81st World Science Fiction Convention Announces 2023 Hugo Awards
The World Science Fiction Society "administers and presents the Hugo Awards, the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction," according to Wikipedia. Its members vote on each year's winners, and this year they received 1,847 nominating ballots. This year the 81st edition of their World Science Fiction Convention was held from October 18 to 22 in Chengdu, China. More details from Gizmodo:While fan-favorite cozy fantasy novel Legends & Lattes lost Best Novel to T. Kingfisher's excellent horror-fantasy Nettle & Bone, Legends & Lattes author Travis Baldtree won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Everything Everywhere All at Once snagged film's top honor, and The Expanse's finale episode did the same for televsion, beating out both nominated Andor episodes among others. Some other great standouts include short fiction editor Neil Clarke, who has kept Clarkesworld magazine running despite getting swamped by AI-generated submissions earlier this year. And "By winning Best Graphic Story or Comic, [Bartosz] Sztybor-who also served as a producer on the overwhelmingly popular Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners-also becomes the first Polish author to win a Hugo," reports Forbes:[Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams] is set in Night City-as seen in Cyberpunk 2077-and follows the story of two small-time thieves, Tasha and Mirek, who are trying to survive the harsh metropolis together. "Tasha and Mirek make a living for themselves stealing cyberware and indulging in parties and braindances," the official teaser explains... Other highlights from this year's awards: Best novella: Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom) Best Novelette: "The Space-Time Painter", by Hai Ya (Galaxy's Edge, April 2022) Best Short Story: "Rabbit Test", by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022) Best Series: Children of Time series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit) Best Related Work: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)
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