I think we need to amend the statement of making our own awards by gatekeeping SFWA SJWs and their ideological fellow travelers/ruination minions out of said awards.
Is there a way we can contact Dragoncon and give feedback for this "interesting" choice they have made? A polite email, I mean, not a "fiery but mostly peaceful protest"
Bah! We should have built a wall. Californians are swamping San Antonio, now.
Let me just say that the guy who would have most supported the Sad Puppies would have been RAH hisself. I am glad he didn't live to see what happened to the Hugos.
In the Dragon Awards' first year, minor authors like John C. Wright succeeded in beating other, considerably more popular authors. Since then, the voting turn out has increased, and so popular writers like John Scalzi are gaining ground while minor authors like Wright are being squeezed out. What did you expect? You didn't *really* think that people were voting in their tens of thousands for Somewhither: Being The First Part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm, did you? That book may have been well-liked in your personal friend circle, but that doesn't necessarily mean it ever achieved mass popularity.
The writing was on the wall was in 2017. John C. Wright, Brian Niemeier and Declan Finn all lost (to Rick Riordan, James S. A. Corey and Victor LaValle respectively) and have failed to make the ballot since. Minor authors lost to big authors. The Dragons purport to be a popularity contest, after all.
(And I'm unsure as to why the loss of the MilSF category is the "most prominent" change. You know they also got rid of Best Media Tie-In, right? Is that part of a leftist agenda too? Perhaps they're just clearing up clutter. Don't be too surprised if the Best Alternate History category is canned soon as well)
The Helicon Awards will still have MilSF as one of its 10 categories: https://heliconawards.com/the-helicon-awards/
Excellent!
The Leftist Chokehold on All Things Cultural continues to tighten...
We'll just have to make our own awards.
Wasn't the line we once heard about the Dragon Award?
Yep. Just that.
I think we need to amend the statement of making our own awards by gatekeeping SFWA SJWs and their ideological fellow travelers/ruination minions out of said awards.
Neutrality's limit has been shown.
If a strategy results in continually losing ground, then the strategy needs rethinking.
This needs to become an all-out counterassault. As they obviously are not reading the room.
Is there a way we can contact Dragoncon and give feedback for this "interesting" choice they have made? A polite email, I mean, not a "fiery but mostly peaceful protest"
Can I participate in the exceptions to the "mostly peaceful protest"? I'm ready to flame their ass.
Just as with those who leave California for Texas, the Leftist disease spreads by spores. Too bad about the Dragon.
Bah! We should have built a wall. Californians are swamping San Antonio, now.
Let me just say that the guy who would have most supported the Sad Puppies would have been RAH hisself. I am glad he didn't live to see what happened to the Hugos.
And I just booked my reservations for our first DragonCon! Dang. Well, I don't read fast enough to vote for annual awards anyway ....
To be sure? The best awards are Filthy Lucre.
We're at an inflexon point where authours will simply avoid submitting their works for awards. Just not worth the hassle
I kind of saw it coming and I didn't really have the interest to vote on the slate for the last cycle of this.
I've voted as I simply didn't read enough of the slate and while it's a nice kudo for the writer, it merely intrigues me but not a must buy.
I've never voted
In the Dragon Awards' first year, minor authors like John C. Wright succeeded in beating other, considerably more popular authors. Since then, the voting turn out has increased, and so popular writers like John Scalzi are gaining ground while minor authors like Wright are being squeezed out. What did you expect? You didn't *really* think that people were voting in their tens of thousands for Somewhither: Being The First Part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm, did you? That book may have been well-liked in your personal friend circle, but that doesn't necessarily mean it ever achieved mass popularity.
The writing was on the wall was in 2017. John C. Wright, Brian Niemeier and Declan Finn all lost (to Rick Riordan, James S. A. Corey and Victor LaValle respectively) and have failed to make the ballot since. Minor authors lost to big authors. The Dragons purport to be a popularity contest, after all.
(And I'm unsure as to why the loss of the MilSF category is the "most prominent" change. You know they also got rid of Best Media Tie-In, right? Is that part of a leftist agenda too? Perhaps they're just clearing up clutter. Don't be too surprised if the Best Alternate History category is canned soon as well)
And yes, I realise that I made a typo involving the redundant usage of the word "was".