This weekend, the winners of the Hugo awards were announced. Connie Willis picked up another Hugo for best novel and Doctor Who won for its two-part series five finale. [Read more...]
2006 Hugo Award winners
Completing the "Cover to Cover" interview series of this year's Hugo Award nominated novels and novellas, here is the list of the winners, awarded at Worldcon on Sunday, August 27:
- Best Novel: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) (interview: Cover to Cover #226)
- Best Novella: "Inside Job" by Connie Willis (Asimov's January 2005) (interview: Cover to Cover #232)
- Best Novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005)
- Best Short Story: "Tk'tk'tk" by David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005)
- Best Related Book: Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press) (interview: Cover to Cover #183)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Serenity, Written & Directed, Joss Whedon. (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" Written, Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)
- Best Professional Editor: David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year's Best SF)
- Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
- Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
- Best Fanzine: Plokta edited, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott
- Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
- Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
Congratulations to this year's winners, and don't forget to check out the related "Cover to Cover" interviews! [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #232: Connie Willis (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, David Moldawer talks to Connie Willis about her novella "Inside Job", an original novella that can also be found online at Asimov's website. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #231: James Patrick Kelly (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, listen again to Michael and Evo talking to James Patrick Kelly about his novella "Burn", an original novella that can also be found online at The Infinite Matrix e-zine and at Jim's website. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #230: Robert J. Sawyer (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, Michael and Evo talk to Robert J. Sawyer about his novella "Identity Theft", an original novella that can be found in the SFBC anthology Down These Dark Spaceways, edited by Mike Resnick. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #229: Ian McDonald (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, David Moldawer talks to Ian McDonald about his novella "The Little Goddess", a spinoff story from his novel River of Gods. The novella is available to read online at Asimov's, and this is Ian's second consecutive Hugo nomination. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #228: Ken MacLeod (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, Michael and Evo talk to Ken MacLeod about his novel Learning The World, a story takes a different tack in examining life in a generation ship, deep space colonization, and the possibilities and problems that arise when a system targeted for colonization is already inhabited by sentient Industrial Age life forms. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #227: John Scalzi (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, we re-air the discussion that Michael and Evo had with John Scalzi about Old Man's War, an SF tale that explores a war involving Earth's colonies, where the old are used in war instead of the young, and what it really means to be human. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #226: Robert Charles Wilson (Hugo Nominee Series)
This week, Michael and Evo talk to Robert Charles Wilson about Spin, an SF thriller where the impending death of our sun is just the backdrop of everything that's going on. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #225: George R. R. Martin (Hugo Nominee Series)
Michael and Evo kick the Hugo coverage series off with a rebroadcast of their interview with George R. R. Martin about A Feast for Crows. [Read more...]
2004 Hugo Winners!
And the 2004 Hugo award goes to:
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NOVEL: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
NOVELLA: The Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge
NOVELETTE: Legions in Time by Michael Swanwick
SHORT STORY: A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
In the event my partner is reading this, you now have more fodder for guests, oh lord of the schedule.
Thanks to John @ SFSignal for the link. [Read more...]
Cover to Cover #11: Nebula and Hugo Nominees
Topics covered: Nebula Award and Hugo Award nominees, Sci-fi news and events. [Read more...]
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