tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post5433028909380650588..comments2023-09-02T21:41:54.953-05:00Comments on ST-v-SW.Net: The Blog: Hugo PuppiesGuardianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284444370958467313noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-66328147117455575592015-09-11T09:58:00.367-05:002015-09-11T09:58:00.367-05:00JMS has posted informative links here:
http://w...JMS has posted informative links here: <br /><br />http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6804Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784914528396175700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-33832488473837557722015-09-06T12:51:55.658-05:002015-09-06T12:51:55.658-05:00Thanks for bringing in a more expert opinion, JMS....Thanks for bringing in a more expert opinion, JMS. As noted, I'm late to the game, and it isn't my area. Hell, I only just recently had a go of the Foundation audio version by the BBC and just couldn't finish it. <br /><br />As for the bias charge from blankā¦ when did personal taste become bias? What exactly does not liking GotG make me biased against? (Hint: I am biased against overproduced nonsensical plots with ridiculous aliens as the main cast trying to make up for a weak story. I don't even care for most superheroes and hate fantasy as a genre, so there you go.)Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784914528396175700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-42918389498342831722015-09-02T21:45:05.863-05:002015-09-02T21:45:05.863-05:00" ignoring native English-speaking science fi..." ignoring native English-speaking science fiction altogether but for crap like Guardians of the Galaxy."<br /><br />Describing something as "crap" doesn't give the reader any useful information as to what sorts of stories you are referring to. It just makes you sound bias. Blanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-23791555272614945132015-09-01T22:33:15.712-05:002015-09-01T22:33:15.712-05:00It's slightly more complicated than left / rig...It's slightly more complicated than left / right. This has been brewing for several years, and I've been watching the rising tension in literary SF&F fandom for several years.<br /><br />There are two dimensions: Pro- / anti- politicization of fandom and the genre; and then left / right.<br /><br />The first major push was from pro-politicization left-wing forces. Right-wing fans and authors had a fairly hostile response to this (once they started to respond), whether or not they were in favor of politicizing the genre and fandom in their own direction or opposed to politicization. Left-wing anti-politicization fans and authors were left in a very awkward position, as the people in positions of power within traditional fandom tended to be left-wing pro-politicization.<br /><br />See, for example, Eric Flint, who stayed mostly quiet until recently and AFAIK is still on the good side of both some of the Sad Puppies and some of the anti-Puppies ("Puppy Kickers," if you will). He's been alternating between conciliatory statements and condemnations of extremism by either side.<br /><br />You've got a couple misses in the statement. Five categories were No Awarded (short story, novella, both editor categories, and related work). That left two literary fiction category awards (novel and novelette), the alternate-media fiction categories (graphic novel, "long-form drama" (movie), "short-form drama" (TV show)) and an assortment of other miscellaneous categories. <br /><br />No Award WAS ranked over virtually all Sad Puppy and Rabid Puppy nominees, with the main exception being Guardians of the Galaxy. It was a fairly clear case of bloc voting against Puppy nominees.Jedi Master Spockhttp://starfleetjedi.net/forumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-32897052749235669962015-08-31T13:50:55.349-05:002015-08-31T13:50:55.349-05:00The American political right frankly terrifies me,...The American political right frankly terrifies me, but as I say to people, there are very few honest politicians out there from any spectrum. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452880732720080896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-80560096541723263302015-08-31T13:50:54.494-05:002015-08-31T13:50:54.494-05:00The American political right frankly terrifies me,...The American political right frankly terrifies me, but as I say to people, there are very few honest politicians out there from any spectrum. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452880732720080896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-31117682391167090662015-08-31T13:50:49.871-05:002015-08-31T13:50:49.871-05:00The American political right frankly terrifies me,...The American political right frankly terrifies me, but as I say to people, there are very few honest politicians out there from any spectrum. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452880732720080896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-15433331568026939852015-08-31T07:08:29.272-05:002015-08-31T07:08:29.272-05:00In an ideal world, I could see how your point woul...In an ideal world, I could see how your point would be agreeable. Folks should logically conclude the best course on any particular topic and it might, from our perspective, appear an ideological mish-mash. <br /><br />And there is some truth to that. After all, things that are conservative party planks in, say, Australia, aren't necessarily goals shared by America's more conservative-of-the-two party. There are pieces of historical and legal inertia unique to nations and regions that skew what is considered left and right.<br /><br />And yet, common threads run throughout. So, broadly speaking, there really are two different ideologies in play, with different concepts on the nature of man, his rights, and our goals. And things have been changing rapidly at least in the U.S., where the historically more leftist Democrat Party has really put the pedal to the metal in going left over the past 20 years: http://reason.com/blog/2015/08/26/when-the-entire-democratic-party-was-lik<br /><br />Incidentally, I have long pondered a post on "The Star Trek Conservative", but frankly it'd be a book. Perhaps that's what I oughta do.<br />Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284444370958467313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12251252.post-88507278258293481642015-08-31T01:26:32.758-05:002015-08-31T01:26:32.758-05:00Personally, I think the whole left-vs-right dichot...Personally, I think the whole left-vs-right dichotomy is utter malarky. All it really does is facilitate people getting too wrapped up in their my-side-your-side arguments over whose ideology is more right or good or pure, or whatever mystical-feel-good-incantation word you can come up with, and end up bickering and fighting over BS ideological fantasies like toddlers fighting over whose turn it is to play with the toy car, instead of sitting down and working out pragmatic, evidence-based solutions, regardless of which philosophy or political group ideas and solutions come from, like rational adults.<br /><br />We've got real-world problems to solve (or in this case, an increasingly large volume of good sci-fi to enjoy), why do we have to get wrapped up in arguments of political ideology?Ilithi Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300247936272572280noreply@blogger.com