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The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). The distinguishing characteristics of the Hugo Award are that it is sponsored by WSFS, administered by the committee of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) held that year, and determined by nominations from and a popular vote of the membership of WSFS. In general, a Hugo Award given in a particular year is for work that appeared in the previous calendar year.
The Hugo trophy is a rocket ship mounted on a base that is unique to each year's convention and reflects some aspect of the convention's location.
2008 Hugo List
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2007 Hugo List
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Selection Process
Members of past and current years' World SF Convention nominate up to five items per category. The top five items in each category are placed on a final ballot, which is voted on by current members. Final results in each category are determined via the 'Australian ballot preference system': all first-place votes are tabulated; the entry with the fewest votes is eliminated; second-place votes from eliminated ballots become first-place votes; this is repeated until a nominee achieves a majority. For second-place, the winner's votes are dropped, and second-place votes from those ballots become first-place votes, and the process is repeated.
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Links
- Complete Hugo Novel Listing
- The Hugo Award in the WWEnd Forum
- Official web site of the Hugo Awards
- The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS)
- The 64th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) - L.A.con IV
Hugo Award in Blogs
21/08/08 07:01
» OVERLOOKED TITLES: The Affinity Bridge, The Grift, Son Of Man, etc...
He is a five-time winner of both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award . In 2004, Robert was awarded the Grand Master Nebula of the Science Fiction Writers of America, science fiction’s highest honor. Robert Silverberg @ Wikipedia ...
21/08/08 04:27
» Cyteen
This is the 1989 Hugo Award Winner and getting lots of good reviews (comparing it to, of all things, Frank Herbert's Dune), so I thought, what the hey, right? I'm now about 1/4 of the way and I am dropping this novel. ...
21/08/08 04:03
» Larry Niven’s “The Hole Man”
Originally published in Analog magazine in January 1974, “The Hole Man,” by Larry Niven, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story that year. Here’sa description of the work, taken from Fictionwise: “A team of astrophysicists land on ..
21/08/08 03:43
» Masked Vigilantes film debut on March, 2009
One of the best selling Graphic Novels of all time, the only Graphic Novel to ever win a Hugo Award and the only Graphic Novel to be listed as one of the 100 best English-language novels of all time by Time Magazine. ...
21/08/08 01:37
» GAIMAN and I haz TICKET!!!
... as well as the Sandman series of graphic novels. Among his many awards are the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award , the Nebula Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.
20/08/08 23:27
» Cyteen
This is the 1989 Hugo Award Winner and getting lots of good reviews (comparing it to, of all things, Frank Herbert’s Dune), so I thought, what the hey, right? … I’m sure if I read through the whole book I may get an idea of who’s wh..
20/08/08 23:23
» A Temeraire of 5.6 on the Rictor Scale
The first book in the Temeraire series was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel by First Time Writer. Stephen King wrote the words, "Terrifically Entertaining," on the book's cover. And best of all, Peter Jackson wants to make movies ...
20/08/08 20:56
» Seeds of Change Sci Fi anthology
... actively making the future what we want — or what we dread. A first-rate anthology of provocative and disturbing stories gathered by the always reliable John Joseph Adams.” — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award -winning author of HOMINI..
20/08/08 20:56
» Seeds of Change Anthology
A first-rate anthology of provocative and disturbing stories gathered by the always reliable John Joseph Adams.” — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award -winning author of HOMINIDS. There's a review over at Grasping for the wind also.
20/08/08 18:43
» 2008 Hugo Award Results Announced
You may have already heard (as this announcement was tardy), but the 2008 Hugos have been announced. The winner for best novel was... The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon Kudos to Mr. Chabon. "Yiddish" really is a very ...
