What has happened is simple: an angry mob has exploited a loophole in how nominations occur in order to crash a party that they seemingly detest anyway. The gaming of the Hugo Awards Ballot wasn’t executed for frivolous reasons: it was organized by racist, homophobic people who want science fiction to be going backwards instead of looking toward the future.
At Electric Literature, Ryan Britt breaks down the hijacking of the Hugo Awards and what this may mean for the future of the awards and the science fiction and fantasy genre.
