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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Today's interesting development
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:13:26 -0400
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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:
>>
>>> 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 I own a copy of the book that got withdrawn as a result.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.

Out of sheer curiosity:

Was the book good enough to be a valid nominee?

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

William Hyde