#hugoawards2023 — Public Fediverse posts
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These paragraphs are absolutely on point: it is not surprising China pushed to censor the #hugoawards2023. We all expect that, and China takes the criticism. That is now it is.
It is, however, shameful that the American and Canadian administrators actively participated in the censoring.
Will any Hugo award winner care enough about censoring to hand back their award? (Spoiler: not a chance in hell.)
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Hugo Awards' Integrity Thrown into Question. Censureship from political and government parties during Chengdu Worldcon likely.
https://www.polygon.com/24049021/hugo-awards-controversy-china-censorship-babel
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Well, can't say I'm surprised in the slightest. If anything I'm surprised there weren't more stories like this sooner.
WSFS, like FIFA and the Olympics, need to take a country's record into consideration before awarding events.
#WorldCon #WorldCon2023 #WSFS #Hugos #HugoAwards #HugoAwards2023 #Hugos2023
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How to destroy the reputation of a prestigious science fiction award in one simple step: Let China host the award ceremony🤷♀️🤦♀️
"A prestigious literary award for science fiction, which was hosted in China for the first time, has come under fire for excluding several authors from the 2023 awards, raising concerns about interference or censorship in the awards process."
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Why not do something completely unexpected today—like, I dunno, nominate a story from Kaleidotrope for a Hugo Award? https://kaleidotrope.net/archives/kaleidotrope-2022/ #Hugos #hugoawards2023