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The figures Martin referenced included H.P.
Lovecraft and John W. Campbell.
(The late author and the late editor, respectively, each won aRetro Hugo awardthis year.
The Retro Hugos are given to creators from years when the Hugo Awards did not exist.
Lovecraft won for a posthumous story published in 1945 and Campbell for editing in the same year.)
Lovecraft wasxenophobic, anti-Semitic, and ardent in his white supremacy.
The Best New Writer award was later renamed the AstoundingAward for Best New Writer.
Its a connection many watching the show were quick to point out on Twitter.
history, regardless how factual, is propaganda: what gets elided?
nor was it subtle.we see you.
Jemisin took home the 2020 award for Best Novelette.
She had previously won the Best Novel award for three consecutive years in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
There was also a whole segment about the Oscar statuette and its crotch, she also wrote.
It was gender essentialist and transphobic.
(Luhrssaysthat all nominees were asked to submit phonetic pronunciations of their names in advance.)
We sincerely apologise for that hurt.
We apologise for the mispronunciations of names, and any disrespect implied.
As Chairs, we accept full responsibility for this.
