Comments on: Vinge Wins a Hugo http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/09/04/vinge-wins-a-hugo/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/09/04/vinge-wins-a-hugo/comment-page-1/#comment-68079 Keir Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:35:42 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/09/04/vinge-wins-a-hugo/#comment-68079 Just having a bit of fun, Cheryl. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine that someone would sue over such a distinction–especially if they were fortunate enough to win a Hugo.

(“Award” and “worthy”–two words. Hyphen for clarity.)

]]> By: Cheryl Morgan http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/09/04/vinge-wins-a-hugo/comment-page-1/#comment-68067 Cheryl Morgan Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:39:41 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/09/04/vinge-wins-a-hugo/#comment-68067 Sounds like they’ve got a legal battle on their hands if someone pens an award-worthy work of sf that totals exactly 17,500 words

Interesting idea, but I’m afraid not. You see, it can be hard at times to agree on what is a word and what isn’t. Is “award-worthy” one word or two, for example? So the Hugo rules have a bit leeway in them. And if a work falls close to the boundary it gets put in whichever category most of the voters think it belongs in.

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