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   From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/25/24 2:18 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Mad Hamish   wrote:   
   >> On 5 Mar 2024 01:35:28 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> So, I am reading Rebecca Kuang's _Babel_ to see just what it was that the   
   >>> Hugo Committee may have objected to, and I find it extremely pro-Chinese.   
   >>> It is strongly against British imperialism and against the Opium War, and   
   >>> the Chinese government of the time may not have been very strong but was   
   >>> determined.   
   >>   
   >> I think I've heard that the issue isn't the current work but that   
   >> she's written stuff critical of China in the past.   
   >   
   > Which would be even WORSE because it would be punishing her for "reforming"   
   > and finally writing something less critical.   
   >   
   > Whatever it was, it was sure a mess.   
   > --scott   
      
   As I noted elsewhere, the good news is that all this resulted in a lot   
   of publicity for the book, which could well reach a wider audience than   
   if it *had* won the Hugo.   
      
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