{"id":7025,"date":"2015-04-16T08:30:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=7025"},"modified":"2016-03-08T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:30:10","slug":"nominees-bowing-out-a-variety-of-puppies-and-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/16\/nominees-bowing-out-a-variety-of-puppies-and-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"nominees bowing out; a variety of puppies and responses"},"content":{"rendered":"

On top of everything below, I’m mad that this Puppies slate-voting\/nominations-gaming stunt happened this year in particular.<\/p>\n

I know that’s selfish, but we don’t get a lot of Cascadian Worldcons; I know, I’ve been involved (at low levels) with a few failed bids. But more, a friend of mine won the competition to do the Hugo Award base. I was really happy for him, and now he gets to deal with this.<\/p>\n

I mean, the whole mess is overtly political bullshit, done for overtly political reasons, mostly – when it comes right down to it – for spite<\/a>, to Show Those People What. And while plenty of people have been hurt by this – to the distinct pleasure of some on the Puppy side<\/a>, since after all, that’s kind of the point<\/em> – it’s a little more personal when it’s people you know.<\/p>\n

Anyway. I’ve assembled a bunch of links off to other people talking about the Puppies, including – talking of people being hurt by it – Annie Bellet removing her story from the ballot, and Marko Kloos removing his novel. I had most of these already yesterday, but I wanted to keep one day clear of it.<\/p>\n