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Sep

On Voting at the Hugo

Posted by Jean-Pierre  Published in From the web

The Hugo Award is using the instant runoff voting system (a variant of the Australian Ballot).  It may not rings a bell right now since we are used to the majority vote only.  But I think this system will be a subject of conversation next year when the Oscar will be awarded.  As may be [...]

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Tags: hugo, Vote

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13

Aug

Hug a Hugo tonight!

Posted by Jean-Pierre  Published in Anticipation SF 2009

The hugos are the most well known prize in science fiction.  Each year the prize is given during the current worldcon.  The ceremony was a bit serious except when Frank Wu received his prized.  He took the “rocket” and played a bit with it like a kid. We were deceived by the recipients of the [...]

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Tags: ceremony, hugo, prize, Worldcon

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10

Aug

Day 4 – aftermath

Posted by Jean-Pierre  Published in Anticipation SF 2009

We took a break this morning to catch up with the blog and sleep a little. Panels of the day : SF and fantasy and Human reproductive variants Archives of the international costumers guild Anime/manga: community and fandom And, of course, the hugo ceremony. We placed two bids on artworks from the art gallery.  I [...]

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Tags: aftermath, anime, ceremony, gallery, hugo, manga

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