Re: Nebula Finalists 2017

Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> wrote:

[1] This was a not-quite-last-minute decision.  2017 was the centenary
of Finland's independence, and the Finnish state provided support to
bring numerous itinerant international events to the country.  I went
to the World Figure Skating Championships in March of that year, and
when I later learned that the Worldcon was in practically the same
place (almost across the street from the train station at the arena) I
felt comfortable enough with the travel arrangements I had made in
March to commit to going back in August.  I did not buy the membership
with the intent of voting in the Hugos and was pleasantly surprised to
learn about the voter packet.

I had no idea about it!  I did talk to a lot of people, many Chinese but
some not, who had come to Worldcon in part because it was also an
opportunity to check out the Finnish heavy metal music community.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."