Sujet : Re: Today's interesting development
De : jdnicoll (at) *nospam* panix.com (James Nicoll)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 23. Jul 2024, 02:19:10
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Organisation : Public Access Networks Corp.
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In article <
v7mr1t$s1a5$1@dont-email.me>,
Ahasuerus <
ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
On 7/22/2024 4:01 PM, James Nicoll wrote:
Someone spent $19,000 dollars to stuff the Hugo Award ballot
box in a way that seems either very, very ineptly or in a
manner calculated to be spotted.
https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/statement-22-july-2024/
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.
>
Or -- conceivably -- someone who dislikes the Hugo award as an institution.
What a half-assed attack, then.
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