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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Today's interesting development
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:44:33 -0000 (UTC)
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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:
>>>
>>>> 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 I own a copy of the book that got withdrawn as a result.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?

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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