Today (Wednesday, February 14, 2024), at 8:00 PM Eastern US time, I’ll provide live accompaniment on Twitch for a classic silent movie, Son of the Sheik. Before the main feature, I’ll show and accompany a Harold Lloyd short, Young Mr. Jazz. I hope you’ll be there.
Samantha Mills repudiates 2023 Hugo
Samantha Mills, winner of the 2023 Hugo Award for “best short story,” has repudiated her award in the light of the censorship scandal. She wrote:
Looking at the information we currently have, it’s hard for me to conclude anything other than: I shouldn’t have been on that ballot. …
I spent this morning logging into my various accounts and taking “Hugo” out of my bio. There are almost certainly going to be places it was printed that I miss, so my apologies for that. Here’s the most embarrassing one: my novel already went to the printer and it has “Hugo winner” on the cover. Fucking mortifying!
Update, Feb. 23, 2024: Adrian Tchaikovsky has repudiated his Hugo. “I cannot consider myself a Hugo winner and will not be citing the 2023 award result in my biographical details, or on this site.”