Hugo Awards 2020: Round Up of the Fall Out

There’s SO MUCH being said about the Hugo Awards…everything from the standard nuggetyy nuggets complaints to real questions regarding the presentation, the relevance of the awards, marginalization…that we’ve not had time to do a comprehensive round up, so, instead, here are some links we’ve been gathering just for something like that;  we’ll keep adding as more commentary comes to our attention:

How not to run an awards ceremony

Last Night’s Hugo Awards ceremony was a mess

GRRM responds

(more GRRM) Commentary

Several posts on the awards themselves by Camestros Felapton

George R.R. Martin criticized for racism, transphobia while hosting Hugo Awards

George R.R. Martin Accused of Racism and Just Generally Sucking After Hosting Hugo Awards

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN CAN FUCK OFF INTO THE SUN, OR: THE 2020 HUGO AWARDS CEREMONY (RAGEBLOG EDITION)

Mary Robinette KowaL

CoNZealand Statement

Scalzi’s non-comment

One among many threads on Facebook discussing various aspects

No doubt more coming in the ensuing days

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