Hugo Nominees 2017

Like many awards groups the Hugo Awards (which specialize in sci-fi literature) have been the subject of controversy over the years. That's not just in terms of nominees but the voting process itself. But as window dressing for those of us who like sci-fi but aren't immersed in that world firmly, so to speak, they still make for a handy list of reading suggestions! I'm going to try a couple of these since I needed some new books to read.

They have two screen movie/tv related categories, too, so Arrival has a chance to win something else (crosses fingers)

THE NOMINEES
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Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)

• Arrival, (21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment/Lava Bear Films)
• Deadpool (Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Marvel Entertainment/Kinberg Genre/The Donners’ Company/TSG Entertainment)
• Ghostbusters (Columbia Pictures/LStar Capital/Village Roadshow Pictures/Pascal Pictures/Feigco Entertainment/Ghostcorps/The Montecito Picture Company)
• Hidden Figures (Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment)
• Rogue One (Lucasfilm/Allison Shearmur Productions/Black Hangar Studios/Stereo D/Walt Disney Pictures)
• Stranger Things, Season One, (21 Laps Entertainment/Monkey Massacre)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)

• Black Mirror: “San Junipero”, written by Charlie Brooker, directed by Owen Harris (House of Tomorrow)
• Doctor Who: “The Return of Doctor Mysterio”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Ed Bazalgette (BBC Cymru Wales)
• The Expanse: “Leviathan Wakes”, written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, directed by Terry McDonough (SyFy)
• Game of Thrones: “Battle of the Bastards”, written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Miguel Sapochnik (HBO)
• Game of Thrones: “The Door”, written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, directed by Jack Bender (HBO)
• Splendor & Misery [album], by Clipping (Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes)

 Best Novel

• 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, translated by Ken 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)

Best Novella

• The Ballad of Black Tom, by Victor LaValle (Tor.com publishing)
• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, by Kij Johnson (Tor.com publishing)
• Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com publishing)
• Penric and the Shaman, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum Literary Agency)
• A Taste of Honey, by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com publishing)
• This Census Taker, by China Miéville (Del Rey / Picador)

Best Novelette

• Alien Stripped Boned From Behind by the T Rex, by Stix Hiscock (self-published)
• “The Art of Space Travel”, by Nina Allan (Tor.com , July 2016)
• “The Jewel and Her Lapidary”, by Fran Wilde (Tor.com publishing, May 2016)
• “The Tomato Thief”, by Ursula Vernon (Apex Magazine, January 2016)
• “Touring with the Alien”, by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2016)
• “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay”, by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine, May 2016)

Best Short Story

• “The City Born Great”, by N. K. Jemisin (Tor.com, September 2016)
• “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers”, by Alyssa Wong (Tor.com, March 2016)
• “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies”, by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine, November 2016)
• “Seasons of Glass and Iron”, by Amal El-Mohtar (The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Saga Press)
• “That Game We Played During the War”, by Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com, March 2016)
• “An Unimaginable Light”, by John C. Wright (God, Robot, Castalia House)

Best Related Work

• The Geek Feminist Revolution, by Kameron Hurley (Tor Books)
• The Princess Diarist, by Carrie Fisher (Blue Rider Press)
• Traveler of Worlds Conversations with Robert Silverberg by Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Fairwood)
• The View From the Cheap Seats, by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow / Harper Collins)
• The Women of Harry Potter posts, by Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
• Word are My Matter , by Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)

Best Graphic Story

• Black Panther vol 1 A Nation Under Our Feet, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze (Marvel)
• Monstress Vol 1 Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
• Ms Marvel vol 5 Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel)
• Paper Girls Vol 1 , written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher (Image)
• Saga Vol 6, illustrated by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan, lettered by Fonografiks (Image)
• Vision Vol 1 Little Worse Than a Man, written by Tom King, illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Marvel)

Best Editor – Short Form

• John Joseph Adams
• Neil Clarke
• Ellen Datlow
• Jonathan Strahan
• Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
• Sheila Williams

Best Editor – Long Form

• Vox Day
• Sheila E. Gilbert
• Liz Gorinsky
• Devi Pillai
• Miriam Weinberg
• Navah Wolfe

previous winners are often nominated here including Julie DillonBest Professional Artist

• Galen Dara
• Julie Dillon
• Chris McGrath
• Victo Ngai
• John Picacio
• Sana Takeda

Best Semiprozine

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
• Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, edited by P. Alexander
• GigaNotoSaurus, edited by Rashida J. Smith
• Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, Anaea Lay, and the Strange Horizons staff
• Uncanny Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, and podcast produced by Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
• The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James

Best Fanzine

• Castalia House Blog, edited by Jeffro Johnson
• Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Chris Garcia, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Helena Nash, Errick Nunnally, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Chuck Serface, and Erin Underwood
• Lady Business, edited by Clare, Ira, Jodie, KJ, Renay, and Susan
• nerds of a feather, flock together, edited by The G, Vance Kotrla, and Joe Sherry
• Rocket Stack Rank, edited by Greg Hullender and Eric Wong
• SF Bluestocking, edited by Bridget McKinney

Best Fancast

• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan

 The winners will be announced at the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki, Finland, on August 11, 2017. WorldCon members can soon vote on the awards. 

Comments

[Paul Outlaw]

Nat, Splendor and Misery is the first record album nominated for a Hugo since 1971. I was going to send you this yesterday, but I didn't think you were going to do a post on the Hugos: Clipping Release Video for "True Believer"

[Paul Outlaw]

[already posted this an hour ago, so if it shows up twice, please delete]

Nat, I was going to send you this yesterday, but I didn't think you were going to do a post about about the Hugos:
Clipping Release Video for "True Believer"

Splendor and Misery is the first music album to get a Hugo nomination since 1971.

[John]

If I remember correctly, you usually make your really Oscar Predictions on April Fool's Day. When are they coming this year?

[Volvagia]

Nat: I've always thought Hugo should change it to Short Form, Medium Form, Long Form and that every nominee should tell a relatively complete story within that time frame.

Short Form: Less than 1 hour piece that tells a complete story. (7 or 11 minute cartoon shorts, 22 minute "full" cartoon episodes, or a single television episode.)
Medium Form: 1-4 hour piece that tells a complete story. (Movies and the classical version of a 2 part live-action TV episode, basically.)
Long Form: A more than 4 hour piece that tells a complete story. (Full seasons of hyper serialized shows (like Game of Thrones, Jessica Jones or Luke Cage), or video games.)

For this Hugos, how would that go?

Well, with the completion clause, let's go through the categories:

Short Form: The nomination for The Expanse and the duo of nods to Game of Thrones have to go. What would be in their place? Probably better recent episodes of Adventure Time, Friendship is Magic and Steven Universe.
Medium Form: Every nominee except Stranger Things Season 1 moves from Long Form to Medium Form. Captain America: Civil War would probably get that extra slot.
Long Form: Stranger Things Season 1, The Expanse Season 1 and Game of Thrones Season 6 would get three of the six slots. The other three? Luke Cage Season 1 would be very likely, but the other two slots would probably go to Mr. Robot Season 2 and Doom 2016. Why Doom 2016? Because Doom 2016 was bleeping awesome.

[NATHANIEL R]

John -- many years ago it was april fool's day. I still call them "april foolish predictions" but they tend to arrive anytime between April 1st and early May. I am working on them behind the scenes as we speak so they should start soon!