I’ve been away on vacation, hence the paucity of posting here, but I’m back now.
And to ease back into blogging, here are the Hugo Award winners for 2007, announced Nippon 2007, the World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan:
- Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (Tor, 2006)
- Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s, October/November 2006)
- Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald (Asimov’s, July 2006)
- Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt (Asimov’s, July 2006)
- Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips (St. Martin’s, 2006)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth, screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Picturehouse)
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who: “Girl in the Fireplace,” written by Steven Moffat, directed by Euros Lyn (BBC Wales/BBC1)
- Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
- Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
- Best Semiprozine: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi
- Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly edited by Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan, & Randy Byers
- Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
- Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
Also awarded at the ceremony, though not a Hugo:
- John W. Cambpell Award for Best New Writer: Naomi Novik