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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

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