Hey, Nerds!
The Nielsen Haydens have the list of Hugo nominees, which include a nod toward Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End. There's an interview with Vinge in the May issue of Reason, invading subscribers' mailboxes as we speak. Another nomination goes to Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles by Joseph Major, of obvious interest to all of those Heinlein Libertarians prowling the intertubes.
The major awards:
Novel
Michael F. Flynn, Eifelheim (Tor)
Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon (Del Rey; also, Voyager, 1/06, as Temeraire)
Charles Stross, Glasshouse (Ace)
Vernor Vinge, Rainbows End (Tor)
Peter Watts, Blindsight (Tor)Novella
"The Walls of the Universe" by Paul Melko (Asimov's, April/May 2006)
"A Billion Eyes" by Robert Reed (Asimov's, October/November 2006)
"Inclination" by William Shunn (Asimov's, April/May 2006)
"Lord Weary's Empire" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's, December 2006)
Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson (PS Publishing)Novelette
"Yellow Card Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi (Asimov's, December 2006)
"Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth" by Michael F. Flynn (Asimov's, December 2006)
"The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (Asimov's, July 2006)
"All the Things You Are" by Mike Resnick (Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006)
"Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter" by Geoff Ryman (F&SF, October/November 2006)Short Story
"How to Talk to Girls at Parties" by Neil Gaiman (Fragile Things, William Morrow)
"Kin" by Bruce McAllister (Asimov's, February 2006)
"Impossible Dreams" by Timothy Pratt (Asimov's, July 2006)
"Eight Episodes" by Robert Reed (Asimov's, June 2006)
"The House Beyond Your Sky" by Benjamin Rosenbaum (Strange Horizons, September 2006)Related Book
Samuel R. Delany, About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews (Wesleyan University Press)
Joseph T. Major, Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles (Advent: Publishing)
Julie Phillips, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon (St. Martin's Press)
John Picacio, Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio (MonkeyBrain Books)
Mike Resnick & Joe Siclari, eds., Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches (ISFiC Press)Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Children of Men. Screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. (Universal Pictures)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Directed by Gore Verbinski. (Disney)
The Prestige. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher Nolan. (Warner Brothers / Touchstone Pictures)
A Scanner Darkly. Screenplay by Richard Linklater. Directed by Richard Linklater. (Warner Independent Pictures)
V for Vendetta. Screenplay by David Lloyd. Directed by James McTeigue. (Warner Brothers)Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Battlestar Galactica, "Downloaded." Writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. Directed by Jeff Woolnough. (NBC Universal/British Sky)
Doctor Who, "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday." Written by Russell T. Davies. Directed by Graeme Harper. (BBC Wales/BBC1)
Doctor Who, "Girl in the Fireplace." Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Euros Lyn. (BBC Wales/BBC1)
Doctor Who, "School Reunion." Written by Toby Whithouse. Directed by James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)
Stargate SG-1, "200." Written by Brad Wright, Robert C. Cooper, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie, Carl Binder, Martin Gero, and Alan McCullough. Directed by Martin Wood. (Double Secret Productions/NBC Universal)
I thought "School Reunion" was a weak episode, but maybe the reintroduction of Sarah Jane Smith and the acting chops of Tony Head were too much for judges to resist.