George R. R. Martin on Gene Wolfe

Robin B. Smith · 28 Apr 2015, 17:41 · from 2015-April.txt.gz

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From: robinbsmith at gmail.com (Robin B. Smith)
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:41:37 -0500
Subject: (urth) George R. R. Martin on Gene Wolfe
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Only the Campbell Award carries much weight for me. Aren't they all
popularity contests, more or less?

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Charles Gillingham <
charlesgillingham at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never read any of the Harry Potter, so I shouldn't have commented on
> that. (I have watched all the movies (in a single day!) and really disliked
> them all individually and overall) But I have read Storm of Swords and
> American Gods. That there are so many Harry Potter books they should have
> waited a year to beat out American Gods instead. But again, its just a
> popularity context.
>
> I was just looking at Best Novel. Vinge deserves every award he gets. He's
> not of the same writing caliber as Wolfe, but any fan of Wolfe is a fan of
> intelligent sci fi. Vinge is probably the most right wing of anyone that's
> won a Hugo. With the number that he's won so relatively recently, I think
> that shatters the Puppies theory.
>
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Robin B. Smith
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