Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> writes: > David Dyer-Bennet writes: > > > We can discuss the arcane details of "Australian" ballot counting and > > confuse *everybody* :-). > > Ever see the rules for the Hogus and the Black Hole awards? They were > (are?) parodies of the Hugo and Nebula, given out annually at WorldCon. > The award ceremony was held in a McDonalds and call The Ranquet. > > Voting was done by the Austrian system. Everyone who wants can vote for > their favorites in rank order, as often as they like. The judges take > the ballots, throw them away, and decide who's going to win. It's a > lot easier on everyone involved, and a lot funnier than letting the > masses decide. > > Jeez, I haven't been to one of those in over 20 years... wonder if they're > still doing them. One year the winner for 'Best Typeface' was 'Nordic, > with high cheekbones.' I never went to the Ranquet, but I remember it happening. (Apart from anything else, I don't eat at Macdonalds). I haven't heard it mentioned recently, except historically. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info