asks what a zelazny is. As I know she’s an sf fan she may just be taking the piss, but anyway, the answer is the sf author Roger Zelazny (1937-1995). I have a brief page about him here, and I’ve blogged books about him here and here. Best known for the Amber series. Best works are his early novels and later short stories.
is sure the single transferable vote is “something political and wondrous”. Well she’s right, and if she voted in the 2002 general election or last summer’s local and European elections, she has in fact used it – the defining characteristics from the user’s end are a) you get to number the candidates in order of preference (or increasing dislike) and b) you’re in a multi-member electoral area so electing more than one person at a time. It’s the voting system used in both parts of Ireland (except Westminster elections in the North) and also in Malta, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory and for the Australian Senate. I have a short page about it here and there’s a much longer Wikipedia article here. It is simply the best voting system around – accept no alternatives.
asks about molvania. My boss introduced me to this via the book and the website. I blogged it here and here, and even Ken MacLeod got in on the act. I keep on asking for it to be added to my area of responsibility at work (indeed, should have similar ambitions) but so far have been unsuccessful.
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