R F Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao and Neil Gaiman were ruled ineligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards in 2023 despite receiving enough nominations.
R F Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao and Neil Gaiman were ruled ineligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards in 2023 despite receiving enough nominations.
R F Kuang is American and Xiran Jay Zhao is Canadian. They write in English.
Oh, if they were good I’d probably have heard of them then?
There was a time you’d never heard of any of your favourite writers. But then you did and you enjoyed them. If you’d dismissed them with a “how good could they be if I’ve never heard of them?” you’d never have discovered them. Don’t be a twit.
I’m not being a twit, I’m being obnoxious on the internet to amuse myself while I have a virus. I imagine I will check out both of the authors mentioned.
…that is being a twit.
Yeah… in my defence, my throat is very sore.
There is such a massive amount of content now that there are many, many excellent authors and creators that you have never heard of
you are in the process of hearing of them now
Yes, I’ll accept that analysis.
Well, that’s certainly a reaction.
They are young and new, they mostly write fantasy and scifi, I have never read their works but have heard of their name in recommendations and booklists.