In reply to Reziac. If the SP make the same offer (including the...
Mary, I want to thank you for your kind generosity, and I hope that everyone who participates will do so with an eye to voting fairly for the works, not as dictated by agenda. And likewise, shoul...
In reply to viktor. I see where you are coming from, but I disag...
I want to thank everyone who has been participating. Unfortunately, I've gotten zero writing done the past three days and really need to, so for my own health, I'm going to close comments tonight...
In reply to Alvaro G.
So people told them politely a...
This a generous offer from you and your anonymous donors. But particularly you, since you are declining a potential future nomination. Thank you for this.
In reply to Mary Robinette Kowal. The problem is that if I do no...
In reply to Chris Tierney. Holy crap. I didn't actually know abo...
In reply to Reasonably Neutral Observer. I think when Cat says t...
In reply to viktor. I was also thinking specifically of https://...
In reply to Reasonably Neutral Observer. The problem is that whe...
In reply to viktor. I'm going to provide the link with the goal ...
In reply to Chris Tierney. "Larry also specifically reached out ...
In reply to ZeeWulf. ZeeWulf, I believe you. If you don't mind, ...
In reply to Reasonably Neutral Observer. In patent law, there is...
In reply to CathyFowl. Fill in the form above! If you get select...
In reply to Alvaro G. Can you help me out? Because I've seen a c...
In reply to Cat Faber. No-one was denied the chance to nominate,...
In reply to Mark Potter. I narrate the Toby Daye books! And I lo...
In reply to keranih. @keranih I would like to make the counter r...
In reply to Reasonably Neutral Observer. I'm not making an argum...
In reply to Alvaro G. Thank you so much for sharing your feeling...
In reply to Mary Robinette Kowal. With due respect, this is not ...
In reply to Mary Robinette Kowal. Quite right - this is a few as...
Why couldn't this have happened *before* I paid for my supporting membership? :-) It's not like it was in my budget, since I'm on fixed income, but I didn't want this year to go by without my inp...
In reply to spellproof. I can't speak for anybody else, but I sy...
In reply to CathyFowl. English is not my first language either. ...
As a sad puppy supporter. ..involving more people and having the greater conversation while putting forward a diverse set of works is pretty much what the majority of us want.
In reply to Alvaro G. I am sure that is true of some people. But...
In reply to Cat Faber. Ah, ok. It just seemed like people were m...
I really wish, at times like these, that I wasn't stuck in a small Central European country and could do something too. Unfortunately I'm not even sure if I would be eligible to become a supporti...
In reply to Alvaro G. Thanks, I've been following some posts, es...
In reply to Mary Robinette Kowal. I have to say that not every S...
In reply to spellproof. spellproof, I think this issue is not as...
I understand what you say and sympathize completely. Women, like everybody, must be able to go to a convention and enjoy themselves celebrating the hobby with like-minded people without fearing t...
Mary, I just wanted to thank you for this. I grew up following my parents to WorldCons all over the US, and the Hugo ballot was never something taken lightly by either my mother or my father, who...
In reply to keranih. However, it’s incorrect to say that no...
In reply to keranih. I agree that using any piece of jargon with...
In reply to keranih. Dear keranih, Yes. I understand your--and t...
I read a lot (though less for pleasure now than I used to, since I have a very heavy work-related reading load), and have been an SFF fan since I was about 10 years old. For me, it started with g...
In reply to Mary Robinette Kowal. I'll start there but outside o...
In reply to Mary Robinette Kowal. MRK - Professionals working in...
I've been reading SFF for a very long time. (I am old and cranky, you understand.) It looks kind of sad to me to see things like this current Hugo brouhaha happening in a place I always saw as my...
In reply to Bill Reich. If I may? In sociology, the short defini...
In reply to RichardP. Actually... I think the problem isn't poli...
"Racism against white people isn't a thing" This is about forcing a change in the ordinary meaning of a word. It isn't unreasonable that the word be changed because we already have "bigotry" and ...
I've been going to or supporting WorldCon for almost 40 years. Frankly, the Sad Puppies thing is *overdue*. Yes, there are people being actively excluded *by fandom*. This is not new. As I mentio...
In reply to Amber T..
Also, racism against white peo...
In reply to Mark Potter. Conversations where everyone agrees abo...
In reply to keranih. Ms Bear - Thank you for sharing your though...