Sci-Fi’s Hugo Awards and the Battle for Pop Culture’s Soul

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:21:15 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/hugo-awards-controversy/

"Back in April, when the main­stream press first started reporting on the
attempt to hijack the Hugos, few outside the field cared. The edging out of
fan-favorite authors who were women and people of color was unfortunate and
ugly, but it seemed confined to one of literature’s crummier
neighborhoods—nerd-on-nerd violence."

An extended version of a previous article on the conservative backlash in
popular culture through the lens of the 2015 Hugo Awards.

Via Gideon Rosenblatt and George Station.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***

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