John thinks that arguments should be more nuanced, Alison disagrees in every conceivable way, and Liz summarises.

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A graph of Hugo finalists with more than four names:

• Letters of comment:
  • Ang Rosin
  • Claire Brialey
  • Mark Plummer
  • Chris Garcia
• Upcoming events:
  • FANAC are hosting an Interview of Ted White by John D. Berry
    • 23 January 2021, 4pm (Eastern Standard Time)
  • Critical Mass are hosting a single-day mini convention!
    • 31 January 2021, Noon to 8pm (Adelaide time)
    • John will be appearing on a panel about podcasting at 7:30pm (Adelaide time, 9am UTC)
  • Capricon: 4–7 February 2021
  • Boskone: 12–14 February 2021
• All of Fandom is Plunged Into War
  • DisCon III posted a Tweet about the numbers of people allowed to be Hugo finalists
  • Chris Garcia discusses the effect on JP in previous years
  • Colette H. Fozard posted a statement on File 770 about her resignation from DisCon III
  • Jared Dashoff statement on his resignation
• Are the Hugos a massive cankerous boil on the Worldcon that just needs to be completely purged?
  • Steve Cooper posts to JOF on how much the Hugos cost a Worldcon and some of the considerations therein
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