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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Fair enough.
I'm just always a bit confused by a negative "I don't recognize any of these" reaction to an award list (as well as an "I know many of these" positive reaction). I'd prefer they ALL be unknown to me, to tell the truth. I'm looking for new authors to like, not external validation that books/authors I've already read and liked are deemed "good" by others.
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That's what the best _new_ author award is for!
It's actually pretty straight forward. Most of us who have been reading a genre for a long time should be at least aware of most of the major authors in that genre. If there is a best of list of SF&F works for the year, and I don't recognize most of the authors, then odds are pretty good that their definition of best and my definition of best are very, very different. I can see a few newer authors, but not most.
The other side of that is the experience side. I stopped following the hugos when I noticed that I didn't really like most of the novels or authors on the list for a number of years running.