Hugo Awards Nominations announced

04/08/2012

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This year’s nominees include a time lord, a superhero, a house with
multi-dimensional portals, and the continuing saga of a blood thirsty monoarchy.
Here is this year’s list of 2012 Hugo Award Nominees:


Best
Novel



  • ’Among Others’, Jo Walton (Tor)

  • ’A Dance With Dragons’,
    George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra)

  • ’Deadline’, Mira Grant (Orbit)

  • ’Embassytown’, China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey)

  • ’Leviathan Wakes’, James S. A. Corey (Orbit)

Best
Novella



  • ”Countdown”, Mira Grant (Orbit)

  • “The Ice Owl”, Carolyn Ives Gilman (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science
    Fiction)

  • “Kiss Me Twice”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s)

  • “The Man Who Bridged the Mist”, Kij Johnson (Asimov’s)

  • “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, Ken Liu (Panverse 3)

  • ”Silently and Very Fast”, Catherynne M. Valente (WSFA)

Note: 6 nominees due to tie for final position.


Best
Novelette



  • “The Copenhagen Interpretation”, Paul Cornell (Asimov’s)

  • “Fields of Gold”, Rachel Swirsky (Eclipse Four)

  • “Ray of Light”, Brad R. Torgersen (Analog)

  • “Six Months, Three Days”, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)

  • “What We Found”, Geoff Ryman (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
    Fiction)

Best Short
Story



  • “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees”, E. Lily Yu
    (Clarkesworld)

  • “The Homecoming”, Mike Resnick (Asimov’s)

  • “Movement”, Nancy Fulda (Asimov’s)

  • “The Paper Menagerie”, Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
    Fiction)

  • “Shadow War of the Night Dragons: Book One: The Dead City: Prologue”, John
    Scalzi (Tor.com)

Best Related
Work



  • ’The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction’, Third Edition, edited by John Clute,
    David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)

  • ’Jar Jar Binks Must Die…and other Observations about Science Fiction
    Movies’, Daniel M. Kimmel (Fantastic Books)

  • ’The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary
    Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature’, Jeff
    VanderMeer and S. J. Chambers (Abrams Image)

  • ’Wicked Girls’ (CD), Seanan McGuire

  • ’Writing Excuses, Season 6′ (podcast series), Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells,
    Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson

  Best Graphic
Story



  • Digger, by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)

  • Fables Vol 15: Rose Red, by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham
    (Vertigo)

  • Locke & Key Volume 4: Keys To The
    Kingdom    , written by Joe Hill, illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez
    (IDW)

  • Schlock Mercenary: Force Multiplication, written and illustrated by Howard
    Tayler, colors by Travis Walton (The Tayler Corporation)

  • The Unwritten (Volume 4): Leviathan, created by Mike Carey and Peter Gross,
    written by Mike Carey, illustrated by Peter Gross (Vertigo)

Best Dramatic Presentation,
Long Form



  • ’Captain America: The First
    Avenger    ‘, screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephan McFeely;
    directed by Joe Johnston (Marvel)

  • ’Game of Thrones (Season 1)’,
    created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss; written by David
    Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, and George R. R. Martin;
    directed by Brian Kirk, Daniel Minahan, Tim van Patten, and Alan Taylor
    (HBO)

  • ’Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    Part 2    ‘, screenplay by Steve Kloves; directed by David Yates
    (Warner Bros.)

  • ’Hugo‘, screenplay by John Logan; directed by
    Martin Scorsese (Paramount)

  • ‘Source Code’,
    screenplay by Ben Ripley; directed by Duncan Jones (Vendome Pictures)

  Best Dramatic
Presentation, Short Form



  • Doctor Who, ”The Doctor’s Wife”, written by Neil Gaiman; directed by Richard
    Clark (BBC Wales)

  • “The Drink Tank’s Hugo Acceptance Speech”, Christopher J Garcia and James
    Bacon (Renovation)

  • Doctor Who, ”The Girl Who Waited”,
    written by Tom MacRae; directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Wales)

  • Doctor Who, ”A Good Man Goes to War”, written by Steven Moffat; directed by
    Peter Hoar (BBC Wales)

  • Community, ”Remedial Chaos Theory”, written by Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna;
    directed by Jeff Melman (NBC)

  Best
Semiprozine



  • Apex Magazine, edited by Catherynne M. Valente, Lynne M. Thomas, and Jason
    Sizemore

  • Interzone, edited by Andy Cox

  • Lightspeed, edited by John Joseph Adams

  • Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.

  • New York Review of Science Fiction, edited by David G. Hartwell, Kevin J.
    Maroney, Kris Dikeman, and Avram Grumer

Best
Fanzine



  • Banana Wings, edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer

  • The Drink Tank, edited by James Bacon and Christopher J Garcia

  • File 770, edited by Mike Glyer

  • Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, et al.

  • SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo

Best
Fancast



  • The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe

  • Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner
    Roberts (presenters) and Andrew Finch (producer)

  • SF Signal Podcast, John DeNardo and JP Frantz (presenters), Patrick Hester
    (producer)

  • SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth
    Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente

  • StarShipSofa, Tony C. Smith
  • Congratulations

 

 


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