Hugo Awards 2024

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Here we go again.

Nach den skandalösen Hugos des letzten Jahres besteht Grund zur Hoffnung, dass diesmal alles mit rechten Dingen zugehen wird. Ziemlich viel Chinesisches findet sich diesmal in allen Kategorien.

Die Nominierten sind:

Best Novel (1,420 ballots cast for 576 nominees.)

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager; Harper Voyager UK) (deutsch: „Die Abenteuer der Piratin Amina al-Sirafi“ erschienen bei Panini)
The Saint of Bright Doors, Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
Translation State, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh (Tordotcom; Orbit UK) (deutsch: Die letzte Heldin, angekündigt von Heyne für den 12.6.24)
Witch King, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)

Best Novella (962 ballots cast for 187 nominees.)

“Seeds of Mercury”, Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
Rose/House, Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
The Mimicking of Known Successes, Malka Older (Tordotcom)
Mammoths at the Gates, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
“Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet”, He Xi / 人生不相见, 何夕,translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)

Best Novelette (755 ballots cast for 212 nominees.)

I AM AI, Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
“The Year Without Sunshine”, Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny 11-12/23)
“One Man’s Treasure”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 1-2/23)
“Ivy, Angelica, Bay”, C.L. Polk (Tor.com 12/8/23)
“Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition”, Gu Shi /〈2181序曲〉再版导言, 顾适, translated by Emily Jen (Clarkesworld 2/23)
“On the Fox Roads”, Nghi Vo (Tor.com 10/31/23)

Best Short Story (720 ballots cast for 612 nominees.

美食三品, 宝树 / “Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”, Baoshu (银河边缘013：黑域密室 / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)
“How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub”, P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny 1-2/23)
“The Mausoleum’s Children”, Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny 5-6/23)
“The Sound of Children Screaming”, Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare 10/23)
“Better Living Through Algorithms”, Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 5/23)
“Answerless Journey”, Han Song / 没有答案的航程, 韩松, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)

Best Series (677 ballots cast for 228 nominees.)

The Universe of Xuya, Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky Literary Agency; Subterranean; Uncanny; et al.)
Imperial Radch, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Last Binding, Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
October Daye, Seanan McGuire (DAW)
The Laundry Files, Charles Stross (Tordotcom; Orbit UK)
The Final Architecture, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

Best Graphic Story or Comic (457 ballots cast for 256 nominees.)

Bea Wolf
Saga, Volume 11
Shubeik Lubeik; as Your Wish Is My Command
三体漫画:第一部 / The Three Body Problem, Part One
The Witches of World War 2
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

Best Related Work (775 ballots cast for 246 nominees.)

The Culture: The Drawings, Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
中国科幻口述史, 第二卷, 第三卷, 杨枫 / Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volumes 2 and 3, Yang Feng, ed. (8-Light Minutes Culture; Chengdu Time Press)
All These Worlds, Niall Harrison (Briardene)
A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller, Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan (Academia Lunare)
A City on Mars, Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books) (deutsch: „Unsere Zukunft steht in den Sternen: Wie wir bald den Mars besiedeln (oder auch nicht“ ab 16.4.24 bei Riva)
雨果X访谈, 王雅婷 / Discover X, interviews presented by Tina Wong

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (763 ballots cast for 189 nominees.)

Barbie
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Nimona
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
流浪地球2 / The Wandering Earth II

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (490 ballots cast for 318 nominees.)

Doctor Who: “The Giggle”
Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
Loki: “Glorious Purpose
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody”
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Those Old Scientists”

Best Game or Interactive Work (334 ballots cast for 165 nominees.)

Alan Wake 2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Chants of Sennaar
DREDGE
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Best Editor, Short Form (530 ballots cast for 179 nominees.)

Scott H. Andrews
Neil Clarke
杨枫 / Yang Feng
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
刘维佳 / Liu Weijia

Best Editor, Long Form (254 ballots cast for 103 nominees.)

Ruoxi Chen
姚海军 / Yao Haijun
Lindsey Hall
Lee Harris
Kelly Lonesome
David Thomas Moore

Best Professional Artist (270 ballots cast for 219 nominees.)

Micaela Alcaino
Rovina Cai
Galen Dara
Dan Dos Santos
Tristan Elwell
Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine (338 ballots cast for 82 nominees.)

Escape Pod
FIYAH Literary Magazine
GigaNotoSaurus
khōréō
Strange Horizons
Uncanny

Best Fanzine (286 ballots cast for 80 nominees.)

Black Nerd Problems
The Full Lid
Idea
Journey Planet
Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together
Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog

Best Fancast (693 ballots cast for 230 nominees.)

The Coode Street Podcast
Hugos There
Octothorpe
Publishing Rodeo
科幻Fans布玛 / Science Fiction Fans Buma
Worldbuilding for Masochists

Best Fan Writer (363 ballots cast for 134 nominees.)

Bitter Karella
James Davis Nicoll
Jason Sanford
Alasdair Stuart
Paul Weimer
Örjan Westin

Best Fan Artist (180 ballots cast for 96 nominees.)

Iain J. Clark
Sara Felix
Dante Luiz
Laya Rose
Alison Scott
España Sheriff

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book [Not a Hugo Award] (345 ballots cast for 178 nominees.)

Promises Stronger than Darkness, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen)
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
Abeni’s Song, P. Djèlí Clark (Starscape)
Unraveller, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
Liberty’s Daughter, Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix (Katherine Tegen Books; Gollancz; Allen & Unwin)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (349 ballots cast for 167 nominees.)

Moniquill Blackgoose
Sunyi Dean*
Ai Jiang*
Hannah Kaner
Em X. Liu
Xiran Jay Zhao**
*Finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility.

** Zhao’s eligibility was extended at the request of Astounding Award sponsor Dell Magazines (Anmerkung Doop: Zhao war eine der Leidtragenden der letztjährigen Schiebereien, daher offenbar diese Entscheidung)

The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but declined nomination.

Best Novel: System Collapse, Martha Wells
Best Novelette: 极北之地, 海漄 / “The Far North”, Hai Ya
Best Related Work: Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood’s promotional tweets for This Is How You Lose the Time War
Best Editor, Long Form: Natasha Bardon
Best Fan Writer: Camestros Felapton

The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but were not eligible for specific reasons.

Best Novel: 天帆 江波 / Cosmo Wings, Jiang Bo — publication in 2024.
Best Fancast: 雨果X访谈, 王雅婷 / Discover X, interviews presented by Tina Wong — professional production — also qualified in the Best Related Work category.
Best Fancast: 铥铥科幻电波 / Diu Diu Sci Fi Radio — also a professional production.

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Bilder zu den Novellen:

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Von den Covern her gefällt mir "Some desperate Glory" am besten.

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