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Titolo: FINALISTS: 2009 Hugo Awards

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/03/finalists-2009-hugo-awards/
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The 2009 Hugo Awards, honoring works first published in 2008 or works
first published in 2008 in the US that were published in a previous year
outside the US, have been announced:
(Story titles link to free, online versions.)
BEST NOVEL
    * Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK) [See SF Signal
review]
    * The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
    * Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
    * Saturn's Childrenby Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
    * Zoe's Taleby John Scalzi (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
BEST NOVELLA
    * "The Erdmann Nexus" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
    * "The Political Prisoner" by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF Aug 2008)
    * "The Tear" by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires) [See SF Signal review]
    * "True Names" by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward
2) [See SF Signal review]
    * "Truth" by Robert Reed (Asimov's Oct/Nov 2008)
BEST NOVELETTE
    * "Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's
Jan 2008)
    * "The Gambler" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2) [See SF Signal
review]
    * "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel (F&SF Jan 2008)
    * "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" by James Alan Gardner (Asimov's Feb 2008)
    * "Shoggoths in Bloom" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's Mar 2008)
BEST SHORT STORY
    * "26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss" by Kij Johnson (Asimov's Jul 2008)
    * "Article of Faith" by Mike Resnick (Baen's Universe Oct 2008)
    * "Evil Robot Monkey" by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of
New Science Fiction, Volume Two) [See SF Signal review]
    * "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two) [See SF Signal review]
    * "From Babel's Fall'n Glory We Fled" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's
Feb 2008)
BEST RELATED BOOK
    * Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan University Press)
    * Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art by Cathy
Fenner & Arnie Fenner, eds. (Underwood Books)
    * The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold by
Lillian Stewart Carl & John Helfers, eds. (Baen)
    * What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid
(Beccon Publications)
    * Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 by
John Scalzi (Subterranean Press)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
    * The Dresden Files: "Welcome to the Jungle" Written by Jim Butcher,
art by Ardian Syaf (Del Rey/Dabel Brothers Publishing)
    * Girl Genius, Volume 8: "Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones"
Written by Kaja & Phil Foglio, art by Phil Foglio, colors by Cheyenne
Wright (Airship Entertainment)
    * Fables: "War and Pieces" Written by Bill Willingham, pencilled by
Mark Buckingham, art by Steve Leialoha and Andrew Pepoy, color by Lee
Loughridge, letters by Todd Klein (DC/Vertigo Comics)
    * Schlock Mercenary: "The Body Politic" Written, art by Howard
Tayler (The Tayler Corporation)
    * Serenity: "Better Days" Written by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews,
art by Will Conrad, color by Michelle Madsen, cover by Jo Chen (Dark
Horse Comics)
    * Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: "Whys and Wherefores" Written/created
by Brian K. Vaughan, pencilled/created by Pia Guerra, inked by Jose
Marzan, Jr. (DC/Vertigo Comics)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
    * The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer, story;
Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, screenplay; based on characters
created by Bob Kane; Christopher Nolan, director (Warner Brothers)
    * Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola,
story; Guillermo del Toro, screenplay; based on the comic by Mike
Mignola; Guillermo del Toro, director (Dark Horse, Universal)
    * Iron Man Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway,
screenplay; based on characters created by Stan Lee & Don Heck & Larry
Lieber & Jack Kirby; Jon Favreau, director (Paramount, Marvel Studios)
    * METAtropolis edited by John Scalzi; Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake,
Tobias Buckell, John Scalzi, and Karl Schroeder, writers (Audible Inc.)
    * WALL-E Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter, story; Andrew Stanton & Jim
Reardon, screenplay; Andrew Stanton, director (Pixar/Walt Disney)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
    * Lost: "The Constant" , Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof, writers;
Jack Bender, director (Bad Robot, ABC studios)
    * Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Joss Whedon, & Zack Whedon, &
Jed Whedon, & Maurissa Tancharoen, writers; Joss Whedon, director
(Mutant Enemy)
    * Battlestar Galactica: "Revelations" , Bradley Thompson & David
Weddle, writers; Michael Rymer, director (NBC Universal)
    * Doctor Who: "Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead" ,
Steven Moffat, writer; Euros Lyn, director (BBC Wales)
    * Doctor Who: "Turn Left" , Russell T. Davies, writer; Graeme
Harper, director (BBC Wales)
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
    * Ellen Datlow
    * Stanley Schmidt
    * Jonathan Strahan
    * Gordon Van Gelder
    * Sheila Williams
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
    * Lou Anders
    * Ginjer Buchanan
    * David G. Hartwell
    * Beth Meacham
    * Patrick Nielsen Hayden
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
    * Daniel Dos Santos
    * Bob Eggleton
    * Donato Giancola
    * John Picacio
    * Shaun Tan
BEST SEMIPROZINE
    * Clarkesworld Magazine edited by Neil Clarke, Nick Mamatas, & Sean
Wallace
    * Interzone edited by Andy Cox
    * Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen
Trombi
    * The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer,
Kris Dikeman, David G. Hartwell, & Kevin J. Maroney
    * Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal
BEST FAN WRITER
    * Chris Garcia
    * John Hertz
    * Dave Langford
    * Cheryl Morgan
    * Steven H Silver
BEST FANZINE
    * Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
    * Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
    * Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
    * The Drink Tank edited by Chris Garcia
    * Electric Velocipede edited by John Klima
    * File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
BEST FAN ARTIST
    * Alan F. Beck
    * Brad W. Foster
    * Sue Mason
    * Taral Wayne
    * Frank Wu
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
    * Aliette de Bodard
    * David Anthony Durham
    * Felix Gilman
    * Tony Pi
    * Gord Sellar
Congratulations to all the nominees!
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good that Zathras does not mind, has even grown to like it.

     * Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor) [See SF Signal review]
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