The winners of the Hugo Awards were announced tonight at WorldCon in Montreal. (Reason #113 why Twitter is awesome: This year I got to actually see who won the awards as each one came in – thanks to everyone on Twitter who kept those of us who could not be there informed!) The winners are as follows: Best Novel: The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanBest Novella: “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy KressBest Novelette: “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth BearBest Short […]

The Hugo nominations are in! How exciting! The full list of nominees was originally found at AnticipationSF. Some of these are available as free downloads so you may want to head over and check that out. Special thanks to A Dribble of Ink for the heads up since that’s where I first saw this list.Best Novel Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury) Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor) Saturn’s Children by […]

The 2008 Hugo Finalists have been announced. The nominees for best novel are: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, Fourth Estate) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr) Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog Oct. 2006-Jan/Feb. 2007) The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor) Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit) The list seems a bit underwhelming, but I haven’t actually read any of those so I guess I can’t say too much about it. I would like […]

The 2007 Hugo Award winners have been announced. The winners are listed on the official Hugo website. Sadly, I haven’t actually read any of the nominees for best novel, even though I do have Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon. I have seen all the movies that were nominated, though, and Pan’s Labyrinth was a good choice for the win. I wouldn’t have been disappointed if The Prestige or V for Vendetta had won, either, since I really liked both of […]