Thread: Finalists: 2015 Hugo Award
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Old 04-07-2015, 01:29 AM   #56
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht View Post
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.
If sales numbers matter, just look at the sales data and crown a winner. No voting required.

If quality matters, the sales numbers are irrelevant and said SP walloped you with a large red herring.

Finally, the "popular works don't get Hugos" premise itself is easily disproven. Just look at the 21st century's winners in the Dramatic Presentation (Long) categories. All three LOTR movies, The Incredibles, Serenity, WALL-E, Inception, first season of Game of Thrones, Avengers, and Gravity. For short form, the last decade amounts to Doctor Who and Game of Thrones, plus one episode of BSG and some SJW's indie musical about "Dr. Horrible." (I hear the guy now makes movies about guys in tights. Whadda loser, amirite?)

If those ain't "popular works," just what qualifies?
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