The first reason is we only allowed one response per category, whereas the magazine poll allows five, and most awards are two-staged, with a nomination or shortlist phase to focus the final votes. I certainly am not part of any Plan - I saw an announcement of Plan B on rec.arts.sf.written, went to the Meisha Merlin site and ordered it. Meisha Merlin plans to publish more Sylvia Louise Engdahl, too, which I will order. Hey, if someone could write competent sequels to James Schmitz s stories, I d buy and read them too. By the way, if Meisha Merlin keeps up their publishing quality, they ll soon be on my Locus Magazine ballot for best publishers.
Tor better watch out.
Because there's no sure way to prevent voter fraud and organized bloc voting, which is super-easy when all anyone has to do is click the mouse a couple times. Five ballots arrived today voting for the same group of stories, presumably from the same person, but there's no way to be certain. I applaud the manner in which you handled the Plan-B issue, and I must say I find more enjoyment from reading the comments from the voters than the results themselves. This survey was fun, thank you. The Moon Moth'', ''The Sharing of Flesh''.