You may recall that the Toad of Tor said this yesterday:
1. I have less power than I feel I should have.
2. I feel those people over there have power I don’t have.
3. They must have stolen mine!
A clear case of psychological projection, one would have to conclude. Especially after reading her subsequent statement today:
“The Hugos don’t belong to the set of all people who read
the genre; they belong to the worldcon, and the people who attend
and/or support it. The set of all people who read SF can start
their own award.”
– Teresa Nielsen Hayden, March 29,
2015, 03:43 PM
That’s coming right from the Toad’s mouth. And yet, here is what Sasquan itself has to say about the Hugo Awards.
Worldcons are the site of the Hugo Awards, the premier awards in the science fiction field, recognizing the greatest books and stories, related works, film, television, podcasts, and fan works.
So, we’re supposed to believe that the premier awards that recognize the greatest books and stories in science fiction don’t belong to the set of all science fiction readers? Then what makes them “the premier awards”? Why are they even supposed to be relevant, if they mean nothing to anyone who isn’t one of the small number of people who attend “the worldcon”?