I don't normally tread all that far outside the realm of gaming, but as I am attending WorldCon this year I've been paying special attention to the Hugos and the...lets call it "kerfuffle" going on around it. It was originally brought to my attention by George R. R. Martin's tweets, and I think he does a fair job of summarizing it.
The
following is the full Hugo Award 2015 bracket with nominees put forth by the
Sad and Rabid Puppies slates color coded. When I got down to reading the nominees I
realized I wanted a coherent list of how the slates impacted the nominees, including
both slates, so I decided to make one myself. Sad
Puppies are marked in Blue, Rabid Puppies in Red,
and any nominees suggested by both are marked in
Purple.* I want to make it very clear that this should not be used as a
slate or voting guide. At least some of the authors the Puppy groups included on their
slates were not consulted about it, and it would be unfair to them to deny them
an award merely because of an undesired association. So say it with me, “This
post should NOT be used as a slate.” Each work should be judged on its own
merit. Of course if you do not feel that any of the works in a category merit a Hugo award you are free to choose the "No Award" option in that category.
However, due
to the exploitation of the Hugo nomination system (and this was an exploitation
of a system that previously relied on non-slate voting due to a, apparently
misplaced, trust in an honor system) I feel it is only fair that voters have
some knowledge as to why individual works were included. All knowledge is worth
having, and so I leave it to you to decide what to do with this information. You
will notice that in several categories ALL of the nominees belong to a slate.
If that troubles you I recommend considering John Scalzi’s system.
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
