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Originally Posted by JSWolf
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.
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I'm just repeating the gist of a conversation I had with one of the Sad Puppies. He was arguing that because last year's winner Ancillary Justice had a lower sales rank than, for example, several Star Trek and Star Wars novels, Ender's Game and several 99 cent space operas, that proved it was unworthy of the Hugo award, and that it was a sign that the Hugo voters were out of touch and picking unpopular works instead of picking good, popular novels.