Sujet : Re: Today's interesting development
De : jdnicoll (at) *nospam* panix.com (James Nicoll)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 23. Jul 2024, 02:21:39
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In article <
17e4b0e7cba747c0$17833$3494482$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com>,
Michael Benveniste <
mhb@murkyether.com> wrote:
On 7/22/2024 4:01 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
>
Now, I do recall a case in the 1980s, I think, where an exuberant
fan tried to buy a story he liked a Hugo, using consecutively
numbered traveller's checks to buy memberships. So people do
fuck up comprehensively. But it could also be someone really dislikes
Finalist A and wanted to make them look bad.
>
https://fancyclopedia.org/1989_Hugos#Consecutively_Numbered_Money_Orders
>
I own a copy of the book that got withdrawn as a result. Neither
author published much after that.
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Today's interesting development
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