By Ersatz Culture: I was super-happy that Rcade wrote up the Smofcon "What can we learn from Chengdu?" panel, as this was something that I felt definitely needed doing, but it wasn't a task that I relished taking on personally. However, there are a few additional comments I'd like to add, which I wouldn't have expected
By Ersatz Culture: I was super-happy that Rcade wrote up the Smofcon "What can we learn from Chengdu?" panel, as this was something that I felt definitely needed doing, but it wasn't a task that I relished taking on personally. However, there are a few additional comments I'd like to add, which I wouldn't have expected
The 2023 Hugo Finalist Voting statistics were released today by the Chengdu Worldcon committee. The nominating ballot numbers will follow later. Here are some of the stories to be told from those figures. VOTER TURNOUT. There were 1,674 valid ballots cast, the lowest number in the past decade, and over 500 fewer final ballots cast