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I don't consider awards to be irrelevant, but I think they are more for the authors benefit than readers. To me they are a nod of acceptance and recognition by the peers for the peers.
As a reader I find awards useful for pointers and guidance of possible reads but I don't let Hugos, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy Award or any others in the similar vain determine my reading completely.
Have these awards been useful to me in finding great sci-fi and fantasy books to read? YES.
Have they determined all of my reads? Hell NO.
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