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Hugo Awards
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Hugo Awards
Best Novel
The Stone Sky by Call Number: FANTASY JEMISINThis is the way the world ends... for the last time. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women. Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe. For Nassun, her mother's mastery of the Obelisk Gate comes too late. She has seen the evil of the world, and accepted what her mother will not admit: that sometimes what is corrupt cannot be cleansed, only destroyed.
Finalists
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
- New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Provenance by Ann Leckie
- Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee
- Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Best Novella
All Systems Red by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION WELLSStuck on a distant planet with an exploratory crew, a Security Robot kills time watching soaps. After a group of scientists is killed, the robot (now calling itself “Murderbot”) must figure out how to save its crew from a similar fate.
Finalists
- "And Then There Were (N-one)" by Sarah Pinsker
- Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
- Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
- River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
Best Graphic Story
Monstress, Vol. 2: Blood by Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL MONSTRESMaika, Kippa, and Ren journey to Thyria in search of answers to her past... and discover a new, terrible threat.
Finalists
- Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro
- Black Bolt, Vol. 1: Hard Time by Saladin Ahmed & Christian Ward
- Landro and Taki Soma by Kelly Fitzpatrick
- My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
- Paper Girls, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang
- Saga, Vol. 7 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Wonder WomanCall Number: DVD ADVDiana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.
Finalists
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Good Place, Season 2Call Number: DVD TVThe show follows Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs. While hiding in plain sight from Michael, the wise architect of the Good Place who doesn't know he's made a mistake, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome, or at least the pretty good, person within.
Finalists
- Black Mirror, Season 4, Episode 1 "USS Callister" by William Bridges & Charlie Brooker
- "The Deep" by Clipping
- Doctor Who, Season 10, Episode 28, "Twice Upon a Time" by Steven Moffat
- The Good Place, Season 1, Episode 13, "Michael's Gambit" by Michael Schur
- Star Trek: Discovery, Season 1, Episode 7, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man go Mad" by Aron Eli Coleite & Jesse Alexander
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Trail of Lightning by Call Number: FANTASY ROANHORSWhile most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than anything she could imagine. Maggie reluctantly enlists the aid of Kai Arviso, an unconventional medicine man, and together they travel the rez, unraveling clues from ancient legends, trading favors with tricksters, and battling dark witchcraft in a patchwork world of deteriorating technology.
Finalists
- Katherine Arden
- Sarah Kuhn
- Jeannette Ng
- Vina Jie-Min Prasad
- Rivers Solomon
Best Novel
The Obelisk Gate by Essun–once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger–has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power–and her choices will break the world.
Finalists
Best Novella
Every Heart a Doorway by Call Number: FANTASY MCGUIREChildren have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she's back. The things she's experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West's care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy's arrival marks a change at the Home. There's a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it's up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.
Finalists
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
- Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavalle
- A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
- This Census-Taker by China Mieville
Best Graphic Story
Monstress by Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL MONSTRESSet in an alternate matriarchal 1900’s Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, Monstress tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
Finalists
- Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson & Takeshi Miyazawa
- Saga, Vol. 6 by Fiona Staples & Brian K. Vaughan
- Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang
- Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates & Brian Stelfreeze
- The Vision, Vol. 1: Little Worse Than a Man by Tom King & Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
ArrivalCall Number: DVD SCI AWhen mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team ,including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Finalists
- Hidden Figures by Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi
- Rogue One by Chris & Weitz & Tony Gilroy
- Stranger Things, Season 1 by the Duffer Brothers
- Deadpool by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
- Ghostbusters by Katie Dippold & Paul Feig
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Expanse Season 1Call Number: DVD TV EA thriller set two hundred years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system. A hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain come together for what starts as the case of a missing young woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Finalists
- Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 4 "San Junipero" by Charlie Brooker
- Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 5 "The Door" by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
- Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 9 "Battle of the Bastards" by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
- Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 3 "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" by Steven Moffat
- Splendor & Misery by Clipping
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
Too Like the Lightning by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION PALMERThe world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s. It is a hard-won utopia built on technologically-generated abundance, and also on complex and mandatory systems of labeling all public writing and speech... And in this world, Mycroft and Carlyle have stumbled on the wild card that may destabilize the system: the boy Bridger, who can effortlessly make his wishes come true. Who can, it would seem, bring inanimate objects to life...
Finalists
- Malka Older
- Sarah Gailey
- Laurie Penny
- Kelly Robson
- J. Mulrooney
Best Novel
The Fifth Season by Call Number: FANTASY JEMISINThree terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heartland of the world's sole continent, a great red rift has been been torn which spews ash enough to darken the sky for years. But this is the Stillness, a land long familiar with struggle, and where orogenes -- those who wield the power of the earth as a weapon -- are feared far more than the long cold night. Essun has remembered herself, and she will have her daughter back. She does not care if the world falls apart around her. Essun will break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.
Finalists
Best Novella
Binti by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION OKORAFORHer name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach. If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself--but first she has to make it there, alive.
Finalists
- Penric's Demon - Lois McMaster Bujold
- Slow Bullets - Alastair Reynolds
- Perfect State - Brandon Sanderson
- The Builders - Daniel Polansky
Best Graphic Story
The Sandman: Overture by Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL SANDMANFrom the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, The Sandman Overture will feature cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King's siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny.
Finalists
- Invisible Republic, Vol. 1 - Corinna Bechko & Gabriel Hardman
- The Divine - Boaz Levie
- Full Frontal Nerdity - Aaron Williams
- Erin Dies Alone - Grey Carter
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
The MartianCall Number: DVD SCIAfter a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
Finalists
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Jessica Jones, Season 1, Episode 13 "AKA Smile"Jessica and Luke get help from someone else in the neighborhood. Kilgrave gears up for a major test of powers against Jessica.
Finalists
- Doctor Who - Season 9, Episode 11: Heaven Sent - Steven Moffat
- Grimm - Season 4, Episode 21: Headache - Jim Kouf & David Greenwalt
- Supernatural - Season 11, Episode 8: Just My Imagination - Jenny Klein
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Season 5, Episode 1: The Cutie Map Parts 1 & 2 - Scott Sonneborn, M.A. Larson, & Meghan McCarthy
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
The Martian by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION WEIRMarooned on Mars after a tragic accident, astronaut Mark Watney’s supplies are running low and he has no way to signal Earth. Fortunately Mark can grow space potatoes and has a bold plan to escape the Red Planet.
Finalists
- Alyssa Wong
- Pierce Brown
- Sebastien de Castell
- Brian Niemeier
Best Novel
The Three-Body Problem by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION LIUSet against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project send signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
Finalists
- The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
- Ancillary Sword - Ann Leckie
- Skin Game - Jim Butcher
- The Dark Between the Stars - Kevin J. Anderson
Best Graphic Story
Ms. Marvel - No Normal by Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL MISSKamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City -- until she's suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm! When Kamala discovers the dangers of her newfound powers, she unlocks a secret behind them, as well. Is Kamala ready to wield these immense new gifts? Or will the weight of the legacy before her be too much to bear?
Finalists
- Saga, Vol. 3 - Brian K. Vaughan
- Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery - Kurtis J. Weibe
- Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick - Matt Fraction
- The Zombie Nation Book #2: Reduce, Reuse, Reanimate - Carter Reid
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Guardians of the GalaxyCall Number: DVD SCIBrash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits. But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand-with the galaxy's fate in the balance.
Finalists
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Orphan Black Season 2, Episode 10 "By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried"Season two hits the ground running with Sarah in a desperate race to find her missing daughter Kira. Her scorched earth tactics spark a war with pro-clone Rachel, dividing and imperiling all the clones. As Sarah discovers more about her past, mysterious newcomers appear. But can they be trusted?
Finalists
- Doctor Who - Season 8, Episode 4: Listen - Steven Moffat
- Game of Thrones - Season 4, Episode 8: The Mountain and the Viper - David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
- The Flash - Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot - Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns
- Grimm - Season 3, Episode 15: Once We Were Gods - Alan DiFiore
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
The Lives of Tao by Couch potato Roen Tan becomes host to the alien Tao who has lived millennia inside some of the most famous people in history. With Tao on board, Roen enters a war to save mankind.
Finalists
- Kary English
- Eric S. Raymond
- Jason Cordova
- Rolf Nelson
Best Novel
Ancillary Justice by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION LECKIENow isolated in a single frail human body, Breq, an artificial intelligence that used to control of a massive starship and its crew of soldiers, tries to adjust to her new humanity while seeking vengeance and answers to her questions.
Finalists
- Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross
- Parasite by Mira Grant
- The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
- Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia
Best Novella
Equoid by Call Number: SCIENCE FICTION STROSSFor Bob Howard, a working day tends to alternate between desperately trying not to fall asleep in committee meetings and being menaced by tentacular horrors from beyond spacetime. That's because Bob works for the Laundry, the secret British government agency tasked with protecting the realm from occult nightmares. So when his manager Iris sends him off to the countryside to liaise with a veterinary inspector from the Department of the Environment, Fisheries, and rural Affairs, at first he takes it as a pleasant vacation. But why is Edgebaston Farm's livery stable buying a hundred kilos of raw meat per day? Why does his briefing file contain the death-bed confession of that old fraud, H. P. Lovecraft? And why is his contact from DEFRA so deathly afraid of unicorns...?
Finalists
- Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
- Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages
- The Chaplain's Legacy by Brad Torgersen
- The Butcher of Khardov by Dan Wells
Best Graphic Story
Time by "Time" is the 1,190th strip of Randall Munroe's webcomic xkcd. Beginning with a single frame published at midnight on March 25, 2013, the image was updated periodically (once per hour with a few exceptions) for 123 days, ending on July 26 with a total of 3,099 unique images. Each image represented a single frame in a larger story, essentially making the comic a video with an extremely low frame rate.
Finalists
- Saga, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples
- Girl Genius, Vol. 13: Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City by Phil & Kaja Foglio
- The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who by Paul Cornell
- The Meathouse Man by George RR Martin & Raya Golden
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
GravityCall Number: DVD SCIWatch a heart-pounding thriller that will draw viewers into the infinite and merciless realm of deep space. A brilliant medical engineer, Dr. Ryan Stone, is on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut and acting space commander Matt Kowalski. Then disaster strikes the shuttle, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely out of touch with Earth. With little oxygen and energy left, how will they survive?
Finalists
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Game of Thrones Season 3, Episode 9 "The Rains of Castamere"Call Number: DVD TVIn Season 3 of this original series based on George R. R. Martin's bestselling books, the battling families of Westeros continue to clash as bonds are strained, loyalties are tested, and cruel fates are met.
Finalists
- Doctor Who: "The Day of the Doctor" by Steven Moffatt
- Orphan Black Season 1, Episode 6: "Variations under Domestication" by Will Pascoe
- An Adventure in Space and Time by Mark Gatiss
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot by Peter Davison
- Doctor Who, Season 7, Episode 13: "The Name of the Doctor" by Steven Moffatt
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
A Stranger in Olondria by A Stranger in Olondria is a skillful and immersive debut fantasy novel that pulls the reader in deeper and deeper with twists and turns reminiscent of George R. R. Martin and Joe Hill.
Finalists
- Max Gladstone
- Wesley Chu
- Ramez Naam
- Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Best Novel
Redshirts by Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid. It’s a prestige posting, and Andrew is thrilled all the more to be assigned to the ship’s Xenobiology laboratory. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to pick up on the fact that: (1) every Away Mission involves some kind of lethal confrontation with alien forces, (2) the ship’s captain, its chief science officer, and the handsome Lieutenant Kerensky always survive these confrontations, and (3) at least one low-ranked crew member is, sadly, always killed. Not surprisingly, a great deal of energy below decks is expended on avoiding, at all costs, being assigned to an Away Mission. Then Andrew stumbles on information that completely transforms his and his colleagues’ understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.
Finalists
Best Novella
The Emperor's Soul by A heretic thief is the empire’s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris. Brimming with magic and political intrigue, this deftly woven fantasy delves into the essence of a living spirit.
Finalists
- After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
- The Stars Do Not Lie by Jay Lake
- On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
- San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats by Mira Grant
Best Graphic Story
Saga, Vol. 1 by From bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults.
Finalists
- Locke and Key Vol. 5: Clockworks by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
- Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia by Howard Tayler
- Grandville Bete Noire by Bryan Talbot
- Saucer Country, Vol. 1: Run by Paul Cornell
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Marvel's The AvengersCall Number: DVD SCINick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of superhumans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.
Finalists
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Game of Thrones, Season 2 Episode 9 "Blackwater"Call Number: DVD TVKings from across the continent of Westeros vie for the Iron Throne. As winter approaches, the cruel young Joffrey sits upon the Throne in King's Landing, counseled by his conniving mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion, who has been appointed the new Hand of the King. But the Lannister hold on power is under assault on many fronts, with two Baratheons donning crowns, and Robb Stark fighting as the King in the North.
Finalists
- Doctor Who, Season 7, Episode 5, "The Angels Take Manhattan" by Steven Moffat
- Fringe, Season 4, Episode 19, "Letters of Transit" by JJ Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Akiva Goldsman, J.H.Wyman, Jeff Pinkne
- Doctor Who, Season 7, Episode 1, "Asylum of the Daleks" by Steven Moffat
- Doctor Who, Season 7 "The Snowmen"
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
The Shambling Guide to New York City by Call Number: FANTASY LAFFERTYBecause of the disaster that was her last job, Zoe is searching for a fresh start as a travel book editor in the tourist-centric New York City. After stumbling across a seemingly perfect position though, Zoe is blocked at every turn because of the one thing she can't take off her resume -- human. Not to be put off by anything -- especially not her blood drinking boss or death goddess coworker -- Zoe delves deep into the monster world. But her job turns deadly when the careful balance between human and monsters starts to crumble -- with Zoe right in the middle
Finalists
- Stina Leicht
- Chuck Wendig
- Max Gladstone
- Zen Cho