Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 13:55:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: N Lynch <sfbookfan at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Hugos and cons
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- samlubell at verizon.net wrote:
> Why would giving a Hugo to a Trek show that is about
> to be canceled be great for sf in general as
> opposed to giving it to any other sf television?

Worldcon is in Scotland; can't see them honoring a US
TV show that will be long gone when the con comes
around.

The studios don't care much about Hugos - they can't
be bothered to show up to receive the award and when
have you ever heard a TV show brag that one of the
episodes got a Hugo?  Never.

> Again, I disagree.  As far as television studios are
> concerned, the number of fans who go to conventions
> are a drop in the bucket.  We're useful for
> generating buzz and for new start-ups but comprise
> only a tiny fraction of the audience necessary for a
> network show (it may be different on cable).

It's worse than that - the studios no longer even come
to SF cons; SciFi Channel hasn't been to Worldcon in
years.  They go to comic conventions.

Nicki

"The man who enters a library is in the best society this world affords; the good and the great welcome him, surround him, and humbly ask to be allowed to become his servants."  -Andrew Carnegie
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