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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'm not sure if we are supposed to be tut-tutting over the state of people today or what. But if those are the people going to conventions and participating, then it explains the most recent Hugo winners. As was mentioned earlier:
Whose fault is it that Baen readers don't go to conventions?
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Not sure about that. I've liked quite a few of the recent Hugo winners. But long gone are the days when I would have read all the Hugo best novel nominees. These days I may have read one or two of them.
OTOH, I've gotten tired of listening as to why older Hugo awards should never have been awarded to the books that won. Going to hop into your time machine and make sure
Lord of Light did not win the 1968 Hugo for best novel (also a year where Star Trek was guaranteed to win the best dramatic presentation)? Being hectored about J. K. Rowling winning the 2001 Hugo for
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire given her current state of political incorrectness. Yes, Robert J. Sawyer's
Calculating God or George R. R. Martin's
A Storm of Swords might have been a better choice in many ways. If only they managed to sell as many copies as J. K. Rowling did. As far as I am concerned, the Hugos are a popularity contest and have never had any pretensions of being anything else. You want literary pretensions, hit the Nebula awards.
As for Baen readers not going to conventions? I've met quite a few other Baen fans at various cons. In many ways, a rather jaded and cynical group that I've had several enjoyable drinks and conversations with.