U.K. SF Writers Dominate Hugos

Posted by Zonk on Friday August 5, 2005 @10:27AM 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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Disappointed by Anonymous Coward · 2005-08-05 10:37 · Score: -1, Troll

I think this just shows how Anti-Americanism is running rampant in the world. There are plenty of good American SCIFI writers, anybody read an Analog lately? It's chock full of fun writings.

We should put together an American version of the Hugos and just ignore them forevermore, they've already shown American writers are not welcome.