The highlight of my Worldcon: Anticipation! adventures is the Hugo Award Ceremony on Sunday night. This year I was only able to finish reading the novel catagory nominees, just too much going on to get to the short stories.
Best Novel
* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Nominees:
Anatham by Neal Stephenson
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
Best Novella
* “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008)
Best Novelette
* “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar 2008)
Best Short Story
* “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
Personally, I had mixed feelings about the results. Neil Gaiman is a fabulous author, but the book is a young adult ghost story. I felt it was one of those years where the book won on a popularity vote, not because it represented science fiction literature. But so it goes.
If you are interested in the rest of the categories, which include best dramatic presentation long and short form, best artist, best fan artist, best fan magazine and others, please check out this website: Hugo Awards
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