World Fantasy awards: Howards to go?

[Vladd67]

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/17/world-fantasy-awards-hp-lovecraft-racism-row-statuette
Poor HPL how dare he have views common in his time.

 

[Ursa major]

In the comments section of that article, there are musings about having a statue of Cthulhu, rather than a bust of an author. Perhaps our own Curt Chiarelli could provide what's needed.

 

[HareBrain]

I think they should make the award trophy using non-euclidian geometry so we can see what it actually looks like. And if they could make it cyclopean too, that would be cool.

 

[Vladd67]

If it was non euclidian geometry would there not be a chance of these people complaining, disappearing up their own eldritch pasage?

 

[Ningauble]

There is now a petition to keep the Howard as it is: http://www.change.org/p/world-fanta...ntasy-awards-trophies-don-t-ban-them-to-be-pc

I may not agree with the wording in a few spots, but on the whole...