So many great writers and editors, so many fantastic stories and publications, so much awesomeness. The list of Hugo Awards finalists is pretty darn amazing this year. Some of my personal favourites are on this list, and some (a lot…) I have yet to read.
Here is a TBR list with links to most of the nominated works. (My list focuses on the books & stories… for editors, artists, shows, movies, etc., check out the full list!)
The 2017 Hugo Awards will be presented at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland, on August 11, 2017.
The Hugo Awards, presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them.
Best Novel
- All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Books / Titan Books)
- A Closed and Common Orbit, by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton / Harper Voyager US)
- Death’s End, by Cixin Liu (Tor Books / Head of Zeus)
- Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris Books)
- The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin (Orbit Books)
- Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer (Tor Books)
Best Novella
- The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson (Tor.com Publishing)
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
- Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold (Spectrum Literary Agency)
- A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (Tor.com Publishing)
- This Census-Taker by China Miéville (Del Rey / Picador)
Best Novelette
- “The Art of Space Travel” by Nina Allan (Tor.com, July 2016)
- “The Jewel and Her Lapidary” by Fran Wilde (Tor.com Publishing, May 2016) – read an excerpt.
- “The Tomato Thief” by Ursula Vernon (Apex Magazine, January 2016)
- “Touring with the Alien” by Carolyn Ives Gilman (Clarkesworld Magazine, April 2016)
- “You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay” by Alyssa Wong (Uncanny Magazine, May 2016)
Best Short Story
- “The City Born Great” by N. K. Jemisin (Tor.com, September 2016)
- “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers” by Alyssa Wong (Tor.com, March 2016)
- “Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bolander (Uncanny Magazine, November 2016)
- “Seasons of Glass and Iron” by Amal El-Mohtar (reprinted in Uncanny Magazine, originally published in the anthology The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Saga Press)
- “That Game We Played During the War” by Carrie Vaughn (Tor.com, March 2016)
Best Related Work
- The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley (Tor Books)
- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (Blue Rider Press)
- Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg by Robert Silverberg and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro (Fairwood)
- The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman (William Morrow / Harper Collins)
- “The Women of Harry Potter” posts by Sarah Gailey (Tor.com)
- Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 by Ursula K. Le Guin (Small Beer)
Best Graphic Story
- Black Panther, Volume 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze (Marvel)
- Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening, written by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda (Image)
- Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous, written by G. Willow Wilson, illustrated by Takeshi Miyazawa (Marvel)
- Paper Girls, Volume 1, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher (Image)
- Saga, Volume 6, illustrated by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan, lettered by Fonografiks (Image)
- The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man, written by Tom King, illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Marvel)
Best Semiprozine
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor-in-chief and publisher Scott H. Andrews
- Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, edited by P. Alexander
- GigaNotoSaurus, edited by Rashida J. Smith
- Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Catherine Krahe, Vajra Chandrasekera, Vanessa Rose Phin, Li Chua, Aishwarya Subramanian, Tim Moore, Anaea Lay, and the Strange Horizons staff
- Uncanny Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas, Michi Trota, Julia Rios, and podcast produced by Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky
- The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
Best Series
- The Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone (Tor Books)
- The Expanse by James S.A. Corey (Orbit US / Orbit UK)
- The October Daye Books by Seanan McGuire (DAW / Corsair)
- The Peter Grant / Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch (Gollancz / Del Rey / DAW / Subterranean)
- The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik (Del Rey / Harper Voyager UK)
- The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
- Sarah Gailey (1st year of eligibility)
- J. Mulrooney (1st year of eligibility)
- Malka Older (2nd year of eligibility)
- Ada Palmer (1st year of eligibility)
- Laurie Penny (2nd year of eligibility)
- Kelly Robson (2nd year of eligibility)
You can download Event Horizon 2017 – an anthology of authors eligible for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer at BookFunnel. Event Horizon is available for download until July 15, 2017.
Maria Haskins 
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