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Old 04-19-2015, 12:30 AM   #273
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Originally Posted by caleb72 View Post
I haven't explored what "Rabbid Puppies" is, although I've come across the name Vox Day here and there.

Is a rough summary, a group of like-minded individuals who seek to use various means at their disposal to influence the selection of Hugo nominees based on the author's/work's political leanings?
As a very rough summary, that's close enough for jazz. To add some detail without going overboard, VD was on the SP2 slate last year and started his own slate this year. There are allegations of behind-the-scenes collusion between the SP3 and RP administrators, but little hard evidence. Of course, since the nature of such collusion is that it tends to be secret...
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