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comment by rinx
rinx  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who Won Science Fiction’s Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters

You aren't addressing anything I'm saying. I'm going to try one last time for a real conversation here then give up.

1) If the puppies want good books to get awards, why not start their own award? The Hugos have every right to award the books they like, the same way you are saying the Puppies deserve. The Hugos aren't telling the Puppies what to do. The Puppies are telling the Hugos what to do. That's the issue with the Puppies, only one group is seeking to control the other.

2) You say Puppies are upset about sci-fi that is "an elaborate setup for the message, instead of being the consequences of its setting.". Please provide actual examples of that in recent Hugo winners.





dingus  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

if you think that I'm addressing what you're saying I don't think it's possible to have a real conversation.

rinx  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You've dodged those points every reply, including that one. While I doubt we will convince eachother away from our respective corners online, I would encourage you to actually read the books you're disparaging. The Hugo have nominated some really wonderful books. Before you validate the toxic campaign the Puppies are running, you might want to give those books a chance.

dingus  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll read them if I get around to it. Like I said, it would be far from me to judge a book before reading it.

rinx  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe hold off on commenting about things you don't understand until then ;)

dingus  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm pretty sure I understand the Puppies.