For the second year running,the biggest prize in science fiction and fantasy writing has been monopolised by nominations from unhappy and Rabid Puppies groups, who campaign against works ‘overtly to the left’The Hugo awards: George RR Martin, or Vox Day and Alastair Reynolds on the future of the prizeThe annual Hugo awards for the best science fiction of the year have once again been riven by controversy,as a concerted campaign by a conservative lobby has dominated the poll.
The unhappy Puppies and Rabid Puppies movements, which both separately campaign against a perceived bias towards liberal and leftwing science-fiction and fantasy authors, or have managed to come by the majority of their preferred nominations on to the final poll,announced today.
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Source: theguardian.com