Thanks. I'm not out to make any points about the voting (and i'd totally forgotten that Kage Baker died recently); I appreciate your insights on this. The dynamics of that kind of selection process always interest me.
Someone in their CST* should chart nebula wins versus publication type over time, though. That would be interesting, even (maybe especially) if there didn't end up being a pattern. -- *Copious Spare Time . On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:20 PM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not customary for SFWA to report the Nebula votes. I don't know > if they'll do it this year or not. They changed the voting system > drastically, so there may be some pressure for it. I doubt it, though. > > My impression - and let me emphasize that it's only an impression - is > that many people wait for the final ballot and then do their reading. > Which may very well be colored by the fact that I do that. All of the > nominees have been made available for many years so there is > undoubtedly a habit built up of getting them online. I don't know how > major an effect this is. > > Kage Baker died in January almost immediately after making her cancer > public but before the nominations were due. Such an event almost > always carries some sympathy votes. Whether that made any difference > is also hard to determine. > > Nebula voters are a small percentage (30%?) of the active members. > Nobody knows their composition or if they are representative or what > they may be representative of. You're down to interpreting oracles > when you try to guess what the ballots mean. Some people like this > opaqueness, and some don't, but it's part of the culture. > > On May 16, 5:50 pm, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting -- just only hit me on second reading that Novelette and > Short > > Story are both from online pubs, and Novella went to a book from a small > > publisher (which, to make things even more interesting, it turns out is > out > > of print). > > > > Steve, does SFWA report stats on the votes? I'm particularly curious > about > > the Kage Baker novella since it's out of print. I guess you guys > customarily > > get access to the text, but how many people take advantage of that for > all > > nominees? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM, SteveC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Novel > > > The Windup Girl – Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books, Sept. 2009) > > > > > Novella > > > The Women of Nell Gwynne’s – Kage Baker (Subterranean Press, June > > > 2009) > > > > > Novelette > > > “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, > > > Beast,” > > > Eugie Foster (Interzone, Feb. 2009) > > > > > Short Story > > > “Spar,” Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld, Oct. 2009) > > > > > Ray Bradbury Award > > > District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell (Tri-Star, Aug. 2009) > > > > > Andre Norton Award > > > The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, > > > Catherynne M. Valente (Catherynne M. Valente, June 2009) > > > > > Additional Honors > > > During the ceremonies, Joe Haldeman was honored as the next Damon > > > Knight Grand Master, while Neal Barrett, Jr., was honored as Author > > > Emeritus. Vonda N. McIntyre and Keith Stokes were honored with SFWA > > > Service Awards while the SFWA Solstice Award, bestowed upon > > > individuals who have made a significant impact on the science fiction > > > or fantasy landscape, was presented to Tom Doherty, Terri Windling and > > > the late Donald A. Wollheim. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > <r-spec%[email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
