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2014 Hugo Awards

Ophiucha

Auror
I am not sure what the appropriate forum is for this, so I'll go with this. The list of nominations for the 2014 Hugo Awards is out. It's a bit more controversial a list, with some unpopular names among editors and the Return of the Kingian nomination for Best Novel (see below), but there are some great authors here as well. Always a good place to look to see what's happening in recent sff, if nothing else. And Mark Oshiro's on the best fan writers list again! Awesome!

Best Novel
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles, Larry Correia (Baen Books)
The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books)

Best Novella
The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
“The Chaplain’s Legacy”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)
“Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)
“Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)

Best Novelette
“Opera Vita Aeterna”, Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
“The Exchange Officers”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)
“The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)
“The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)

Best Short Story
“If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)
“The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)
“Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)
“The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)
Note: Category had only 4 nominees due to the minimum 5% requirement of Section 3.8.5 of the WSFS constitution.

Best Related Work
Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)
Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
“We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)
Writing Excuses Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson

Best Graphic Stories
Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
“The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who”, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)
The Meathouse Man, adapted from the story by George R.R. Martin and illustrated by Raya Golden (Jet City Comics)
Saga, Volume 2, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics )
“Time”, Randall Munroe (XKCD)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Frozen,screenplay by Jennifer Lee, directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Walt Disney Studios)
Gravity, written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence (Color Force; Lionsgate)
Iron Man 3, screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, directed by Shane Black (Marvel Studios; DMG Entertainment; Paramount Pictures)
Pacific Rim, screenplay by Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney Double Dare You)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)
Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)
Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)
Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”, written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)
Orphan Black: “Variations under Domestication” written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space/BBC America)
Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Best Editor, Short Form
John Joseph Adams
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
Jonathan Strahan
Sheila Williams

Best Editor, Long Form
Ginjer Buchanan
Sheila Gilbert
Liz Gorinsky
Lee Harris
Toni Weisskopf

Best Professional Artist
Galen Dara
Julie Dillon
Daniel Dos Santos
John Harris
John Picacio
Fiona Staples
Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Best Semiprozine
Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin

Best Fanzine
The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher
Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Lynda E. Rucker, Pete Young, Colin Harris, and Helen J.Montgomery
Pornokitsch, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin

Best Fancast
The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch
(Producer)
SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester
The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht
Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman
Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
Note: Category has seven nominees due to a tie for the final position.

Best Fan Writer
Liz Bourke
Kameron Hurley
Foz Meadows
Abigail Nussbaum
Mark Oshiro

Best Fan Artist
Brad W. Foster
Mandie Manzano
Spring Schoenhuth
Steve Stiles
Sarah Webb



The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)

Wesley Chu
Max Gladstone*
Ramez Naam*
Sofia Samatar*
Benjanun Sriduangkaew
 

Philip Overby

Staff
Article Team
I'm sorry, maybe I'm ignorant, but I could use a break down of what some of these categories even mean. For example:

1. What is a novelette? I'm assuming it's shorter than a novella? I guess I could Google it, but that's no fun. :)

2. What is Best Related Work?

3. Also I'm not familiar with any of the fan categories. Does this mean like fan fiction or something that is outside the industry in some way? I know Kameron Hurley's writing (which is awesome), but I'm not sure why she's listed as a fan writer. Does she write fan fiction?

4. I'm assuming your Return of the Kingian reference is to the Wheel of Time? Did none of the books ever win a Hugo? That's kind of insane to me since you'd think at least one of them would have.

5. I also don't know a lot of these names. Which makes me happy because that means I can find new, cool authors (or old ones I just haven't heard of) :)

6. And another question: which do you think are controversial picks?
 
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Ophiucha

Auror
No problem. :)

1. Novelette, as far as I can tell, is a term invented by SFF award ceremonies to split up short stories (5k and less) and novellas (15/20k-50k). Just to get more stories nominated overall, one assumes.

2. Meta text about fantasy/science fiction. So things talking about themes in the genre, reviews, analysis, etc..

3. It tends to mean someone who isn't professionally published, or works for free. As with 'related works', they usually write more meta than actual stories, although I think you can be nominated if you just publish free sff online or in fanzines. I don't know if fanfiction counts, but maybe?

4. Nope. I don't think they were ever even nominated. It's a touch more blatant than RotK, insofar as they nominated The Wheel of Time as a whole as opposed to just A Memory of Light.

5. Best part of the awards for me!

6. There are a few here, although I think Vox Day (in the novelette category) is the most controversial one. I won't comment on the specifics, but his Wiki page gives an overview. I know I heard some mumbling about one of the editor nominations earlier on Facebook. And the continued dominance of Doctor Who on the short-form dramatic presentation category is always a heated topic. Not to mention the controversy over the host a month ago, when Jonathan Ross was announced and then quickly pulled back.
 
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Telcontar

Staff
Moderator
Love that XKCD (Randall Munroe) is up for a Hugo for "Time." That was a fantastic creation. Admittedly I have not seen his competition's offerings, but I still hope he wins.
 

Ophiucha

Auror
Yes, I love the XKCD 'comics' that are just huge and full of little secrets and odd programming and can just take away an afternoon exploring. Time was a great one. Only other one I've read is Saga, which is good but I'd rather see something else win.
 
Pardon me, I'm still adjusting to the idea that XK-freaking-CD is up for a Hugo. I guess it's in the same medium as previous winners like Digger, but Digger has a lot more in common with, say, Saga than XKCD has in common with either of them. It's like if a brilliant animated short that was made exclusively for Youtube was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
 
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