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2008 Hugo Awards Nominees
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Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention to be held August
6-10, 2008, in Denver, has released this year's Hugo Awards nominations.
There were 483 valid nominating ballots.
Best Novel
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins,
Fourth Estate)
Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor; Analog 10/06-1/07)
The Last Colony by John Scalzi (Tor)
Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace)
Best Novella
“The Fountain of Age” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s 7/07)
“Recovering Apollo 8” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Asimov’s 2/07)
“Stars Seen Through Stone” by Lucius Shepard (F&SF 7/07)
“All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s 12/07, Subterranean
Press)
“Memorare” by Gene Wolfe (F&SF 4/07)
Best Novelette
The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics” by Daniel
Abraham (Logorrhea, Bantam)
“The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean
Press, F&SF Sept. 2007)
“Dark Integers” by Greg Egan (Asimov’s 10/07)
“Glory” by Greg Egan (The New Space Opera, HarperCollins/Eos)
“Finisterra” by David Moles (F&SF 12/07)
Best Short Story
“Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science
Fiction, Solaris Books)
“Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s 6/07)
“Who’s Afraid of Wolf 359?” by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera, HarperCollins/Eos)
“Distant Replay” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s 4/07)
“A Small Room in Koboldtown” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s 4/07, The
Dog Said Bow-Wow, Tachyon)
Best Related Book
The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as
Writers in Community by Diana Glyer; appendix by David Bratman (Kent
State University)
Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium
by Barry Malzberg (Baen)
Emshwiller: Infinity x Two by Luis Ortiz, intro. by Carol Emshwiller,
fwd. by Alex Eisenstien (Nonstop)
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by
Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Enchanted Written by Bill Kelly Directed by Kevin Lima
(Walt Disney Pictures)
The Golden Compass Written by Chris Weitz Based on the novel
by Philip Pullman Directed by Chris Weitz
(New Line Cinema)
Heroes, Season 1 Created by Tim Kring (NBC Universal Television
and Tailwind Productions Written by Tim
Kring, Jeph Loeb, Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Natalie Chaidez, Jesse
Alexander, Adam Armus, Aron Eli Coleite, Joe Pokaski, Christopher Zatta,
Chuck Kim. Directed by David Semel, Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Ernest R.
Dickerson, Paul Shapiro, Donna Deitch, Paul A. Edwards, John Badham, Terrence
O'Hara, Jeannot Szwarc, Roxann Dawson, Kevin Bray, Adam Kane
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Written by Michael
Goldenberg Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling Directed by David Yates (Warner
Bros.)
Stardust Written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn Based
on the novel by Neil Gaiman Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Battlestar Galactica “Razor” Written by Michael Taylor Directed
by Félix Enríquez Alcalá and Wayne Rose
(Sci Fi Channel) (televised version, not DVD)
Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Stephen Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald
(BBC)
Doctor Who “Human Nature” / “Family of Blood” Written by Paul Cornell
Directed by Charles Palmer (BBC)
Star Trek New Voyages “World Enough and Time” Written by Michael Reaves
& Marc Scott Zicree Directed by Marc Scott Zicree (Cawley Entertainment
Co. and The Magic Time Co.)
Torchwood “Captain Jack Harkness” Written by Catherine Tregenna Directed
by Ashley Way (BBC
Wales)
Best Professional Editor, Short Form
Ellen Datlow (The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror (St. Martins),
Coyote Road (Viking), Inferno (Tor))
Stanley Schmidt (Analog)
Jonathan Strahan (The New Space Opera (HarperCollins/Eos), The Best
Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 1 (Night Shade), Eclipse
One (NightShade))
Gordon Van Gelder (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Sheila Williams (Asimov’s Science Fiction)
Best Professional Editor, Long Form
Lou Anders (Pyr)
Ginjer Buchanan (Ace/Roc)
David G. Hartwell (Tor/Forge)
Beth Meacham (Tor)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor)
Best Professional Artist
Bob Eggleton (Covers: Outcast Stars and Others (Baen), Ivory
(Pyr), and The Taint and Other Stories
(Subterranean))
Phil Foglio (Cover: Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures, Vol. 2 (Meisha
Merlin), What’s New (Dragon Magazine Aug. 2007, Girl Genius Vol. 6-Agatha
Heterodyne & the Golden Trilobite (Airship Entertainment))
John Harris (Covers: Spindrift (Ace), Horizons (Tor), The Last Colony
(Tor))
Stephan Martiniere (Covers: Brasyl (Pyr), Mainspring (Tor), The Dragons
of Babel (Tor))
John Picacio (Covers: Fast Forward 2 (Pyr), Time’s Child (HarperCollins/Eos),
A Thousand Deaths (Golden Gryphon))
Shaun Tan
Best Semiprozine
Ansible edited by David Langford
Helix edited by William Sanders and Lawrence Watt-Evans
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, Liza Groen
Trombi
New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer,
Kristine Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, Kevin J. Maroney
Best Fanzine
Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
Challenger edited by Guy Lillian III
Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
PLOKTA edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott
Best Fan Writer
Chris Garcia
David Langford
Cheryl Morgan
John Scalzi
Steven H Silver
Best Fan Artist
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne
John W. Campbell Award (not a Hugo Award)
Joe Abercrombie (2nd year of eligibility)
Jon Armstrong (1st year of eligibility)
David Anthony Durham (1st year of eligibility)
David Louis Edelman (2nd year of eligibility)
Mary Robinette Kowal (2nd year of eligibility)
Scott Lynch (2nd year of eligibility)
Updated March 21, 2008
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