Authors Neil Gaiman, Paul Weimer, R.F. Kuang and Xiran Jay Zhao were deemed ineligible as finalists in last year’s awards despite earning enough votes. Released emails show that award organizers were concerned with how the authors would be perceived in China, File 770, a science fiction outlet, reported.
The Hugo Awards were hosted in China last year. According to the reports, Dave McCarty, who headed the 2023 award selection, wrote in an email last June that since the event was “happening in China” and the laws they must operate under “are different,” that the organizers should “highlight anything of sensitive political nature.”
Neil Gaiman, Paul Weimer among writers excluded from Hugo Awards over fear of offending China: Report
The Hugo Awards, some of the most prestigious literary awards in science fiction, excluded several authors last year over concerns that their work could be offensive to China, leaked emails show. A…thehill.com
Unacceptable. This just plays into China's censorship. If this was going to be such a damn problem, why did they host it in China in the first damn place?
Exactly!If this was going to be such a damn problem, why did they host it in China in the first damn place?
My advice, if you are this upset send back your RSVP as not attending. Maybe even enclose a note in all caps with your complaint. That ought to set them straight.Unacceptable. This just plays into China's censorship. If this was going to be such a damn problem, why did they host it in China in the first damn place?
My advice, if you are this upset send back your RSVP as not attending. Maybe even enclose a note in all caps with your complaint. That ought to set them straight.
To be fair, we still love the food.Because I am so old (86), I remember the days when Americans loved the Chinese
As always, no solution. Just outrage in matters you are not involved in.Nice to see you have zero problem with censorship and capitulation to China.
How is that different from banning authors China wouldn't like?Time to pull the Hugo awards out of China and ban all Chinese participation. China must be banned from the Olympics.
My advice, if you are this upset send back your RSVP as not attending. Maybe even enclose a note in all caps with your complaint. That ought to set them straight.
To be fair, we still love the food.
Well I vote that as a replacement for the header under Debate Politics at the top of the page.As always, no solution. Just outrage in matters you are not involved in.
As always, no solution. Just outrage in matters you are not involved in.
Well I vote that as a replacement for the header under Debate Politics at the top of the page.
This place is all outrage; has anyone solved anything?
How is that different from banning authors China wouldn't like?
Indeed.Unacceptable. This just plays into China's censorship. If this was going to be such a damn problem, why did they host it in China in the first damn place?
Boiled pigeon.Agreed.
A ramen house recently opened nearby.
The food is delicious.
MAGA.
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