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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
@bgalbrecht: so in other words what you are trying to say is that the Hugo has always been pretty much predetermined from the beginning. Unless a book had already been on one of those reading recommendations it never had a chance of a nomination let alone a win. No wonder that so many point fingers to the bad wolf (puppy) for disrupting the pattern. It has been tradition to only associate award worthy to those few books that made the shortlist of them reading recommendations. It is not really that far fetched to imagine a master puppeteer (or a group) that secretely pulls the strings to influence those more successful reading lists.
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You have it backward. It is recommended because it is very good. There is no conspiracy here.
And before the net people did not see recommended books unless they subscribed on Locus and saw the result of the Locus award.