2018 Hugo Award Winner
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:
WINNER:
- The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
FINALISTS:
- Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit US)
- Provenance by Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
- New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
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
The 2018 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:
- The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Orbit US)
- Provenance by Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris US; Solaris UK)
- New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
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
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:
WINNER:
- The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books)
FINALISTS:
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books)
- A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US)
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu (Tor Books / Head of Zeus)
- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books)
- Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
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
The 2017 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:
- All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books)
- A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US)
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu (Tor Books / Head of Zeus)
- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books)
- The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books)
- Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
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!
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:
WINNER:
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
FINALISTS:
- Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
- Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
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
The 2016 Hugo Award finalists have been announced. The noms in the Best Novel category are:
- Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher (Roc)
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
- Seveneves: A Novel by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow)
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
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!
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:
WINNER:
- The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu translator (Tor Books)
FINALISTS:
- Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Dark Between the Stars, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor)
- The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)
- Skin Game, Jim Butcher (Roc)
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
The 2015 Hugo Award nominees have been announced. The noms in the Novel category are:
- Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Dark Between the Stars, Kevin J. Anderson (Tor)
- The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison (Tor)
- Skin Game, Jim Butcher (Roc)
- The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, Ken Liu translator (Tor Books)
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!
WorldCon 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
The 2014 Hugo Award nominees have been announced. The noms in the Novel category are:
- Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
- Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
- Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
- Warbound, Larry Correia (Baen Books)
- The Wheel of Time, (entire series) Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books)
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?