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Women Swept Nearly Every Category at the 2017 Hugo Awards

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday August 16 2017, @09:16AM   Printer-friendly

"exec" writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The 75th World Science Fiction Convention (commonly known as WorldCon) is being held this weekend in Helsinki, Finland. The convention is where the annual Hugo Awards are presented, and today, the convention announced the latest recipients.

This year, women almost completely swept the Hugo Awards, taking home the top prizes for literature in the science fiction community. That's particularly notable, given how the awards have been increasingly recognizing works from female and minority creators. The trend prompted a counter-movement from two group of fans, the self-described "Sad Puppies," and their alt-right equivalents, the "Rabid Puppies." These groups gamed the awards and forced a slate of nominees onto the Hugo ballot in 2015, prompting widespread backlash within the wider genre community. Another award, the Dragon, faced similar issues earlier this week when several authors asked to pull their nominations over concerns about Puppy interference and the award's integrity.

This year's sweep by female creators seems to be a strong repudiation of anti-diversity groups. 2017 also marked the year the ceremony earned its own award: a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records certified that the Hugos are the longest-running science fiction awards ever.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 16 2017, @02:08PM (3 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday August 16 2017, @02:08PM (#554713) Homepage Journal

    Their goal was simple but twofold: to signal virtue just as hard as they possibly could and to take away a means of giving credit to men for excelling at something that they are better at.

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  • (Score: 2) by Sulla on Wednesday August 16 2017, @02:35PM (2 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Wednesday August 16 2017, @02:35PM (#554726) Journal

    Its annoying because it isn't that women are writing bad SF, they just arent even trying. They changed the definition of SF so women could win for the same fantasy they have always written.

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday August 16 2017, @02:54PM (1 child)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday August 16 2017, @02:54PM (#554734) Homepage Journal

      Yeah, the bitch of it all is that I enjoy well-written fantasy just as much as I enjoy sci-fi. They are not even kind of the same thing though.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @09:52PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @09:52PM (#554982)

        I take it the star wars (take your pick) does not fall under the category of both?

        Although to your point, they are not the same thing... even if it was treated that way because George wasn't entirely clear on the concept.