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Nominees for the 2011 Hugo Awards announced

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Best Novel

Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)

Best Novella

“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
"The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)

Best Novelette

“Eight Miles” by Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
“The Jaguar House, in Shadow” by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010)
“Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)
“That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)

Best Short Story

“Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Ponies” by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)
“The Things” by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)

Best Related Work

Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001, by Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon)
The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing, by Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg (McFarland)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea (Mad Norwegian)
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: (1907–1948): Learning Curve, by William H. Patterson, Jr. (Tor)
Writing Excuses, Season 4, by Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells

Best Graphic Story

Fables: Witches, written by Bill Willingham; illustrated by Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
Grandville Mon Amour, by Bryan Talbot (Dark Horse)
Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, written and illustrated by Howard Tayler; colors by Howard Tayler and Travis Walton (Hypernode)
The Unwritten, Volume 2: Inside Man, written by Mike Carey; illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates (Warner)
How to Train Your Dragon, screenplay by William Davies, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders; directed by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders (DreamWorks)
Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, screenplay by Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright; directed by Edgar Wright (Universal)
Toy Story 3, screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich; directed by Lee Unkrich (Pixar/Disney)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: “The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: “Vincent and the Doctor,” written by Richard Curtis; directed by Jonny Campbell (BBC Wales)
Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury, written by Rachel Bloom; directed by Paul Briganti
The Lost Thing, written by Shaun Tan; directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan (Passion Pictures)

Best Editor, Short Form

John Joseph Adams
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form

Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
Moshe Feder
Liz Gorinsky
Nick Mamatas
Beth Meacham
Juliet Ulman

Best Professional Artist

Daniel Dos Santos
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine

Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Cheryl Morgan, Sean Wallace; podcast directed by Kate Baker
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams
Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi and Kirsten Gong-Wong
Weird Tales, edited by Ann VanderMeer and Stephen H. Segal

Best Fanzine

Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger, edited by Guy H. Lillian III
The Drink Tank, edited by Christopher J Garcia and James Bacon
File 770, edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith

Best Fan Writer

James Bacon
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia
James Nicoll
Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

Brad W. Foster
Randall Munroe
Maurine Starkey
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2009 or 2010, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).

Saladin Ahmed
Lauren Beukes
Larry Correia
Lev Grossman
Dan Wells
 
Love seeing the Hugo novels nominations. They are always new and interesting novels for me to try every year, and helps cut through the "generic noise" of sci-fi fantasy novels. I already read Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, which was solid (but not spectacular) and am looking forward to trying some of the other ones. Blackout and All Clear sound pretty interesting.
 
Dennis said:
And Doctor Who takes three of five Short Form nominations. This thing's a juggernaut. :lol: :techman:
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Yea, except didn't it end up splitting the vote last year, and the award went to something else? I know at least 1 year B5 got the shaft, because the fans didn't concentrate on a single episode, and the votes got split, making both (or all three) lose out to something else
 
Wow, Dr Who is the ONLY tv show to be nominated? We are in a dark age of sci-fi, aren't we? :lol: Would the finales of LOST or BSG have fallen into this time frame? I know they had mixed reactions...
 
Sindatur said:
Dennis said:
And Doctor Who takes three of five Short Form nominations. This thing's a juggernaut. :lol: :techman:
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Yea, except didn't it end up splitting the vote last year, and the award went to something else? I know at least 1 year B5 got the shaft, because the fans didn't concentrate on a single episode, and the votes got split, making both (or all three) lose out to something else
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Nope. Despite receiving three nominations last year (for "The Next Doctor," "Planet of the Dead," and "The Waters of Mars"), "The Waters of Mars" won last year. Indeed, Doctor Who won with three stories nominated in both 2006 and 2007, and it won with two nominated in 2008.

It did lose in 2009, when two stories were nominated, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Award_for_Best_Dramatic_Presentation#Short_Form
 
Dennis said:
And Doctor Who takes three of five Short Form nominations. This thing's a juggernaut. :lol: :techman:
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Though in all seriousness, is there any other science fiction TV series out there now.

This is Reality TV, we have come to assimilate your TV viewing, resistance is futile, you will lower your mental shields and enjoy fear factor. :borg:
 
Distorted Humor said:
Though in all seriousness, is there any other science fiction TV series out there now.
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Science fiction, fantasy and horror are eligible for the Hugo Awards. Some of the shows that spring to mind that had episodes aired in 2010 and therefore would have been eligible are Lost, The Walking Dead, Caprica, True Blood, and Fringe.
 
Out Of My Vulcan Mind said:
Distorted Humor said:
Though in all seriousness, is there any other science fiction TV series out there now.
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Science fiction, fantasy and horror are eligible for the Hugo Awards. Some of the shows that spring to mind that had episodes aired in 2010 and therefore would have been eligible are Lost, The Walking Dead, Caprica, True Blood, and Fringe.
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And Primeval, Warehouse 13, Eureka, Merlin, Chuck . . . .
 
Walking Dead, yea, definitely deserved a nomination, if for nothing else, for sheer bravery/originality of a weekly Zombie Series, with LOST-like Character writing.

And Caprica, although, it had it's low points, it deserves major praise for the way it wrapped itself up in such a neat little bow. It could've just as easily, ended on a "Farscape S4 Cliff Hanger" and left all 5 of us Caprica fans bitter and unsatisfied
 
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It's hilarious (and great) that "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" is nominated. I would have liked to see just one nomination for Doctor Who and some love spread to other shows, though.
 
I've actually read Blackout/All Clear and didn't realize how new they are. Fantastic books.

"Fuck Me Ray Bradbury's" hilarious and it's good to see it nominated, but I'd really have to go with Vincent and the Doctor.
 
In the Best Novel category this is Lois McMaster Bujold's ninth nomination. She has won the Best Novel award four times. That makes her tied for the most nominations and the most wins in the category.

This is Connie Willis' fifth nomination for Best Novel (she has previously won twice) and Ian McDonald's third nomination. These are the first nominations for Best Novel for N.K. Jemisin and Mira Grant.
 
And, this being the trekbbs.com, we should note that at least one former Trek author is nominated. Kij Johnson, my co-author on TNG: Dragon's Honor, is up for Best Short Story.

Way to go, Kij!
 
Dr Who is overrated generally. I thought Fringe and Flash Forward had better episodes overall, but Doctor Who's: “Vincent and the Doctor” was excellent, and will probably win. How Christmas Carol made it I have NO IDEA, it was non-sensical and stupid.

RAMA
 
Stone_Cold_Sisko said:
Love seeing the Hugo novels nominations. They are always new and interesting novels for me to try every year, and helps cut through the "generic noise" of sci-fi fantasy novels.(...)
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That's pretty much what I was going to say. I don't have time to read as much as I want to these days, and even less time looking for stuff to read. The Hugo awards are a great source.
 
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