I returned to File 770 to see what I had missed, and laughed at the earnestness with which the TOR boycott is spoken of, because I had come from a place where to the hundreds and thousands of science fiction fans who pick up promotional material or queue at the TOR stand, the boycott is not only irrelevant but it is unnoticed and about it even Cherryh and Williams can give good examples, for me, of uneveness in a series. The Hugos themselves are held in high regard, they have permeated the memories of many, probably from book covers, and indeed, I met a previous graphic story nominee who was very proud to have been one. There are colourful variations as to what people perceive, but generally the sentiment amongst those who did know, was that a negative act has occurred this year.

People I spoke to, couldn’t even name those specifically involved, or mention the Puppies at all.

Many people who I spoke to, have heard about the Hugo situation and have distilled it neatly into succinct and straightforward understandings of what has happened. TOR books have a really smart stand in a great location, and both times I managed to go by, they had long queues of people, eager, keen and EXCITED!!! Here anyhow, no one has a notion about the boycott at all. The volunteers and staff run a great con, there were 120,000 people there and it surely felt busy, and I really enjoyed it.īooks are very well represented here, to my surprise, Hachette, Penguin and Macmillan amongst other publishers are all present in strength, as are dealers selling prose fiction. Photo by James Bacon.īy James Bacon: I went to Comic Con for a couple of days and had a fabulous time.

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