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jayblanc · 3 months

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Chinese Censorship of the 2023 Hugo Award Nominations

Back before the 2023 Hugo Nominations were conducted, I noted that the Chengdu Worldcon Hugo committee had inserted a worrying clause indicating that local government officials could invalidate nominations for breaching the norms and standards of China. I suspected this would result in arbitrarily applied censorship to control the ballot. I am sad and unsurprised to discover I was correct.

The 2023 Hugo Nomination vote data has been published (https://www.thehugoawards.org/2024/01/2023-nominating-and-final-ballot-statistics-published/), and includes notation where nominations were excluded from the ballot. Those with normal reasons, such as being in the wrong category or not being published in 2022 are identified with their reasons for exclusion. This time there are a number of nominations that are merely marked at "Not eligible".

Here is the list of those nominations, that would otherwise have been placed on the final 2023 Hugo Award Ballot.

Babel - R.F. Kuang - Best Novel: Very likely excluded for referencing student revolution, and the use of language and translation as coercive tools of oppression. Color the World - Congyun "Mu Ming" Hu - Best Novellette : A story about perception of, aid of, and discrimination against disability. Congyun Hu has left China and now lives in New York. Fogong Temple Padoga - Hai Ya - Best Story : Either there is something in the original Chinese that was not translated, there's a taboo subject that elides my reading, or this otherwise innocent looking near future tale of cultural building restoration was written by the wrong person. The Art of Ghost of Tsushima: Dark Horse and Sucker Punch Games - Best Related Work : The video game Ghost of Tsushima was subject to directed social exclusion for it's depiction of the Mongol invasion of Japan. Sandman, Amazon Studios: Best Dramatic Presentation (Long and Short) - A diverse and divergent cast, includes subject matter and social issues that are currently taboo in China. Paul Weimer - Fan Writer: Publicly Critical of holding a Worldcon in China. Xiran Jay Zhao - Astounding Award: Qualifying work "Iron Widow" is reimagined story of Chinese Empress Wu during a fantasy/mechanical alien invasion.

This raises a lot of questions as to if this basically taints the process, and what can be done about it.

#hugo awards #babel #r.f. kuang #color the world #mu ming #congyun hu #fogon temple padoga #hai ya #Ghost of Tshuima #Sandman #neil gaiman #paul weimer #xiran jay zhao #iron widdow #censorship #china #chengdu 2023 #worldcon

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lets-steal-an-archive · 2 months

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"The omissions of the works of S. L. Huang, Neil Gaiman, Paul Weimer and Xiran Jay Zhao formed the outline of the puzzle that has been confounding all of us since January 20th. The emails, spreadsheets and Lacey’s personal reminiscences provided a great number of the pieces that provided most of the answers fans have been asking for, at least for now. As far as our investigation is concerned there was no reason to exclude the works of Huang, Gaiman, Weimer or Xiran Jay Zhao, save for being viewed as being undesirable in the view of the the Hugo Award admins which had the effect of being the proxies Chinese government."

#hugo awards #censorship #2023 hugo awards #s. l. huang #paul weimer #neil gaiman #xiran jay zhao

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demonichelper · 5 months

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thought i'd share my ao3 account here, i'm writing fanfiction about napola and all quiet on the western front, so if you're into that stuff, i'd appreciate it a lot if you'd take a look <3

#all quiet on the western front #im westen nichts neues #napola #before the fall #albrecht stein #friedrich weimer #stanislaus katczinsky #paul bäumer

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renthony · 2 months

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From the article:

HONG KONG — Organizers of the Hugo Awards, one of the most prominent literary awards in science fiction, excluded multiple authors from shortlists last year over concerns their work or public comments could be offensive to China, leaked emails show. Questions had been raised as to why writers including Neil Gaiman, R.F. Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao and Paul Weimer had been deemed ineligible as finalists despite earning enough votes according to information published last month by awards organizers. Emails released this week revealed that they were concerned about how some authors might be perceived in China, where the Hugo Awards were held last year for the first time. “As we are happening in China and the ‘laws’ we operate under are different… we need to highlight anything of sensitive political nature in the work,” Dave McCarty, the head of the 2023 awards jury, wrote in an email dated June 5. Any work focusing on China, Taiwan, Tibet or other sensitive issues, he added, “needs to be highlighted so that we can determine if it is safe to put it on the ballot.” McCarty, who resigned from his role in the awards last month, did not respond to a request for comment. In a statement on Thursday, the organizers of the 2024 Hugo Awards, which are being held in Glasgow, said they were taking steps “to ensure transparency and to attempt to redress the grievous loss of trust in the administration of the Awards.”

#the hugo awards #hugo awards #2023 hugo awards

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ralfmaximus · 3 months

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the truth came out when McCarty shared the Hugo nominating statistics on Facebook: Someone had stolen nominations from The Sandman legend Neil Gaiman, Babel author R. F. Kuang, Iron Widow novelist Xiran Jay Zhao, and fan writer Paul Weimer. All four of them earned enough votes to be finalists—and therefore eventually winners—but for unknown reasons, someone had secretly marked their works as “ineligible” after the first rounds of voting.

In case you've heard rumblings about the 2023 Hugo awards scandal and wondered what the heck happened, finally here is a good, concise explanation.

Not the how, or why... just what happened.

And it's fuckin ugly.

#2023 hugo #hugo #china

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greatwyrmgold · 3 months

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After that last post, I decided to look at the World Science Fiction Society constitution to see what could possibly be the cause for several authors' works being silently deemed ineligible for no stated reason.

Sections covering eligibility for Hugo awards, simplified:

3.2.2: Works aren't eligible if they received a lot of submissions in a previous year. Irrelevant.

3.2.4: Explains how serial works work. Irrelevant.

3.3.5.1: Only affects series with a previous losing finalist in the Best Series category. Irrelevant.

3.4.X: Covers situations where a work can be eligible later than it otherwise would. Irrelevant.

3.8.2: "The Worldcon Committee shall determine the eligibility of nominees and assignment to the proper category of works nominated in more than one category." Possibly applicable, but vague, and not a full answer on its own. The Worldcon Committee would surely need reasons to determine something ineligible, after all!

3.13: Members of the Worldcon committee and works they make are ineligible for Hugo awards. Irrelevant.

So unless Dave McCarty is hiding relevant rules under his chair, the only possible interpretation of blaming the ineligibility of RF Kuang, Paul Weimer, @xiranjayzhao, and that Sandman episode on "reviewing the Constitution and the rules we must follow" is...

"The Worldcon Committee decided they weren't eligible."

Which really just passes the buck one step down the line. Why did the Worldcon Committee decide that they weren't eligible? The four works didn't break the other rules.

#hugo awards #hugo awards drama #literature #censorship #actual citation

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nightpool · 2 months

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One of the members of the Hugo Awards subcommittee has come forward with emails and work products detailing the censorship and eligibility decisions that took place at the Chengdu Worldcon. The decisions seem to break down into a few main categories, only one of which she had a direct hand in:

First, several Chinese works were disqualified due to suspected "collusion" reported by the administrators. Very few details about this are known, it was handled directly by the Hugo administrators (Dave McCarty and Shi Chen) and did not involve any of the researchers or associate administrators like Diane Lacey. The allegation seems to be some sort of pay-to-play slate publishing, however, the act of disqualifying ballots of fans who submitted their votes just because they happened to agree with a slate published by a zine that the administrators disagree with is completely out of the norm for the Hugo Awards, which have already debated on and adopted a unique voting mechanism to alleviate the impact of slate voting, and has previously rejected the idea of disqualifying ballots when it was proposed as a constitutional amendment. This elimination only affected Chinese authors (unlike the Western authors in the next bullet that Lacey had more direct involvement with). To my mind, this is the most direct example of corruption associated with the WorldCon, and I think it explains a lot of the weibo chatter we've been seeing from Chinese SF fans about the owners of one group of publishers (the ones sponsoring the Worldcon) using their power inappropriately against other publishers (presumably the ones that did not agree to sponsor the Worldcon)

English-language Hugo committee members, such as Diane Lacey, are normally responsible for investigating each nominated work to determine its eligibility. Last year, they were also instructed by Dave to research the book and authors for "any mentions of Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong, or any negative mentions of China", based on the instructions given to Dave by "his Chinese counterpart" (presumably Shi Chen). At this stage, several concerns were raised about R.F. Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao and Paul Weimer (for having participated in a discussion about Hong Kong on Twitter and sharing negatives about the Chinese government in a patreon post that was otherwise positively celebrating the Chengdu Worldcon announcement), among others.

With the raw data compiled by the western administrative team, Dave McCarty and Shi Chen made final eligibility decisions in person. It is at this stage that The Sound Of Her Wings was eliminated, despite no issues being flagged by the researchers.

Additionally, there is an unauthenticated copy of a press release from the Sichuan Province Publicity Department claiming that they had successfully overseen the review of 1,512 works that were to be exhibited at the Worldcon, and "Works under suspicion of containing content involving politics or ethnic religions were strictly controlled. Corrective measures were proposed for 12 works that involve LGBT and other controversial content." This probably refers primarily to the books offered for sale / exhibition at the Worldcon rather than the awards themselves, but it's possible that this process was also used by the event organizers to determine Hugo eligibility. In either case, the post has been removed from the department website, so although archived copies remain it's hard to say for certain whether they're authentic.

Regardless, I think it's clear from the evidence given that works were eliminated from the Hugo Awards process for political reasons, at the direction of the Chengdu Worldcon committee, to both comply with the political climate enforced by the Chinese government and to support the business interests of the consortium that sponsored and ran the Chengdu Worldcon. Political censorship affected primarily, but not entirely, Western works and authors, and corruption affected primarily Chinese works and authors.

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sobreiromecanico · 2 months

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A marosca dos Prémios Hugo 2023

Há alguns fins-de-semana deixei aqui uma série de links sobre a polémica envolvendo os Prémios Hugo 2023, atribuídos em Outubro na Worldcon de Chengdu, na China. Daí para cá houve alguns desenvolvimentos, como uma entrevista tão longa como surreal do administrador dos prémios, Dave McCarty, e mais alguns comentários aqui e ali. Mas na Quarta-feira finalmente se percebeu parte do que de facto aconteceu de facto em Chengdu, com este exaustivo trabalho de investigação dos jornalistas (e membros do fandom) Chris M. Barkley e Jason Stanford, publicado no File 770. Quem tiver interesse no tema poderá encontrar aqui um excelente resumo do que aconteceu, assim como ligações para vários emails trocados entre elementos da da administração do prémio, tornados públicos por uma das pessoas envolvidas na marosca, Diane Lacey (que também no File 770 divulgou um pedido de desculpas público, o único razoável até ao momento). E admitamos que a imagem com que se fica de toda esta novela será tudo menos edificante.

Haverá certamente muito que ler por estes dias sobre o tema (o The Guardian já pegou na notícia). Do artigo que li e do que fui acompanhando de forma intermitente ao longo do dia, deixo abaixo algumas considerações.

Pela informação que esta investigação revela, houve de facto censura - não da parte do governo chinês, não da parte de qualquer outro elemento ligado aos universos político e empresarial da China, mas da própria administração dos Prémios Hugo, num acto de auto-censura. Dito de outra forma: a interferência foi auto-infligida.

Ao que consta, os elementos norte-americanos e canadianos da administração do prémio que cozinharam a marosca (os chineses ficaram de fora destas trocas de emails, o que é curioso) elaboraram, por iniciativa própria, dossiers sobre muitos dos nomeados nas várias categorias, esgaravatando redes sociais, blogues, e outros meios para encontrar declarações e acções que, na lógica dos administradores, pudessem ser problemáticas de acordo com as leis e as normas locais. Há aqui tanta condescendência, tanta arrogância, e até racismo, que nem sei bem por onde começar.

Houve quem colocasse a possibilidade de que a relutância demonstrada por McCarty por explicar o que sucedera seria bem intencionada, tentando proteger de alguma represália, real ou pelo menos possível, dos fãs chineses que integraram a administração do prémio. Era uma tese generosa, demasiado generosa: nada nas atitudes de McCarty, da "gestão" da "comunicação" em Janeiro quando as estatísticas do prémio foram reveladas, ao pedido de desculpas mal amanhado que emitiu a contragosto, e passando ainda pela entrevista deslumbrada que deu entretanto, daria a entender estar ali alguém que pudesse sacrificar o que quer que fosse para proteger alguém que não o próprio. Está à vista.

Tudo isto parece-me estar amplamente demonstrado, mas é bem possível que a pior parte não seja nem a auto-censura nem a hubris dos envolvidos, mas a absoluta incompetência que demonstraram. Como comentei noutro local, não sei bem o que é mais inacreditável nesta história: a administração pensar que ninguém ia perceber a marosca, a administração ter feito a marosca, ou a administração ter sido tão absurdamente imbecil a fazer a marosca.

Por exemplo: Babel, de Rebecca F. Kuang, foi considerado inelegível na categoria de "Best Novel". Segundo Kat Jones, uma das várias pessoas que andou aqui a brincar ao KGB, o livro de Kuang "has a lot about China. I haven't read it, and am not up on Chinese politics, so cannot say whether it would be viewed as 'negatives of China'". Ou seja: quem investigou a autora e o livro nomeado nem se deu ao trabalho de... ler o livro. O que é mais espantoso é que Babel foi traduzido e publicado na China alguns meses antes da Worldcon - algo que provavelmente não aconteceria se as autoridades chinesas considerassem o livro perigoso ou subversivo.

Outro exemplo: a propósito da desqualificação de Paul Weimer na categoria de "Best Fan Writer", a mesma Kat Jones foi desenterrar várias conversas públicas do autor sobre Hong Kong, a Praça de Tiananmen, assim como opiniões desfavoráveis sobre o governo chinês e até uma viagem ao Tibete. Acontece que Weimer viajou... ao Nepal e não ao Tibete (aqui não resisto ao humor involuntário de ver o estereótipo a manifestar-se, com uma norte-americana a espalhar-se ao comprido na Geografia). Mais curioso: a vencedora do Prémio Hugo na categoria de "Best Novel", T. Kingfisher, não só viajou ao Tibete como até documentou a viagem online.

Já agora, Kat Jones era até há algumas horas a administradora dos Prémios Hugo na Worldcon 2024, que terá lugar daqui a alguns meses em Glasgow. Primeiro emitiu uma declaração pública onde se mostrou mais apreensiva por os emails terem sido revelados do que por aquilo que os emails revelaram. Depois demitiu-se, porventura antecipando o inevitável (ou tendo sido convidada a sair pelo próprio pé). Do mal o menos.

Ainda não sabemos, e provavelmente nunca saberemos, por que motivo a primeira temporada de The Sandman, ou o sexto episódio, The Sound of Her Wings, foram considerados inelegíveis. Mais uma McCartice, pelos vistos.

Pelos vistos terá também havido marosca nas nomeações de obras e fãs chineses, com eliminações e desqualificações manhosas. O que não surpreende, claro (mas sobre esse lado temos menos visibilidade).

Feitas as contas, o que sobra no final? Obras e autores a quem foi retirada arbitrariamente a oportunidade de disputar um prémio (algo especialmente grave na eliminação de Xiran Jay Zhao do Prémio Astounding no segundo e último ano de elegibilidade). Obras e autores que ficam a saber terem vencido um prémio cujos resultados foram fraudulentos. Uma comunidade de fãs - a chinesa - que vê a sua Worldcon manchada pelas acções de meia dúzia de SMOF ocidentais que, num acesso de paternalismo (com laivos de orientalismo, talvez?) e de arrogância, decidiram censurar os prémios que administravam para... evitar que fossem censurados. E um prémio histórico, decerto imperfeito mas funcional, estimado pelos fãs de ficção científica e fantasia, nas bocas do mundo pelos piores motivos possíveis, e com a sua credibilidade talvez irremediavelmente destruída (McCarty já administrou outras edições dos Prémios Hugo - podem os fãs estar seguros de que não houve marosca antes?).

Não estou por dentro dos processos internos da Worldcon e dos Prémios Hugo, por mais que tenha aprendido, mesmo que pelos piores motivos, nas últimas semanas; mas parece-me que será preciso um esforço hercúleo para recuperar a coisa. A direcção da Worldcon de Glasgow parece pelo menos estar decidida a fazer o que estiver ao seu alcance - já tinha sido garantida transparência no processo de nomeação e na revelação das estatísticas, e hoje agiu com rapidez na questão de Kat Jones. Mas será preciso mais: desde logo, toda a gente envolvida na marosca de 2023 deve ficar permanentemente impedida de voltar a participar no que quer que seja dos Prémios Hugo ou da Worldcon (é o mínimo, mesmo). E o trabalho não ficará por aí: restaurar a credibilidade dos Prémios Hugo será um trabalho mais longo e mais árduo. Como fã de ficção cientifica, e como alguém que costuma dar alguma atenção aos prémios do género, espero que essa recuperação seja possível.

#literatura #ficção científica #fantasia #fandom #hugo awards

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crowns-of-violets-and-roses · 3 months

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#Hugo awards #Paul Weimar #I couldn’t see why Paul would be deemed ineligible but this was posted before I had gotten around to checking if he was eligible

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jimothystu · 2 years

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Hockey Cards for Sale!

I have a variety of hockey cards for sale if anyone is interested! Some are older players from the 90s, some are more recent ones. Since they can fit into letter-sized envelopes, I’m selling them for a small amount (mainly just to cover postage and envelopes, especially for those out of Canada). This can be paid through my Ko-Fi (via Paypal), and I’ll give the link for those interested.

Cost depends on where you live (i.e. in Canada or elsewhere), how many cards you want (any more than 5 will be sent in more than one envelope to avoid issues in mailing), and whether you want them sleeved or unsleeved.

Within Canada:

1-5 cards: $2 unsleeved, $3 sleeved

6-10 cards: $3 unsleeved, $4 sleeved

11+ cards: $5 unsleeved, $6 sleeved

Within the US:

1-5 cards: $3 unsleeved, $4 sleeved

6-10 cards: $4 unsleeved, $5 sleeved

11+ cards in the US: $5 unsleeved, $7 sleeved

Any other country:

1-5 cards: $4.50 unsleeved, $5.50 sleeved

6-10 cards: $5.50 unsleeved, $6.50 sleeved

11+ cards: $6.50 unsleeved, 7.50 sleeved

I can and will send pictures of the cards people ask about/want. I will also send photo proof of the envelope being mailed once payment has gone through. Lists are found under the cut:

Colorado Avalance:

Greg de Vreis (2003)

Milan Hejduk (2008)

Marek Svatos (2008)

Scott Young (1995)

Chicago Blackhawks:

Artem Anisimov (2018) (x2, one is Upper Deck, one is O-Pee-Chee)

Dustin Byfuglien (2009)

Adam Creighton (1990)

Paul Gillis (1991)

Phillip Kurashev (2022)

Bryan Marchment (1991)

Andy Moog (1991) (Card is in French)

Mike Peluso (1991)

St. Lous Blues:

Justin Faulk (2021)

Steve Duchesne (1994)

Brett Hull (1991) (Card is in French)

Mark Rycroft (2005)

Vladimir Sobotka (2018)

Boston Bruins:

Sandy Moger (1995)

Barry Pederson (1991)

Jim Weimer (1991)

Montreal Canadiens

Donald Dufresney (1991)

Washington Capitals:

Sylvain Cote (1991)

John Druce (1991)

Lars Eller (2017)

Lars Eller (2018)

Tomas Fleischmann (2009)

Bob Joyce (1990)

Olaf Kolzig (1990)

Steve Konowalchuk (2001)

Michal Pivonka (1991)

Mike Ridley (1990)

Ken Sabourin (1991)

Chris Simon (2002)

Mikhail Tatarinov (1991)

Dave Tippett (1991)

Arizona Coyotes:

Jakoc Chychrun (2021)

Conor Garland (2021)

New Jersey Devils:

Jason Arnott (2001)

Jason Miller (1991) (Top prospect)

Anaheim Ducks:

Rickard Rakell (2021)

Philadelphia Flyers:

Keith Acton (1991)

Kimbi Daniels (1991)

Steve Duchesne (1991)

Pelle Eklund (1991) (Card is in French)

Corey Foster (1991)

Brad Jones (1991)

Steve Kasper (1991)

Mike Ricci (1991)

Doug Sulliman (1991)

Dimitri Yushkevich (1993)

Vegas Golden Knights:

Alex Pietrangelo (2021)

New York Islanders:

Gerald Diduck (1990)

Mark Fitzpatrick (1991)

Olli Jokinen (1999)

Derek King (1995)

Gary Nylund (1990)

Richard Pilon (1991)

Taylor Pyatt (2001)

Joe Sakic (1991)

Dave Volek (1989)

Randy Wood (1991)

LA Kings:

Jaret Anderson-Dolan (2021)

Randy Gilhen (1991)

Tony Granato (1991) (Card is in French)

Kelly Hrudey (199)

John McIntyre (1991)

Larry Robinson (1991)

Daryl Sydor (1990)

Gabe Vilardi (2021)

Tampa Bay Lightning:

Brantt Myhres (1995)

Danis Savard (1994)

Rob Zamuner (1993)

Florida Panthers:

Evgenii Dadonov (2018)

Roberto Luongo (2005)

Frank Vatrano (2021)

New York Rangers:

Tony Amonte (1991)

Filip Chytil (2021)

Michael Grabner (2017)

Kaapo Kakko (2021)

Chris Kreider (2018)

Mark Messier (1991)

Randy Moller (1991) (Card is in French)

Mike Richter (1991)

Kevin Rooney (2021)

Detroit Red Wings:

Tyler Bertuzzi (2021)

Valtteri Filppula (2021)

Kory Kocur (1990)

Yves Racine (1991) (Card is in French)

Jakub Vrana (2021)

Buffalo Sabres:

Doug Bodger (1991)

Kevin Haller (1991)

Victor Olofsson (2021)

Evan Rodrigues (2018)

Randy Wood (1991)

San Jose Sharks:

Rudolfs Balcers (2021)

Mikkel Boedker (2018)

Mikkel Boedker (2017)

Pat Falloon (1991)

Tomas Hertl (2020)

Timo Meier (2020 x2, one is Upper Deck series 1, one is Upper Deck series 2)

Brian Mullen (1992)

Owen Nolan (2002)

Marco Sturm (2000)

Dallas Stars:

Andrew Cogliano (2021)

Blake Comeau (2021)

Trent Klatt (1993)

John Klingberg (2021)

Alexander Radulov (2020)

Minnesota Wild:

Jordan Greenway (2021)

Carson Soucy (2021)

Other:

Roman Meluzin (Czech Republic World Junior Hockey) (1996)

Pat Peake (USA World Junior Hockey) (1992) (Card is in French)

Jens Schwabe (Sweden World Junior Hockey) (1992)

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camestrosfelapton · 29 days

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Why I Declined a Hugo Spot

Nothing terribly controversial. I had two closely related reasons but as I’ve said before Ockham’s razor doesn’t apply to motives in so far as multiple motives are better explanations than single ones. 2023 looms large here and there were definitely people I would rather see on the Hugo ballot for Best Fan Writer this year than myself. One was obviously Paul Weimer but I was certain he’d be top…

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tradedmiami · 11 months

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capitol-scholar · 1 year

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Greetings, Scholars!

After our initial introduction, it's time to dive into the heart of our journey - the essential readings. These foundational texts provide a comprehensive exploration of American politics, covering everything from the grassroots to the echelons of power. We'll be going through these readings systematically, discussing their main arguments, implications, and relevance to contemporary political discourse.

Below, I have provided our initial list of essential readings. This list is, by no means, exhaustive. It's a starting point for our exploration, but we're not confined to it. If you have any requests, recommendations, or come across a gem that you believe should be shared, please feel free to suggest. After all, academic pursuit thrives on collaboration and openness to new perspectives.

The list is as follows:

Aldrich, John Why Parties?

Alvarez & Brehm Hard Choices, Easy Answers

Arnold, Douglas The Logic of Congressional Action

Bartels, Larry Unequal Democracy

Baumgartner & Jones The Politics of Attention

Baumgartner & Jones Agendas and Instability in American Politics (latest ed.)

Baumgartner, et al. Lobbying and Policy Change

Bensel, Richard The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900

Berry, Jeffrey The New Liberalism

Browning, Rufus, et al. Protest Is Not Enough

Burns, Schlozman & Verba The Private Roots of Public Action

Cameron, Charles Veto Bargaining

Campbell, Louise How Policies Make Citizens

Cohen, et al. The Party Decides

Converse, Philip "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics," in Apter (Ed.),

Ideology and Discontent

Cox & McCubbins Setting the Agenda

Delli Carpini & Keeter What Americans Know About Politics and Why it Matters

Erikson, MacKuen, & Stimson The Macro Polity

Fiorina, Morris Retrospective Voting in American National Elections

Fiorina, Abrams & Pope Culture War? (3rd ed)

Gilens Affluence and Influence

Green & Shapiro Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory

Green, Palquuist, & Schickler Partisan Hearts and Minds

Hacker, Jacob The Divided Welfare State

Hajnal, Zolton America’s Uneven Democracy

Hansen, John Mark Gaining Access

Harvey, Anna Votes Without Leverage

Hibbing, Smith & Alford Predisposed

Hero, Rodney Latinos and the US Political System.

Iyengar, Shanto Is Anyone Responsible?

Jacobson, Gary The Politics of Congressional Elections

Kernell, Samuel Going Public (latest ed.)

King & Smith Still a House Divided

Kingdon, John Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (latest ed.)

Krehbiel, Keith Pivotal Politics

Mann & Ornstein It's Even Worse Than it Looks

Mayhew, David Electoral Realignments

Mettler, Suzanne Soldiers to Citizens

Milkis & Nelson The American Presidency (latest ed.)

Mutz, Sniderman, Brody Political Persuasion

Neustadt, Richard Presidential Power

Olson, Mancur The Logic of Collective Action

Ostrom, Elinor Governing the Commons

Page & Shapiro The Rational Public

Patashnik, Eric Reforms at Risk

Pierson, Paul Politics in Time

Putnam, Robert Bowling Alone

Rosenstone & Hansen Mobilization, Participation and Democracy in America

Schlozman, Verba & Brady The Unheavenly Chorus

Skocpol, Theda Protecting Soldiers and Mothers

Skorownek, Stephen The Politics Presidents Make

Smith, Steven S. Party Influence in Congress

Stone, Clarence Regime Politics

Stone, Deborah Policy Paradox and Political Reason

Stonecash & Brewer Split: Class and Cultural Divisions in American Politics

Strolovitch, Dara Affirmative Advocacy

Verba, Schlozman & Brady Voice and Equality

Weimer & Vining Policy Analysis (latest ed.)

Wilson, J.Q. Bureaucracy

Zaller, John The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion

Each reading will have its dedicated blog post, where I'll summarize the key arguments, provide a critical analysis, and relate the text to our broader understanding of American politics. More importantly, I encourage you to share your thoughts, critiques, and insights as well.

The sequence of our reading will not necessarily follow the order in which the books are listed. Depending on our discussions, current political events, or requests, we might jump around the list. Flexibility will keep our exploration fresh and relevant.

So, let's embark on this intellectual adventure! It's time to dig into these fascinating texts and unravel the complex, dynamic world of American politics. Here's to a journey full of discovery, debate, and deep insights!

Happy Reading,

The Capitol Scholar

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mordicaifeed · 5 years

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Silver Hittite cup by Paul Weimer.

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tfrohock · 3 years

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Limited Time eBook Sale--A Song with Teeth $1.99

Right now, you can get the latest Los Nefilim novel, A Song with Teeth, for just $1.99 at Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, and Kobo.

I’m not sure how long the sale will last, so jump on it if you can, and any help spreading the word is greatly appreciated!

The adventures that began with the novella, In Midnight’s Silence, come to a riveting conclusion in A Song with Teeth:

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“This stellar read is profoundly human, capturing the emotions of each character and the difficulties they face in Nazi Germany.” —Frances Moritz, Booklist

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“A fantastic ending to a series of three novellas and three novels… In this world and moment in global history where authoritarians and fascists rise to try and overturn the results of Democracy, the story of the Los Nefilim is potent, resonant and a story that needs to be told.” —Paul Weimer, Nerds of a Feather

As the Allied forces battle to defeat the Nazis, a shadow war rages between angels and daimons fighting for the soul of humanity in this thrilling conclusion to the critically acclaimed Los Nefilim historical fantasy series.

The year is 1944, and the daimons are rising.

With the Inner Guard thrown into disarray by the German blitzkrieg, the daimon-born nefilim of the Scorpion Court gather in Paris, scheming to restore their rule over the mortal realm. Working as a double-agent, Diago Alvarez infiltrates his family’s daimonic court, but soon finds himself overwhelmed by his kin’s multiple deceits.

Meanwhile, Ysabel Ramírez hunts a psalm that will assist Operation Overlord, the Allies’ invasion of Normandy. Her objective takes her to Paris—into the heart of territories controlled by Die Nephilim and her power-hungry uncle, Jordi Abelló, who seeks the same psalm in his quest to wrest control of Los Nefilim from her father. When their paths cross, he abducts her and leaves her to the mercy of his Nazi followers.

But Ysabel is as cunning and bold as Jordi. She knows only one of them can survive to one day rule Los Nefilim, and she’s determined to be the one to succeed her father as queen.

Trapped in her uncle’s château hidden deep within the Fontainebleau forest, Ysabel discovers the truth behind Jordi’s lust for dominance: those that wear the signet of the Thrones are not blessed . . . they are cursed. And it may take a miracle to end this war once and for all.

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paulelledge · 7 years

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