Re: Today's interesting development

In article <v7p2t6$1bmt1$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:

James Nicoll wrote:

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:
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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.

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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I own a copy of the book that got withdrawn as a result.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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Out of sheer curiosity:
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Was the book good enough to be a valid nominee?

I cannot recall. I will reread it.

Do you regret the departure of the (I assume) co-authors from the field?

I don't like people being punished for other people's transgressions.
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