The newest replace on the Hugo Awards scandal confirms what many suspected — that works and authors (particularly Babel, a Sandman episode, and Xiran Jay Zhao) deemed ineligible regardless of their reputation have been labelled as such no less than partially due to politics.
Writers Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford focus on the contents of the recordsdata and emails that have been launched from Diane Lacey, a member of the Hugo Award administration, in a report posted right here, and conclude that the exclusion of sure works and authors is censorship.
From the report: “Emails and files released by one of the administrators of the 2023 Hugo Awards indicate that authors and works deemed ‘not eligible’ for the awards were removed due to political considerations. In particular, administrators of the awards from the United States and Canada researched political concerns related to Hugo-eligible authors and works and discussed removing certain ones from the ballot for those reasons, revealing they were active participants in the censorship that took place.”
You can learn the total breakdown right here.
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