The 2007 Hugo Awards:

From: http://www.thehugoawards.org/?p=146

The results of the 2008 Hugo Awards, as announced at Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, in Denver, Colorado, USA, on August 9th 2008, are as follows:

* Best Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
* Best Novella: “All Seated on the Ground” by Connie Willis (Asimov’s Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
* Best Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
* Best Short Story: “Tideline” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s June 2007)
* Best Related Book: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Stardust Written by Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn, Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman Illustrated by Charles Vess Directed by Matthew Vaughn (Paramount Pictures)
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who “Blink” Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Hettie Macdonald (BBC)
* Best Editor, Long Form: David G. Hartwell
* Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
* Best Professional Artist: Stephan Martiniere
* Best Semiprozine: Locus
* Best Fanzine: File 770
* Best Fan Writer: John Scalzi
* Best Fan Artist: Brad Foster

The winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines and administered on their behalf by the World Science Fiction Society, is:

* Mary Robinette Kowal

How many have you read?

I have read Chabon's book and enjoyed it, I did see "Stardust" and "Blink" and I read Sclzi's blog. I will now try to read the short fiction winners since I should have at least 2 of them around the house anyway.

The most underrated Science Fiction films:

Via happyfunpaul 

The most underrated SF films w/ Daniel Kimmel, Mark Leeper, David Williams, Matthew Rotundo, Christopher Becker), who collectively suggested:

I have bolded the ones I have seen and underlined the ones I though were good:

“Creation of the Humanoids” (‘60s movie, hard to find, delightfully silly)
“They Live” (John Carpenter, aliens among us, satirical social commentary)
“Time After Time” (‘80s, Nicholas Meyer director, have to swallow two whoppers at the start-- HG Wells built a time machine and knew Jack the Ripper-- but then is good story)
“(Jerome Bixby’s) The Man From Earth”
“The Thirteenth Warrior” (controversial, many disliked, best Beowulf adaptation, tremendous musical score)
“Happy Accidents” (2000, w/ Marisa Tomei & Vincent D’Onofrio, is he from the future or is he just nuts?)
“Lair of the White Worm”
“War of the Worlds” (Timothy Hynes version)
“Five Million Years to Earth” aka “Quatermass and the Pit”
“Sleeper”
(various audiences suggestions provoke commentary, including:)
Sunshine,
Idiocracy,
Interstate 60,
S1m0ne,
Barjo
(Back to panel:)
“Brother from Another Planet”
“Phase Four” (superintelligent ants)
“Star Wars Holiday Special” (Audience: huge laughter. “Why? Because it gives you insight into the psyche of George Lucas”)
“Near Dark” (vampire film without the word vampire)
“Who?” (from Algis Budrys story)
“Frau im Mond” (a different Fritz Lang film from “Metropolis”... invented the countdown! Has weightlessness in space, stowaway = comic book fan boy, etc.)
(more from audience:)
“The Devil Commands” (Boris Karloff),
“The Postman”, (digression about “Waterworld”),
“The Quiet Earth”,
“Man Facing Southwest” (both art films with SF elements),
“The World, The Flesh, and the Devil”,
“Death”?,
“A Boy and His Dog” (and the is-it-sexist ending),
“Earth Girls Are Easy”,
“Nothing Lasts Forever”,
 “Buckaroo Banazai”,
“Tom’s Midnight Garden” (fantasy, region 2 DVD),
“Call of Cthulhu” (b&w silent film, as if it were a 1920s film),
“Seconds”
(Panel again:)
“Brainstorm” (1983) (Natalie Wood’s last film, great score; seminal film: “jack in”, beautiful scene transferring thoughts to another person, originally had portions of 60 frames-per-second; last third (minus Natalie Wood) didn’t work out)
“Stalker” (Russian film)
“Richard III” (1995, done as fascist takeover of Britain in 1930s alternate history)
“The Changeling” (spooky ghost story, another example of “simple spfx done well”)
“The Twonky” (plays off 1950s fear of television, is dated but from)
(back to audience:)
“The Ill-Met by Moonlight” (based on S. P. Somtow story),
 “5000 Fingers of Dr. T” (Dr. Seuss),
“Alphaville” (arty, not that SF),
“City of Lost Children”,
 “Dark City”,
“Colossus The Forbin Project”,
“Fantastic Planet” (animated version),
“The Last Action Hero”,
 “The Last Starfighter”,
“The Navigator”, medieval folks questing in modern NZ
“Sliding Doors”,
“Enemy Mine”
(panel in last two minutes:)
“Primer”