There's 9 but 3 of them were snowed in

No way. That's definitely for a real business operating out of rural central Mississippi

It was in China. I know that sounds bad but China is known for censoring an absurd amount of things, so it's not surprising works were left off the ballot for "no reason". The reason is someone in the Communist Party didn't like something. Sucks, but WorldCon wanted to hold their party there

I first read this as "diverse CATS". 😆 Locked In by Scalzi would be a good fit. Been a while since I read it but I'm pretty sure there's no romance or if there is it's super minor and plays no role in the story

You're welcome! I live in Florida and the only thing in the vein of mobile libraries is The Little Free Library people put in their lawns. It's super cool but the mobile part is people walking to it.

Good stuff. I had no idea mobile libraries existed before reading this

So people aren't allowed to have differing views on a subject?

Follow up question:

If a bird popping on you is considered lucky, is shat upon by a dragon considered extra lucky?

I don't see the problem. The Hugos and all award shows are just a popularity contest that the best marketed win. Sure it's fun to win awards but it's all just opinion based