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Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

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The results of the 2007 Hugo Awards, as announced at Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention, in Yokohama, Japan, on September 1st 2007, are as follows:

* Best Novel: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge [Tor, 2006]
* Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” by Robert Reed [Asimov’s Oct/Nov 2006]
* Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald [Asimov’s July 2006]
* Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” by Tim Pratt [Asimov’s July 2006]
* Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon by Julie Phillips [St. Martin’s Press, 2006]
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro [Picturehouse]
* Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who - “Girl in the Fireplace” (2006) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn [BBC Wales/BBC1]

I liked the Doctor Who episode. Rainbows End I've read about a third of the way through -- I like Vernor Vinge, but I hit a dull patch about cyberspace stuff in the book, and haven't gotten back to it yet.

Anybody read any of the others?

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Ebook readers can check out some of the nomineees for free from Fictionwise.com.

Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :

Vinge has a new (to me) novel out? A fine time to be broke. [Frown]

Thanks for the tip Chris. You don't have to have an eBook--all the free Hugo stories are available in Adobe .pdf format too. I just joined Fictionwise and downloaded all of them.