Scalzi on Nostr: Okay, now I've read the Barkley/Sanford report on the fracas involving the 2023 Hugo ...
Okay, now I've read the Barkley/Sanford report on the fracas involving the 2023 Hugo Awards and the decision to remove eligible finalists from the ballot. My opinion: the 2023 Hugo administrators perpetrated a fraud and the Hugo Award is in a very bad moment. What happens next determines its future. I have a piece over on my site going into my thoughts in some detail:
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/02/15/the-2023-hugo-fraud-and-where-we-go-from-here/ 
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