2007 Hugo Awards Announced [for science fiction fans]

The Hugo Awards ^ | 9/01/2007

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2007 Hugo Awards Announced

Published on 1 Sep 2007 at 4:22 am. No Comments.
Filed under Worldcon, Results.

The results of the 2007 Hugo Awards, as announced at Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention, in Yokohama, Japan, on September 1st 2007, are as follows:

• Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge [Tor, 2006]
• Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed [Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2006]

• Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald [Asimov’s July 2006]
• Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt [Asimov’s July 2006]
• Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon by Julie Phillips [St. Martin’s Press, 2006]

• Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro [Picturehouse]
• Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who - “Girl in the Fireplace” (2006) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn [BBC Wales/BBC1]
• Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder

• Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
• Best Semiprozine: Locus ed. by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong and Liza Groen Trombi
• Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly ed. by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, and Randy Byers
• Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford

• Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by the World Science Fiction Society, is:

• Naomi Novik

Full details of the nominees and voting figures can be found here.

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[altura]

I love to grab those old sci fi books, but (sob) there is no 10 cent bin at our half-price book store.

However, since those oldies were sometimes $2.95 and $3.95, they are still a bargain.

[TruthFactor]

The only Vinge I’ve read is “A Fire Upon The Deep” and I found it so so. Has anybody read “Rainbow’s End”?

I read it a few months ago. I rate it as O.K., somewhat disappointing, considering what I've heard.

It's a story of an unfolding conspiracy going on as the world is at the cusp of the birthing of the singularity, or super-artificial intelligence. The characters and plot line in the book are hokey and juvenile in my opinion.

[Bender2]

Re: I love to grab those old sci fi books, but (sob) there is no 10 cent bin at our half-price book store.

If you lived in any other state other than Texas... one might say drop by The Bookstack, Corsicana's half-priced book store at 1427 West 2nd...

But since you are from God's Country, I recall way back when my late great Old Pappy was Project Manager on building some missile bases outside El Paso in 1958, there was a missing shipment of needed items. They were finally located in Texarkana.

Dad called the Chicago supplier and was told, "Hey, they are only in Texarkana, why don't you send a man over to pick them up..."

My Dad roared back, "Why don't you send a fella down to pick them up in Texarkana, you idiot! You're closer!"

So, if you are in the North Central Texas area... drop around to The Bookstack.

BTW for the Map-Challagened, the distance from El Paso to Texarkana is 795 miles. Chicago to Texarkana is 705 miles

[hc87]

I really enjoyed Charles Stross’s “Accelerando” on the same topic.

[FreeManWhoCan]

Try to locate “Maps in The Mirror” by Orson Scott Card. Its a collection of his short Sci-Fi stories and are great for those who want a quick Sci-Fi fix. One of the best is a story called “Kingsmeat”.

http://www.amazon.com/Maps-Mirror-Orson-Scott-Card/dp/0765308401/ref=sr_1_27/002-5063448-4400866?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189274608&sr=8-27

[MarkL]

Is that UltraMan on the left?

Mark

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

one is Asimov's The Martian Way which I haven't read in probably 15 years!

Reread that one recently - primo Asimov! Followed that up with The Early Asimov, which I hadn't read since high school. Next up on the reading pile is The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke. Gimme that good ol' classic sci-fi anyday!

[Bender2]

Re: Next up on the reading pile is The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke.

With all the super-computers superseding each other over and over again, I have the unsettling fear...

I may look up one day and see... without any fuss, the stars going out...

[dragonblustar]

Rainbows End?

Is it a gay tragedy?

[SuziQ]

We liked both Vernor Vinge’s “Fire Upon the Deep” and “A Deepness in the Sky”. I’d like to read “Rainbow’s End”

[EveningStar]

ping

[EveningStar]

TaЯd ping!

"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread.

[EveningStar]

Some people Panned it.

[Sawdring]

Eureka is a great show but that Henry guy got a little creepy this year.

[Sawdring]

Is it a gay tragedy?

No the gay tragedy is "Rainbow's Rear-End."

[Jaysun]

Um, what’s with the statue of a lizard man standing next to a “marital aid”?

[BibChr]

Very artistically made, but dang, so depressingly sad and violent.

[null and void]

I’ve *never* seen Dr. Who, old or new. Is it on DVD?

Yes. You can get the whole set for about $800.00...

[Lee N. Field]

The only Vinge I’ve read is “A Fire Upon The Deep” and I found it so so. Has anybody read “Rainbow’s End”?

Yes. Worth reading. It's not a space opera like "Fire" or "Deepness in the Sky" (prequel, sort of, to FUTD. This is also one you should read.).

[MirrorField]

Yes, Rainbows End. Vinge's written three novels in last two decades and each of them has bagged a Hugo. The Man's just that damn good.

Personally, I was rooting for Glasshouse to win. Too bad it had to come out on same year as Rainbows End...