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#797305 Wed 08/04/15 22:08 UTC | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,119 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,119 Likes: 5 | Nice bit. But a few observations.
As a former frequenter of SF cons, I can tell you that 1.) not many authors show up at them ... beyond the two or three that they pay to show up for panels and the like. 2.) Most of the convention goers that I know were more interested in the partying than in the Hugo nominations.
I have always thought that the Hugos were more about the sales numbers and the publishers jockeying position. That isn't to say that they are useless or unwarranted. It is more like they don't always get it right <g>
MikeD
| | | | Tim Unregistered | Tim Unregistered | Though it's been said a lot that being nominated for a Hugo doesn't actually do a lot for sales, and many Hugo winners weren't particularly big sellers. | | |
#797312 Wed 08/04/15 22:35 UTC | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,119 Likes: 5 Member | Member Joined: May 2000 Posts: 42,119 Likes: 5 | Doesn't stop the publishers from trying to lobby for the award. Despite the verifiable returns, they =love= to have them hanging on their walls <chuckle>
I have to say that the only group that I know that has fewer nice things to say than authors about their publisher is musicians talking about the labels <weg>
MikeD
| | | | Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 568 神の一手 Moderator | 神の一手 Moderator Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 568 | I've gotta be honest, I'd pay money to go to WorldCon if it meant watching Vox Day accepting a Hugo in person.
It would be like watching Darth Vader accepting the Father of the Year Award. | | | | Tim Unregistered | Tim Unregistered | Marko Kloos and Annie Bellet have both withdrawn their nominations, with Bellet stating she's had enough of being a political football. It's going from farce to tragedy now | | |
#824245 Mon 24/08/15 08:08 UTC | Tim Unregistered | Tim Unregistered | "We had to burn the village in order to save it" http://www.kalyr.com/weblog/sf-and-gaming/sf/noah-ward-sweeps-the-hugos/ Whatever your politics, loudly cheering the announcement of "No Award" when one of the nominees is present in the room is out of order. Not much of a surprise that she walked out. It leaves the impression that Science fiction fandom is made up from adult children who have never managed to move on from the traumas of high school. | | |
#824251 Mon 24/08/15 10:19 UTC | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 Arssanguinus Moderator | Arssanguinus Moderator Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 61,254 Likes: 3 | Must everything in life be infected with politics? My only commentary on the matter. | | | | Joined: May 2000 Posts: 17,967 Likes: 1 Moderator | Moderator Joined: May 2000 Posts: 17,967 Likes: 1 | Sad. Very sad. This feels like the end of something that once had value. It seems that the disease that is political polarization has spread to hallowed grounds. | | |
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