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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
Actually, one of their complaints is that hugely successful authors never seem to get awards anymore, except the evil Scalzi (whose NYT Bestseller Redshirts won the Hugo). I think Jim Butcher, Kevin Anderson, and maybe Marko Kloos (as their nod to Amazon indie authors) were on the Sad Puppy slate for that reason. Plus, the Anderson and Kloos works are both interstellar warfare space opera, which they especially like. I haven't read any of them, but I did like Charles Gannon's Trial By Fire and nominated it (and nominated the first book in the series last year), but it wasn't on Vox Day's Rabid Puppy slate. I think it was the Vox Day fan base that drove the nominee list, every one of his choices for novella was a nominee, including three by John C. Wright published by his publishing house.
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Hugely successful and award worthy don't always go hand in hand.
50 Shades of Grey is hugely successful and it's a pile of dog poo (to be kind).
I'm not saying that Jim Butcher is dog poo. I like his books. But I do feel that the awards should be about the quality of the work. Lots of hugely successful authors aren't award worthy. If some sick twisted puppies are going to game the system, then the system is broken and needs to be closed until the system can be fixed.