John thinks that arguments should be more nuanced, Alison disagrees in every conceivable way, and Liz summarises.
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A graph of Hugo finalists with more than four names:
- Letters of comment:
- Ang Rosin
- Claire Brialey
- Mark Plummer
- Chris Garcia
- Upcoming events:
- FANAC are hosting an Interview of Ted White by John D. Berry
- 23 January 2021, 4pm (Eastern Standard Time)
- Critical Mass are hosting a single-day mini convention!
- 31 January 2021, Noon to 8pm (Adelaide time)
- John will be appearing on a panel about podcasting at 7:30pm (Adelaide time, 9am UTC)
- Capricon: 4–7 February 2021
- Boskone: 12–14 February 2021
- All of Fandom is Plunged Into War
- DisCon III posted a Tweet about the numbers of people allowed to be Hugo finalists
- Chris Garcia discusses the effect on JP in previous years
- Colette H. Fozard posted a statement on File 770 about her resignation from DisCon III
- Jared Dashoff statement on his resignation
- Are the Hugos a massive cankerous boil on the Worldcon that just needs to be completely purged?
- Steve Cooper posts to JOF on how much the Hugos cost a Worldcon and some of the considerations therein
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