The Hugos Award ceremony was hosted on Sunday, September 5th 2010. They have come and they have gone like always, but this year the results presented a bit of a surprise. I am talking about the ultra-rare novel tie, which caused the OMG's of the night [mine included]. I haven't read either of the winners, so I can't comment on whether the tie is justified or not. What I do know is that The Hugos added so much more on my reading list.
Here are the winners:
[Tie for first place]
The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
BEST NOVELLA
"Palimpsest" by Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace; Orbit)
BEST NOVELETTE
"The Island" by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
BEST RELATED WORK
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") by Jack Vance (Subterranean)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - LONG FORM
Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - SHORT FORM
Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Ellen Datlow
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Shaun Tan
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
BEST FAN WRITER
Frederik Pohl
BEST FANZINE
StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith
BEST FAN ARTIST
Brad W. Foster
THE JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Seanan McGuire
5 comments:
I've not read either winner, but The Windup Girl appears on so many of the sites I visit that I'll have to give it a try. I know David Williams was excited his mentor, Peter Watts, won for Best Novelette.
I haven't read either book, though I have listened to a portion of The City on audio, but I've heard such good things about both that I actually am pleased they both got the recognition. I will definitely read them both at some point.
"Palimpsest" was written by Valente not Charles Stross.
True, but Palimpsest was also a novella written by Charles Stross and Stross' story is the one that won the Hugo this year. It was printed in the collection entitled Wireless.
@ Alex: I don't really know, who's a mentor of who... So thanks for that little tid bit.
@ Carl + ThRiNiDiR: I knew that this title sounded familiar. I never did connect the dots. :D
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