Gradually Then Suddenly: the 2023 Worldcon, Self-Censorship, and the Growing Threat of Authoritarianism —
Welp, it took less than a decade for someone to find a way to one-up (or, more accurately, one-down) the Sad Puppies fiasco at the Hugos. Their “hold my beer” stunt happened last October, at the 81st Worldcon in Chengdu, China. A lot of science fiction authors had protested awarding the bid to Chengdu because […]