2006 Hugo Award winners

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. ^ | August 26, 2006

[EveningStar]

The Hugo Awards for best science fiction works in 2005 were presented Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention, LACon 4, in Anaheim, CA.

Best Novel: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Best Novella: "Inside Job" by Connie Willis (Asimov's January 2005)

Best Novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005)

Best Short Story: "Tk'tk'tk" by David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005)

Best Related Book: Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Serenity Written & Directed, Joss Whedon. (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.) Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" Written, Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

Best Professional Editor: David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year's Best SF)

Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola

Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi

Best Fanzine: Plokta edited, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford

Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

[EveningStar]

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[KevinDavis]

[big'ol_freeper]

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[kingu]

::mutters about not being able to go:: Couldn't get the time off, even though it's only twenty minutes away, durn it. Good winners on there, though.

[JenB]

Wow, is it a rule that Connie Willis must win every time she is nominated for one of these awards? She is awesomely good of course.

[EveningStar]

I live about ten miles from the event. I didn't go either.

[EveningStar]

The price of the con has risen quite a bit since I last attended one. At the door this year, it was $200 for the whole thing. If was less if you registered earlier.

[mhking]

The "Escape Pod" podcast (http://escapepod.org/ ) had readings of each of the short story nominees over the past month or so.

[kingu]

The price of the con has risen quite a bit since I last attended one. At the door this year, it was $200 for the whole thing. If was less if you registered earlier.

I think one of the good innovations this year was taster memberships, but the only downfall to them, especially for us who ended up working on the days of the con, was that they could only be refunded up to 7pm. To get the three hours of use out of them, you'd have to register no later than 4pm, and make sure you were in line when the 7pm call came.

Day memberships were $80 for Hugo and Masquerade Night. In the end, after catching some of the pictures from the Con, I'm actually happy I didn't go. I guess I got spoiled by too many LosCons, but that was about as industrial-minimalist I've ever seen a dealer room, and the rest of the Con seemed to follow suit. Bad job on the host committee, alas.

[EveningStar]

I used to go to the Loscons too. I think I'm still a LASFS member - "Death will not release you." :)

[EveningStar]

Thanks. :)

Have you ever attended a WorldCon?

[mhking]

Have you ever attended a WorldCon?

No, but I'd kill to go to one...

[EveningStar]

It's Yokohama, Japan in 2007 and Denver in 2008.

[EveningStar]

LASFS ran this con too. They are great at running cons. So is NESFA (Boston).

[Darkwolf377]

So is it in the rules that Connie Willis wins one of these every year?

One of her first stories, "Daisy, in the Sun", is one of my alltime favorite SF stories. But for some reason I haven't read much else she's written.

[nuke rocketeer]

Whattt!!!!Nothing for BSG!!!!

[brothers4thID]

Glad to see Dr Who was recognized