The finalists for the 2021 Hugo Awards have been announced. The Hugos are SFF fandom's annual awards, voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention. This year's awards will be announced at Discon 3, the 79th WorldCon, in December.
These are the finalists for Best Novel.
- Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
- The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Relentless Moon, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris)
- Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)
- Black Sun, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris)
- Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
In looking over the list, it's clear that women authors have come to dominate the field. I have not read any of the finalists for Best Novel, although there are two or three that I might at some point. (Jemisin, Kowal, and Wells). As well, most of the authors are relatively new, first published after 2010, or 2000 in some cases. This is a good thing, although I am disappointed that Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future didn't make the list.
Keep an eye on the Locus list as it will probably be updated to include links to the short fiction finalists.
Update: File 770 has posted an article with links to everything that you can read or view online.
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