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March 29, 2007
Hugo nominations
The Hugo nominations have been announced; many thanks to all who nominated Plokta; we're honoured. Science Fiction Five Yearly will wipe the floor with us, and rightly so.
Elsewhere, all fandom has been plunged into war by John Scalzi's nomination for fan writer. He is a pro, who writes entertainingly about topics of general fannish interest on his blog. But he's perhaps not quite a truff, so should he be getting a fan writer award?
My take on it is this: I cannot imagine a time in the entire long history of our subculture where faneds would not have fought over an article by a professional sf writer about how he *taped bacon to his cat* in an effort to avoid writing. Fan writing. Absolutely.
Posted by Alison Scott at March 29, 2007 08:52 PM