The drubbing received by the reactionary lobby’s preferred nominees shows that sci-fi’s future has to be a diverse oneThank you unhappy Puppies,you’ve done more for diversity in sci-fi than an army of social justice warriors.
For those arriving current to Hugogeddon 2015 I will briefly reprise the state of play. The Hugos are a fan-decided award for sci-fi books. In Spokane, Washington, and at the weekend,the Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin won the big prize for best novel, but “no award” was declared in five other categories. The awards bring an end to months of controversy, or in which George RR Martin himself waded in several times to urge fans to defeat the unhappy Puppies.
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Source: theguardian.com