Årets Hugo-nomineringar har just kommit in. Hugo-priset (döpt efter Amazing Stories grundare Hugo Gernsback) delas ut efter omröstning på varje års sf-världskongress. Best Short Story: "The Bride of Frankenstein" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/09) "Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09) "The Moment" by Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints) "Non-Zero Probabilities" by N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09) "Spar" by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09) Best novelette: "Eros, Philia, Agape" by Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09) "The Island" by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2) "It Takes Two" by Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three) "One of our Bastards is Missing" by Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three) “Overtime” by Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09) "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09) Best Novella: "Act One" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09) The God Engines by John Scalzi (Subterranean) "Palimpsest" by Charles Stross (Wireless) Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow (Tachyon) "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" by Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days) The Women of Nell Gwynne's by Kage Baker (Subterranean) Best Novel: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor) The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra) Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade) Semiprozine: Ansible edited by David Langford Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace & Cheryl Morgan Interzone edited by Andy Cox Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal Best Professional Artist: Daniel Dos Santos Bob Eggleton Stephan Martinière John Picacio Shaun Tan Best Editor Long Form: Lou Anders Ginjer Buchanan Liz Gorinsky Patrick Nielsen Hayden Juliet Ulman Best Editor Short Form: Ellen Datlow Stanley Schmidt Jonathan Strahan Gordon Van Gelder Sheila Williams Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form: Doctor Who: “The Next Doctor” Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales) Doctor Who: “Planet of the Dead” Written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; Directed by James Strong (BBC Wales) Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars” Written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; Directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales) Dollhouse: “Epitaph 1” Story by Joss Whedon; Written by Maurissa Tancharoen & Jed Whedon; Directed by David Solomon (Mutant Enemy) FlashForward: “No More Good Days” Written by Brannon Braga & David S. Goyer; Directed by David S. Goyer; (ABC) Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form: Avatar Screenplay and Directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox) District 9 Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; Directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures) Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story & Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films) Star Trek Screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount) Up Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter & Thomas McCarthy; Screenplay and Co-Directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar) Best Graphic Story: Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics) Captain Britain and MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics) Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics) Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler Best Related Work: Canary Fever: Reviews by John Clute (Beccon) Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees by Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture) The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland) On Joanna Russ edited by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan) The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms by Helen Merrick (Aqueduct) This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") by Jack Vance (Subterranean) Best Fan Artist: Brad W. Foster Dave Howell Sue Mason Steve Stiles Taral Wayne Best Fan Writer: Claire Brialey Christopher J Garcia James Nicoll Lloyd Penney Frederik Pohl Best Fanzine: Argentus edited by Steven H Silver Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer CHALLENGER edited by Guy H. Lillian III Drink Tank edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon File 770 edited by Mike Glyer StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith --Ahrvid -- ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx / Gå med i SKRIVA - för författande, sf, fantasy, kultur (skriva-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, subj: subscribe) YXSKAFTBUD, GE VÅR WCZONMÖ IQ-HJÄLP! 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