Hugo Awards: Not Enough Fantasy?

[kevin_standlee]

Some years ago, when a Harry Potter book won Best Novel, there was a protest at how terrible it was that Fantasy won a Hugo and that the "Hugo Judges" must Do Something about it. As I say in a comment there, I would like to put protesters of that ilk in with this poster who complains about there not being enough fantasy due to "the Hugo's blatant anti-fantasy bias." It would be amusing in a "Let's you and him fight" sort of way.

Comments

[stegoking.livejournal.com]

You misunderstood my message, and for that apologize for my lack of clarification.

I do not want more fantasy nominated simply because it is fantasy. I do not want more women nominated simply because they are women. Etc for the rest.

I do not want people to nominate Scalzi because they like his blog. Does anyone actually like his horrible Heinlein pastiches? I do not want people to nominate Neil Gaiman because he is SO DREAMY.

Merit is all that should considered, but it's not.

Kevin,

There is a problem with the system. There are many aspects to this problem, but there has never been a more concrete example than The Road not being nominated.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

And I'm absolutely certain that had The Road been nominated, there would have been people just as passionately arguing that there is a problem with the system if such horrible works as The Road are being nominated. How can I be certain of that? Because you hear such complaints about every nominee.

Your passion for SF & F literature does you merit. Allowing it to delude you into paranoid fantasies about conspiracies keeping Good Works off the ballot does not.

[stegoking.livejournal.com]

Denial, is, obviously, a river in Egypt.

[edgreen86.livejournal.com]

Just curious, could you point to one award that is presented for creative works that isn't subjective?