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Old 02-13-2015, 12:46 PM   #288
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Originally Posted by Rizla View Post
Okay, but if you look at the number and score of reviews for those books on Amazon, I fear you'll find yourself in the minority. Nothing wrong with that. But if the Hugo doesn't reflect the majority of SF readers, then who does it represent? And what does it represent? Not the majority of SF readers, I would argue.
It seems to represent the mystical *real* SF readers, which apparently discriminates against all those peope I know, where the one (three) book they have ever read is The Hunger Games. I am not sure I blame them either...


(And there goes your popularity claims...)
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