Hugo Awards (Sci-Fi)

[Nonny]

I'm a big sci-fi fan, and although I don't really follow the Hugo Awards (or other book awards for that matter), they've caught my attention recently because of an anti-woman ass hat who was trying to stir up a bunch of misogynistic shenanigans these past couple of years. Not only did these jerks not succeed in promoting their "agenda," but women swept the top categories, and there was some pretty epic trolling going on by none other than Chuck Tingle (of Pounded in the Butt By My Own Butt "fame"). 

There are too many links and funny Twitter screen caps to copy/paste, but it's definitely worth a click and a read.

Right-Wing Activists Fail to Ruin the Hugo Awards; Fiction Categories Swept by Women

www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/08/21/right_wing_activists_fail_to_ruin_the_hugo_awards.html

[ufcasey]

Good! Hopefully the racist ahole crawls back under the rock he came from.

[Nonny]

Aug 22, 2016 15:16:29 GMT -5 ufcasey said:

Good! Hopefully the racist ahole crawls back under the rock he came from.

I hope so too, but from what I've read about this guy (I refuse to give his website clicks) he's not one to skulk away, he's much more the type to try to double down.

[aurora]

Glad to see the committee standing up to hate. I've added Jemison's The Fifth Season to my TBR list, though I might try some of her other books first while I wait for the 3rd book in the trilogy to come out.

I really despise the term "social justice warriors".

[sassypants]

I follow NK Jemisin on Facebook and she's so excited to have won.

[revjen]

I have two of her books on audio which I hAve yet to listen to.

[GilliC]

Even the Nebulas were swept by women this year. I really hope the Puppies will take their ball and go home now.

That said, I love Chuck Tingle. He cracks me up. I bought Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt and Pounded in the Butt by My Book, Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt for a friend last Christmas, and I read them in their entirety. Literary genius they are not, but I laughed.