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james_davis_nicollAm I confused when I think that the original idea behind the Grandmaster was to provide a way to honor those significant authors whose best work mostly predated the Nebula Award?
It's been 43 years since the Nebulas began. It seems likely that most of the people who would have met the original conditions to win the Grandmaster [1] have since either won it, won a Nebula or died (I expect the third group is the largest). Is there a reason beyond habit for keeping the Grandmaster Award?
1: As I recall, the original condition to win a Grandmaster was to be Robert Heinlein but that is probably too restrictive a catagory for an ongoing award.
It's been 43 years since the Nebulas began. It seems likely that most of the people who would have met the original conditions to win the Grandmaster [1] have since either won it, won a Nebula or died (I expect the third group is the largest). Is there a reason beyond habit for keeping the Grandmaster Award?
1: As I recall, the original condition to win a Grandmaster was to be Robert Heinlein but that is probably too restrictive a catagory for an ongoing award.
