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Satirical erotica author Chuck Tingle's massive troll of conservative sci-fi fans, explained
http://www.vox.com/2016/5/26/11759842/chuck-tingle-hugo-award-rabid-puppies-explained
OK, I'm not a big gay erotica reader, but I think I will definitely pick up his first two Kindle titles, Pounded in the Butt By My Own Butt and Pounded in the Butt By My First Novel, "Pounded in the Butt By My Own Butt"
You might have noticed the launch of the strange and beautiful website TheRabidPuppies.com this week — a loud announcement, accompanied by a photo of shirtless Channing Tatum, that one Chuck Tingle (the self-proclaimed "worlds (sic) greatest author"
had arrived with the intent to "take DARK MAGIC and replace with REAL LOVE for all who kiss the sky."
As incoherent as this oddly worded crowing might seem to the average reader, it's a clear mic drop in the world of sci-fi and fantasy. That's because the website is part of an ongoing culture war between politicized factions of well-known sci-fi and fantasy authors and their fans, by someone whose claim to fame is writing viral supernatural-tinged erotica.
Its proprietor, the aforementioned Chuck Tingle, is the author of such storied works as Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt and My Ass Is Haunted by the Gay Unicorn Colonel. And the battle he's just marched into is a fight by a conservative collective known as "the Puppies" to preserve the honor of the Hugo Awards — the annual populist speculative fiction awards chosen by members of the science fiction and fantasy community — against an onslaught of inclusiveness and diversity that has invaded sci-fi/fantasy writing.
Why would anyone, let alone an erotica author who's not connected to the sci-fi/fantasy community, willingly join such a fray? In Tingle's case, he didn't volunteer for the job; he was drafted into the war by the "Rabid Puppies," an extremist subgroup of Puppies who attempted to nominate his writing for a Hugo as a way to mock the entire awards process.
had arrived with the intent to "take DARK MAGIC and replace with REAL LOVE for all who kiss the sky."
As incoherent as this oddly worded crowing might seem to the average reader, it's a clear mic drop in the world of sci-fi and fantasy. That's because the website is part of an ongoing culture war between politicized factions of well-known sci-fi and fantasy authors and their fans, by someone whose claim to fame is writing viral supernatural-tinged erotica.
Its proprietor, the aforementioned Chuck Tingle, is the author of such storied works as Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt and My Ass Is Haunted by the Gay Unicorn Colonel. And the battle he's just marched into is a fight by a conservative collective known as "the Puppies" to preserve the honor of the Hugo Awards — the annual populist speculative fiction awards chosen by members of the science fiction and fantasy community — against an onslaught of inclusiveness and diversity that has invaded sci-fi/fantasy writing.
Why would anyone, let alone an erotica author who's not connected to the sci-fi/fantasy community, willingly join such a fray? In Tingle's case, he didn't volunteer for the job; he was drafted into the war by the "Rabid Puppies," an extremist subgroup of Puppies who attempted to nominate his writing for a Hugo as a way to mock the entire awards process.
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Chuck Tingle is an absolute genius. 
