A few months ago, I wrote about a notable victory in the culture wars: a group of science fiction writers had pushed back against the politicization of the Hugo awards, the most prominent literary awards in the sci-fi genre. The "Sad Puppies" campaign and its more radical offshoot, the "Rabid Puppies," promoted their own slates of candidates for this year's award nominations and achieved a spectacular success. So it was assumed that, having swept the nominations, the Sad Puppies would stack up a large number of wins in the voting for the final awards.
"No Award" Culture
"No Award" Culture
"No Award" Culture
A few months ago, I wrote about a notable victory in the culture wars: a group of science fiction writers had pushed back against the politicization of the Hugo awards, the most prominent literary awards in the sci-fi genre. The "Sad Puppies" campaign and its more radical offshoot, the "Rabid Puppies," promoted their own slates of candidates for this year's award nominations and achieved a spectacular success. So it was assumed that, having swept the nominations, the Sad Puppies would stack up a large number of wins in the voting for the final awards.