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Originally Posted by tompe
But that is not how they are presenting the Hugo award. It is in some way a popularity contest.
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But it IS the way it's presented. In every article that ever talks about the Hugo, it's referred to as "the award for the year's best in the genre." Or "the genre's most prestigious award."
The first sentence of the introduction from the
Hugo's very own website:
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The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award.
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Wikipedia page for The Hugo Award:
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The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
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From Loncon 3 (hosting this year's Worldcon):
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The Hugo Award® is the leading award for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy.
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And the category names themselves are all prefaced by "Best."
Change them all to "Favorite XXX" and I'd have no issue.
