More Hugo reflections

[nwhyte]

In the fiction categories: One woman out of four (on a par with Hugos in general, 41 of 201 Hugo awards (20%) in total, 9 out of 40 in the last ten years); three first-time winners, same as last year (though the year before, all winners already had at least two Hugos).

Details (thanks to despotliz for pointing me to the full stats):

Spin had a convincing

Comments

[pnh]

"The most one-sided result was, predictably, the one in which the most votes were cast, Serenity getting 329 out of 660"

I realize you were technically only talking about the Hugos, but in fact Scalzi's Campbell win was by an even greater percentage margin.

[nwhyte]

Scalzi had a bigger margin over the next candidate, yes, but a smaller % share of the votes cast.

[pgmcc]

Ever the psephologist.

[nwhyte]

It says so on my user profile!

[pgmcc]

I know. Where do you think I found the word in the first place.

[nwhyte]

Hee hee!