The 2011 Hugo Award Nominations are as follows:
Best Novel
Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra);
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen);
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz, Pyr);
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit);
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin (Orbit)
Horror author Mira Grant has won her first Hugo Award, while N.K. Jemison wins her second consecutive nomination. At the other extreme, Ian McDonald wins his third novel nomination and his seventh in total, Connie Willis' Best Novel nomination is her fourth for Best Novel (she has won on two out of three occasions) and her twenty-third in total. And Lois McMaster Bujold wins her ninth novel nod, and her eleventh in total; she has won on four previous occasions, tying with Robert A. Heinlein. Were she to win this year, she would become the most successful novelist in SF history.
Best Novella
"The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window" by Rachel Swirsky
(Subterranean Magazine);
"The Lifecycle of Software Objects" by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Magazine);
"The Maiden Flight of McCauley's Bellerophon" by Elizabeth Hand
(Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow);
"The Sultan of the Clouds" by Geoffrey A Landis (Asimov's, September 2010);
"Troika" by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club).
Rachel Swirsky has her second consecutive Hugo nomination, while Elizabeth Hand is a Hugo debutante. Surprisingly "Troika" also earns Alastair Reynolds his first nomination, At the other extreme, Geoffrey A. Landis earns his seventh nomination, and his first in eight years since his solitary win. Ted Chiang earns his eighth. He has won with his last three nominations.
Best Novelette
"Eight Miles by Sean McMullen" (Analog, September 2010);
"The Emperor of Mars" by Allen M. Steele (Asimov's, June 2010);
"The Jaguar House, in Shadow" by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov's, July 2010);
"Plus or Minus" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's, December 2010);
"That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made" by Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010).
Australian Sean McMullen and French author Aliette de Bodard become the latest writers from outside North America to appear on a Hugo ballot; Eric James Stone also makes his first appearance. James Patrick Kelly has won twice in eight previous attempts, but not for twelve years -his last four appearances have seen him lose out. Unlike other categories, the traditional magazines dominate at novelette length.
Best Short Story
"Amaryllis" by Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010);
"For Want of a Nail" by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov's, September 2010);
"Ponies" by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010);
"The Things" by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010).
Only Carrie Vaughn has not a previous nomination; Peter Watts won last year's novelette, at his second attempt. Mary Robinette Kowal was nominated in the same category twoyears ago, while this is Kij Johnson's third consecutive nomination at this length. There were only four stories because the fifth in the preliminary ballot failed to gain the requisite 5% of the votes.
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Colin Harvey - Author six novels, and editor of four anthologies; professional reviewer since 2003, including six years at Strange Horizons. Member of ...
