Author Nominated For Hugo Award; Subjected to Politically Motivated Character Assassination

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Posted: 4/25/2014 1:05:01 PM EDT

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/187369/
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Allow me to explain why the presence of my slate on the Hugo
nominations is so controversial. This is complicated and your time is
valuable, so short explanation first, longer explanation if you care
after.

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Short Version:

I said a chunk of the Hugo voters are biased toward the left, and
put the author’s politics far ahead of the quality of the work. Those
openly on the right are sabotaged. This was denied.

So I got some right wingers on the ballot.

The biased voters immediately got all outraged and mobilized to do exactly what I said they’d do.

Point made.

I’ve said for a long time that the awards are biased against authors
because of their personal beliefs. Authors can either cheer lead for
left wing causes, or they can keep their mouth shut. Open disagreement
is not tolerated and will result in being sabotaged and slandered.
Message or identity politics has become far more important than
entertainment or quality. I was attacked for saying this. I knew that
when an admitted right winger got in they would be maligned and
politicked against, not for the quality of their art but rather for
their unacceptable beliefs.

If one of us outspoken types got nominated, the inevitable backlash,
outrage, and plans for their sabotage would be very visible. So I
decided to prove this bias and launched a campaign I called Sad Puppies
(because boring message fiction is the leading cause of Puppy Related
Sadness).

The Hugos are supposed to be about honoring the best works,
and many of the voters still take this responsibility very seriously. I
thank them for this. But basically the Hugos are a popularity contest
decided by the attendees of WorldCon. I am a popular writer, however my
fans aren’t typical WorldCon attendees. Anyone who pays to purchase a
WorldCon membership is allowed to vote. Other writers, bloggers, and
even publishing houses have encouraged their fans to get involved in the
nomination process before. I simply did the same thing. This
controversy arises only because my fans are the wrong kind of fans.

For the people saying that I bought votes, or made up fake people, or
bought memberships for a couple hundred imaginary relatives, nope. For
those saying I committed fraud, put up or shut up. That would be
extremely easy to prove if it were the case. I’ve been up front and
public the whole time. Sadly, the thing which has so damaged your calm
consisted of a few blog posts and I drew a cartoon. And I’m a terrible
artist: http://monsterhunternation.com/2014/01/14/sad-puppies-2-the-illustrated-edition/

Eventually one of my friends colored the cartoon in PhotoShop and one
of my fans thought it was funny and made a video. Sorry, outrage crowd.
No big evil conspiracy. An evil right winger is treading in your sacred
halls because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzGKlOkQsxY

I mean, seriously, my spokesman was a manatee. No. I’m not making that up. So Sad Puppies 2: Rainbow Puppy Lighthouse The Huggening got my fans involved. Really, that was what we called it. Because writing is such a serious business.

Even last year’s winner, John Scalzi, has said that I did nothing
different than what he and other authors have done before. And Scalzi
and I seldom agree on anything. Tor.com wrote a scathing bit condemning
my actions (and implied what a horrid writer I am). Of course, the very
same website did the exact same thing explaining to Wheel of Time fans
how the rules allowed them to nominate all 14 books as a single work and
encouraged them to get involved. And a cursory Google search by my fans
found dozens of other places where authors, reviewers, and bloggers had
pushed their favorite works and tried to get fans involved.

We always hear about how fandom is supposed to be inclusive… Only apparently my fans are the wrong
kind of fans. They don’t care about the liberal cause of the day. They
don’t care about Social Justice. They like their books entertaining
rather than preachy. They probably vote incorrectly. That sort of thing.

The last few days have been kind of awesome. I said that for the
Hugo’s the writer’s politics were more important than the quality of
their work. I was called a liar. Yet, within a couple of hours of the
announcement there were multiple posts from the other side where groups
of SJWs were strategizing how to make sure No Award beat me, and how to
punish every other artist I recommended as well. Others were complaining
that the rules needed to be changed to keep the undesirables out. All
of this was while they proudly bragged how they had not read me, nor
ever would… because tolerance. Hell if I know.

For those who have heard that I’m a terrible, undeserving writer
whose mere presence is a mockery of their sacred system, but haven’t
read any of my books, I’m actually pretty decent. Feel free to judge for
yourself. For the record, my novel that is nominated, Warbound, is the
final book in a trilogy that has sold extremely well, been translated
into a bunch of other languages where it has also done well, gotten tons
of positive reviews (out of the thousands of reviews for this series
from across all the various different places I’m still at 4 ½ stars) won
and been nominated for other awards, is one of the bestselling and most
praised audiobook series there is, has won two Audies, is currently
nominated for a third, and been a finalist for best novel in other
countries where I don’t speak the language and can’t campaign, so there
is that…

But everybody knows bad people can’t create art, says the side that keeps showering Roman Polanski with awards.

In closing, I would really like everybody who is a voting member of
WorldCon to actually read the works in each category and vote based upon
which ones they think are best. I fully expect Wheel of Time to win my
category of best novel. It is a fourteen book epic written by two
authors over twenty six years. Duh.

Personally, my goal has been reached. I got the thought police to show the world their pretty pink panties. :)

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ETA: His books.

Posted: 4/25/2014 1:08:01 PM EDT

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Posted: 4/25/2014 4:24:06 PM EDT

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But the future is only supposed to be for the Politically Correct!

There ought to be a law....

Posted: 4/25/2014 4:28:02 PM EDT

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That's fucking awesome.

Posted: 4/25/2014 4:38:46 PM EDT

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The author in question is Larry Correia, and he's absolutely right. Most science fiction is hopelessly PC anymore, which is why I quit reading much of it.

Some of you may remember Mr. Correia as an owner of the FBMG (Fuzzy Bunny Movie Gun) gun shop in Utah back in the day. He took up writing sci fi some years ago, producing the Monster Hunter series of books, which just plain kick ass, and are VERY politically incorrect. You might describe the books as gun porn science fiction, and he knows what he's talking about gunwise, unlike most writers. You could do worse than to pick up the first novel, Monster Hunters International, and go from there.

monster hunter series at amazon

His Grimnoir and Dead Six series are also very good. Here's his blog:

http://monsterhunternation.com/

Scroll down a bit for his original article concerning the Hugo Award and the lefties controlling modern science fiction. Mr. Correia is laughing all the way to the bank. He is a breath of fresh air in the sci fi community.

Posted: 4/25/2014 4:48:06 PM EDT

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I love Larry's books and read them all. I have met him a few times and talked guns with him. Very good guy

Posted: 4/25/2014 4:49:19 PM EDT

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You can't win any award writing shoot 'em up schlock.

Posted: 4/25/2014 4:51:44 PM EDT

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Larry is also a member of Arfcom.

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Posted: 4/25/2014 4:54:06 PM EDT

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I quit paying attention to the Hugo awards stuff, years ago. Always seemed to be so much crap. <<shrugs>>

Posted: 4/25/2014 4:58:24 PM EDT

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Relatively new to his stuff but he is very entertaining

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:00:04 PM EDT

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Yep, to me all the writing awards are like the Academy Awards, if something wins big in either the chances are that it's some boring, artsy, navel-gazing crap that only a critic could love.

Personally I am a big fan of Mr. Correia's books, they entertain me and that's kinda the whole point.

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:02:58 PM EDT

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I pretty much just read free books for my kindle anymore, some very talented unheard of writers out there. That said, I'll probably pick up one of his books because of his actions in regards to the award. Monster Hunters is good you say?

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:06:46 PM EDT

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I pretty much just read free books for my kindle anymore, some very talented unheard of writers out there. That said, I'll probably pick up one of his books because of his actions in regards to the award. Monster Hunters is good you say?

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Monster Hunters International is awesome. I really liked Hard Magic too.

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:07:34 PM EDT

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Anyone remember the hair pulling garment rending mass hysteria over Orson Scott Card? I do.

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:08:10 PM EDT

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A terrific series of books.

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:08:31 PM EDT

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Yep, to me all the writing awards are like the Academy Awards, if something wins big in either the chances are that it's some boring, artsy, navel-gazing crap that only a critic could love.

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I quit paying attention to the Hugo awards stuff, years ago. Always seemed to be so much crap. <<shrugs>>

Yep, to me all the writing awards are like the Academy Awards, if something wins big in either the chances are that it's some boring, artsy, navel-gazing crap that only a critic could love.

The worst of the scifi ones was Forever Peace. Total shit. I haven't read the scifantasy ones.

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:09:25 PM EDT

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I'll have to check out his books. All the writing awards are leftist popularity contests these days.

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:12:04 PM EDT

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Hell Yes! I'm reading Monster Hunter International again.

Vulcan94

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:39:16 PM EDT

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eta: wrong thread

Posted: 4/25/2014 5:58:42 PM EDT

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What non-socialist scifi novel should have won the Hugo and why did the Hugo winner in that year not deserve to win?

Posted: 4/25/2014 6:18:36 PM EDT

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Interesting. Didn't Heinlein win a Hugo Award for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress? Considering how libertarian that book is; it seems that things have changed quite a bit.

Posted: 4/25/2014 6:41:03 PM EDT

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Interesting. Didn't Heinlein win a Hugo Award for The Moon is a Harsh Mistress? Considering how libertarian that book is; it seems that things have changed quite a bit.

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Good and bad in fiction:

The Bad:

Like any form of entertainment it is a mouthpiece for certain literary "normals" that are very lock-step with Hollywood. Lots of books representing a lot of leftist views and a lot of the editing makes it to make our regular conservative values out to be some evil plot.

Hunger Games and Twilight. With their success there is a lot of push for authors to grab tween-twenty readers. This has brought a groundswell of new closeted authors and hipster-esque movement to capture the youth reading market.

The Good:

Hunger Games and Twilight. No, really. You think I'm joking. Twilight brought MILLIONS of new readers (especially young readers) into books, especially sci-fi and fantasy. While not particular to Twilight, Hunger Games (and now Divergent) have been extremely popular right-ish plots that kids are eating up.

A lot of the old guard sci-fi and fantasy novelists still write stories, not politics.

Posted: 4/25/2014 6:52:51 PM EDT

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They got it right with Girl Genius.

Posted: 4/25/2014 11:18:06 PM EDT

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You need a Night-Watchman (2") to go along with that one.

Posted: 4/25/2014 11:23:25 PM EDT

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It's so damned sad and maddening when simply speaking the truth draws such massive condemnation.

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:12:59 PM EDT

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It's been going on a while. John Ringo glances off the left/write publishing issue in his Princess of Wands series.

They "critics" pretty much universally hate authors published by Baen, while I use them as "what to read next". Mostly Ringo, Correa, and Weber.

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:27:52 PM EDT

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hell to the yes. 1st chapter of that book will grab you right away. protagonist sounds like an Arfcommer gone wild.

what round for werewolf?

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:33:05 PM EDT

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In all fairness, from a literary standpoint, his books are pretty badly written.

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:36:48 PM EDT

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Of course. ..because it shows their hypocrisy. ..... Vox Day, isn't someone, from reading his Blog, that I agree with on too many things. .....that said, I LIKE his work that I have read so far. I voted for his short's Nomination because I Liked IT not HIM......... That's the point of Larry's whole issue. They even ADMIT they would vote against Day because of him, without ever reading the work.......All the while vehemently denying it. And of course, anyone who dares disagree with the group think, Is deemed a sock puppet.

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Posted: 4/26/2014 2:39:02 PM EDT

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hell to the yes. 1st chapter of that book will grab you right away. protagonist sounds like an Arfcommer gone wild.

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I pretty much just read free books for my kindle anymore, some very talented unheard of writers out there. That said, I'll probably pick up one of his books because of his actions in regards to the award. Monster Hunters is good you say?

hell to the yes. 1st chapter of that book will grab you right away. protagonist sounds like an Arfcommer gone wild.

what round for werewolf?

First chapter? Hell, the first sentence will grab you!

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:41:18 PM EDT

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Yep, to me all the writing awards are like the Academy Awards, if something wins big in either the chances are that it's some boring, artsy, navel-gazing crap that only a critic could love.

Personally I am a big fan of Mr. Correia's books, they entertain me and that's kinda the whole point.

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I quit paying attention to the Hugo awards stuff, years ago. Always seemed to be so much crap. <<shrugs>>

Yep, to me all the writing awards are like the Academy Awards, if something wins big in either the chances are that it's some boring, artsy, navel-gazing crap that only a critic could love.

Personally I am a big fan of Mr. Correia's books, they entertain me and that's kinda the whole point.

lol so true same way as 12 years a slave won shit this year even judges admit they undeservedly voted for it as to not be seen as racists.

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:42:06 PM EDT

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Tag

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:44:20 PM EDT

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Larry Correia is awesome.

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:45:56 PM EDT

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The whole thing has been a fucking a riot.

Keep up with it on his Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/larry.correia

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:48:40 PM EDT

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crickets

You people don't know much about the subject.

Posted: 4/26/2014 2:48:48 PM EDT

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I'm sitting here rolling up a character with my Autographed by Larry copy of the MHI RPG book he put out.

Great books! The next one is due out in July.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:17:52 PM EDT

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I'm sorry, but when you are not that good of a writer, blaming the lack of an award on political persecution is lame.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:24:27 PM EDT

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I'm sitting here rolling up a character with my Autographed by Larry copy of the MHI RPG book he put out.

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A friend has my copy of the RPG.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:25:25 PM EDT

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If he were bemoaning his own lack of awards or accolades, and ignoring other writers, that would be a point.

That's not what I'm taking away from his blog posts.

YMMV.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:28:31 PM EDT

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If he were bemoaning his own lack of awards or accolades, and ignoring other writers, that would be a point.

That's not what I'm taking away from his blog posts.

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I'm sorry, but when you are not that good of a writer, blaming the lack of an award on political persecution is lame.

If he were bemoaning his own lack of awards or accolades, and ignoring other writers, that would be a point.

That's not what I'm taking away from his blog posts.

YMMV.

"My fans are the wrong kind of fans." He is bemoaning his own fate that his two dimensional pulp did not get an award.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:31:06 PM EDT

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Corriea writes good and stuff, I like his books. Him, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson are never going to be beloved by the libs, moonbats, and non-governmental organizations.

But I'll keep buying their books.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:33:29 PM EDT

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I figured this was about Card
I remember when the left went apeshit after he made some comments about gays

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:34:37 PM EDT

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Corriea writes good and stuff, I like his books. Him, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson are never going to be beloved by the libs, moonbats, and non-governmental organizations.

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Posted: 4/26/2014 3:35:49 PM EDT

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"My fans are the wrong kind of fans." He is bemoaning his own fate that his two dimensional pulp did not get an award.

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I'm sorry, but when you are not that good of a writer, blaming the lack of an award on political persecution is lame.

If he were bemoaning his own lack of awards or accolades, and ignoring other writers, that would be a point.

That's not what I'm taking away from his blog posts.

YMMV.

"My fans are the wrong kind of fans." He is bemoaning his own fate that his two dimensional pulp did not get an award.

Again, that's not what I'm getting.

Seriously, you read what he had to say about the people he calls "Social Justice Warriors", and their corrosive influence on publishing, and that doesn't ring true?

I've read commentary on this subject from L. Neil Smith, for one, who had much the same to say about what kinds of stories and characters are pre-approved by publishing houses and their editors, and the hoops an author must jump through to get work published.

It's not as if Correia is saying anything new or surprising, rather that he's running the same gauntlet other libertarian writers have endured before.

The difference here is that he seems to be able to use the internet and the connections it provides to expose this kind of thing in a way which was impossible even a few years ago.

Good for him.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:36:20 PM EDT

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Fuck yeah

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:37:50 PM EDT

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Corriea writes good and stuff, I like his books. Him, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson are never going to be beloved by the libs, moonbats, and non-governmental organizations.

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And that's the point. The writing is crap, but its crap for gun enthusiasts, so it gets support, but it is not worthy, from a writing standpoint of awards. Ive got several copies of MHI when it was self-published with the olive drab MHI patch on the cover. I bought them because I wanted to support a fellow gun owner, not because I thought they were works of literary genius.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:38:33 PM EDT

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Most Sci-Fi is unreadable today.

Vox Day, Larry Correia, and Tom Kratman are bright spots in a dismal genre.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:39:48 PM EDT

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And that's the point. The writing is crap, but its crap for gun enthusiasts, so it gets support, but it is not worthy, from a writing standpoint of awards. Ive got several copies of MHI when it was self-published with the olive drab MHI patch on the cover. I bought them because I wanted to support a fellow gun owner, not because I thought they were works of literary genius.

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Corriea writes good and stuff, I like his books. Him, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson are never going to be beloved by the libs, moonbats, and non-governmental organizations.

But I'll keep buying their books.

And that's the point. The writing is crap, but its crap for gun enthusiasts, so it gets support, but it is not worthy, from a writing standpoint of awards. Ive got several copies of MHI when it was self-published with the olive drab MHI patch on the cover. I bought them because I wanted to support a fellow gun owner, not because I thought they were works of literary genius.

So you are saying that Scalzi's novel "Redshirts" is worthy of a Hugo award. HAHAHAHAHA! The stuff that wins awards today is atrocious.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:40:08 PM EDT

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Again, that's not what I'm getting.

Seriously, you read what he had to say about the people he calls "Social Justice Warriors", and their corrosive influence on publishing, and that doesn't ring true?

I've read commentary on this subject from L. Neil Smith, for one, who had much the same to say about what kinds of stories and characters are pre-approved by publishing houses and their editors, and the hoops an author must jump through to get work published.

It's not as if Correia is saying anything new or surprising, rather that he's running the same gauntlet other libertarian writers have endured before.

The difference here is that he seems to be able to use the internet and the connections it provides to expose this kind of thing in a way which was impossible even a few years ago.

Good for him.

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I'm sorry, but when you are not that good of a writer, blaming the lack of an award on political persecution is lame.

If he were bemoaning his own lack of awards or accolades, and ignoring other writers, that would be a point.

That's not what I'm taking away from his blog posts.

YMMV.

"My fans are the wrong kind of fans." He is bemoaning his own fate that his two dimensional pulp did not get an award.

Again, that's not what I'm getting.

Seriously, you read what he had to say about the people he calls "Social Justice Warriors", and their corrosive influence on publishing, and that doesn't ring true?

I've read commentary on this subject from L. Neil Smith, for one, who had much the same to say about what kinds of stories and characters are pre-approved by publishing houses and their editors, and the hoops an author must jump through to get work published.

It's not as if Correia is saying anything new or surprising, rather that he's running the same gauntlet other libertarian writers have endured before.

The difference here is that he seems to be able to use the internet and the connections it provides to expose this kind of thing in a way which was impossible even a few years ago.

Good for him.

The fact is, if you read the post, it really is about him. His books, while fun, are not examples of
literary genius. Absent the gun stuff, he'd barely get a nod here.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:43:16 PM EDT

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So you are saying that Scalzi's novel "Redshirts" is worthy of a Hugo award. HAHAHAHAHA! The stuff that wins awards today is atrocious.

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Corriea writes good and stuff, I like his books. Him, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson are never going to be beloved by the libs, moonbats, and non-governmental organizations.

But I'll keep buying their books.

And that's the point. The writing is crap, but its crap for gun enthusiasts, so it gets support, but it is not worthy, from a writing standpoint of awards. Ive got several copies of MHI when it was self-published with the olive drab MHI patch on the cover. I bought them because I wanted to support a fellow gun owner, not because I thought they were works of literary genius.

So you are saying that Scalzi's novel "Redshirts" is worthy of a Hugo award. HAHAHAHAHA! The stuff that wins awards today is atrocious.

Have not read it so honestly cannot comment on it. However, I have read all of LC's stuff and it is 8th grade level pulp. Fun, and I buy them because we should support gun enthusiast authors, but award worthy? No.

Posted: 4/26/2014 3:46:55 PM EDT

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Have not read it so honestly cannot comment on it. However, I have read all of LC's stuff and it is 8th grade level pulp. Fun, and I buy them because we should support gun enthusiast authors, but award worthy? No.

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Corriea writes good and stuff, I like his books. Him, Tom Kratman, and Michael Z Williamson are never going to be beloved by the libs, moonbats, and non-governmental organizations.

But I'll keep buying their books.

And that's the point. The writing is crap, but its crap for gun enthusiasts, so it gets support, but it is not worthy, from a writing standpoint of awards. Ive got several copies of MHI when it was self-published with the olive drab MHI patch on the cover. I bought them because I wanted to support a fellow gun owner, not because I thought they were works of literary genius.

So you are saying that Scalzi's novel "Redshirts" is worthy of a Hugo award. HAHAHAHAHA! The stuff that wins awards today is atrocious.

Have not read it so honestly cannot comment on it. However, I have read all of LC's stuff and it is 8th grade level pulp. Fun, and I buy them because we should support gun enthusiast authors, but award worthy? No.

I am not surprised to hear this.

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