Tingle on the Hugo controversy
2024-01-27 01:26:01.270097+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Once again we see that the world is not worthy of Chuck Tingle: Tingle writes on Facebook about the current Hugos controversy:
finally had time to get informed about xiran jay zhao, rebecca f kuang and neil gaiman being removed from hugo ballot without explanation and hugos claiming they were 'disqualified' but not being able to say why. there is something about this that i think only i can say so here goes:
i philosophically believe my story SPACE RAPTOR BUTT INVASION deserved its nomination because of my views on art, but i also know my views are rare and extreme. my circumstances were very unique and strange, so consider this: EVEN SPACE RAPTOR BUTT INVASION WAS NOT DISQUALIFIED
look up the circumstances of my nomination if you are unfamiliar. apparently that was NOT enough for a disqualification but some mysterious thing about the work of xiran jay zhao, rebecca f kuang and neil gaiman is?
again i am not saying i should have been disqualified and i could write a dang 50 page thesis on art theory and why i believe in my nomination, but compared against the current situation it says a LOT. i am very disturbed and saddened by the treatment of these authors.
The Bookseller: Controversy over 'inexplicable' exclusion of R F Kuang and Xiran Jay Zhao from Hugo Awards 2023