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Combatting Hugo Despair
Apr. 20th, 2015 10:36 amJohn Scalzi's post today about this year's Hugo Awards is a good read, especially for anyone who is showing signs of giving in to Hugo Despair, characterized by saying, "The Awards are permanently ruined, they're done, they can never be repaired, let's scrap them completely and go crawl into bed and cry."
In one of his replies later in to that post, Scalzi compared the Puppies to graffiti vandals. That's a good analogy, and I replied over there and am repeating it here.
( Dealing With Graffiti Attacks )
My position with the Hugo Awards, the World Science Fiction Convention, and the World Science Fiction Society? Well, I'm putting on my coveralls, buying some heavy duty scrub brushes, picking up the box of old rags, and rummaging around in the garage for that industrial-sized can of solvent I know we had in there somewhere. Looks like it's going to be a long summer, but I'll be darned if I let vandals burn down my town without a fight.
In one of his replies later in to that post, Scalzi compared the Puppies to graffiti vandals. That's a good analogy, and I replied over there and am repeating it here.
( Dealing With Graffiti Attacks )
My position with the Hugo Awards, the World Science Fiction Convention, and the World Science Fiction Society? Well, I'm putting on my coveralls, buying some heavy duty scrub brushes, picking up the box of old rags, and rummaging around in the garage for that industrial-sized can of solvent I know we had in there somewhere. Looks like it's going to be a long summer, but I'll be darned if I let vandals burn down my town without a fight.
