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2011 Hugo Award nominees
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Hugo Award nominees are:
Best Novel
- Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
- Cryoburn, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
- The Dervish House, Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
- Feed, Mira Grant (Orbit)
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
- “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window”, Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
- “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon”, Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
- “The Sultan of the Clouds”, Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
- “Troika”, Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette
- “Eight Miles”, Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
- “The Emperor of Mars”, Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
- “The Jaguar House, in Shadow”, Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010)
- “Plus or Minus”, James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)
- “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made”, Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)
Best Short Story
- “Amaryllis”, Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
- “For Want of a Nail”, Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
- “Ponies”, Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010)
- “The Things”, Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
Diana Wynne Jones has died
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Author Diana Wynne Jones (b.1934) died on March 25 after a year-long struggle with cancer.
Discuss this article in the forums (1 replies).Brian Jacques has died
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Redwall author Brian Jacques dies aged 71
A former merchant sailor whose children's books sold millions worldwide has died aged 71.
Brian Jacques' Redwall series of books were translated into 29 languages and sold 20m globally.
He first wrote the series, set in an abbey populated by animals, for children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool.
The Liverpool-born writer's weekly show, Jakestown, ran on BBC Radio Merseyside for more than 20 years.
He died after a heart attack at the weekend and leaves a wife and two grown up sons.
Discuss this article in the forums (0 replies).Tähtifantasia Award Nominees 2011
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The Helsinki Science Fiction Society has announced the shortlist for the Tähtifantasia award for best translated fantasy book published in Finnish last year. The nominees are:
* Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
* The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
* The Last Wish (Ostatnie życzenie) by Andrzej Sapkowski
* The Earth Hums In B-Flat by Mari Strachan
* The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston
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2010 Hugo Award Winners
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2010 Hugo Award Winners
- Best Novel: TIE: The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK); The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
- Best Novella: “Palimpsest”, Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace, Orbit)
- Best Novelette: “The Island”, Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos)
- Best Short Story: “Bridesicle”, Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09)
- Best Related Book: This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is “I”), Jack Vance (Subterranean)
- Best Graphic Story: Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars” Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
- Best Editor Short Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Best Editor Long Form: Ellen Datlow
- Best Professional Artist: Shaun Tan
- Best Semiprozine: Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace, & Cheryl Morgan
- Best Fan Writer: Frederik Pohl
- Best Fanzine: StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith
- Best Fan Artist: Brad W. Foster
And the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (presented by Dell Magazines): Seanan McGuire
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