What’s In The 2018 Hugo Voter Packet?


By JJ:
On May 30, the 2018 Hugo Awards voter packet became available for download by Supporting, Attending, Youth, Child, and Active Duty members of Worldcon 76. The packet is an electronic collection which helps voters become better informed about the works and creators on the ballot. Works which are included have been made available through the generosity of finalists and their publishers.

The voter packet contains complete texts of many Hugo-nominated works, preview versions of some works, and directions for finding some finalists’ works online. Some novels have been made available through NetGalley, which requires a user account for access (registration is free).

The packet is available for download from the Worldcon 76 website in the “Hugo Voter Packet” section. You must have a valid Membership Number and PIN to download the packet. If you have recently joined Worldcon 76, you will be sent a membership number and PIN shortly after joining. Your PIN will be e-mailed to you using the e-mail address you entered when you registered with Worldcon 76. If you do not receive the e-mail, or your name or membership number and PIN fail to authenticate, you can use the PIN lookup page to request your PIN.

If you haven’t yet downloaded this year’s Hugo Voter Packet and wish to download only selected parts, or if you’re still trying to decide whether to purchase a membership, a breakdown of its contents is presented below.

The Hugo Voter Packet will be available for download until the voting deadline at 11:59 pm Pacific Daylight Time on July 31, 2018. As in previous years, Worldcon 76 asks that voters honor publishers’ and creators’ request that they reserve these copies for their personal use only, and that they do not share these works with non-members of Worldcon 76.

Only members of Worldcon 76 can access the 2018 Hugo Award Voter packet and vote on the 2018 Hugo Awards. To become a member of Worldcon 76, see the membership page.

If you don’t have access to the Hugo Voter Packet, here is a list of links to read the 2018 Hugo Finalists which are available for free online. Some detailed discussions of the Finalist works can be found on the 2018 Hugo Award Finalists announcement thread, as well as in other posts on File 770.

Worldcon 76 and WSFS are deeply appreciative of the publishers, authors, artists, editors, and other creators who have generously provided their works to this year’s Hugo Voter Packet, and ask that voters who feel the same way consider posting on social media to thank the publishers, editors, and creators who have participated in the packet.

My thanks to Camestros Felapton for assistance with the multi-part category packets.

Here is the breakdown of the 2018 Hugo Voter Packet contents:

Best Novel (17.0 MiB)

  • The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi  – complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • New York 2140, by Kim Stanley Robinson – watermarked PDF excerpt
  • Provenance, by Ann Leckie – watermarked PDF excerpt
  • Raven Stratagem, by Yoon Ha Lee – complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Six Wakes, by Mur Lafferty – watermarked PDF excerpt
  • The Stone Sky, by N. K. Jemisin – watermarked PDF excerpt

Best Novella (31.0 MiB)

  • All Systems Red, by Martha Wells – complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • And Then There Were (N-One), by Sarah Pinsker – complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Binti: Home, by Nnedi Okorafor – complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • The Black Tides of Heaven, by JY Yang – complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Down Among the Sticks and Bones, by Seanan McGuire – complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey – complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Best Novelette (11.4 MiB)

  • “Children of Thorns, Children of Water“, by Aliette de Bodard – complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “Extracurricular Activities“, by Yoon Ha Lee – complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “The Secret Life of Bots“, by Suzanne Palmer – complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “A Series of Steaks“, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad – complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “Small Changes Over Long Periods of Time“, by K.M. Szpara – complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “Wind Will Rove“, by Sarah Pinsker – complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Best Short Story (32.5 MiB)

  • “Carnival Nine“, by Caroline M. Yoachim – complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF, RTF
  • “Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand“, by Fran Wilde – complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “Fandom for Robots“, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad – complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “The Martian Obelisk“, by Linda Nagata – complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “Sun, Moon, Dust“, by Ursula Vernon – complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™“, by Rebecca Roanhorse – complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Best Series

Series Part 1 of 5 (211.9 MiB)

  • The Stormlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson – series guide in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • The Way of Kings [#1], by Brandon Sanderson – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Words of Radiance [#2], by Brandon Sanderson – EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Series Part 2 of 5 (199.0 MiB)

  • Oathbringer [#3], by Brandon Sanderson – PDF

Series Part 3 of 5 (183.4 MiB)

  • Oathbringer [#3], by Brandon Sanderson – EPUB, MOBI
  • The Curse of Chalion [#1], by Lois McMaster Bujold – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Penric’s Fox [Novella #4], by Lois McMaster Bujold – EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Series Part 4 of 5 (249.5 MiB)

  • A Natural History of Dragons [#1], by Marie Brennan – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • The Tropic of Serpents [#2], by Marie Brennan – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Voyage of the Basilisk [#3], by Marie Brennan – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • In the Labyrinth of Drakes [#4], by Marie Brennan – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • The Cloud Roads [#1], by Martha Wells – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • The Serpent Sea [#2], by Martha Wells – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Stories of the Raksura [Collection #2], by Martha Wells – EPUB, MOBI
  • The Dead City (Novella from Stories of the Raksura #2), by Martha Wells – PDF

Series Part 5 of 5 (111.7 MiB)

  • Within the Sanctuary of Wings [#5], by Marie Brennan – EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • The Divine Cities, by Robert Jackson Bennett – PDF with links to novels on NetGalley, which are available as EPUB or MOBI:

(City of Stairs [#1], City of Blades [#2], City of Miracles [#3])

  • InCryptid Novels – PDF with links to novels on NetGalley, which are available as EPUB or MOBI:

(Discount Armageddon [#1], Midnight Blue-Light Special [#2], Half-Off Ragnarok [#3], Pocket Apocalypse [#4], Chaos Choreography [#5], Magic for Nothing [#6])

  • InCryptid Short Fiction – 9 complete stories in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF:

(Bad Dream Girl, Balance, Jammed, Oh Pretty Bird, Red as Snow, Sleepover, Stingers and Strangers, Survival Horror, The Flower of Arizona)

(the rest of the InCryptid short fiction is available for free online here)

Summary of Series works in packet:

  • Books of the Raksura, by Martha Wells – Books #1 and #2 of five + Collected Stories #2
  • Divine Cities, by Robert Jackson Bennett – all 3 novels
  • InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire – 6 novels + 9 short works
  • Memoirs of Lady Trent, by Marie Brennan – all 5 novels
  • The Stormlight Archive, by Brandon Sanderson – all 3 novels + series guide
  • World of the Five Gods, by Lois McMaster Bujold – Novel #1 of three + Novella #4 of six

Best Related Work (18.2 MiB)

  • Crash Override, by Zoe Quinn – watermarked PDF excerpt
  • Iain M. Banks (Modern Masters of Science Fiction), by Paul Kincaid – PDF excerpt
  • A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison, by Nat Segaloff – PDF excerpt
  • Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, edited by Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal – complete book in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K. Le Guin – complete book in PDF
  • Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Liz Bourke – excerpt in EPUB, MOBI, PDF

Best Graphic Story

  • Black Bolt, Volume 1 – not in packet

Graphic Story Part 1 of 2 (238.2 MiB)

  • Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch – PDF of complete work
  • Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood – PDF of complete work

Graphic Story Part 2 of 2 (214.8 MiB)

  • My Favorite Thing is Monsters – PDF of complete work
  • Paper Girls, Volume 3 – PDF of complete work
  • Saga, Volume 7 – PDF of complete work

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

nothing in packet

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) (101.4 MiB)

  • The Deep by Clipping – MP4, MP3, WAV + cover JPG

nothing else in packet

Best Editor – Long Form (47.3 MiB)

  • Sheila E. Gilbert – PDF list of works with excerpts
  • Joe Monti – PDF list of works with links to excerpts
  • Diana M. Pho – PDF list of works; note that this includes a number of ineligible short fiction works which should be disregarded for the purposes of the award
  • Devi Pillai – PDF list of works
  • Miriam Weinberg – PDF list of works
  • Navah Wolfe – EPUB, MOBI, PDF list of works with excerpts

Best Editor – Short Form (56.2 MiB)

  • John Joseph Adams – list of works edited + Lightspeed collection of 48 works in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Neil Clarke – list of works edited + Clarkesworld Issue #132 in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Lee Harris – list of works edited + excerpts of 5 novellas in EPUB, MOBI, PDF; the complete text of 3 of these is in the Novella packet
  • Jonathan Strahan – PDF list of works edited + Infinity Wars and Best SF of the Year #11 anthologies in EPUB and MOBI
  • Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas – Uncanny Magazine sampler with 24 fiction and non-fiction works and 6 poems in EPUB, MOBI, PDF; same as in Semiprozine
  • Sheila Williams – Asimov’s Science Fiction double issue Sep-Oct 2017

Best Professional Artist

Professional Artist Part 1 of 3 (151.6 MiB)

  • Galen Dara – 6 works in high-res and low-res TIF and JPG versions

Professional Artist Part 2 of 3 (100.3 MiB)

  • Kathleen Jennings – 6 JPG
  • Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme – 6 JPG
  • Victo Ngai – 4 PNG
  • John Picacio – PDF with 5 images

Professional Artist Part 3 of 3 (158.9 MiB)

  • Sana Takeda – 7 TIF + 9 JPG

Best Semiprozine

Semiprozine Part 1 of 2 (213.1 MiB)

  • Escape Pod – 5 works/fictioncasts in EPUB, MOBI, PDF, MP3, plus links to online versions

Semiprozine Part 2 of 2 (47.7 MiB)

  • Beneath Ceaseless Skies – Issue #235 in EPUB, MOBI, PDF, PRC
  • The Book Smugglers – PDF sampler with 10 fiction and non-fiction works
  • Fireside Magazine – sampler with 18 fiction and non-fiction works in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Strange Horizons – sampler with 10 fiction and non-fiction works in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Uncanny Magazine – sampler with 24 fiction and non-fiction works and 6 poems in EPUB, MOBI, PDF; same as in Editor Short Form

Best Fanzine (170.7 MiB)

  • File 770 – PDF with links to 30 online works
  • Galactic Journey – sampler of 10 works in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Journey Planet – Issues #33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38 in PDF
  • nerds of a feather, flock together – sampler of 33 works in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Rocket Stack Rank – 4 articles, 1 monthly summary, and 1 annual summary in EPUB, MOBI, PDF + info PDF
  • SF Bluestocking – sampler of 21 works + 1 work in EPUB, MOBI, PDF, DOCX

Best Fancast (181.5 MiB)

  • The Coode Street Podcast – PDF with Episode Guide + links to Episodes #305, 308, 316 online
  • Ditch Diggers – Episodes #36, 38 and 39 in MP3
  • Fangirl Happy Hour – transcripts of Episodes #71, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80 and 98 in EPUB, MOBI, PDF + links to MP3s online
  • Galactic Suburbia – PDF with links to Episodes #167 and 168 MP3s online
  • Sword and Laser – Episode Guide in PDF, Episode #308 in MP3
  • Verity! – PDF with info + links to 3 episodes online

Best Fan Writer (25.0 MiB)

  • Camestros Felapton – EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, PDF + cover JPG
  • Sarah Gailey – 3 PDF
  • Mike Glyer – PDF
  • Foz Meadows – PDF
  • Charles Payseur – PDF
  • Bogi Takács – PDF

Best Fan Artist (120.8 MiB)

  • Geneva Benton – 4 PNG + info PDF
  • Grace P. Fong – 6 JPG + info PDF
  • Maya Hahto – 6 JPG + info PDF
  • Likhain (M. Sereno) – 4 JPG
  • Spring Schoenhuth – 6 JPG
  • Steve Stiles – 4 TIF + 2 JPG

The WSFS Award for Best Young Adult Book (185.8 MiB)

  • Akata Warrior, by Nnedi Okorafor – watermarked PDF excerpt
  • The Art of Starving, by Sam J. Miller – PDF complete novel
  • The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman –  not in packet
  • In Other Lands, by Sarah Rees Brennan – complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • A Skinful of Shadows, by Frances Hardinge – PDF with link to NetGalley complete novel in PDF
  • Summer in Orcus, by T. Kingfisher – complete illustrated novel in MOBI, PDF, 5 types of EPUB

John W. Campbell Award (19.3 MiB)

  • Katherine Arden – The Bear and the Nightingale – watermarked PDF of complete novel
  • Sarah Kuhn – Heroine Complex – PDF with first 3 chapters and link to NetGalley complete novel in EPUB and MOBI
  • Jeannette Ng – Under the Pendulum Sun – novel excerpt in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Vina Jie-Min Prasad – 2 complete stories in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Rebecca Roanhorse – 1 complete story in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • Rivers Solomon – An Unkindness of Ghosts – watermarked PDF of complete novel

* if you encounter any incorrect information, please let me know in the comments *

68 thoughts on “What’s In The 2018 Hugo Voter Packet?

  1. @JJ & @Laura: Apologies for the late reply! Somehow I haven’t gotten all the msgs from this thread. I got JJ’s 06-25 @ 6:24 AM one, but lost it in the shuffle of my horrible bad terrible time management. But I got no notices for Laura’s and @4jkb4ia’s. (Grumbles at WordPress.) Sigh. Then I got Laura’s latest about the packet still not being updated, which reminded me I had not returned to reply.

    @JJ: As I said, credit is great and folks should strive to credit others. If I over interpreted your comments – or @Laura’s – I’m sorry.

    @Laura: “I usually nominate long form editors based on one book.”

    Same here, though now I regret not doing a bit more research on eligibility, but argh! It’s tough to find out what someone’s edited (tougher than finding out who someone’s editor is)! 😉 Oh well. (BTW I’m not trying to tell you to do more research when nominating – just talking about me.)

  2. @Kendall
    While I may continue to nominate based on one book I’ve personally read, I’m definitely going to be looking for more after this. But, yeah, it’s not easy. 🙁 I’d like to see them do eligibility posts.

  3. I ended up with a list of about 280 editor credits and 380 cover art and design credits for 2017. I’m keeping another list for 2018, but only have about 30 thus far. If I get a large enough list, I may consider asking Mike to do a post similar to the Eligible Best Series post near the end of the year, such that people can add editors and cover credits in the comments.

  4. Yes, JJ, if you have the bandwidth, I think that would be really useful.

  5. @JJ

    I enthusiastically second this. That would be a great resource.

  6. Well, it looks like voting will close without confirmation on how Devi Pillai qualifies for Best Editor, Long Form. No update to the packet. No response to my email.

  7. Laura: Well, it looks like voting will close without confirmation on how Devi Pillai qualifies for Best Editor, Long Form. No update to the packet. No response to my email.

    Yeah, it’s pretty poor form. Lacking qualifying information, I think she will be either left off my ballot or under No Award. 😐

  8. Yeah, right now I’ve ranked her in 6th place. I liked Six Wakes but…… I’m very disappointed that this seems to have fallen through the cracks and we just have to take it on faith that she has at least 4 works.

  9. The Hugo Packet has been updated with a new pdf for Devi Pillai!

    The two 2016 works were replaced by the following 2017 works (both from Orbit):

    Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan
    Winter of the Gods by Jordanna Max Brodsky

    Joining the two 2017 works which also appeared on the original list:

    Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit)
    Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Tor)

    (no mention of co-editors)

    Many thanks to Kevin Standlee who responded to my email to Hugo Admin and let me know of the correction. Apparently they had the info a while ago, but the request to update the packet was misrouted.

  10. Thanks for the heads up, @Laura, and thanks to @Kevin Standlee & the W76/Hugo team.

  11. Um, Winter of the Gods by Jordanna Max Brodsky was published in 2016.

    Seriously, folks, how hard can this be?

    Thanks, Laura. Has Diana Pho’s entry also been corrected?

  12. I own Winter of the Gods, and it has a copyright date of 2017.

    I don’t think any other changes were made.

  13. The Immortals, the first book in the series, came out in Feb 2016.

    Incidentally, the author does acknowledge Devi (and her alone) in Winter of the Gods.

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