|
Sad Puppies is a voting campaign intended to influence the outcome of the Hugo Awards, an annual prize for science fiction or fantasy works. It was initiated in 2013 by author Larry Correia by means of a voting bloc to get a specific novel nominated, and then through suggested slates in subsequent years (led by Correia in 2014, and then Brad R. Torgersen in 2015). Author Kate Paulk announced in March 2015 that she would be taking the helm of the campaign for the 2015-2016 year. In 2013, it was an attempt to get one of Correia's novels nominated for the Hugo Award in order to "poke the establishment in the eye" by nominating "unabashed pulp action that isn’t heavy handed message fic". In subsequent years, it was a campaign to nominate works Correia—and later Torgersen—thought were more deserving, but which they stated had been unfairly passed over by Hugo voters in favor of more literary works, or stories with progressive political themes. ==History== The name for the campaign originates in an SPCA ad featuring Sarah McLachlan, and a joke relating the "message-fic winning awards" and puppy sadness. Correia started the first Sad Puppies campaign in 2013 when he mentioned on his blog that one of his works, ''Monster Hunter Legion'', was eligible for that year's Hugo Award for Best Novel. His stated purposes for starting the campaign were to "poke the establishment in the eye" by nominating "unabashed pulp action that isn’t heavy handed message fic",〔 and to "make literati critics spontaneously combust". The first campaign focused mainly on nominating ''Monster Hunter Legion'', though a list of eligible works from Baen Books, Correia's main publisher, was mentioned multiple times, and a few other works were mentioned in various posts indicating who he was voting for. This first campaign was not successful in getting ''Monster Hunter Legion'' nominated, though at 101 nominations it was only 17 nominations short of the final ballot cutoff. The second campaign started in January 2014, and started with promoting his book ''Warbound'' as a good choice for nomination. In February, Correia encouraged people to send in suggestions for the various categories while also listing several he was already considering. He then presented his own slate at the end of March, consisting of one work each in twelve categories. Seven of the twelve nominees made it to the final ballot, including ''Warbound''. ''Warbound'' ended in fifth place in the final count, and only one of the seven nominees—Toni Weisskopf for the Best Professional Editor (Long Form) category—finished above last place. One of the nominees, Vox Day's short story "Opera Vita Aeterna", was ranked below "no award" for the category, therefore ranking sixth place out of five.〔 "Opera Vita Aeterna"'s inclusion in the slate was regarded by others, such as John Scalzi, as a choice which made the slate appear to not be a legitimate attempt to push under-represented works, but instead an attempt to rile voters who did not back the slate. Brad R. Torgersen took over the third campaign, and a second group, the "Rabid Puppies" led by Vox Day, was also created. Each put forward a similar slate of suggested nominations which came to dominate the ballot. The Sad Puppies charged that these popular works were often unfairly passed over by Hugo voters in favor of more literary works, or stories with progressive political themes. Various media outlets reported the two campaigns as stating they were a reaction to "niche, academic, overtly ()" nominees and winners in opposition to "an affirmative action award" that preferred female and non-white authors and characters.〔 The campaigns triggered an uproar among some fans and authors,〔 with at least six nominees declining their nomination both before and, for the first time, after the ballot was published. Many people advocated "no award" votes,〔 and multiple-Hugo-winner Connie Willis declined to present the awards. The slates were characterized by some journalists as a "right wing",〔 "orchestrated backlash" by a "group of white guys" and were alleged to be linked with the Gamergate controversy.〔 Conservative journalist David French, who supports the campaign, characterized the negative responses as "leftist" and "slanderous". Tor Books creative director Irene Gallo raised controversy when she accused the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies of racism, sexism, and homophobia on her personal Facebook page. Tor Books founder Tom Doherty stated that the slates did not exist simply to promote white men, and that Gallo's words were her own and did "not reflect Tor’s views or mine". Gallo later clarified that her views did not represent the views of Tor books, and said she painted with "too broad a brush" In March 2015, author Kate Paulk announced that she would be organizing the fourth Sad Puppies campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sad Puppies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|