We have a huge generation of readers and writers, they just aren't reading and writing what we're use to.
While many "Science Fiction Fans" striates everything. BOOKS are everything, Comics has SOME purpose, the Interweb is.. that THING that is destroying the world.
But our teen generation doesn't striate. EVERYTHING is important to them, everything has the same weight. Books, TV, Internet content, Manga, comics, text messages, blogs, movies... to them it is all the same. And if you take that in to account they are much more prolific that even we are.
They have brains and are expressing themselves and some amazing things are being written out there. Sure, the ease of expression also means a lot of crap too.
For several years now, I've gone to realize that many of the categories of the Hugo's are dinosaurs. It is time to rethink many of them. All the Fan categories need to be gutted or at least a push to get the people who nominate to expand their scope.
About 20 years ago, Diana went several years receiving "Fan Artist" nominations and was pleased to death to get them. But when I look at the current Hugo list of fan artists, they are exactly the same people. Fanzines, the same, "The Locus" awards, the same. Completely static.
People, it's the 21st century, time to embrace it. Web content needs to be addressed, encouraged.
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Date: 2007-09-03 12:32 am (UTC)While many "Science Fiction Fans" striates everything. BOOKS are everything, Comics has SOME purpose, the Interweb is.. that THING that is destroying the world.
But our teen generation doesn't striate. EVERYTHING is important to them, everything has the same weight. Books, TV, Internet content, Manga, comics, text messages, blogs, movies... to them it is all the same. And if you take that in to account they are much more prolific that even we are.
They have brains and are expressing themselves and some amazing things are being written out there. Sure, the ease of expression also means a lot of crap too.
For several years now, I've gone to realize that many of the categories of the Hugo's are dinosaurs. It is time to rethink many of them. All the Fan categories need to be gutted or at least a push to get the people who nominate to expand their scope.
About 20 years ago, Diana went several years receiving "Fan Artist" nominations and was pleased to death to get them. But when I look at the current Hugo list of fan artists, they are exactly the same people. Fanzines, the same, "The Locus" awards, the same. Completely static.
People, it's the 21st century, time to embrace it. Web content needs to be addressed, encouraged.