Reblog: Hugo Story Withdrawn
I haven’t really commented on the Hugo kerfuffle, but Annie Bellet’s thoughts are worth reading. I’m so sorry this has ruined what should have been a really proud moment for her.
Originally posted on I have withdrawn my story ���Goodnight Stars��� from consideration in this year���s Hugo Awards.
I want to make it clear I am not doing this lightly. I am not doing it because I
am ashamed. I am not doing it because I was pressured by anyone either way or on
any ���side,��� though many friends have made cogent arguments for both keeping my
nomination and sticking it out, as well as for retracting it and letting things proceed without me in the middle.
I am withdrawing because this has become about something very different than great science fiction.�� I find my story, and by extension myself, stuck in a game of political dodge ball, where I���m both a conscripted player and also a ball. (Wrap your head around that analogy, if you can, ha!) All joy that might have come from this nomination has been co-opted, ruined, or sapped away���
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