Reprinted from Ansible. The live text and video feed at www.thehugoawards.org, run by Cheryl Morgan and others, allowed far-off nominees to suffer killing suspense in real time and was much admired. So was the base design, inspired by Aboriginal myths of the rainbow serpent; though George R.R. Martin thought an antipodean Hugo should have a little pouch on the rocket, holding a smaller one. Voting turnout was high.
NOVEL a tie, very rare in Hugo history: Paolo Bacigalupi, The Windup Girl, and China Miéville, The City & The City. NOVELLA Charles Stross, 'Palimpsest' (Wireless). NOVELETTE Peter Watts, 'The Island' (The New Space Opera 2). He'd bet he wouldn't win: 'Thanks for costing me $20, you guys.' SHORT Will McIntosh, 'Bridesicle' (Asimov's 1/09). RELATED WORK Jack Vance, This is Me, Jack Vance! GRAPHIC STORY Kaja and Phil Foglio, Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm. DRAMATIC, LONG Moon. DRAMATIC, SHORT Doctor Who: 'The Waters of Mars'. EDITOR, LONG Patrick Nielsen Hayden – who ruled himself out from next year's award, wanting to see new blood. EDITOR, SHORT Ellen Datlow. PRO ARTIST Shaun Tan. SEMIPROZINE Clarkesworld – the first online fiction magazine to win this. FAN WRITER Frederik Pohl. FANZINE StarShipSofa. FAN ARTIST Brad W. Foster. John W. Campbell (new writer): Seanan McGuire. • Worldcon 2012. Chicago's unopposed bid naturally won the site selection vote. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
