I think the problem is not so much that the stories feature characters who are not white men
It's easy to read what I'm saying that way but that's not really it. It's more about who the authors are and who the awards committees bend over backwards to exclude.
There's been tons of Hugo Award controversies related to authors, excluded authors and content the last....15 years or so. (Although, to be fair, controversy and Hugos go back as long as the awards have been around).
In scifi literature the formulaic over-told stories aren't even being published anymore. It's more like stuff that's barely even science fiction...
Again, the sales numbers show that the classics in the genre are still selling. It's the new content that isn't moving.
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It's easy to read what I'm saying that way but that's not really it. It's more about who the authors are and who the awards committees bend over backwards to exclude.
There's been tons of Hugo Award controversies related to authors, excluded authors and content the last....15 years or so. (Although, to be fair, controversy and Hugos go back as long as the awards have been around).
In scifi literature the formulaic over-told stories aren't even being published anymore. It's more like stuff that's barely even science fiction...
Again, the sales numbers show that the classics in the genre are still selling. It's the new content that isn't moving.