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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: 2025 Aurora Award Ballot
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:04:15 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <20250416a@crcomp.net>, Don  <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
>Titus G wrote:
>> James Nicoll wrote:
>>> The Aurora Awards are Canada's annual English-language Science Fiction
>>> and Fantasy Awards. The 2025 Aurora Award Ballot has been released. The
>>> finalists are at the other end of the link, because fixing the formatting
>>> for here took too long.
>>>
>>> https://www.csffa.ca/awards-information/current-ballot/
>>>
>>>
>>
>> BEST FAN WRITING AND PUBLICATION
>>
>> James Nicoll Reviews, James Davis Nicoll, online
>
>Thank you for taking the time to post these followups.
>
>Repeatedly reading and reviewing at a fast clip is beyond me. My mind
>moves too slow. Slower than a Texas tortoise. It always automatically
>aspires to associate the appearance of objects (occasionally occult)
>"in story."
>    Besides editorial appeasement, James excels at playing the part of
>the short order cook - dishing hot takes and fresh bon mots each day.
>Although others "in group" share this superpower, only James
>consistently does it day in and day out.

Thank you!

The catch is, I only have two speeds: not reading at all or reading 
at that pace. Which, come to think of it, is also true of my walking
speed: either I am stationary or moving forward at five or six km
per hour. Inconvenient if I am with someone. 

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