Hugo Awards 2019

Am ver­gan­ge­nen Wochen­en­de wur­den auf dem SF-Welt­con in Dub­lin die dies­jäh­ri­gen Hugo-Awards ver­lie­hen, einer der wich­tigs­ten Aus­zeich­nun­gen im Phan­tas­tik-Bereich über­haupt.

Bemer­kens­wert fin­de ich ins­be­son­de­re, dass Becky Cham­bers WAY­FA­RERS-Rei­he (der ers­te Titel dar­aus war THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET) als bes­te Serie gewon­nen hat. Und das bei einer Publi­ka­ti­on, die zuerst im Self­pu­bli­shing erschien, weil kein Ver­lag sie auch nur mit der Kneif­zan­ge anfas­sen woll­te.

Im Fol­gen­den die Nomi­nier­ten und Gewin­ner, letz­te­re erkennt man an der fet­ten Dar­stel­lung. Gewis­se Kräf­te in der deut­schen Wiki­pe­dia soll­ten auch hier ihr Augen­merk dar­auf legen, wie vie­le Frau­en unter den Gewin­nern sind …

Best Novel

• The Cal­cu­la­ting Stars, by Mary Robi­net­te Kowal (Tor)
• Record of a Space­born Few, by Becky Cham­bers (Hod­der & Stough­ton /​ Har­per Voy­a­ger)
• Reven­ant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee (Sola­ris)
• Space Ope­ra, by Catheryn­ne M. Valen­te (Saga)
• Spin­ning Sil­ver, by Nao­mi Novik (Del Rey /​ Macmil­lan)
• Trail of Light­ning, by Rebec­ca Roan­horse (Saga)

Best Novella

• Arti­fi­ci­al Con­di­ti­on, by Mar­tha Wells (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGui­re (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• Bin­ti: The Night Mas­quer­a­de, by Nne­di Oko­ra­for (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• The Black God’s Drums, by P. Djè­lí Clark (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• Gods, Mons­ters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kel­ly Rob­son (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• The Tea Mas­ter and the Detec­ti­ve, by Ali­et­te de Bodard (Sub­ter­ra­ne­an Press /​ JAB­ber­wo­cky Lite­ra­ry Agen­cy)

Best Novelette

• “If at First You Don’t Suc­ceed, Try, Try Again,” by Zen Cho (B&N Sci-Fi and Fan­ta­sy Blog, 29 Novem­ber 2018)
• “The Last Ban­quet of Tem­po­ral Con­fec­tions,” by Tina Con­nol­ly (Tor​.com, 11 July 2018)
• “Nine Last Days on Pla­net Earth,” by Daryl Gre­go­ry (Tor​.com, 19 Sep­tem­ber 2018)
• The Only Harm­less Gre­at Thing, by Broo­ke Bol­an­der (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• “The Thing About Ghost Sto­ries,” by Nao­mi Krit­zer (Uncan­ny Maga­zi­ne 25, Novem­ber- Decem­ber 2018)
• “When We Were Starless,” by Simo­ne Hel­ler (Clar­kes­world 145, Octo­ber 2018)

Best Short Story

• “A Witch’s Gui­de to Escape: A Prac­ti­cal Com­pen­di­um of Por­tal Fan­ta­sies,” by Alix E. Har­row (Apex Maga­zi­ne, Febru­ary 2018)
• “The Court Magi­ci­an,” by Sarah Pins­ker (Lightspeed, Janu­ary 2018)
• “The Rose Mac­Gre­gor Drin­king and Admi­ra­ti­on Socie­ty,” by T. King­fi­sher (Uncan­ny Maga­zi­ne 25, Novem­ber-Decem­ber 2018)
• “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Tee­th of Geor­ge Washing­ton,” by P. Djè­lí Clark (Fire­si­de Maga­zi­ne, Febru­ary 2018)
• “STET,” by Sarah Gai­ley (Fire­si­de Maga­zi­ne, Octo­ber 2018)
• “The Tale of the Three Beau­tiful Rap­tor Sis­ters, and the Prin­ce Who Was Made of Meat,” by Broo­ke Bol­an­der (Uncan­ny Maga­zi­ne 23, July-August 2018)

Best Series

• Way­fa­rers, by Becky Cham­bers (Hod­der & Stough­ton /​ Har­per Voy­a­ger)
• The Cen­te­nal Cycle, by Mal­ka Older (Tor​.com Publi­shing)
• The Laun­dry Files, by Charles Stross (most recent­ly Tor​.com Publishing/​Orbit)
• Machi­ne­ries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee (Sola­ris)
• The Octo­ber Daye Series, by Seanan McGui­re (most recent­ly DAW)
• The Uni­ver­se of Xuya, by Ali­et­te de Bodard (most recent­ly Sub­ter­ra­ne­an Press)

Best Related Work

• Archi­ve of Our Own, a pro­ject of the Orga­niza­ti­on for Trans­for­ma­ti­ve Works
• Astoun­ding: John W. Camp­bell, Isaac Asi­mov, Robert A. Hein­lein, L. Ron Hub­bard, and the Gol­den Age of Sci­ence Fic­tion, by Alec Neva­la-Lee (Dey Street Books)
• The Hob­bit Duo­lo­gy (docu­men­ta­ry in three parts), writ­ten and edi­ted by Lind­say Ellis and Ange­li­na Mee­han (You­Tube)
• An Infor­mal Histo­ry of the Hugos: A Per­so­nal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953- 2000, by Jo Walt­on (Tor)
• www​.mexi​canxinitia​ti​ve​.com: The Mexi­canx Initia­ti­ve Expe­ri­ence at World­con 76 (Julia Rios, Libia Bren­da, Pablo Defen­di­ni, John Pica­cio)
• Ursu­la K. Le Guin: Con­ver­sa­ti­ons on Wri­ting, by Ursu­la K. Le Guin with David Nai­mon (Tin House Books)

Best Graphic Story

• Monstress, Volu­me 3: Haven, writ­ten by Mar­jo­rie Liu, art by Sana Take­da (Image Comics)
• Abbott, writ­ten by Sala­din Ahmed, art by Sami Kivelä, colours by Jason Wordie, let­ters by Jim Camp­bell (BOOM! Stu­di­os)
• Black Pan­ther: Long Live the King, writ­ten by Nne­di Oko­ra­for and Aaron Coving­ton, art by André Lima Araú­jo, Mario Del Pen­ni­no and Tana Ford (Mar­vel)
• On a Sun­beam, by Til­lie Wal­den (First Second)
• Paper Girls, Volu­me 4, writ­ten by Bri­an K. Vaug­han, art by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wil­son, let­ters by Jared K. Flet­cher (Image Comics)
• Saga, Volu­me 9, writ­ten by Bri­an K. Vaug­han, art by Fio­na Stap­les (Image Comics)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

• Spi­der-Man: Into the Spi­der-Ver­se, screen­play by Phil Lord and Rod­ney Roth­man, direc­ted by Bob Per­si­chet­ti, Peter Ram­sey and Rod­ney Roth­man (Sony)
• Anni­hi­la­ti­on, direc­ted and writ­ten for the screen by Alex Gar­land, based on the novel by Jeff Van­der­Meer (Para­mount Pic­tures /​ Sky­dance)
• Aven­gers: Infi­ni­ty War, screen­play by Chris­to­pher Mar­kus and Ste­phen McFee­ly, direc­ted by Antho­ny Rus­so and Joe Rus­so (Mar­vel Stu­di­os)
• Black Pan­ther, writ­ten by Ryan Coog­ler and Joe Robert Cole, direc­ted by Ryan Coog­ler (Mar­vel Stu­di­os)
• A Quiet Place, screen­play by Scott Beck, John Kras­in­ski and Bryan Woods, direc­ted by John Kras­in­ski (Pla­ti­num Dunes /​ Sun­day Night)
• Sor­ry to Bother You, writ­ten and direc­ted by Boots Riley (Anna­pur­na Pic­tures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• The Good Place: “Janet(s),” writ­ten by Josh Sie­gal & Dylan Mor­gan, direc­ted by Mor­gan Sackett (NBC)
• The Expan­se: “Abaddon’s Gate,” writ­ten by Dani­el Abra­ham, Ty Franck and Naren Shan­kar, direc­ted by Simon Cel­lan Jones (Pen­gu­in in a Parka /​ Alcon Enter­tain­ment)
• Doc­tor Who: “Demons of the Pun­jab,” writ­ten by Vin­ay Patel, direc­ted by Jamie Childs (BBC)
• Dir­ty Com­pu­ter, writ­ten by Janel­le Monáe, direc­ted by Andrew Dono­ho and Chuck Light­ning (Won­da­land Arts Socie­ty /​ Bad Boy Records /​ Atlan­tic Records)
• The Good Place: “Jere­my Bea­ri­my,” writ­ten by Megan Amram, direc­ted by Trent O’Donnell (NBC)
• Doc­tor Who: “Rosa,” writ­ten by Mal­orie Black­man and Chris Chib­nall, direc­ted by Mark Ton­derai (BBC)

Best Professional Editor, Long Form

• Navah Wol­fe
• Shei­la E. Gil­bert
• Anne Les­ley Groell
• Beth Meacham
• Dia­na Phở
• Gil­li­an Red­fearn

Best Professional Editor, Short Form

• Gard­ner Dozois
• Neil Clar­ke
• Lee Har­ris
• Julia Rios
• Lyn­ne M. Tho­mas and Micha­el Dami­an Tho­mas
• E. Cathe­ri­ne Tobler

Best Professional Artist

• Charles Vess
• Galen Dara
• Jai­me Jones
• Vic­to Ngai
• John Pica­cio
• Yuko Shi­mi­zu

Best Art Book

• The Books of Earth­sea: The Com­ple­te Illus­tra­ted Edi­ti­on, illus­tra­ted by Charles Vess, writ­ten by Ursu­la K. Le Guin (Saga Press /​Gollancz)
• Daydreamer’s Jour­ney: The Art of Julie Dil­lon, by Julie Dil­lon (self-published)
• Dun­ge­ons & Dra­gons Art & Arca­na: A Visu­al Histo­ry, by Micha­el Wit­wer, Kyle New­man, Jon Peter­son, Sam Wit­wer (Ten Speed Press)
• Spec­trum 25: The Best in Con­tem­po­ra­ry Fan­ta­stic Art, ed. John Fles­kes (Flesk Publi­ca­ti­ons)
• Spi­der-Man: Into the Spi­der-Ver­se – The Art of the Movie, by Ramin Zahed (Titan Books)
• Tol­ki­en: Maker of Midd­le-earth, ed. Cathe­ri­ne McIl­wai­ne (Bod­lei­an Libra­ry)

Best Semiprozine

• Uncan­ny Maga­zi­ne, publisher­s/e­di­tors-in-chief Lyn­ne M. Tho­mas and Micha­el Dami­an Tho­mas, mana­ging edi­tor Michi Tro­ta, pod­cast pro­du­cers Eri­ka Ensign and Ste­ven Scha­pan­sky, Dis­ab­led Peo­p­le Des­troy Sci­ence Fic­tion Spe­cial Issue edi­tors-in-chief Elsa Sjun­neson-Hen­ry and Domi­nik Pari­si­en
• Beneath Cea­se­l­ess Ski­es, edi­tor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
• Fire­si­de Maga­zi­ne, edi­ted by Julia Rios, mana­ging edi­tor Elsa Sjun­neson-Hen­ry, copy­edi­tor Chel­le Par­ker; social coör­di­na­tor Meg Frank, spe­cial fea­tures edi­tor Tanya DePass, foun­ding edi­tor Bri­an White, publisher and art direc­tor Pablo Defen­di­ni
• FIYAH Maga­zi­ne of Black Spe­cu­la­ti­ve Fic­tion, exe­cu­ti­ve edi­tors Troy L. Wig­gins and DaVaun San­ders, edi­tors L.D. Lewis, Bran­don O’Brien, Kaleb Rus­sell, Dan­ny Lore, and Brent Lam­bert
• Shim­mer, publisher Beth Wod­zinski, seni­or edi­tor E. Cathe­ri­ne Tobler
• Stran­ge Hori­zons, edi­ted by Jane Crow­ley, Kate Dol­lar­hyde, Vanes­sa Rose Phin, Vajra Chandra­se­kera, Romie Stott, Mau­re­en Kin­caid Spel­ler, and the Stran­ge Hori­zons Staff

Best Fanzine

• Lady Busi­ness, edi­tors Ira, Jodie, KJ, Ren­ay & Sus­an
• Galac­tic Jour­ney, foun­der Gideon Mar­cus, edi­tor Janice Mar­cus
• Jour­ney Pla­net, edi­ted by Team Jour­ney Pla­net
• nerds of a fea­ther, flock tog­e­ther, edi­tors Joe Sher­ry, Van­ce Kotrla and The G
• Quick Sip Reviews, edi­tor Charles Pay­seur
• Rocket Stack Rank, edi­tors Greg Hul­len­der and Eric Wong

Best Fancast

• Our Opi­ni­ons Are Cor­rect, hos­ted by Anna­lee Newitz and Char­lie Jane Anders
• Be the Ser­pent, pre­sen­ted by Alex­an­dra Row­land, Freya Mar­s­ke and Jen­ni­fer Mace
• The Coo­de Street Pod­cast, pre­sen­ted by Jona­than Stra­han and Gary K. Wol­fe
• Fan­girl Hap­py Hour, hos­ted by Ana Gri­lo and Ren­ay Wil­liams
• Galac­tic Sub­ur­bia, hos­ted by Ali­sa Kras­nostein, Alex­an­dra Pier­ce, and Tan­sy Ray­ner Roberts, pro­du­ced by Andrew Finch
• The Skiffy and Fan­ty Show, pro­du­ced by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke, hos­ted by the Skiffy and Fan­ty Crew

Best Fan Writer

• Foz Mea­dows
• James Davis Nicoll
• Charles Pay­seur
• Elsa Sjun­neson-Hen­ry
• Alasd­air Stuart
• Bogi Takács

Best Fan Artist

• Lik­hain (Mia Sere­no)
• Sara Felix
• Grace P. Fong
• Meg Frank
• Arie­la Hous­man
• Spring Schoen­huth

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

• Jean­nette Ng (2nd year of eli­gi­bi­li­ty)
• Kathe­ri­ne Arden (2nd year of eli­gi­bi­li­ty)
• S.A. Chakra­bor­ty (2nd year of eli­gi­bi­li­ty)
• R.F. Kuang (1st year of eli­gi­bi­li­ty)
• Vina Jie-Min Pra­sad (2nd year of eli­gi­bi­li­ty)
• Rivers Solo­mon (2nd year of eli­gi­bi­li­ty)

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

• Child­ren of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adey­e­mi (Hen­ry Holt /​ Macmil­lan Children’s Books)
• The Bel­les, by Dho­niel­le Clay­ton (Free­form /​ Gol­lan­cz)
• The Cruel Prin­ce, by Hol­ly Black (Litt­le, Brown /​ Hot Key Books)
• Dread Nati­on, by Jus­ti­na Ire­land (Bal­zer + Bray)
• The Inva­si­on, by Pea­dar O’Guilin (David Fick­ling Books /​ Scho­la­s­tic)
• Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hart­man (Ran­dom House /​ Pen­gu­in Teen)

 

1944 RETROSPECTIVE HUGO AWARD FINALISTS

Best Novel

• Con­ju­re Wife, by Fritz Lei­ber, Jr. (Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
• Earth’s Last Cita­del, by C.L. Moo­re and Hen­ry Kutt­ner (Argo­sy, April 1943)
• Gather, Dark­ness! by Fritz Lei­ber, Jr. (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, May-July 1943)
• Das Glas­per­len­spiel [The Glass Bead Game], by Her­mann Hes­se (Fretz & Was­muth)
• Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis (John Lane, The Bod­ley Head)
• The Wea­pon Makers, by A.E. van Vogt (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, Febru­ary-April 1943)

Best Novel­la

• The Litt­le Prin­ce, by Antoine de Saint-Exupé­ry (Rey­nal & Hitch­cock)
• “Atti­tu­de,” by Hal Cle­ment (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, Sep­tem­ber 1943)
• “Clash by Night,” by Law­rence O’Donnell (Hen­ry Kutt­ner & C.L. Moo­re) (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, March 1943)
• “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” by H.P. Love­craft, (Bey­ond the Wall of Sleep, Ark­ham House)
• The Magic Bed-Knob; or, How to Beco­me a Witch in Ten Easy Les­sons, by Mary Nor­ton (Hype­ri­on Press)
• “We Print the Truth,” by Antho­ny Bou­ch­er (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, Decem­ber 1943)

Best Nove­let­te

• “Mim­sy Were the Boro­go­ves,” by Lewis Pad­gett (C.L. Moo­re & Hen­ry Kutt­ner) (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, Febru­ary 1943)
• “Cita­del of Lost Ships,” by Leigh Bra­ckett (Pla­net Sto­ries, March 1943)
• “The Half­ling,” by Leigh Bra­ckett (Asto­nis­hing Sto­ries, Febru­ary 1943)
• “The Proud Robot,” by Lewis Pad­gett (Hen­ry Kutt­ner) (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, Febru­ary 1943)
• “Sym­bio­ti­ca,” by Eric Frank Rus­sell (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, Octo­ber 1943)
• “Thie­ves’ House,” by Fritz Lei­ber, Jr (Unknown Worlds, Febru­ary 1943)

Best Short Sto­ry

• “King of the Gray Spaces” (“R is for Rocket”), by Ray Brad­bu­ry (Famous Fan­ta­stic Mys­te­ries, Decem­ber 1943)
• “Death Sen­tence,” by Isaac Asi­mov (Astoun­ding Sci­ence Fic­tion, Novem­ber 1943)
• “Door­way into Time,” by C.L. Moo­re (Famous Fan­ta­stic Mys­te­ries, Sep­tem­ber 1943)
• “Exi­le,” by Edmond Hamil­ton (Super Sci­ence Sto­ries, May 1943)
• “Q.U.R.,” by H.H. Hol­mes (Antho­ny Bou­ch­er) (Astoun­ding Sci­ence-Fic­tion, March 1943)
• “Yours Tru­ly – Jack the Rip­per,” by Robert Bloch (Weird Tales, July 1943)

Best Gra­phic Sto­ry

• Won­der Woman #5: Batt­le for Woman­hood, writ­ten by Wil­liam Moul­ton Mar­s­ton, art by Har­ry G. Peter (DC Comics)
• Buck Rogers: Mar­ti­ans Inva­de Jupi­ter, by Phil­ip Now­lan and Dick Cal­kins (Natio­nal News­pa­per Ser­vice)
• Flash Gor­don: Fiery Desert of Mon­go, by Alex Ray­mond (King Fea­tures Syn­di­ca­te)
• Garth, by Ste­ve Dow­ling (Dai­ly Mir­ror)
• Pla­s­tic Man #1: The Game of Death, by Jack Cole (Vital Publi­ca­ti­ons)
• Le Secret de la Licor­ne [The Secret of the Uni­corn], by Her­gé (Le Soir)

Best Dra­ma­tic Pre­sen­ta­ti­on, Long Form

• Hea­ven Can Wait, writ­ten by Sam­son Rapha­el­son, direc­ted by Ernst Lubit­sch (20th Cen­tu­ry Fox)
• Bat­man, writ­ten by Vic­tor McLeod, Les­lie Swa­back­er and Har­ry L. Fraser, direc­ted by Lam­bert Hil­ly­er (Colum­bia Pic­tures)
• Cabin in the Sky, writ­ten by Joseph Schrank, direc­ted by Vin­cen­te Min­nel­li and Bus­by Ber­ke­ley (uncre­di­ted) (MGM)
• A Guy Named Joe, writ­ten by Fre­de­rick Haz­litt Brennan and Dal­ton Trumbo, direc­ted by Vic­tor Fle­ming (MGM)
• Münch­hau­sen, writ­ten by Erich Käst­ner and Rudolph Erich Ras­pe, direc­ted by Josef von Báky (UFA)
• Phan­tom of the Ope­ra, writ­ten by Eric Tay­lor, Samu­el Hof­fen­stein and Hans Jaco­by, direc­ted by Arthur Lubin (Uni­ver­sal Pic­tures)

Best Dra­ma­tic Pre­sen­ta­ti­on, Short Form

• Fran­ken­stein Meets the Wolf­man, writ­ten by Curt Siod­mak, direc­ted by Roy Wil­liam Neill (Uni­ver­sal Pic­tures)
• The Ape Man, writ­ten by Bar­ney A. Sare­cky, direc­ted by Wil­liam Beau­di­ne (Ban­ner Pro­duc­tions)
• Der Fuehrer’s Face, sto­ry by Joe Grant and Dick Hue­mer, direc­ted by Jack Kin­ney (Dis­ney)
• I Wal­ked With a Zom­bie, writ­ten by Curt Siod­mak and Ardel Wray, direc­ted by Jac­ques Tour­neur (RKO Radio Pic­tures)
• The Seventh Vic­tim, writ­ten by Charles O’Neal and DeWitt Bodeen, direc­ted by Mark Rob­son (RKO Radio Pic­tures)
• Super-Rab­bit, writ­ten by Tedd Pier­ce, direc­ted by Charles M. Jones (War­ner Bros)

Best Pro­fes­sio­nal Edi­tor, Short Form

• John W. Camp­bell
• Oscar J. Fri­end
• Mary Gnae­din­ger
• Doro­thy McIl­wraith
• Ray­mond A. Pal­mer
• Donald A. Woll­heim

Best Pro­fes­sio­nal Artist

• Vir­gil Fin­lay
• Han­nes Bok
• Mar­ga­ret Brunda­ge
• Antoine de Saint-Exupé­ry
• J. Allen St. John
• Wil­liam Timm­ins

Best Fan­zine

• Le Zom­bie, edi­tor Wil­son “Bob” Tucker
• Gute­to, edi­ted by Morojo (Myrt­le R. Dou­glas)
• Futu­ri­an War Digest, edi­tor J. Micha­el Rosen­blum
• The Phan­ta­graph, edi­tor Donald A. Woll­heim
• Voice of the Ima­gi-Nati­on, edi­tors Jack Erman (For­rest J Acker­man) & Morojo (Myrt­le Dou­glas)
• YHOS, edi­tor Art Wid­ner

Note: An error in the ori­gi­nal vote tal­ly for the 1944 Retro Hugo Awards pla­ced Fan­ta­sy News by edi­tor Wil­liam S. Syko­ra on the fina­list bal­lot ins­tead of Gute­to, edi­ted by Morojo (Myrt­le R. Dou­glas). Wri­te-in votes for Gute­to on pre­vious­ly prin­ted hard copy ver­si­ons of the bal­lot will be accept­ed.

Best Fan Wri­ter

• For­rest J. Acker­man
• Morojo (Myrt­le Dou­glas)
• Jack Speer
• Wil­son “Bob” Tucker
• Art Wid­ner
• Donald A. Woll­heim

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