The Hugo Award nominees for the best science fiction of 2014 have been announced. And this year, there’s some major controversy; a number of people have stuffed the ballot box, and oddly, they don’t care who wins.
This takes some explaining, and some wading through muck.
First, let’s talk about Theodore Beale aka Vox Day, a man who was so offensive he was kicked out of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is apparently not smart enough to spell the name of his own blog correctly. He founded his own publishing line, Castalia House, in 2014, and has scored nine nominees on the Hugo nominating ballot this year. Beale was also nominated as Best Editor twice– again, a man who can’t spell his own blog name.
Friends of Beale (using the name “Sad Puppies”) and Beale himself (under the banner of “Rabid Puppies”) set up a coordinated...
This takes some explaining, and some wading through muck.
First, let’s talk about Theodore Beale aka Vox Day, a man who was so offensive he was kicked out of the Science Fiction Writers of America and is apparently not smart enough to spell the name of his own blog correctly. He founded his own publishing line, Castalia House, in 2014, and has scored nine nominees on the Hugo nominating ballot this year. Beale was also nominated as Best Editor twice– again, a man who can’t spell his own blog name.
Friends of Beale (using the name “Sad Puppies”) and Beale himself (under the banner of “Rabid Puppies”) set up a coordinated...
- 4/6/2015
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
1. It would be carry more weight if the Dragon Con Director of Media Relations would not use the asterisk in his job title.
2.They’d get more search engine optimization if they got rid of the space too.
3. As Patrick Nielsen Hayden pointed out, this is a great way to show that Dragon Con no longer has the asshole.
Here’s the press release:
How to Spell Dragon Con
Dragon Con Now Spelled Without Asterisk
Atlanta, Ga, 2014 – As part of the recently announced merger that created Dragon Con, Inc., we have elected to change the style and spelling of our name. Going forward, the proper style and spelling of the convention is Dragon Con (two words, no asterisk) while the company is Dragon Con, Inc.
We hope that by providing this style note, it will be easier for reporters and editors to write about Dragon Con by eliminating questions about usage.
2.They’d get more search engine optimization if they got rid of the space too.
3. As Patrick Nielsen Hayden pointed out, this is a great way to show that Dragon Con no longer has the asshole.
Here’s the press release:
How to Spell Dragon Con
Dragon Con Now Spelled Without Asterisk
Atlanta, Ga, 2014 – As part of the recently announced merger that created Dragon Con, Inc., we have elected to change the style and spelling of our name. Going forward, the proper style and spelling of the convention is Dragon Con (two words, no asterisk) while the company is Dragon Con, Inc.
We hope that by providing this style note, it will be easier for reporters and editors to write about Dragon Con by eliminating questions about usage.
- 7/14/2013
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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