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]> > > . > > 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 > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
