The conservative backlash isn’t entirely about attempts to diversify science fiction; it’s also motivated by a nostalgia for an imaginary past. p.s. you will see a bunch of “No awards.” As you might recall, the conservative coalition called the “Sad Puppies” torpedoed the nomination ballot… http://www.newrepublic.com/…/2015-hugo-awards-and-history-s…. Here’s another piece on the Sad Puppies: http://www.npr.org/…/everyones-likely-to-be-sad-at-this-yea… And a great one by George R. R. Martin: http://www.theguardian.com/…/george-rr-martin-right-wing-br…