Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:43:34 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Interaction news
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> dicconf at radix.net 1/11/05 11:53:43 AM >>>
>
>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Ted White wrote:
>
>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > From: "Michael Pederson" <mike at nthzine.com>
>> > >
>> > >> Let's not forget:
>> > >>
>> > >> Best Fanzine: SFRevu
>> > >> Best Semiprozine: Nth Degree
>> > >
>[Ted White sniffed:]
>> > > Can you tell us why, aside from local chauvinism, these
>publications
>> > > are
>> > > *deserving* of Hugo nominations?
>> >
>[Mike (blushingly) replied:
>> > Not without sounding like I'm bragging.
>>
>> Hugos are rarely awarded for braggadocio.
>
>Try telling that to Harlan Ellison.

I do have his phone number...

Anyway, I suspect all of us can point at Hugo (& Nebula) winners (in
almost any category) where one wonders "What were the voters
thinking...?"

mjw