(1) ASKING FOR A MULLIGAN. The Hugo Award Book Club casts aspersions on a 2001 winner in “Harry Potter and the Undeserved Hugo”. If Hugo Award voters had the prescience to have recognized (via award or nomination) Harry Potter and … Continue reading
By JJ: Worldcon 75, to be held in Helsinki in August 2017, has announced that it will exercise its right under WSFS Constitution to run a special Hugo category for “Best Series.” To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be … Continue reading
The complete list of 2015 Chesley Award Finalists has been posted by John Picacio. (The official ASFA page requires membership to access.) Best Cover Illustration / Hardcover Julie Dillon, Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology edited by Brandon Sanderson; Dragonsteel … Continue reading
The finalists for the 2014 Chesley Awards have been announced. The awards will be presented at Loncon 3. Galleries of shortlisted artists and works are available at the Association of Science Fiction Artists (ASFA) website here. Best Cover Illustration: Hardback … Continue reading
The latest additions to the 2013 Worldcon program include Catherine Asaro, David Brin, Steven Brust, Charlaine Harris, Tanya Huff, David D. Levine, George R. R. Martin, Elizabeth Moon, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Harry Turtledove, and Howard Waldrop. Editors include John Joseph … Continue reading
The 2013 Hugo Award shortlist was announced at multiple conventions around the world and by several online sources on March 30. Best Novel (1113 nominating ballots cast) 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit) Blackout, Mira Grant (Orbit) Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen) … Continue reading
The 2012 Hugo Award and John W. Campbell Award nominees have been announced. The Chicon 7 committee reports 1101 valid nominating ballots were received and counted. Best Novel (932 ballots) Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor) A Dance With Dragons … Continue reading
A number of past and present Hugo winners, out of a gracious desire to share the wealth, have already announced they will not accept an award nomination in 2012 for a specific category. Inevitably, these kinds of announcements get distorted … Continue reading
Here, let me be the last person on the internet to report that Renovation, the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention, announced the 2011 Hugo Award winners on August 20. BEST NOVEL Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra) BEST NOVELLA … Continue reading
More items have been added to Renovation’s 2011 Hugo Voter Packet which Worldcon members may access between now and July 31. Connie Willis’ All Clear, the second volume of her nominated novel, now is part of the packet. It … Continue reading