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Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Leaked emails reveal organisers of leading science fiction and fantasy awards flagged works of a ‘sensitive political nature’

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Hugo’s have been a mess for over a decade now; seems like they’re happy to piss away what little credibility they had left.

[–] inkican@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

And here I was, sad that I wasn't nominated

[–] thragtacular@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Something both gross and beautiful about the sci-fi awards falling victim to dystopian dictatorship.

[–] johnwilker@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

This whole saga has been... what a mess. Sucks for those impacted. There's no real way to make it up to them, which adds to the harm.