Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:51:20 -0400
From: Ted White <tedwhite at compusnet.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Fan Writer Hugo Enlightenment Request
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Keith F. Lynch" wrote:

> "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> > Here are the nominees:
> > Jeff Berkwits
> > Bob Devney
> > John L. Flynn
> > Mike Glyer
> > Dave Langford
> > Steven H Silver
>
> But not Lirpa Loof?  I'm so disappointed.
>
> > Flynn?  Is this the same John Flynn formerly of BSFS, now at Towson
> > U (see:http://www.towson.edu/~flynn/Welcome.html)
>
> I don't know.  What if it turns out there are two John Flynns active
> in fan writing, and that different Hugo voters are voting for
> different ones?  Things could get interesting, depending on exactly
> when the duplication is discovered.  For instance if it's discovered
> during the Hugo ceremonies, when Flynn is announced as the winner,
> and both of them walk up to the podium to receive the award.

The notion that *anyone* could be nominated to the Hugo ballot who is so
little known that there might be two of him (or her), each with his (or her)
own partisans, says something scary about modern-day "fandom."

*Sigh*....

--Ted White