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2018 Hugo Award Winner Posted at 3:14 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2018 Hugo Awards have been announced at the 76th World Science Fiction Convention in San Jose, August 19, 2018. In the Best Novel category the winner is:

The Stone Sky

WINNER:

FINALISTS:

Our congrats to N. K. Jemisin and all the finalists.  You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus.

Jemisin won the Hugo last year for The Obelisk Gate and in 2016 for The Fifth Season.  With The Stone Sky Jemesin has become the first back-to-back-to-back Best Novel winner in Hugo history.  An impressive feat.

2018 Hugo Award Finalists Posted at 7:00 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The Stone Sky Six Wakes Provenance Raven Stratagem New York 2140 The Collapsing Empire

The 2018 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:

See the full list of noms in all categories on the Locus website.

Our congrats to all the finalists. What do you think of this crop of books? Any favorites in the list?

2017 Hugo Award Winner Posted at 6:42 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2017 Hugo Awards have been announced at the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki, Finland, August 9-13, 2017. In the Best Novel category the winner is:

The Obelisk Gate

WINNER:

FINALISTS:

Our congrats to N. K. Jemisin and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. Jemisin won the Hugo last year for The Fifth Season, book 1 of her Broken Earth series.  She has again been added to our ever-growing list of Award Winning Books by Women Authors.

2017 Hugo Award Finalists Posted at 8:33 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

All the Birds in the Sky A Closed and Common Orbit Death's End Ninefox Gambit The Obelisk Gate Too Like the Lightning

The 2017 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:

See the full list of noms in all categories on the Locus website.

Our congrats to all the finalists. What do you think of this crop of books? Any favorites in the list?

2016 Hugo Award Winner! Posted at 11:26 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2016 Hugo Awards have been announced at MidAmericon II, the 74th World Science Fiction Convention in Kansas City, MO. In the Best Novel category the winner is:

The Fifth Season

WINNER:

FINALISTS:

Our congrats to N. K. Jemisin and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus. With this award win Jemisin has been added to our ever-growing list of Award Winning Books by Women Authors again.

2016 Hugo Award Finalists Posted at 5:34 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Ancillary Mercy The Aeronaut's Windlass The Fifth Season Seveneves Uprooted

The 2016 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:

See the full list of noms in all categories on the MidAmeriCon II website.

Our congrats to all the finalists. As most everyone expected Ann Leckie’s third Imperial Radch book got a nod and Jim Butcher has made the list again this year but with a book from his new Steampunk series The Cinder Spires. What do you think of this crop of books? Any favorites in the list?

2015 Hugo Award Winner! Posted at 12:38 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

The 2015 Hugo Awards have been announced at Worldcon 2015 – “Sasquan” The 73rd World Science Fiction Convention in Spokane, Washington. In the Best Novel category the winner is:

The Three-Body Problem

WINNER:

FINALISTS:

Our congrats to Cixin Liu and all the finalists. You can see the complete list of winners in all categories over at Locus.

There were fewer winners this year than in past years because assholes but it was still a nice ceremony. Thanks to the organizers for making the live stream happen.

2015 Hugo Award Nominees Posted at 5:54 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Ancillary Sword The Dark Between the Stars The Goblin Emperor Skin Game The Three-Body Problem

The 2015 Hugo Award nominees have been announced.  The noms in the Novel category are:

See the full list of noms in all categories on the official Hugo Award site.

Our congrats to all the nominees.  I guess Ann Leckie must be the front runner based on past performance, she won the Hugo last year, as well as damn near everything else, for Ancillary Justice,  but I’ll bet Jim Butcher has a ton of fans chomping at the bit too.  What do you think of this crop of books?  Any favorites in the list?

Update: Marko Kloos has withdrawn Lines of Departure from consideration and it has been replaced by The Three-Body Problem.

2014 Hugo Award Winner! Posted at 5:55 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Ancillary JusticeHugo AwardWorldCon in London wrapped up this past weekend and the 2014 Hugo Award winners were announced.

In the novel category the oft awarded Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie took home the top honor.

You may note an expression of relief around the internet for the outcome in the novel category especially after so many well documented… shall we say “oddities” surrounding this year’s ballot?

This is the fourth win for Ancillary Justice out of 6 nominations.  Ms. Leckie also took home the 2013 BSFA, 2013 Nebula and 2014 Clarke awards.  Quite an impressive haul!

You can see the full list of winners in all categories on The Hugo Awards website.

What do you think of this result?

2014 Hugo Award Nominees Posted at 10:07 PM by Dave Post

Dave Post

  Neptune's Brood Parasite Warbound The Wheel of Time

The 2014 Hugo Award nominees have been announced.  The noms in the Novel category are:

See the full list of noms in all categories on the official Hugo Award site.

So, it’s the entire Wheel of Time series that is up for the best novel.  The Hugo rules allow a series to be eligible after the final volume has been published and as long as none of the books in the series were nominated individually.  The argument is that it’s one long continuous story which is the same reasoning that lead to Blackout and All Clear being nominated as a single volume.  Interesting.  Will the legions of Jordan/Sanderson fans out there carry the award for them?

What do you think of this crop of nominees?  Anything strike your fancy?