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U.K. SF Writers Dominate Hugos

Posted by Zonk on from the u.s.-not-doing-so-hot-creatively dept.

gollum123 writes "The BBC reports that For the first time in its 63-year history, all the writers nominated for the prestigious Hugo award for the best novel are British." From the article: "Mr Stross says that what an author writes is a reflection of his society, and currently US genre writers are mirroring the 'deep trauma' that 9/11 wrought on America. 'What we write tends to reflect our perceptions of the world around us,' he says, 'and if it's an uncertain world full of shadows it's no surprise you get wish fulfilment or a bit downbeat.'"

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  1. but but but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But what about your bombs? Where's your trauma?

  2. Re:Look, Mom! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not at all surprising, considering that all Americans are able to write nowadays is "rotf lmao lol!!!11!! gwbstehgraetestest"

    P.S.: the captcha was "mammas". I like "mammas".

  3. Creative Slump by ndansmith · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everytime the U.S. (or more broadly: any nation) goes to war, the arts suffer. People are too distracted by the war to put a strong effort towards artistic endeavors. Then, when the war ends, there is often a mini revival of the arts. The U.S. certainly is distracted by 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and look at the result: reality TV shows.

  4. Deep Trauma??? by psykocrime · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ya know, I was deeply affected by the events of 9/11. I've been a volunteer firefighter nearly my entire life, and I feel a bond of brotherhood with the guys from FDNY, despite the fact that they're career and I'm a volunteer, and the fact that they're up in NY and I'm in NC. I felt like I lost 343 brothers on 9/11.

    But as painful as it was, the events themselves and the loss I felt on that day, isn't what I find most traumatizing about the whole ordeal. What bothers me most is the reaction TO 9/11 by others. Specifically I'm referring to actions taken by our government, done in knee-jerk fashion, which accomplish nothing and will infringe on the freedoms that Americans consider their natural birthright, for many years to come. Things like the Patriot Act, that thing authoring the director of DHS to do basically anything he wants, etc., in the name of the "War on Terror." That is what is truly traumatic.

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