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Since a number of MobileRead participants are SF fans, I thought the winners of the 2008 Hugo Awards, just announced by Denvention, might be of interest:
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And for science, I've checked to see which of the work-specific-award–winners are available in electronic editions. I’ve re-arranged and cut a few of the items for my convenience.
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Novel: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
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None of Chabon's books seem to be available as e-books. Is he anti–e-book?
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Novella: "All Seated on the Ground" by Connie Willis (Asimov's Dec. 2007; Subterranean Press)
Short Story: "Tideline" by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov's June 2007)
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Asimov’s has an electronic edition (through Fictionwise), but only has the most recent few issues available for sale – I’m not sure if this a policy they’ve settled on or because they’ve just started doing an electronic edition. They do however have all the Hugo-nominees (and Nebula winners) they ran available for free from their web site.
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Novelette: "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (Subterranean Press; F&SF Sept. 2007)
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F&SF also has an electronic edition (again through Fictionwise), and appears to have every issue they’ve done electronically available for sale, running several years back.
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Non-fiction Book: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction by Jeff Prucher (Oxford University Press)
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Not available as an e-book. OUP seems to be starting to do the e-book thing, although so far I’ve only seen their books as PDFs and for the Kindle.
This has me wondering how SF-award e-book coverage over the past few years compares with that of general literary awards. I’d have thought it would be higher, but looking at this, perhaps not.