When the Hugo nominees were announced I put in holds for all of them at the library so that I could maybe read one or two of them before the voter's packet came out. I already got to the front of the queue for Ancillary Justice and loved it. Definitely Hugo material. I'm still waiting on the rest.
The bottom line is I'm not going to go out and purchase a book just to vote on it for the Hugos. If the library can't get it to me before the voting deadline, I'll just read it later this year. It would definitely be a shame if I had to leave a few of the nominees off of my ballot because the Orbit CEO prefers I remain ignorant of the nominated works than read them for free.
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