2023 Hugos, etc

[psocoptera]

Kevin Standlee has posted on Dreamwidth - sure looks like he's indirectly confirming Chinese government interference. (Honestly I feel like he's saying fuck you to anyone who thought China could possibly run an honest Worldcon, which feels a little unfair to me, like, I don't know, maybe we-the-voters (in this case not me-the-voter, as I don't attend and don't site-vote) did not thread the needle properly between appropriate skepticism about totalitarian states and outright racism about non-Anglophone fandom, but I think it's good if people were trying to avoid the latter!) I don't even know what I think should happen at this point. A frantic group text thread of all the winners trying to decide if they want to collectively reject their Hugos in retrospect?

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[muccamukk]

It's not fair to people who wanted to see if Chengdu could run the con, and the Sinophobia has been A LOT.

Also, if they wanted to not have the con in China, then they should've organised a credible alternative *before* the eleventh hour! I think a lot of people would've voted for the second racist city in Canada Winnipeg if that ConCom had their shit together six months before they did.

Is there any chance of more answers coming out of the Chengdu ConCom?

(Anyway, hi, I followed you for SF/F book recs, and am now in your comments about Hugos drama. Nice to meet you!)