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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. The presence or absence of a Hugo has never influenced my decision to buy a book, because they have always been a popularity contest. I pay more attention to the Clarke Award, which at least attempts to judge books on their merits.
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I look at all short lists for book to read and this mean one less short list.
The Clarke Award have had some strange books lately but I used to read all book on the short list. I am now trying to read the BSFA short list and the Nebula Award short list.
Bur the Hugo nominated books fills another function. Going to a Worldcon it is the books and short stories you can count on most people have read. It creates a common language were you can refer to book or short stories and people know what you talk about. That is now lost.