Summary: Aural Delights No 129 Hugo Nomination Special Pt 2 covering the Hugo Nominations live with guests: Amy H. Sturgis Jonathan Strahan Grant Stone Lawrence Santoro The 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award Nominees BEST NOVEL (699 nominating ballots) Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor) The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra) Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog) The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade) BEST NOVELLA (375 nominating ballots) "Act One" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09) The God Engines by John Scalzi (Subterranean) "Palimpsest" by Charles Stross (Wireless) Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow (Tachyon) "Vishnu at the Cat Circus" by Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days) The Women of Nell Gwynne's by Kage Baker (Subterranean) BEST NOVELETTE (402 nominating ballots) "Eros, Philia, Agape" by Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09) "The Island" by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2) "It Takes Two" by Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three) "One of Our Bastards is Missing" by Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three) "Overtime" by Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09) "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" by Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09) BEST SHORT STORY (432 nominating ballots) "The Bride of Frankenstein" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/09) "Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09) "The Moment" by Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints) "Non-Zero Probabilities" by N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09) "Spar" by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09) BEST RELATED WORK (259 nominating ballots) Canary Fever: Reviews by John Clute (Beccon) Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees by Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture) The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland) On Joanna Russ edited by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan) The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms by Helen Merrick (Aqueduct) This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") by Jack Vance (Subterranean) BEST GRAPHIC STORY (221 nominating ballots) Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics) Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics) Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics) Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment) Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - LONG FORM (541 nominating ballots) Avatar Screenplay and Directed by James Cameron (Twentieth Century Fox) District 9 Screenplay by Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell; Directed by Neill Blomkamp (TriStar Pictures) Moon Screenplay by Nathan Parker; Story by Duncan Jones; Directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films) Star Trek Screenplay by Robert Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Directed by J.J. Abrams (Paramount) Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter; Story by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Thomas McCarthy; Directed by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter (Disney/Pixar) BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION - SHORT FORM (282 nominating ballots) Doctor Who: "The Next Doctor" Written by Russell T Davies; Directed by Andy Goddard (BBC Wales) Doctor Who: "Planet of the Dead" Written by Russell T Davies & Gareth Roberts; Directed by James Strong (BBC Wales)
