{"id":405,"date":"2016-08-23T22:52:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T02:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2016-08-27T09:57:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T13:57:40","slug":"sad-and-rabid-puppies-in-2016-what-will-the-future-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/23\/sad-and-rabid-puppies-in-2016-what-will-the-future-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad and Rabid Puppies in 2016, What Will the Future Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"

So last week I talked about the Hugos and Dragon Awards. And we\u2019ll have to wait for Labor Day to see if the Dragon Award voters look more like Puppies or CHORFs. I think it\u2019s an open question as to whether the type of readers who read the Puppy books will bother to vote for them. Sure it\u2019s much easier to vote for something that\u2019s free, but honestly, most normal people don\u2019t know that sci-fi awards even exist. So, to be continued.<\/p>\n

But what I do want to write about is the situation on the ground between the Puppies (all flavors) and the CHORFs. I won\u2019t go back into the weeds of what it\u2019s all about. Instead let\u2019s talk about where it\u2019s going. This week most of the Puppy Leaders (Larry, Brad, Sarah, Kate, Dave and of course Vox) had something and sometimes a lot to say about the 2016 awards. Here are some of the links.<\/p>\n

Larry<\/p>\n

http:\/\/monsterhunternation.com\/2016\/08\/22\/my-thoughts-on-the-2016-hugos\/#comments<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/monsterhunternation.com\/2016\/08\/23\/aw-the-guardians-village-idiot-remembered-my-birthday\/#comments<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Brad<\/p>\n

Survival Guide for the Conservative, Classically Liberal, & Libertarian Science Fiction & Fantasy Author<\/a><\/p>\n

Addressing The Problem\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah<\/p>\n

The Good, The Bad, The Boring<\/a><\/p>\n

Kate<\/p>\n

A Puppy At WorldCon<\/a><\/p>\n

Dave<\/p>\n

A Wally for me!<\/a><\/p>\n

Vox<\/p>\n

https:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/post-hugo-analysis.html#comment-form<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/the-worldcon-audio.html#comment-form<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/why-worldcon-changed-rules.html#comment-form<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve read all their posts and even all the comments. I didn\u2019t visit the CHORF sites (although several CHORF trolls were quite active on the comments sections of these puppy posts). I think I have a pretty good idea how everyone is feeling and what they want.<\/p>\n

I think the Sad Puppies (most of them) intend to continue their policy of widening the reading and voting circle to include people who like good stories instead of just literary message fiction. By building an awareness of this alternate SFF community they are creating the core of a better fandom.<\/p>\n

And this is truly admirable.<\/p>\n

I think the Rabids intend to torture the CHORFs whenever and however they can. This is not only to overthrow the tyrannical regime of the SJWs, but also because they really really like doing it.<\/p>\n

And this is truly hilarious.<\/p>\n

The rabids are the precise remedy for the hollow pomposity and hypocritical virtue-signaling that fandom has devolved into. Rabid malice is almost a separate entity in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Now, for the folks in the audience that think that the Rabids are the offenders I direct them to this post about David Truesdale (directly below) to get a feel for how they treat people who don\u2019t agree with the narrative they enforce. They\u2019re not nice or even fair.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/the-worldcon-audio.html#comment-form
\nI guess if someone looked at the dichotomy of the two puppy approaches he might compare them to the New and Old Testaments respectively. Basically the Gospel on the one hand and Samson pulling down the Philistine Temple on the other.<\/p>\n

Based on some voting numbers that Vox put up on a post, it looks like about 2,000 of the extra voters from last year didn\u2019t vote in the finals this year. So they didn\u2019t renew their memberships. It seems entirely possible that next year\u2019s awards will be even more contentious than 2016 when the best short story nominees included \u201cSpace Raptor Butt Invasion.\u201d I don\u2019t pretend to anticipate or even understand exactly how Vox plans to prosecute his war against the SJWs of SF but I\u2019m almost certain that he has only just begun to torture them. He does seem to take the long view.<\/p>\n

Those among the CHORFs that think that the worst is over because the rabid nominations were defeated in the finals do not understand what those nominations mean. For every Space Raptor Butt Invasion that wins a nomination spot, some one of the ancillary writers who faithfully vote the party ticket gets denied the promised spot on the periphery of the circle jerk. Essentially, the incentive for going along with the group-think will begin to evaporate. Before you know it, people will start reading what is actually entertaining instead of \u201cgood for you.\u201d We can\u2019t have that. So it\u2019s probably going to get worse for the status quo.<\/p>\n

It is reminiscent of some kind of ancient siege. The CHORFs are like some city totally surrounded by a horde of merciless barbarians. They have fought several skirmishes and have even sent out sorties to win the day by concentrating all their resources on offense. But their numbers and resources are dwindling and the horde seems to only get stronger and more blood-thirsty after every encounter. I can only guess at what the mentality and morale of the besieged is currently.
\nPass the popcorn.<\/p>\n

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