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calimacSo what we needed a list of ten favorite novels that we had in paperback for was to make reduced-size color photocopies of their covers (color photocopying is really good these days: expensive, but good) for the party-game portion of a very small gathering of a very few close friends - all that B. wanted: she doesn't do large parties - to celebrate her milestone birthday. The game was Pin the Book on the Librarian: for books we used the 3-inch photocopies, for pins post-it notes taped to the back, and for a librarian, the ALA poster of the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Several of the attendees needed the goal explained. "The tall guy with the vest and tie, he's the librarian. The rest are students, except for the one on the left: he's the vampire." For blindfolds we used eyes closed on the honor system. A copy of Gaudy Night won the prize.
For the rest, there was a plethora of cake and ice cream, and much talk, a little of it on the Hugos, though that's off the radar of most of the attendees. C. wanted to know what happened in 1977, since that was the last time No Award won a Hugo. I grabbed the old Howard DeVore book listing Hugo nominees. "It's because SF in the movies back then just wasn't what it is today. Imagine you're facing this list of nominated movies: Carrie, Futureworld, Logan's Run, The Man Who Fell to Earth. Now imagine that Star Wars has just been released - it came out in May - but it's not eligible until next year. In the meantime, which one of those four should win the Hugo? The answer, not too surprisingly, turned out to be none of the above."
It was while rummaging through the bookcase that it occurred to me that I should have titled my previous post, the one on the Puppy-free ballot, "What if?: stories that should have won the Hugo", in honor of Dick Lupoff's anthologies.
For the rest, there was a plethora of cake and ice cream, and much talk, a little of it on the Hugos, though that's off the radar of most of the attendees. C. wanted to know what happened in 1977, since that was the last time No Award won a Hugo. I grabbed the old Howard DeVore book listing Hugo nominees. "It's because SF in the movies back then just wasn't what it is today. Imagine you're facing this list of nominated movies: Carrie, Futureworld, Logan's Run, The Man Who Fell to Earth. Now imagine that Star Wars has just been released - it came out in May - but it's not eligible until next year. In the meantime, which one of those four should win the Hugo? The answer, not too surprisingly, turned out to be none of the above."
It was while rummaging through the bookcase that it occurred to me that I should have titled my previous post, the one on the Puppy-free ballot, "What if?: stories that should have won the Hugo", in honor of Dick Lupoff's anthologies.
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Date: 2015-08-26 05:32 am (UTC)Glad that B had the celebration she wanted.