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Old 04-28-2016, 09:12 PM   #8
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Chuck Tingle is my hero.
How did 'Space Raptor Butt Invasion' by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist?
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketc...htmlstory.html
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Why on earth — or the rest of the solar system — is a book called "Space Raptor Butt Invasion" by Chuck Tingle up for a Hugo award?

Thank the puppies.
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Pseudonymous erotica author Tingle, who is also responsible for titles such as "Taken by the Gay Unicorn Biker," responded quickly to the Hugo news with a new e-book, "Slammed in the Butt by My Hugo Award Nomination."

It seems clear that Day expected Tingle's nomination to outrage his critics, but it doesn't appear to have worked —Tingle is a popular figure among a wide range of readers, not just Puppy-affiliated ones:
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