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Subject: 2008 Hugo Nomination List
Date Posted: 3/21/2008 5:29 PM ET
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2008 Hugo Nomination List (from 2007 works)

Yay, Scalzi!!!!!!

Best Novel

  • The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
  • Brasyl by Ian McDonald
  • Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
  • The Last Colony by John Scalzi
  • Halting State by Charles Stross  

Best Novella

  • "Fountains of Age" by Nancy Kress
  • "Recovering Apollo 8" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • "Stars Seen Through Stone" by Lucius Shepard
  • "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis
  • "Memorare" by Gene Wolfe  

Best Novelette

  • "The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics" by Daniel Abraham
  • "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang
  • "Dark Integers" by Greg Egan
  • "Glory" by Greg Egan
  • "Finisterra" by David Moles

Best Short Story

  • "Last Contact" by Stephen Baxter
  • "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear
  • "Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?" by Ken MacLeod
  • "Distant Replay" by Mike Resnick
  • "A Small Room in Koboldtown" by Michael Swanwick

Best Related Book

  • The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Glyer; appendix by David Bratman
  • Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium by Barry Malzberg
  • Emshwiller: Infinity x Two by Luis Ortiz, intro. by Carol Emshwiller, fwd. by Alex Eisenstien
  • Brave New Words: the Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher
  • The Arrival by Shaun Tan  

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • Enchanted
  • The Golden Compass
  • Heroes, Season 1
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Stardust

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • Battlestar Galactica "Razor" (televised version, not DVD)
  • Dr. Who "Blink" 
  • Dr. Who "Human Nature" / "Family of Blood"
  • Star Trek New Voyages "World Enough and Time"
  • Torchwood "Captain Jack Harkness"

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

  • Ellen Datlow
  • Stanley Schmidt
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Gordon Van Gelder
  • Sheila Williams  

Best Professional Editor, Long Form

  • Lou Anders
  • Ginjer Buchanan
  • David G. Hartwell
  • Beth Meacham
  • Patrick Nielsen Hayden  

Best Professional Artist

  • Bob Eggleton
  • Phil Foglio
  • John Harris
  • Stephan Martiniere
  • John Picacio
  • Shaun Tan

Best Semiprozine

  • Ansible
  • Helix
  • Interzone
  • Locus
  • The New York Review of Science Fiction

Best Fanzine

  • Argentus
  • Challenger
  • Drink Tank
  • File 770
  • PLOKTA

Best Fan Writer

  • Chris Garcia
  • David Langford
  • Cheryl Morgan
  • John Scalzi
  • Steven H Silver

Best Fan Artist

  • Brad Foster
  • Teddy Harvia
  • Sue Mason
  • Steve Stiles
  • Taral Wayne

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer (Not a Hugo)

  • Joe Abercrombie (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Jon Armstrong (1st year of eligibility)
  • David Anthony Durham (1st year of eligibility)
  • David Louis Edelman (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Mary Robinette Kowal (2nd year of eligibility)
  • Scott Lynch (2nd year of eligibility)

 Awards will be presented at Denvention in August 2008

 

 

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Dr. Who - Blink was a great episode!  One of the top 5 Dr. Who's ever!  And it was creepy!

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