I see Rob is of the "be rude to more successful authors for attention" school of brand development.
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Replying to @SusanJWilkes @robkroese
She won a Hugo. In the current year, that's a pretty damning indictment.
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Replying to @MorlockP @robkroese
Care to elaborate? I can't imagine the mental gymnastics you have to go through to think winning a literary award is "damnable."
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It is when that award has become a farce. Bookworm and SF fan for many many decades here. Likely longer than you’ve been alive. Hugo award winner went from “must buy” to “avoid, it’s likely dreck.”
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Yep. Redshirts? LOL Ancillary Justice? Three Body Problem? Anything by N. K. Jemisin? So much in-group garbage.
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I laughed hard at this, sorry. What books do you consider GOOD if your taste is this bad, out of curiosity.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz (Hugo 1961) Man in the High Castle (1963) Dune (1966) Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1967) Ringworld (1971) Forever War (1976) ...basically, every Hugo award winner up to 2000 or 2010 or so.
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So liking Hugo Award winners before 2010 is bad, but liking them after 2010 is good? At least we both agree that there was a sea change in what the award meant around that point.
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There was a sea change in Hugo books in the 1970s? Or 2010? Because you only put oldies in your list.
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Twitter has a character limit. But I helpfully said "...basically, every Hugo award winner up to 2000 or 2010" so that you could extrapolate on your own. Do you want me to look up the rest of the winners upto that date for you?
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