I agree with henrik - the second Samuel Barnett's name was read as the first nomination, I had a feeling the nominations would be in relatively good hands. There were a lot of hard choices to be made this year (and that's a great thing, having too much in many categories) and at first glance they seem to have done a worthy job of sober reflection and consideration.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
