The 74th Hugo Award winners were just announced at the World Science Fiction convention, MidAmeriCon II, in Kansas City. The big draw about the Hugos, is unlike the Nebula Awards, the votes are cast by people at the convention.
Last year, the Hugo’s lost in a quagmire of controversy. A small collective of people under the name “Sad Puppies” and a rival group “Rabid Puppies” who are disheartened with the “touchy feely” decline of science fiction into a genre that allows gay couples and women who don’t have giant breasts to exist. The groups have garnered enough voting support to send their favorites to the top of the lists, then have seemingly been quite open about achieving their goals.
BEST NOVEL
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
BEST NOVELLA
BEST NOVELETTE
“Folding Beijing” by Hao Jingfang
BEST SHORT STORY
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
The Sandman: Overture written by Neil Gaiman
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
The Martian screenplay by Drew Goddard, directed by Ridley Scott (Scott Free Productions; Kinberg Genre; TSG Entertainment; 20th Century Fox)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
Jessica Jones: “AKA Smile” written by Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, and Jamie King, directed by Michael Rymer (Marvel Television; ABC Studios; Tall Girls Productions;Netflix)
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Ellen Datlow
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Sheila E. Gilbert
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Abigail Larson
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Uncanny Magazine edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, and Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
BEST FANZINE
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
BEST FAN WRITER
Mike Glyer
BEST FAN ARTIST
Steve Stiles
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.