Tuesday, September 4, 2007

2007 Hugo Awards announced

The Hugo Awards for science fiction works published in 2006 were announced this weekend at Nippon 2007, the 65th annual World Science Fiction Convention. The winners, as voted upon (and previously nominated) by readers and registered members of the Worldcon, were:
  • Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge [Tor, 2006]
  • Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed [Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2006]
  • Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald [Asimov’s July 2006]
  • Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt [Asimov’s July 2006]
  • Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon by Julie Phillips [St. Martin’s Press, 2006]
  • Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro [Picturehouse]
  • Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who - “Girl in the Fireplace” (2006) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn [BBC Wales/BBC1]
  • Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  • Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
  • Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
  • Best Semiprozine: Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi
  • Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly ed. by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, and Randy Byers
  • Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
  • Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by the World Science Fiction Society, is:

You can read more, and find out about the history of the Hugo Awards at the newly established official Hugo Awards website.

Just a note -- This was Lincoln, NE science fiction author Robert Reed's 6th Hugo nomination in 21 years, but his first win. You can find out more about him on the BookGuide Robert Reed booklist page, or on his official web site.

2 comments:

Bud's Books Blog said...

Have you shown a review of "Gibbon's Secrets" by RG Bud Phelps? Would you?

BookGuide said...

Hi, Bud. The reviews that appear on the libraries' BookGuide site (before they're reused here in the blog) are submitted by staff throughout the Lincoln City Libraries many branches. We don't "assign" titles to be read...reviewers basically just comment on whatever titles have interested them recently. Nobody on staff has submitted a review of your book at this time. If we do receive a staff recommendation of that title, we'll be sure to include it. In the meantime, you're welcome to submit a "customer review" of the title, for inclusion in the libraries' BookGuide site -- http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/depts/bookguide/crev/reviewform3.htm