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Hugo Award Nominees
The Hugo Award nominees have been posted (here), and the written word categories are as follows:
Best Novel (1595 nominating ballots) Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK) Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK) Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK) Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles, Larry Correia (Baen Books) The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books) Best Novella (847 nominating ballots) The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press) “The Chaplain’s Legacy”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013) “Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013) Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press) “Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013) Best Novelette (728 nominating ballots) “Opera Vita Aeterna”, Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands) “The Exchange Officers”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013) “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013) “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013) “The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam) Best Short Story (865 nominating ballots) “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013) “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013) “Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013) “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013) I'm a big fan of Ancillary Justice, so I'm hoping that gets the nod for best novel, even though it's apparently competing with the entirety of the Wheel of Time series. Tor.com is has their Hugo nominated stories collected and free online here. |
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04-20-2014, 10:23 PM
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Didn't think much about novella, novelette and short story until I saw this list.
What's the difference? 1. Short Story: 3,500 - 7,500 Words 2. Novelette: 7,500 - 17,000 words 3. Novella: 17,000 - 40,000 Words 4. Novels: 40,000+ Words http://hunbbel-meer.hubpages.com/hub...la-And-A-Novel |
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