Tuesday, August 04, 2020

2020 Hugo Awards Announced

The winners of the 2020 Hugo Awards were announced Friday evening by ConZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention.


These are the fiction winners:
  • Best Novel: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
  • Best Novella: "This Is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)
  • Best Novelette: "Emergency Skin" by N.K. Jemisin ( Forward Collection (Amazon))
  • Best Short Story: “As the Last I May Know”,by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)
  • Best Series: The Expanse by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
You can read more about the winners and the nominees on this Tor.com page

This year, because of the pandemic, the awards ceremony was pre-recorded and as usual it was streamed over the internet. It clocked in at over three hours, largely due to the self-indulgent hosting of George R. R. Martin and Robert Silverberg. There was more than a little controversy about the ceremony; this post by Cheryl Morgan is a representative sample.

Update: Here's a link to transcripts of most of the speeches given by the Hugo winners.



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