When I was reading John Scalzi, the times when the Hugos came around where the times when I started skimming posts. Because 9 times out of 10, I had never read and was never going to read the books on the Hugo shortlist. Then again, I was still going through my weird phase of, "well, I don't really belong because of X", where I didn't realize that I didn't feel like I belonged because so much of the seminal work sucked and I didn't feel like slogging through it.
Now, when Hugo talk comes up, I listen only until I am sure an author I like isn't on there, then I skim, skim, skim. I think I know who the Hugos are supposed to represent; they are supposedly the REAL SF/F fans, the ones who go to the BEST CON EVER (??), and er, yeah. It's just one of those stupid vestiges of the mentality that most older SF/F people seem to hold with an iron fist - if someone doesn't go to cons, they're not a real fan. If they don't know you, you're definitely not a real fan.
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Date: 2009-07-19 01:37 pm (UTC)Now, when Hugo talk comes up, I listen only until I am sure an author I like isn't on there, then I skim, skim, skim. I think I know who the Hugos are supposed to represent; they are supposedly the REAL SF/F fans, the ones who go to the BEST CON EVER (??), and er, yeah. It's just one of those stupid vestiges of the mentality that most older SF/F people seem to hold with an iron fist - if someone doesn't go to cons, they're not a real fan. If they don't know you, you're definitely not a real fan.