad Puppies” attempting to influence the nomination and voting process to correct what they perceived as the infiltration of the genre by women and minorities, where it was formerly “ruled” by white males." (boy does THAT sound familiar!)
Well according to the story in Sci-Fi Storm, the Sad Puppies lost out, but their antics may have resulted in perhaps deserving winners, due possibly to the Puppies support.
There were 5 categories – Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Related Work, Best Editor, Short Form, and Best Editor, Long Form all resulted in “No Award” winning, with four others having No Award in second place, as well as the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer also coming in second. It would appear that the voter's did not appreciate the antics of the group and soundly voted any supporters out.
That being said, here is a short list of some of the award winners.
Best Novel: The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu translator
Best Novelette: The Day the World Turned Upside Down, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Lia Belt translator
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Wesley Chu
Please visit the Sci-Fi Storm site HERE to read the complete article and the HUGO site HERE
It appears that the drama started even before the nominations were out.
According to a report from Sci-Fi Storm blog, the group “Sad Puppies” attempting to influence the nomination and voting process to correct what they perceived as the infiltration of the genre by women and minorities, where it was formerly “ruled” by white males." (boy does THAT sound familiar!)
Well according to the story in Sci-Fi Storm, the Sad Puppies lost out, but their antics may have resulted in perhaps deserving winners, due possibly to the Puppies support.
There were 5 categories – Best Novella, Best Short Story, Best Related Work, Best Editor, Short Form, and Best Editor, Long Form all resulted in “No Award” winning, with four others having No Award in second place, as well as the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer also coming in second. It would appear that the voter's did not appreciate the antics of the group and soundly voted any supporters out.
That being said, here is a short list of some of the award winners.
Best Novel: The Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu translator
Best Novelette: The Day the World Turned Upside Down, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Lia Belt translator
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Wesley Chu
Please visit the Sci-Fi Storm site HERE to read the complete article and the HUGO site HERE
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