Interaction, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention to be held in Glasgow, August 4-8, 2005, has released nominations for this year's Hugo Awards. The competiting top 5 novels are:
The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks;
Iron Council by China Miéville;
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross;
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke; and
River of Gods by Ian McDonald.
Sources:
Slashdot and
Locus Online.