Hugo

Wed, Mar 22, 2006

Cheryl has her finger on the virtual pulse, posting up details of this year’s Hugo nominations already on Emerald City. Full details over at Chez Cheryl, but among the nominees are:

BEST NOVEL (430 ballots cast)
Learning the World, Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin (Voyager; Bantam Spectra)
Old Man’s War, John Scalzi (Tor)
Accelerando, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

BEST NOVELLA (243 ballots cast)
Burn, James Patrick Kelly (Tachyon)
“Magic for Beginners”, Kelly Link (Magic for Beginners, Small Beer Press; F&SF September 2005)
“The Little Goddess”, Ian McDonald (Asimov’s June 2005)
“Identity Theft”, Robert J. Sawyer (Down These Dark Spaceways, SFBC)
“Inside Job”, Connie Willis (Asimov’s January 2005)

BEST NOVELETTE (207 ballots cast)
“The Calorie Man”, Paolo Bacigalupi (F&SF October/November 2005)
“Two Hearts”, Peter S. Beagle (F&SF October/November 2005)
“TelePresence”, Michael A. Burstein (Analog July/August 2005)
“I, Robot”, Cory Doctorow (The Infinite Matrix February 15, 2005)
“The King of Where-I-Go”, Howard Waldrop (Sci Fiction December 7, 2005)

Yes, look at that – Charlie Stross and Ken MacLeod in the running for another nomination in addition to their BSFA and Clarke nominations – they’ve obviously been taking lessons from Dave Langford…