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2008 Hugo Awards nominees announced; several UK authors shortlisted

Posted in: Press Room on 21st March 2008 by UKSFBN admin

The nominees for this year's Hugo Awards have been posted to the 2008 Worldcon website.

Several UK-based authors, writers and publications have made this year's shortlist, including:

  • Best Novel: Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
  • Best Novel: Halting State by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
  • Best Short Story: 'Last Contact' by Stephen Baxter (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, ed. by George Mann, Solaris Books)
  • Best Short Story: 'Who's Afraid of Wolf 359?' by Ken MacLeod (The New Space Opera, ed. by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos)
  • Best Semiprozine: Ansible edited by David Langford
  • Best Semiprozine: Interzone edited by Andy Cox
  • Best Fan Writer: David Langford
  • Best Fan Writer: Cheryl Morgan

Joe Abercrombie has also been nominated for John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer in his second year of eligibility. Which has made him happy.

View the full nomination list at www.denvention.org.

Source: Devention website

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