R F Kuang, Xiran Jay Zhao and Neil Gaiman were ruled ineligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards in 2023 despite receiving enough nominations.

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    5 months ago

    Sorry, let me rephrase that and see if it’s more easily parsed:

    What is it you think is going on here, and how does your explanation explain these three authors’ situation?

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        5 months ago

        Ah. If that’s the case, you might want to work on your own phrasing. There’s a strong implication in your initial statement that you have a hypothesis, but you wanted to be coy with it, so I attempted to draw you out. I was hoping it was something interesting.