Wright, an author notorious for his homophobic views.” (And not much else, I might add. “Three of the five Best Novel nominees come from the Sad Puppies list, while the Best Novella shortlist is identical to Vox Day’s own recommendations-including three separate nominations for works by John C. As the Daily Dot observes, the SPs-and their even more extreme cousins, the Rabid Puppies, led by Vox Day-swept all the main categories. The Puppies aimed to right this wrong by using wholly legal freep tactics to advance a better slate of Hugo authors. No longer interested in adventure, argue the Puppies, the Hugos have grown elitist, academic, and overly ideological-irrelevant to the average fan.
It’s actually about gay and transgender issues. Finally, a book with a painting of a person wearing a mechanized suit of armor! Holding a rifle! War story ahoy! Nope, wait.