Hugo Award Winners

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Aug 102008
 

Tor.com has the list of this year’s winners, including

    Oh, and that Scalzi guy won something too. 😉

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    1. Inkling says:
      August 10, 2008 at 3:39 pm

      Stardust, really? That makes me dubious of the other Hugo winners.

    2. Raph says:
      August 10, 2008 at 4:52 pm

      The other nominees were the first season of Heroes, the latest Potter movie, Enchanted, and the Golden Compass movie. I would have given the nod to Heroes, myself, but Stardust would certainly be in my second slot.

      And don’t forget, people LOVE Neil Gaiman’s stuff. I am guessing many might have voted for it out of affection for the book.

    3. Skip says:
      August 10, 2008 at 6:04 pm

      For the best novel nominees that would have been my fifth choice. I just found it totally unreadable. Last Colony would have been my first choice, then Brasyl, then Halting State. I didn’t read the other one, but I’d have voted for it ahead of the one that won because I can’t imagine I’d have liked it less.

    4. Matt Mihaly says:
      August 10, 2008 at 7:48 pm

      Wow, that’s a pretty weak set of nominees for the movie category. I realize there isn’t a lot to choose from but it really makes the movie category seem superfluous when you have to nominate a movie like the Golden Compass (with its whopping 41% Rotten Tomatoes / 51% Metacritic).

      I like the Hugos because they highlight sci-fi/fantasy literature. Their movie nominees seem incredibly fluffy by comparison. I can’t think of a year when five quality sci-fi/fantasy movies were released. Why bother?

      –matt

    5. Scopique says:
      August 11, 2008 at 10:00 am

      That GAWD “Blink” won…that episode still scares the bajeezus out of me.

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