2007 Hugo Awards

[Bmat]

2007 Hugo Awards

http://www.thehugoawards.org/index.php?page_id=127


Best Novel

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge [Tor, 2006]
Glasshouse by Charles Stross [Ace, 2006]
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik [Voyager, 2006; Del Rey, 2006]
Eifelheim by Michael Flynn [Tor, 2006]
Blindsight by Peter Watts [Tor, 2006]

Best Novella

“A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed [Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2006]
“Lord Weary’s Empire” by Michael Swanwick [Asimov’s Dec 2006]
Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson [PS Publishing, 2006]
“The Walls of the Universe” by Paul Melko [Asimov’s April/May 2006]
“Inclination” by William Shunn [Asimov’s April/May 2006]

Best Novelette

“The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald [Asimov’s July 2006]
“Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” by Geoff Ryman [Fantasy & Science Fiction Oct 2006]
“Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth” by Michael F Flynn [Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2006]
“All the Things You Are” by Mike Resnick [Jim Baen’s Universe Oct 2006]
“Yellow Card Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi [Asimov’s Dec 2006]

Best Short Story

“Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt [Asimov’s July 2006] “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman [Fragile Things, William Morrow 2006]
“Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed [Asimov’s June 2006]
“Kin” by Bruce McAllister [Asimov’s Feb 2006]
“The House Beyond Your Sky” by Benjamin Rosenbaum [Strange Horizons Sep 2006]

Best Related Non-Fiction Book

James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon by Julie Phillips [St. Martin’s Press, 2006] Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches by Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari, eds. [ISFiC Press, 2006]
Heinlein’s Children: The Juveniles by Joseph T Major [Advent Publishing, 2006]
About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews by Samuel R Delany [Wesleyan University Press, 2006]
Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio by John Picacio [MonkeyBrain Books, 2006]

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
V for Vendetta (2006)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Doctor Who - “Girl in the Fireplace” (2006)
Doctor Who - “Army of Ghosts” and “Doomsday” (2006) Battlestar Galactica - “Downloaded” (2006)
Doctor Who - “School Reunion” (2006)
Stargate SG-1 - “200″ (2006)

[RHFay]

Doctor Who was on that list a few times, I see. Stuff published in Asimov's seemed to dominate the novella, novelette, and short stories categories.

[Magus]

School Reunion should have been replaced with The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit. With that change, I would have been happy with any of the three Doctor Who Episodes winning. (Girl in the Fireplace was the best stand-alone episode of that season, The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit the best multi-part episode of the season).

[The Master]

Dr. Who is a fine program, but I have to think that its a sign of how few SFF shows there are today when they can't come up with 5 episodes from different shows to nominate.

Great, I saw three of the movie nominees but of course not the winner! I know Pan’s Labyrinth has won a boatload of awards already so its not a shocker.

Interesting how many of the films, and Dr. Who of course, are British centered. Lots of good stuff coming out of the UK these days.

[RHFay]

Interesting how many of the films, and Dr. Who of course, are British centered. Lots of good stuff coming out of the UK these days.

The Brits seem to take drama seriously. They have a strong tradition of drama, going right back to Shakespeare, and I think this can influence the quality of their television shows and movies. I think this drama tradition helps to create a skilled pools of actors, directors, producers, writers, etc.

In the US, theatre often means musicals. In the UK, theatre often means drama. I remember that almost all the plays that were put on in my high school were musicals.

I watch far more British shows than I do American shows.