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Could a publisher buy a Hugo Award? Maybe, if the cost of a non-attending WorldCon membership gets capped at around $40 a head. It could only cost a few thousand, or maybe $10,000, to buy enough memberships to "win" an award, worry some in the fan community. But the larger problem is that the Hugos are usually only voted on by a few hundred people, despite having their own category on Amazon.com. The controversy comes down to a question: is the best fix to have more people voting, or fewer? More »
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