Everyone loves to say that awards ceremonies are rigged, meaningless, or just blatant popularity contests. In the case of the most prestigious honor in the sci-fi/fantasy community, this kind of ...

The Hugo Awards were announced Saturday night in Spokane, Wash., and the “Sad Puppies” are even sadder. The science fiction and fantasy awards are considered the greatest mark of fandom. This year’s ...

A group of conservative sci-fi fans and writers took over the Hugo Award nominations this year, then lost big when the actual awards were given... "We smacked the Sad Puppies with a rolled-up ...

In the world of sci-fi/fantasy publishing, all anyone can talk about today is this Tor.com blog post from Tor Books founder Tom Doherty. The Sad Puppies are often compared to Gamergate, though they ...

More and more women have been nominated for Hugo Awards in recent years—until this year. Here’s what’s at stake. The best and most lauded speculative fiction has always been about real issues Orson ...

I wanted a nice, restful few days at the World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane. A time to get away from the world's legal and political strife. But nooooo ... Eastern Washington seems to be ...

They’ve seen the world they knew and loved crumble under their feet, undone by diversity, feminism, and “political correctness.” Over the weekend, they tried to hold an event intended to celebrate the ...

Sometimes the niche firestorms can say more about the larger culture than they know. There's one such conflagration burning out of control right now — burning higher each day — in the cloistered world ...

The prestigious Hugo Awards, which honor science fiction and fantasy writing, will be held Saturday. Lately, they have been given to more and more women and writers of color as the world of sci-fi ...

The winners of the Hugo Awards were announced at a gala ceremony in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, marking a good night for women and authors of color, and a very bad one for the “Puppies.” Writers ...