Thread: 2015 Hugo Award winners
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Old 08-23-2015, 12:16 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by jgaiser View Post
Hugo Award statistics. Both nomination numbers and final vote:

http://www.thehugoawards.org/content...Statistics.pdf

Tobias Buckell's attempt at Hugo ballot without SP/RP entries

http://www.tobiasbuckell.com/2015/08...ely-have-been/
Thanks for posting the figures. It appears that I was wrong in smelling a rat. A majority of voters did indeed vote for "no award" in particular categories. It is sad that this occurred, but I have nothing to complain about. We have one side nominating particular books, and apparently having the numbers to enforce their wishes at that stage. Then we have their opponents voting no award and apparently having the numbers to succeed in this. The beauty of democracy in action. It is too much to hope for people to vote on the merits of the works concerned. This award is clearly worthless at the moment. Whether it has just become so or has been for many years, I don't know.
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