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Commented on How I learned to stop worrying and love the concept of punitive slating....
Minor correction: MACII costs $50 for a supporting membership. And I know some SF readers sign up just to get the Hugo packet....
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CPickersgill commented on
How I learned to stop worrying and love the concept of punitive slating....
There's some information here....
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Dave P commented on
How I learned to stop worrying and love the concept of punitive slating....
You can always check out the Big Idea entries in John Scalzi's blog: http://whatever.scalzi.com/ (I don't think OGH will mind my promoting that particular blog)....
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Scott Sanford commented on
How I learned to stop worrying and love the concept of punitive slating....
It's worth remembering that there are more SF readers in the US than in the UK, so despite having a great draw from proximal fans LonCon also got quite a few Americans - just not as many as a North American Worldcon gets....
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Ilya Fisher commented on
How I learned to stop worrying and love the concept of punitive slating....
Dear All, there is at least one positive outcome from all this nonsense with rabid and sad puppies. As a humble reader of science fiction that does not suck (C), I am now motivated to at least buy a support membership. Maybe even attend the worldcon in 2017. I am sure I am not the only one like this. In this way Brad Torgersen did a huge public service and a lot of good may come out of this in the future....
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Dirk Bruere commented on
How I learned to stop worrying and love the concept of punitive slating....
Gamergater in the news, and he lives up to my stereotype of them: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/11/terrorist-troll-pretended-to-be-isis-white-supremacist-and-jewish-lawyer.html...
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