2007-09-01

jeffreyab: (Red Alert)
2007-09-01 09:44 am

The 2007 Hugo Winners

And the Winners are:

Best Novel: Rainbows End - Vernor Vinge

Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” - Robert Reed

Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” - Ian McDonald

Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” - Tim Pratt

Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon - Julie Phillips

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who - “Girl in the Fireplace” - Steven Moffat & Euros Lyn

Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Beating out Baen by two votes)

Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder

Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola

Best Semiprozine: Locus - Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi

Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly - Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan & Randy Byers

Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford (over Scalzi by one vote)

Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

Campbell: Naomi Novik

From: http://www.thehugoawards.org/index.php?page_id=127
jeffreyab: (Canadian Flag)
2007-09-01 10:39 am

I am Driving to Worldcon in 2009!

Also I won't need a passport, but Americans will if they want to return home.

Montreal wins the right to host the worldcon for 2009!



This was not unanticipated as Nippon 2007 meant there could be a large number of non-American and faans who like to travel to foreign countries showing their preferences.