Hmm, I don't quite agree with this one, but his last paragraph does line up with my thinking on trappings vs subject:
https://bradrtorgersen.wordpress.com...eliable-field/
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But we’re pretty deep into the unraveling, and there may not be enough cohesive force to keep SF/F tied together as a whole. The field may simply blow apart entirely, like a supernova. The different pieces spinning off into the universe, leaving a dead neutron core (or even a singularity) in its place. No more identifiable SCIENCE FICTION. Just SF-flavored war fiction, or SF-romance, or SF-mysteries, or Fantasy-flavored cop dramas, etc. The center (as the saying goes) may not hold.
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What he seems to be focusing on is Big 5 imprint SF--not indies, where space opera and adventure are increasingly abundant--and print sales more than ebooks. I don't think the subjects he highlights are unnecessarily inappropriate for SF but I do think *how* they are used and how they are presented matters.
On the rest; well, I gave up on the Hugos back in the 90's anyway.
I don't think they are broken as much as meaningless.
Fighting over them is fruitless.