No, no, not more tables

camestrosfelapton

Jan 22

Yes, more tables.

For each round in Best Novel, I've totaled the number of EPH points that the top 7 nominees (i.e. finalists + Babel) got and the change between rounds. The bigger the number the more the eliminated work shared ballots with the top 7 finalists.

Eliminated Previous Round	Round	Top7 Total	Change
	9	1279.99
15 Stories Bygone on Mars	8	1288.21	8.22
14 The Prophet Machine	7	1299.39	11.18
13 Residual Light	6	1299.39	0
12 We Live in Nanjing	5	1311.07	11.68
11 A Half-Built Garden	4	1329.91	18.84
10 The Red Stone	3	1329.91	0
9 The Mountain in the Sea	2	1333.08	3.17
8 Age of the Godmakers	1	1367.99	34.91

So, 3.17 points get reallocated after The Mountain in the Sea goes. That doesn't mean just three people nominated The Mountain in the Sea and nominated one of the top 7 on the same ballot but it does mean the number is small.

Here are rounds from 2022 for comparison:

Eliminated	Round	Top7 Total	Change
The Echo Wife	147	497.95
Machinehood	148	510.45	12.5
When Sorrows Come	149	514.11	3.66
The Jasmine Throne	150	529.31	15.2
Shards of Earth	151	545.97	16.66
Leviathan Falls	152	563.22	17.25
Black Water Siste	153	587.24	24.02
The Last Graduate	154	606.65	19.41
The Witness for the Dead	155	631	24.35