I can't be the only person who gets excited when bad things happen in the world, can I?

The sci-fi world is abuzz with talk of this year's Hugo nominations. The Hugos are a fan-voted award. All you need to do is pay forty bucks, and you can both nominate and vote. Even in the best of years, this leads to a certain level of bloc-voting, log-rolling, and just plain old voting for the popular guy simply because he's popular. However, this yea…