Comments on: Online Hugo Online Ballot Up; More Stuff Added to Hugo Voter Packet

By: Peon Po

Peon Po — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:11:37 +0000

I’m definitely picking up a Supporting Membership next year in Australia, Aussiecon 4. Argh! I should have listened to Scalzi way back in May . . .

By: R

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:01:02 +0000

Hi John,
This is my first time voting for the Hugo and the compiled packet is a godsent! I would have had a rough time getting all the material togather.
As it is, I am still not sure where to get Banana Wings – any suggestions on that would be greatly appreciated.
(ps, LOVED Joe’s Tale :) )

By: Guy Lillian

Guy Lillian — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:06:15 +0000

Hello, Wendy! Grand to hear from your sweet self again! We’ve been reliving some of our UNC-G laughs in private e-mail. (Don’t worry, it’ll stay private.) Let’s see, that was 1973. Gee, almost five years ago. KEEP IN TOUCH!

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:49:37 +0000

Thanks for the update!
I’m like MasterThief @10 more than halfway through the package. Which does’t make some voting decisions any easier… (just thinking of the Novels section)

(And John: It’s my first time to vote for the Hugos and Your efforts to give us most of the works for consoderation is a big help and joy at the same time)

By: WendyB_09

WendyB_09 — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:18:30 +0000

Guy H. Lillian III? No…it can’t be…or is it???

Went to UNC-Greensboro many, many years ago (ok, ‘73-74-ish) and knew (and occassionally dated) a Guy Lillian that was a grad student and doing fanzines back then.

Printed them on mimeo machines… hmmmm…mimeo ink…helped him get a few editions out. Hung out at the student publication offices with the rest of us geeks a good bit too.

Amazingly small world if it is one and the same and I’ve run across him on Whatever!

Hi Guy! Good Luck!!

By: Laura Conrad

Laura Conrad — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:15:28 +0000

I got it specifically for the mobi version of _The Graveyard Book_, but it seems to have some kind of DRM on it. Does anyone know the PID for unlocking the DRM? Or another way to read it without that?

By: MasterThief

MasterThief — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:53:45 +0000

Woohoo! Been working my way up from the short stories and novelettes, taking a side detour into the semi-pro zines right now. I’ll be done by voting time, I promise!

Incidentally, this is why I less than three the booklet-making function on our photocopier at work. Conviently metro-sized reading.

By: Steve Burnap

Steve Burnap — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:47:51 +0000

I’ll have to grab the new one. I’ve got a lot of reading ahead of me. (Though I’ve read all the novels already.)

The novel category is amazingly strong this year.

I don’t know what to do about the graphic novels. I’ve only read one and don’t feel comfortable voting without having read at least most of the entries.

But yeah, this is an amazingly good deal from a pure monetary standpoint. Five ebook novels alone would run you more than $50 and these are the ones considered best of the year. (Though I personally already bought and paid for 4 of the 5. Poor Charlie Stross loses out to my procrastination and fears of wifely mockery at the cover.)

By: mensley

mensley — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:29:24 +0000

I’ll try that when I get home, thanks!

By: hugh57

hugh57 — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:21:28 +0000

mensley @5: I just did what Scalzi @6 said, and it worked just fine.