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Good points on the voting, tompe and Rev. Bob, and it sounds like I ought to give Parasite a fair hearing.
I think the real problem with nominations is that few people read very many brand new books, so the pool is always going to be small enough to distort. I had never nominated until this year - it used to be that the award shortlists were my guide to what new stuff was interesting. I tend to read maybe two or three books in the year of their publication, and they will usually be books by my existing favourite authors. I don't think I've read any 2014 books yet, although I do have one lined up next. I don't know what the solution to that is.
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