Das haben die Science-Fiction-Fans nicht vorhergesehen: die 78. WorldCon findet jetzt nicht wie geplant vom 29. Juli bis zum 2. August 2020 in Neuseeland, sondern im Internet statt. Damit verläuft die jährliche Verleihung der Hugos auch anders als geplant – und wir können sie wahrscheinlich zum Frühstück verfolgen.
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Die Finalisten sind:
Best Novel
The City in the Middle of the Night, von Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
Gideon the Ninth, von Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
The Light Brigade, von Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK)
A Memory Called Empire, von Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
Middlegame, von Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, von Alix E. Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)
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Best Novella
“Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, von Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador)
The Deep, von Rivers Solomon, mit Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)
The Haunting of Tram Car 015, von P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
In an Absent Dream, von Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
This Is How You Lose the Time War, von Amal El-Mohtar und Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)
To Be Taught, If Fortunate, von Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
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Best Novelette
“The Archronology of Love”, von Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019)
“Away With the Wolves”, von Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019)
“The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, von Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July-August 2019)
Emergency Skin, von N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))
“For He Can Creep”, von Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)
“Omphalos”, von Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
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Best Short Story
“And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, von Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019)
“As the Last I May Know”, von S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)
“Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, von Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)
“A Catalog of Storms”, von Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2019)
“Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, von Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)
“Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, von Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019)
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Best Series
The Expanse, von James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
InCryptid, von Seanan McGuire (DAW)
Luna, von Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
Planetfall series, von Emma Newman (Ace; Gollancz)
Winternight Trilogy, von Katherine Arden (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)
The Wormwood Trilogy, von Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK) (HINWEIS: Bei Golkonda erschien kürzlich „Rose Water“, der erste Band der Wormwood-Trilogie.)
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Best Related Work
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood, von J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)
Joanna Russ, von Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, von Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square)
The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, von Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)
“2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, von Jeannette Ng
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produziert und gedreht von Arwen Curry
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Best Graphic Story or Comic
Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, von Kieron Gillen und Stephanie Hans, Lettering von Clayton Cowles (Image)
LaGuardia, geschrieben von Nnedi Okorafor, gezeichnet von Tana Ford, Farben von James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)
Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, geschrieben von Marjorie Liu, gezeichnet von Sana Takeda (Image)
Mooncakes, von Wendy Xu und Suzanne Walker, Lettering von Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)
The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: Okay, von Kieron Gillen und Jamie McKelvie, Farben von Matt Wilson, Lettering von Clayton Cowles (Image)
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Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Good Omens, Drehbuch von Neil Gaiman, Regie Douglas Mackinnon (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios/Narrativia/The Blank Corporation)
Russian Doll (Season One), erfunden von Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland und Amy Poehler, Regie Leslye Headland, Jamie Babbit und Natasha Lyonne (3 Arts Entertainment/Jax Media/Netflix/Paper Kite Productions/Universal Television)
Us, Drehbuch und Regie Jordan Peele (Monkeypaw Productions/Universal Pictures)
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Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Good Place: “The Answer”, Drehbuch von Daniel Schofield, Regie Valeria Migliassi Collins (Fremulon/3 Arts Entertainment/Universal Television)
The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, Drehbuch von Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck und Naren Shankar, Regie Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video)
Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, Drehbuch von Jeff Jensen und Damon Lindelof, Regie Nicole Kassell (HBO)
The Mandalorian: “Redemption”, Drehbuch von Jon Favreau, Regie Taika Waititi (Disney+)
Doctor Who: “Resolution”, Drehbuch von Chris Chibnall, Regie Wayne Yip (BBC)
Watchmen: “This Extraordinary Being”, Drehbuch von Damon Lindelof und Cord Jefferson, Regie Stephen Williams (HBO)
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Best Editor, Short Form
Neil Clarke
Ellen Datlow
C.C. Finlay
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
Sheila Williams
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Best Editor, Long Form
Sheila E. Gilbert
Brit Hvide
Diana M. Pho
Devi Pillai
Miriam Weinberg
Navah Wolfe
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Best Professional Artist
Tommy Arnold
Rovina Cai
Galen Dara
John Picacio
Yuko Shimizu
Alyssa Winans
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Best Semiprozine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio producers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart
Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White
FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell
Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff
Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
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Best Fanzine
The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James
Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and Victoria Silverwolf
Journey Planet, editors James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, John Coxon and Steven H Silver
nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G
Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Best Fancast
Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & presented by Claire Rousseau
The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, producer Andrew Finch
Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen Zink and Shaun Duke
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Best Fan Writer
Cora Buhlert
James Davis Nicoll
Alasdair Stuart
Bogi Takács
Paul Weimer
Adam Whitehead
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Best Fan Artist
Iain Clark
Sara Felix
Grace P. Fong
Meg Frank
Ariela Housman
Elise Matthesen
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Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
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Astounding Award for the Best New Science Fiction Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines
Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)
R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)
Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility)
Nibedita Sen (2nd year of eligibility)
Tasha Suri (2nd year of eligibility)
Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility)
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1945 Retro Hugo Award Finalists
Best Novel
The Golden Fleece, von Robert Graves (Cassell)
Land of Terror, von Edgar Rice Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.)
“Shadow Over Mars” (The Nemesis from Terra), von Leigh Brackett (Startling Stories, Fall 1944)
Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord, von Olaf Stapledon (Secker & Warburg)
The Wind on the Moon, von Eric Linklater (Macmillan)
“The Winged Man”, von A.E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull (Astounding Science Fiction, May-June 1944)
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Best Novella
“The Changeling”, von A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944)
“A God Named Kroo”, von Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1944)
“Intruders from the Stars”, von Ross Rocklynne (Amazing Stories, January 1944)
“The Jewel of Bas”, von Leigh Brackett (Planet Stories, Spring 1944)
“Killdozer!”, von Theodore Sturgeon (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944)
“Trog”, von Murray Leinster (Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944)
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Best Novelette
“Arena”, von Fredric Brown (Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944) (HINWEIS: deutscher Titell „Arena“, zuletzt erschienen bei Golkonda in Robert Silverberg, Hrsg.: Hall of Fame Science-Fiction – Die besten Storys 1934 – 1948)
“The Big and the Little” (“The Merchant Princes”), von Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, August 1944)
“The Children’s Hour”, von Lawrence O’Donnell (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1944)
“City”, von Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1944)
“No Woman Born”, von C.L. Moore (Astounding Science Fiction, December 1944)
“When the Bough Breaks”, von Lewis Padgett (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944)
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Best Short Story
“And the Gods Laughed”, von Fredric Brown (Planet Stories, Spring 1944)
“Desertion”, von Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944)
“Far Centaurus”, von A. E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction, January 1944)
“Huddling Place”, von Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1944) (HINWEIS: deutscher Titel „Zuflucht“, zuletzt erschienen bei Golkonda in Robert Silverberg, Hrsg.: Hall of Fame Science-Fiction – Die besten Storys 1934 – 1948)
“I, Rocket”, von Ray Bradbury (Amazing Stories, May 1944)
“The Wedge” (“The Traders”), von Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944)
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Best Series
Captain Future, von Brett Sterling
The Cthulhu Mythos, von H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, und anderen
Doc Savage, von Kenneth Robeson/Lester Dent
Jules de Grandin, von Seabury Quinn
Pellucidar, von Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Shadow, von Maxwell Grant (Walter B. Gibson)
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Best Related Work
Fancyclopedia, von Jack Speer (Forrest J. Ackerman)
’42 To ’44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behavior During the Crisis of the World Revolution, von H.G. Wells (Secker & Warburg)
Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom, von George Gamow (Cambridge University Press)
Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere, von Willy Ley (Viking Press)
“The Science-Fiction Field”, von Leigh Brackett (Writer’s Digest, July 1944)
“The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal”, von Fritz Leiber (The Acolyte, Fall 1944)
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Best Graphic Story or Comic
Buck Rogers: “Hollow Planetoid”, von Dick Calkins (National Newspaper Service)
Donald Duck: “The Mad Chemist”, von Carl Barks (Dell Comics)
Flash Gordon: “Battle for Tropica”, von Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate)
Flash Gordon: “Triumph in Tropica”, von Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate)
The Spirit: “For the Love of Clara Defoe”, von Manly Wade Wellman, Lou Fine und Don Komisarow (Register and Tribune Syndicate)
Superman: “The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk”, von Jerry Siegel und Joe Shuster (Detective Comics, Inc.)
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Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Canterville Ghost, Drehbuch von Edwin Harvey Blum, nach einer Geschichte von Oscar Wilde, Regie Jules Dassin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM))
The Curse of the Cat People, Drehbuch von DeWitt Bodeen, Regie Gunther V. Fritsch und Robert Wise (RKO Radio Pictures)
Donovan’s Brain, adaptiert von Robert L. Richards, nach einer Geschichte von Curt Siodmak, Regie William Spier (CBS Radio Network)
House of Frankenstein, Drehbuch von Edward T. Lowe, Jr., nach einer Geschichte von Curt Siodmak, Regie Erle C. Kenton (Universal Pictures)
The Invisible Man’s Revenge, Drehbuch von Bertram Millhauser, Regie Ford Beebe (Universal Pictures)
It Happened Tomorrow, Drehbuch und Adaption von Dudley Nichols und René Clair, Regie René Clair (Arnold Pressburger Films)
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Best Editor, Short Form
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Oscar J. Friend
Mary Gnaedinger
Dorothy McIlwraith
Raymond A. Palmer
W. Scott Peacock
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Best Professional Artist
Earle Bergey
Margaret Brundage
Boris Dolgov
Matt Fox
Paul Orban
William Timmins
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Best Fanzine
The Acolyte, edited by Francis T. Laney and Samuel D. Russell
Diablerie, edited by Bill Watson
Futurian War Digest, edited by J. Michael Rosenblum
Shangri L’Affaires, edited by Charles Burbee
Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited by Forrest J. Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas
Le Zombie, edited by Bob Tucker and E.E. Evans
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Best Fan Writer
Fritz Leiber
Morojo/Myrtle R. Douglas
J. Michael Rosenblum
Jack Speer
Bob Tucker
Harry Warner, Jr.
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