The SF SJWs have responded to The Secret Kings’ nomination for this year’s Best Science Fiction Novel Dragon Award with a familiar Narrative.
SJWs always double down. Last year, they tried to DISQUALIFY Souldancer’s Dragon win after the fact based on its number of Amazon reviews. Now they’re trying to preemptively undermine The Secret Kings, only SK has more than twice as many Amazon reviews as SD did when it won, so they’ve resorted to the even more arbitrary measure of Goodreads ratings.
They’re also whining about how uncouth it is that I’m calling attention to John Scalzi’s self-described and very public cuckery. The CHORFs should get used to disappointment, because unlike some genteel conservative, I recognize that Marquess of Queensberry rules are off the table.
This is a street fight. Chicago rules are in effect, and I’m fighting to win.
The CHORFs have done us a favor, though. Because they always project, they can’t help telling us how to beat them. Glyer is clearly upset that I devoted half of my previous post to attacking Scalzi. I’ll rectify that error by turning over the majority of this post to mocking Tor’s golden boy.
You can be sure that pressing the attack is the right move, because contra Glyer’s finger-wagging, there’s a rich vein of popular disgust for Scalzi that I’ve only begun tapping into.
Here a just a few of the responses I got when I posted this pic–WARNING! don protective eyewear to shield your T levels!
Answer: register for a free 2017 Dragon Award ballot and vote The Secret Kings for Best SF Novel.
More fan reactions:
But we’re not all about negativity. I have the dual advantage of a loathsome opponent and an objectively superior book.
The same SJWs who ruined the Hugos now have their sights set on the Dragon Awards. Winning even one category will be a huge morale boost for them. On the other hand, getting completely shut out will leave them devastated.
Mike Glyer is right about one thing. I’m not in this fight to chase awards for their own sake. Genre fiction, movies, comics, and gaming have been decimated by a cultural war waged by totalitarian social justice warriors.
The SJWs know that I will oppose them, unflinchingly, on the terms they’ve set. That’s why they shadowbanned me on Twitter, colluded to snub my readers by voting me below No Award in last year’s Hugos, and are swarming to attack me now.
That’s fine. They tried it last year, and their mean girl tactics helped push Souldancer to victory.
The CHORFs gave me some advice, so I’ll return the favor. If you want to win, stop your catty narrative-building. Fight clean and stop insulting my readers, or this time it won’t just be my people rushing to smack you down.
Of course, the SF SJWs won’t take my advice. They can’t.
But I can beat them. I’m the only non-SJW, non-Tor author on the Best SF Novel ballot who has a proven track record of punching above his weight enough to bloody the CHORFs’ noses.
Don’t get me wrong. Richard Paolinelli and Brian Guthrie are fine authors and great guys. But going up against the SJW hate mob can be daunting, especially if you’ve never faced it before. And it’s not either of them who are being singled out for a two minutes’ hate by leading CHORF blogs and their mainstream media collaborators.
Cixin Liu is a favorite in some quarters. I loved Three Body Problem, and Liu is a superb writer. We need to face facts, though. Liu is a Tor author, and they’re going to throw their support behind Scalzi. The Verge hatchet job using the cover of The Collapsing Empire for its header image is a major tip-off.
Plus, let’s not forget the fact that Liu thanked the Rabid Puppies who made his Hugo win possible by publicly insulting them.
The situation is clear: the race for Best Science Fiction Novel at this year’s Dragon Awards comes down to me vs. Scalzi. The CHORFs have already broadcast that this is the scenario they most fear.
With your help, The Secret Kings will beat secret king John Scalzi for Best SF Novel.
As I’ve always said, I’m not out to collect a shelf full of awards. Therefore, my lovely and talented editor L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright will take home Secret Kings’ Dragon Award. The book wouldn’t be as good as it is without her, and she richly deserves recognition.
Another advantage I just remembered: my entire series costs less than Scalzi’s single eBook.
Get The Secret Kings for free through Kindle Unlimited.
Register for a free Dragon Award ballot and vote SK for Best Sci-Fi Novel!
UPDATE: That was easy.
The other day I announced The Collapsing Empire was a finalist for the Dragon Award in the Best Science Fiction novel category, which was neat. Today, I notified the Dragon Award administrators and let them know I was withdrawing The Collapsing Empire from consideration for the award.
The reason is simple: Some other finalists are trying to use the book and me as a prop, to advance a manufactured “us vs. them” vote-pumping narrative based on ideology or whatever. And I just… can’t. I don’t have the interest and I’m on a deadline, and this bullshit is even more stale and stupid now than it was the several other times it was attempted recently, with regard to genre awards.
-John Scalzi, August 7, 2017
SECOND UPDATE: It looks like the Dragon Con administrators aren’t letting nominees withdraw from the Dragon Awards ballot. Welcome to Thunderdome!