The nominees for the 2009 Hugo Awards have been announced.
It may be because it’s 2 in the AM here, and no disrespect to the all the fine nominees, but this strikes me as a kind of telegraphed group in regards to the novel category (which certainly doesn’t speak to unworthiness – indeed it may mean the exact opposite, and the strength of the list). Some of the Graphic nominees are somewhat baffling, but sleep calls!
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
The Political Prisoner by Charles Coleman Finlay
The Tear by Ian McDonald
True Names by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow
Truth by Robert Reed
The Gambler by Paolo Bacigalupi
Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel
The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner
Shoggoths in Bloom by Elizabeth Bear
Article of Faith by Mike Resnick
Evil Robot Monkey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled by Michael Swanwick
Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn
Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy & Arnie Fenner
The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold edited by Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers
What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid
Your Hate Mail Will be Graded: A Decade of Whatever by John Scalzi
The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle Written by Jim Butcher, art by Ardian Syaf
Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright
Fables: War and Pieces Written by Bill Willingham, penciled by Mark Buckingham, art by Steve Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy, color by Lee Loughridge, letters by Todd Klein
Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic Story and art by Howard Tayler
Serenity: Better Days Written by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, color by Michelle Madsen, cover by Jo Chen
Y: The Last Man Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores Written/created by Brian K. Vaughan, pencilled/created by Pia Guerra, inked by Jose Marzan, Jr.
The Dark Knight – Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, story; Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, screenplay; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Christopher Nolan, director
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola, story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; based on the comic by Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director
Iron Man – by Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screenplay; based on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby; Jon Favreau, director
METAtropolis by John Scalzi, ed. Written by: Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell and Karl Schroeder
WALL-E – by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director
“The Constant” (Lost) – Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers; Jack Bender, director (Bad Robot, ABC studios)
Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog – Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen , writers; Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy)
“Revelations” (Battlestar Galactica) – Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director (NBC Universal)
“Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead” (Doctor Who) – Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lyn, director (BBC Wales)
“Turn Left” (Doctor Who) – Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme Harper, director (BBC Wales)
Stanley Schmidt
Jonathan Strahan
Gordon Van Gelder
Sheila Williams
Ginjer Buchanan
David G. Hartwell
Beth Meacham
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Bob Eggleton
Donato Giancola
John Picacio
Shaun Tan
Clarkesworld Magazine edited by Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia
Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
John Hertz
Dave Langford
Cheryl Morgan
Steven H Silver
Brad W. Foster
Sue Mason
Taral Wayne
Frank Wu
David Anthony Durham
Felix Gilman
Tony P
Gord Sellar
BSC would like to congratulate all the nominees.
Once you look at these things for a few years, nothing ever really surprises.
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The only novel nomination that really surprises me is The Graveyard Book, and only because it is a children’s book, though I suppose Harry Potter already tore that wall down.