johncwright @ 2015-05-12T09:59:00

From a disappointed fan of mine:

“I remember discovering your fantasy novel Last Guardians of Everness with a

great deal of delight. Here was a new author who could write with a fine

and imaginative hand. Then I came upon the Golden Oecumene series and was

totally blown away. What a great vision! This was classic stuff. I wondered

why I hadn’t heard more about you. So I picked up the Eschaton books and

read on.

Then came the Rabid Puppy/Sad Puppy debacle and I was heartbroken. Not

because your beliefs and mine are so different, but because you and your

fellow Puppies were so *rude*. You, Vox, Day, and Torgenson tore into the

heart of fandom out of sheer cussedness and that’s it. Your arguments for

nominating a slate and violating the unwritten code underlying the Hugos

were irrational and make no sense outside of the right-wing “reality

bubble.”

And as I use No Award to wipe the Hugo Awards clean of the lame and useless

Puppy nominees that you claim are “award-winning” (and I looked too), I

look back at the Golden Oecumene and remember when you were someone I

admired.

Yours,

Rob Thornton

Catonsville, MD”

It is a hard letter to read. I aim to please by readers, and when I fail, the fault is mine.

Nonetheless, it merits an answer. My answer is this:

http://www.apex-magazine.com/if-you-were-a-dinosaur-my-love/

and

http://www.scifiwright.com/2014/11/the-queen-of-the-tyrant-lizards/

 

Originally published at John C. Wright's Journal. Please leave any comments there.