{"id":3353,"date":"2010-04-05T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T21:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2010-04-05T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T21:54:06","slug":"an-aside-2010-hugo-award-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/news\/an-aside-2010-hugo-award-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | 2010 Hugo Award Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

It’s that time of year again. Take a look at the 2010 Hugo Award nominees<\/a>. Much love to Joe Sherry<\/a> for providing links to a bunch of the material.<\/p>\n

Best Novel<\/span><\/span>
Boneshaker<\/span>, by Cherie Priest (Tor)
The City & The City<\/span>, by China Mi\u00e9ville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America<\/span>, by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
Palimpsest<\/span>, by Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
Wake<\/span>, by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog)
The Windup Girl<\/span>, by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)<\/p>\n

Best Novella<\/span><\/span>
“Act One<\/a>”, by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s 3\/09)
The God Engines<\/span>, by John Scalzi (Subterranean)
“Palimpsest<\/a>”, by Charles Stross (Wireless)
Shambling Towards Hiroshima<\/span>, by James Morrow (Tachyon)
“Vishnu at the Cat Circus”, by Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days)
The Women of Nell Gwynne’s<\/span>, by Kage Baker (Subterranean)<\/p>\n

Best Novelette<\/span>
“Eros, Philia, Agape<\/a>”, by Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3\/09)
“The Island<\/a>”, by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
“It Takes Two<\/a>”, by Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three)
“One of Our Bastards is Missing<\/a>”, by Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three)
“Overtime<\/a>”, by Charles Stross (Tor.com 12\/09)
“Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast<\/a>”, by Eugie Foster (Interzone 2\/09)<\/p>\n

Best Short Story<\/span>
“The Bride of Frankenstein”, by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s 12\/09)
“Bridesicle<\/a>”, by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1\/09)
“The Moment<\/a>”, by Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints)
“Non-Zero Probabilities<\/a>”, by N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9\/09)
“Spar<\/a>”, by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10\/09)<\/p>\n

Best Related Book<\/span>
Canary Fever: Reviews<\/span>, by John Clute (Beccon)
Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees<\/span>, by Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children’s and Teens’ Science Fiction<\/span>, by Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland)
On Joanna Russ<\/span>, by Farah Mendlesohn (ed.) (Wesleyan)
The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms<\/span>, by Helen Merrick (Aqueduct)
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is “I”)<\/span>, by Jack Vance (Subterranean)<\/p>\n

Best Graphic Story<\/span>
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?<\/span> Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State<\/span> Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages<\/span> Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm<\/span> Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse<\/span> Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler<\/p>\n

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form<\/span>
Avatar<\/span> Screenplay and Directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox)
District 9<\/span> Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; Directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures)
Moon<\/span> Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
Star Trek<\/span> Screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount)
Up<\/span> Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; Directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney\/Pixar)<\/p>\n

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form<\/span>
Doctor Who<\/span>: “The Next Doctor” Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who<\/span>: “Planet of the Dead” Written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; Directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who<\/span>: “The Waters of Mars” Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
Dollhouse<\/span>: “Epitaph 1″ Story by Joss Whedon; Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; Directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy)
FlashForward<\/span>: “No More Good Days” Written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; Directed by David S. Goyer; based on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer (ABC)<\/p>\n

Best Editor, Long Form<\/span>
Lou Anders
Ginjer Buchanan
Liz Gorinsky
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Juliet Ulman<\/p>\n

Best Editor, Short Form<\/span>
Ellen Datlow
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams<\/p>\n

Best Professional Artist<\/span>
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere
John Picacio
Daniel Dos Santos
Shaun Tan<\/p>\n

Best Semiprozine<\/span>
Ansible<\/span><\/a> edited by David Langford
Clarkesworld<\/span><\/a> edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
Interzone<\/span><\/a> edited by Andy Cox
Locus<\/span><\/a> edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
Weird Tales<\/span><\/a> edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal<\/p>\n

Best Fan Writer<\/span>
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia<\/a>
James Nicoll<\/a>
Lloyd Penney<\/a>
Frederik Pohl<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Fanzine<\/span>
Argentus<\/span><\/a> edited by Steven H Silver
Banana Wings<\/span> edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
CHALLENGER<\/span><\/a> edited by Guy H. Lillian III
Drink Tank<\/span><\/a> edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
File 770<\/span><\/a> edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa<\/span><\/a> edited by Tony C. Smith<\/p>\n

Best Fan Artist<\/span>
Brad W. Foster
Dave Howell
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne<\/p>\n

The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer<\/span>
Saladin Ahmed<\/a>
Gail Carriger<\/a>
Felix Gilman<\/a>
Seanan McGuire<\/a>
Lezli Robyn<\/a><\/div>\n

Congrats to everyone nominated! I’m more interested in the ‘Best Novel<\/em>‘ category than I have been for years. I read, and loved, The City & The City<\/strong>, I’ve been sitting on Julian Comstock<\/strong> and The Windup Girl<\/strong> for a few months. Boneshaker<\/strong> is near the top of my ‘To Buy’ list. Certainly a good list to turn to as I choose my reading material over the next couple of months.<\/p>\n

After reading Blake Charlton’s interview with Saladin Ahmed<\/a>, I was curious to check out his work. Seeing his name on the ballot for the Campbell Award makes it a priority.<\/p>\n

One caveat, though. Am I the only one who doesn’t really understand why Ansible<\/strong> gets so much love? Is it based on legacy at this point? Or is there something I’m missing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s that time of year again. Take a look at the 2010 Hugo Award nominees. Much love to Joe Sherry for providing links to a bunch of the material. Best NovelBoneshaker, by Cherie Priest (Tor) The City & The City, by China Mi\u00e9ville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, by… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n