I'm curious - are people listening to/reading the nominees at all? I've listened to all the shorts from EscapePod, but have not gone much beyond that, yet, myself. Yes, hypocrisy is rampant. I bow my head in shame.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Dave Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the direct links, Craig. Remember that you, too, can vote for > the cost of a supporting membership > ($55)<http://www.anticipationsf.ca/English/Membership>. > Please check out available versions of the other stories (novelettes, > novellas, etc., not all free), as listed at WorldCon's Hugos > Page<http://www.anticipationsf.ca/English/Hugos> > : > > *Best Novel* > (639 Ballots) > > - > *Anathem*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061474096?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061474096>by > Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK) > - *The Graveyard > Book*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060530928?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060530928>by > Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK) > - *Little > Brother*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765319853?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0765319853>by > Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; HarperVoyager UK) — Free > download <http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/> > - *Saturn’s > Children*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QXC48Q?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001QXC48Q>by > Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK) > - *Zoe’s > Tale*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765316986?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0765316986>by > John Scalzi (Tor) > > *Best Novella* > (337 Ballots) > > - “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress (*Asimov’s* Oct/Nov 2008) – Read > Online <http://www.asimovs.com/hugos_2009/ErdmannNexus.shtml> > - “The Political Prisoner” by Charles Coleman Finlay (*F&SF* Aug 2008) > – Read Online <http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/fiction/ccf01.htm> > - “The Tear” by Ian McDonald ( *Galactic > Empires*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582882916?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1582882916>) > > - “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow ( *Fast Forward > 2*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159102692X?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=159102692X>) > — Free download <http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3511> > - “Truth” by Robert Reed (*Asimov’s* Oct/Nov 2008) – Read > Online<http://www.asimovs.com/hugos_2009/Truth.shtml> > > *Best Novelette* > (373 Ballots) > > - “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick (*Asimov’s*Jan > 2008) — Read > Online <http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0801/PBAlistair.shtml> > - “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi ( *Fast Forward > 2*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159102692X?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=159102692X>) > — Read > Online<http://pyrsamples.blogspot.com/2008/11/fast-forward-2-paolo-bacigalupis.html> > - “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel (*F&SF* Jan 2008) – Free > > Download<http://www4.ncsu.edu/%7Etenshi/documents/Kessel-PrideAndPrometheus.pdf>, > also available as a two part podcast (part > 1<http://www4.ncsu.edu/%7Etenshi/PandPPart1.m4a>, > part 2 <http://www4.ncsu.edu/%7Etenshi/PandPpart22.m4a>) > - “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” by James Alan Gardner (*Asimov’s* Feb > 2008) — Read Online <http://www.asimovs.com/nebulas09/Raygun.shtml> > - “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear (*Asimov’s* Mar 2008) — Read > Online <http://www.elizabethbear.com/shoggoths.html> > > *Best Short Story* > (448 Ballots) > > - “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson (*Asimov’s* Jul 2008) — Read > Online <http://www.kijjohnson.com/26_monkeys.htm> > - “Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick (*Baen’s Universe* Oct 2008) – Read > Online <http://www.baens-universe.com/articles/Article_of_Faith> > - “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal ( *The Solaris Book of > New Science Fiction, Volume > Two*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1844165426?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1844165426>) > - Free > download<http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/evil-robot-monkey/> > - “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang ( *Eclipse > Two*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1597801364?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1597801364>) > - Free download <http://www.nightshadebooks.com/downloads> > - “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled” by Michael Swanwick (*Asimov’s*Feb > 2008) – Read > Online <http://www.asimovs.com/hugos_2009/Babels.shtml> > > *Best Related Book* > (263 Ballots) > > - *Rhetorics of > Fantasy*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0819568686?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0819568686>by > Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press) – Read > an extract online <http://www.farahsf.com/extract.htm> > - *Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic > Art*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599290278?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1599290278>by > Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books) > - *The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster > Bujold*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416556036?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416556036>by > Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen) > - *What It Is We Do When We Read Science > Fiction*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1870824547?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1870824547>by > Paul Kincaid (Beccon Publications) - /Read > online <http://www.beccon.org/> > - *Your Hate Mail Will be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, > 1998-2008*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596062118?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1596062118>by > John Scalzi (Subterranean Press) > > *Best Graphic Story* > (212 Ballots) > > - *The Dresden Files: Welcome to the > Jungle*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345507460?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0345507460>Written > by Jim Butcher, art by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers > Publishing) > - *Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of > Bones*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890856479?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1890856479>Written > by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne Wright > (Airship Entertainment) – Official Site<http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/> > - *Fables: War and > Pieces*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401219136?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1401219136>Written > by Bill Willingham, pencilled by Mark Buckingham, art by Steve > Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy, color by Lee Loughridge, letters by Todd Klein > (DC/Vertigo Comics) > - *Schlock Mercenary: The Body > Politic*<http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20070520.html>Story and art by > Howard Tayler (The Tayler Corporation) — Free > download <http://www.schlockmercenary.com/TBPHugo.pdf> > - *Serenity: Better > Days*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595821627?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1595821627>Written > by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews, art by Will Conrad, color by > Michelle Madsen, cover by Jo Chen (Dark Horse Comics) > - *Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and > Wherefores*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140121813X?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=140121813X>Written/created > by Brian K. Vaughan, pencilled/created by Pia Guerra, inked > by Jose Marzan, Jr. (DC/Vertigo Comics) > > *Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form* > (436 Ballots) > > - *The Dark > Knight*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GZ6QC4?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001GZ6QC4>Christopher > Nolan & David S. Goyer, story; Jonathan Nolan and Christopher > Nolan, screenplay; based on characters created by Bob Kane; Christopher > Nolan, director (Warner Brothers) > - *Hellboy II: The Golden > Army*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F7MSFM?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001F7MSFM>Guillermo > del Toro & Mike Mignola, story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; > based on the comic by Mike Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director (Dark > Horse, Universal) > - *Iron > Man*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C08RHA?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001C08RHA>Mark > Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, screenplay; based > on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby; > Jon Favreau, director (Paramount, Marvel Studios) > - > *METAtropolis*<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?BV_SessionID=0318003324.1237565959&BV_EngineID=ccceadegkiegmlkcefecekjdffidffj.0&productID=BK_ADBL_000570>by > John Scalzi, ed. Written by: Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, > John Scalzi and Karl Schroeder (Audible Inc) — Free > download<http://www.audible.com/adbl/store/welcome.jsp?source_code=TWTV0015WS033009&entryRedirect=/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp&entryParams=%5EproductID%7EFR_ADBL_000570> > - > *WALL-E*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013FSL3E?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0013FSL3E>Andrew > Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, > screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney) > > *Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form* > (336 Ballots) > > - “The Constant” ( > *Lost*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018CWEYY?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0018CWEYY>) > Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers; Jack Bender, director (Bad Robot, > ABC studios) > - *Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along > Blog*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001M5UDGS?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001M5UDGS>Joss > Whedon, & Zack Whedon, & Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen , writers; > Joss Whedon, director (Mutant Enemy) > - “Revelations” ( *Battlestar > Galactica*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HUWQEA?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001HUWQEA>) > Bradley Thompson & David Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director (NBC > Universal) > - “Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead” ( *Doctor > Who*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DJ7PQ4?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001DJ7PQ4>) > Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lyn, director (BBC Wales) > - “Turn Left” ( *Doctor > Who*<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DJ7PQ4?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001DJ7PQ4>) > Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme Harper, director (BBC Wales) > > *Best Editor, Short Form* > (377 Ballots) > > - Ellen Datlow <http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Ellen_Datlow> > - Stanley Schmidt<http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Stanley_Schmidt> > - Jonathan Strahan<http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Jonathan_Strahan> > - Gordon Van > Gelder<http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Gordon_Van_Gelder> > - Sheila Williams<http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Sheila_Williams> > > *Best Editor, Long Form* > (273 Ballots) > > - Lou Anders <http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Lou_Anders> > - Ginjer Buchanan > - David G. Hartwell > - Beth Meacham > - Patrick Nielsen > Hayden<http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden> > > *Best Professional Artist* > (334 Ballots) > > - Daniel Dos Santos – Official Site <http://www.dandossantos.com/> > - Bob Eggleton – Official Site <http://www.bobeggleton.com/> > - Donato Giancola – Official Site <http://www.donatoart.com/> > - John Picacio – Official > Site<http://www.johnpicacio.com/2009/01/my-2008-published-work.html> > - Shaun Tan – Official Site <http://www.shauntan.net/> > > *Best Semiprozine* > (283 Ballots) > > - *Clarkesworld Magazine* <http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/> edited by > Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas & Sean Wallace > - *Interzone* <http://ttapress.com/interzone/> edited by Andy Cox > - *Locus* <http://www.locusmag.com/About/Locus.html> edited by Charles > N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi > - *The New York Review of Science > Fiction*<http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/olp/nyrsf/nyrsf.html>edited by Kathryn > Cramer, Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. > Maroney > - *Weird Tales* <http://www.weirdtales.net/> edited by Ann VanderMeer & > Stephen H. Segal - Year in > Review<http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2009/01/09/weird-tales-%E2%80%94-2008-year-in-review/> > > *Best Fanzine* > (257 Ballots) > > - *Argentus* <http://efanzines.com/Argentus/index.htm> edited by Steven > H Silver > - *Banana Wings* edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer > - *Challenger* <http://www.challzine.net/> edited by Guy H. Lillian III > > - *The Drink Tank* <http://efanzines.com/DrinkTank/> edited by Chris > Garcia > - *Electric Velocipede* <http://www.electricvelocipede.com/> edited by > John Klima > - *File 770* <http://efanzines.com/File770/> edited by Mike Glyer > > *Best Fan Writer* > (291 Ballots) > > - Chris Garcia > - John Hertz > - Dave Langford > - Cheryl Morgan <http://www.cheryl-morgan.com/> > - Steven H Silver > > *Best Fan Artist* > (187 Ballots) > > - Alan F. Beck <http://www.alanfbeck.com/> > - Brad W. Foster <http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Quadrant/1956/> > - Sue Mason > - Taral Wayne <http://taralwayne.deviantart.com/> > - Frank Wu <http://www.frankwu.com/> > > *The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer* > (288 Ballots) > > - Aliette de Bodard* – Official site <http://www.aliettedebodard.com/> > - David Anthony > Durham<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385722524?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385722524>* > – Official site <http://www.davidanthonydurham.com/> > - Felix > Gilman<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553806777?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwantici-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553806777>– > Official > site <http://felixgilman.com/> > - Tony Pi* – Official site <http://www.eyrie.org/%7Epi> > - Gord Sellar* – Official site <http://www.gordsellar.com/> > > *(Second year of eligibility) > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:47 AM, delancey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The next meeting of R-Spec will be our annual discussion of Hugo >> nominated short stories. >> >> What? Homework! >> >> No, I tell ye. Here are ALL the Hugo nominated short stories, with >> links to podcasts of them being read. You can listen to them while >> ironing or driving or laying on your back being fed grapes by your >> slavebots. Painless! >> >> >> “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Jul 2008) >> http://escapepod.org/category/podcasts/hugo/ >> >> “Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick (Baen’s Universe Oct 2008) >> http://escapepod.org/category/hugo-awards/ >> >> “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris New SF, >> Volume Two) >> http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=3249 >> >> “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two) >> http://escapepod.org/category/podcasts/hugo/ >> >> “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s Feb >> 2008) >> http://escapepod.org/category/podcasts/hugo/ >> >> >> >> ___________ >> >> >> PS: FYI, here are all the nominees: >> >> Best Novel >> >> * Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK) >> * The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury UK) >> * Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen; HarperVoyager UK) >> * Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK) >> * Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi (Tor) >> >> Best Novella >> >> * “The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008) >> * “The Political Prisoner” by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug >> 2008) >> * “The Tear” by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires) >> * “True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward >> 2) >> * “Truth” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2008) >> >> Best Novelette >> >> * “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick >> (Asimov’s Jan 2008) >> * “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2) >> * “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008) >> * “The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” by James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s Feb >> 2008) >> * “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s Mar 2008) >> >> Best Short Story >> >> * “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s Jul 2008) >> * “Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick (Baen’s Universe Oct 2008) >> * “Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris New SF, >> Volume Two) >> * “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two) >> * “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled” by Michael Swanwick >> (Asimov’s Feb 2008) >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dave Henn > [email protected] > -- Dave Henn [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. 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