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Controversy over 'inexplicable' exclusion of R F Kuang and Xiran Jay Zhao from Hugo Awards 2023
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I don't like Neil Gaiman, I find his writing a bit repetitive and his personality is a little grating. But are these other two authors any good? I'm always looking for new science fiction authors to get into, and quite liked Cixin Liu if these have been translated from Mandarin.
R F Kuang is American and Xiran Jay Zhao is Canadian. They write in English.
Oh, if they were good I'd probably have heard of them then?
There was a time you'd never heard of any of your favourite writers. But then you did and you enjoyed them. If you'd dismissed them with a "how good could they be if I've never heard of them?" you'd never have discovered them. Don't be a twit.
I'm not being a twit, I'm being obnoxious on the internet to amuse myself while I have a virus. I imagine I will check out both of the authors mentioned.
…that is being a twit.
Yeah... in my defence, my throat is very sore.
There is such a massive amount of content now that there are many, many excellent authors and creators that you have never heard of
you are in the process of hearing of them now
Yes, I'll accept that analysis.
Well, that’s certainly a reaction.
They are young and new, they mostly write fantasy and scifi, I have never read their works but have heard of their name in recommendations and booklists.
I really like Xiran. Kinda smacks you over the head with the message of the book but really fun to read with a great setting and twists.
I've read all of R.F. Kuang's books and they are all in my top 10 favorite books ever. Check out The Poppy War series.
I’ve tried a couple of things from R F Kuang. If you like super generic fantasy tropes with an East Asian feel, you’ll probably enjoy their stuff. I haven’t finished any full series because there just wasn’t anything to hook me. I think major authors like Raymond Feist and Terry Brookes also suffer from the generic argument albeit with a European setting so YMMV.