Science Fiction Titan John W. Campbell deemed problematic; name removed from award - Let us remember our history by ruthlessly scrubbing it.

[Mola Ram]

Haven't seen anyone from the Sad Puppies weigh in on this yet, though when they do I imagine it'll be scorching.

A Statement from the Editor – The Astounding Analog Companion

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Campbell has been falling out of favor for years, but this was precipitated by this year's winner, Jeannette Ng, who at her acceptance speech blasted Campbell as a fascist.

Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she c…

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Cheer up, Ms. Ng! It'll be your turn someday.

 

[FH 721]

And of course they mention fucking GooberGobber.

 

[MG 620]

This is bullshit. Judge the art not the artist.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

This is bullshit. Judge the art not the artist.

BUT MUH RACIST LOVECRAFT

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

Totally not a slippery slope.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

Well, the Hugos are disgusting: the trophies are phallic fetishes and Hugo Gernsback was a white man.

Edit: I see that John Scalzi commented that he was happy to accept the Campbell Award and is also happy to piss on Campbell. What a soy-based lifeform he is.

 

[PL 001]

Calls author a fascist.

Wants to completely unperson him for wrongthink. Silenced anyone who still enjoys his work. Sees nothing ironic about it.

Gotta love left wing """intelligence""" it's embarrassing as fuck I once called myself a liberal.

 

[Mola Ram]

BUT MUH RACIST LOVECRAFT

Oh the Lovecraft purge is coming, make no mistake. They already changed some other award - World Fantasy, I think - so it was no longer a bust of the man from Providence. They'll find excuses to shitcan any number of the old timers.

 

[PL 001]

Oh the Lovecraft purge is coming, make no mistake. They already changed some other award - World Fantasy, I think - so it was no longer a bust of the man from Providence. They'll find excuses to shitcan any number of the old timers.

I've already started seeing it happening with the leftists here in Portland. Mention you're a fan or you've read his work, and you might as well be a cross burning Klan member. Don't you DARE question why they keep those faggy little plushie Cthulhu dolls if they feel that way though!

 

[Dom Cruise]

Oh lord, John Scalzi is one of the original ubercucks, one of the earliest adopters of this mindset.

I (thankfully) never read any of his books, but I did read his movie reviews for Official US Playstation Magazine back in the 2000s and even back then he had a habit of sperging out in weird ways at times.

 

[Mola Ram]

Oh lord, John Scalzi is one of the original ubercucks, one of the earliest adopters of this mindset.

I (thankfully) never read any of his books, but I did read his movie reviews for Official US Playstation Magazine back in the 2000s and even back then he had a habit of sperging out in weird ways at times.

Scalzi and Cory Doctorow have both been smugging it up over this. Ng's twitter is downright insufferable. A big advocate of OwnVoices, naturally.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Scalzi and Cory Doctorow have both been smugging it up over this. Ng's twitter is downright insufferable. A big advocate of OwnVoices, naturally.

How can these people be so proud of themselves for ruining popular culture and actually think they're doing otherwise?

 

[MG 620]

BUT MUH RACIST LOVECRAFT

But.. but my gamergate.

 

[Buster O'Keefe]

If 'The Cold Equations' had a happy ending, no one would have given a damn and forgotten about it instantly.

 

[Clop]

I cannot stress the following sentence enough, it still doesn't sound angry enough:

These fucking brain dead sheep have the balls to quote Santayana.

Gotta love left wing """intelligence""" it's embarrassing as fuck I once called myself a liberal.

Ditto.

 

[HeyYou]

You can try to scrub his name all you want. Even when times change, Campbell will be remembered and Ng will not be. They blast old science fiction for being white imperialist but nothing's changed. They still use the same thematic elements that the old white writers they hate so much did.

 

[Shoggoth]

>go to the boingboing article
>start reading
>Heinlein apologists
>peace out before I get Mad At The Internet
Scifi (and fantasy) used to be more interesting when the authors weren't concerned with aliens' genders. Used to be some correlation between awards, sales and quality.
I just wanted to read good books

 

[Mola Ram]

I cannot stress the following sentence enough, it still doesn't sound angry enough:

These fucking brain dead sheep have the balls to quote Santayana.


Ditto.

"Let us remember our history by ruthlessly scrubbing it" is a philosophy that would have made Orwell's jaw drop to the floor.

 

[Neozeonian]

What kind of fucking name is Ng?!

 

[Mola Ram]

What kind of fucking name is Ng?!

It's the sound you make through the gag in your mouth before the firing squad attends to your problematic beliefs.