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I did not know any of that. I always just figured Hugo award books would at least be good, and that was about as far as my thinking went.
I mean, they almost always are. You just have to understand that, much like with the Oscars (?), it is the SFF (mostly SFF writers) community voting on themselves. And, memes aside, good movies usually win at the Oscars. Sure they favor period pieces and character studies but those are generally well acted and directed. They may just not be "entertaining" to the masses.
That said, ever since Martin decided he should talk about how great a bunch of transphobes and racists were while butchering the names of up and coming authors because he couldn't be bothered to read a pronunciation guide, a lot of great authors have started doing their own "awards" blog posts. Which are always nice.
This is probably the most helpful comment for me. I enjoy reading scifi and I've often used the Hugos as a barometer. Not anymore. Time to start checking blogs of good authors
Any recommendations?