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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's a major problem for the Hugos, certainly, but even as an SF fan I really don't see the Hugos as being that significant.
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That's not uncommon on the other side of the pond. And rightfully so. Probably at least in part due to the fact that Worldcon has only taken place in England once in the last 20 years. Here in the states, publishers chomp at the bit to release a new edition of their books with "Hugo Award Winning" emblazoned on the cover. It makes careers. But there's not really a lot of "World" in the Worldcon.
I have no doubt that the Hugos
could be "fixed" over time. But I also have very little doubt that they probably never will be. The core group is a little too arrogant in their belief that things will self-adjust in time. "We've weathered storms in the past;" "The rules are in place to.." blah, blah, blah. They were forewarned what was going to happen this year and still they instituted no plan to get the first year of the two-year process started.