Between now and MidAmeriCon II people will expend a million words arguing whether Sad Puppies 4 is a slate or a recommendation list, a Hugo voter registration drive, an outlet for those frustrated with message fiction, a movement to oppose … Continue reading
If dead men tell no tales, why is Ask Lovecraft taking a crack at explaining “Sad Puppies”? Lovecraft demurely claims, “We are happy not being at the center of the controversy for once.” I’m sorry, my laughter is keeping me from pressing the … Continue reading
(1) Steve Rzasa on Speculative Faith – “Puppies v. Trufans: Civil War” My short story Turncoat, set in the Quantum Mortis sci-fi universe and written with a very specific aim, was nominated this way: Last spring, Vox Day approached me … Continue reading
(1) We begin with some choice misinformation from Charlotte Eyre’s “Five ‘no awards’ given at Hugos” on The Bookseller. The groups [Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies] had allegedly paid for fans to go to WorldCon to have influence over the … Continue reading
(1) Michael A. Rothman accuses Fandom of disillusioning his teenage sons. I took my kids to WorldCon to expose them to Fandom and I’ve consciously shielded them from any of the politics of the kerfuffle associated with the literary “sides” … Continue reading
These are the times that try men’s Scrolls. (1) Dilbert is still not at work on his sci-fi novel. (2) Blogger and Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik is opening a new venue for her writing: I am founding this … Continue reading
aka The Genre That Day Stood Still In the roundup today: Craig R., L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright, Sanford Begley, George R.R. Martin, Sarah A. Hoyt, Brad K. Horner, Lis Carey, Patrick May, William Reichard, Fred Kiesche and mysterious others. (Title … Continue reading
aka One Hundred Days of Being Stuck in a Crate Just Because You Ate the Goddamn Plum Pudding Again, if you Didn’t Want Me To Eat It You Shouldn’t Have Put it on the Table, Signed, Maggie, Your DOG There … Continue reading
Sad Puppies, John Scalzi and Larry Correia feature in a new Wall Street Journal piece “The Culture Wars Invade Science Fiction” by Michael Rapoport. Mr. Scalzi likens the Puppies’ campaigns to the backlash that women and minorities have faced in … Continue reading
aka Don’t ask for whom the puppy barks, it barks for thee. Today’s roundup brings you K. Tempest Bradford, David Gerrold, Redneck Gaijin, Spacefaring Kitten, SL Huang, Brandon Kempner, Alexandra Erin, and Robert J. Bennett. (Title credit goes to File … Continue reading