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May 31, 2007
Hugo Award Nominations
As reported on Locus Online (sorry for my delay), the Hugo nominations include:
NOVEL
Blindsight, Peter Watts
Eifelheim, Michael Flynn
Glasshouse, Charles Stross
His Majesty's Dragon, Naomi Novik
Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge
NOVELLA
"A Billion Eves", Robert Reed
"Inclination", William Shunn
Julian: A Christmas Story, Robert Charles Wilson
"Lord Weary's Empire", Michael Swanwick
"The Walls of the Universe", Paul Melko
NOVELETTE
"All the Things You Are", Mike Resnick
"Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth", Michael F. Flynn
"The Djinn's Wife", Ian McDonald
"Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)", Geoff Ryman
"Yellow Card Man", Paolo Bacigalupi
SHORT STORY
"Eight Episodes", Robert Reed
"The House Beyond Your Sky", Benjamin Rosenbaum
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties", Neil Gaiman
"Impossible Dreams", Tim Pratt
"Kin", Bruce McAllister
RELATED BOOK
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews, Samuel R. Delany
Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio, John Picacio
Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles, Joseph T. Major
James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips
Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches, Mike Resnick & Joe Siclari, eds.
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: LONG FORM
Children of Men (Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Universal Pictures)
Pan's Labyrinth (Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Picturehouse)
The Prestige (Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Touchstone Pictures.)
A Scanner Darkly (Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Directed by Richard Linklater. Warner Independent Pictures.)
V for Vendetta (Screenplay by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. Directed by James McTeigue. Warner Bros.)
DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: SHORT FORM
Battlestar Galactica : "Downloaded" (Writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. Directed by Jeff Woolnough. NBC Universal/British Sky.)
Doctor Who: "School Reunion" (Written by Toby Whithouse. Directed by James Hawes. BBC Wales/BBC1.)
Doctor Who: "Army of Ghosts and Doomsday" (Written by Russell T. Davies. Directed by Graeme Harper. BBC Wales/BBC1.)
Doctor Who: "Girl in the Fireplace" (Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn. BBC Wales/BBC1.)
Stargate SG-1: "200" (Written by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, Martin Gero, and Alan McCullough. Directed by Martin Wood. Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal.)
EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Gardner Dozois (The Year’s Best Science Fiction)
David G. Hartwell (Year’s Best SF / New York Review of Science Fiction)
Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
Gordon Van Gelder (F&SF)
Sheila Williams (Asimov's)
EDITOR, LONG FORM
Lou Anders (Pyr)
James Patrick Baen (Baen)
Ginjer Buchanan (Ace)
David G. Hartwell (Tor)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Bob Eggleton
Donato Giancola
Stephan Martiniere
John Jude Palencar
John Picacio
SEMIPROZINE
Ansible, Dave Langford
Interzone, Andy Cox
Lady Churchhill's Rosebud Wristlet, Gavin Grant & Kelly Link
Locus, Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi
The New York Review of Science Fiction, Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell & Kevin J. Maroney
FANZINE
Banana Wings, Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer
Challenger, Guy H. Lillian III
The Drink Tank, Chris Garcia
Plokta, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott
Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan & Randy Byers
FAN WRITER
Chris Garcia
John Hertz
Dave Langford
John Scalzi
Steven H Silver
FAN ARTIST
Brad W. Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo]
Scott Lynch (first year of eligibility)
Sarah Monette (second year of eligibility)
Naomi Novik (first year of eligibility)
Brandon Sanderson (second year of eligibility)
Lawrence M. Schoen (second year of eligibility)
Posted by GrahamMurphy at 05:17 PM | Comments (0)
Nebula Award Winners
As reported on Locus Online, the Nebula Award winners are:
NOVEL: Seeker, Jack McDevitt
NOVELLA: Burn, James Patrick Kelly
NOVELETTE: "Two Hearts", Peter S. Beagle
SHORT STORY: "Echo", Elizabeth Hand
SCRIPT: Howl's Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt
ANDRE NORTON AWARD: Magic or Madness, Justine Larbalestier
Congratulations.
Posted by GrahamMurphy at 05:10 PM | Comments (0)
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalists
As reported on Locus Online, the finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award are:
Paolo Bacigalupi: "Yello Card Man"
Flynn, Michael F. Flynn: "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth"
Jeffrey Ford: "Botch Town"
Ian McDonald: "The Djinn's Wife"
Paul Melko: "The Walls of the Universe"
Robert Reed: "A Billion Eves"
M. Rickert: "You Have Never Been Here"
Benjamin Rosenbaum: "The House Beyond Your Sky"
Christopher Rowe: "Another Word for Map Is Faith"
William Shunn: "Inclination"
Michael Swanwick: "Lord Weary's Empire"
Robert Charles Wilson: "The Cartesian Theater"
Robert Charles Wilson: "Julian: A Christmas Story"
Good luck to all the nominees. The award will be handed out at the Campbell Conference and Awards Ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, July 6-8, 2007.
Posted by GrahamMurphy at 05:03 PM | Comments (0)