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The near complete absence of male winners (none in any main category from 2017 to 2022) since then is admittedly pretty suspicious.
by concordDance 3y ago
The near complete absence of male winners (none in any main category from 2017 to 2022) since then is admittedly pretty suspicious.
- tobias3 3y agoI wouldn't care if this wouldn't impact winner quality. Presumably there are a lot of authors which need discovering (or perhaps not, idk). But a book like "The Calculating Stars" is just so bad, I'll never trust the Hugo award again.
- edanm 3y agoI really enjoyed "The Calculating Stars". As did apparently many other people. It's totally normal to dislike some winners, I certainly don't like them all. But that doesn't mean quality is down - it's a matter of taste, after all.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoI loved The Calculating Stars. Books do exist that are objectively bad, but consider that maybe this time - and other times - this is just a matter of taste. (And it's entirely possible that the folks who pick out Hugo winners don't match yours, and that's fine.)