The 2013 Hugo Awards, John Scalzi nabs best novel

Alexander Turcic · 09-02-2013, 06:36 PM

John Scalzi has taken the best novel honors at this year's Hugo Awards for his work, Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas. The Hugos are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society, since 1953.

Winners of this year's Hugo Awards:

BEST NOVEL: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi (Tor)
BEST NOVELLA: The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications)
BEST NOVELETTE: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi”, Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris)
BEST SHORT STORY: “Mono no Aware”, Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC)
BEST RELATED WORK: Writing Excuses Season Seven, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson
BEST GRAPHIC STORY: Saga, Volume One, written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM: The Avengers, Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM: Game of Thrones, “Blackwater”, Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO)
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM: Stanley Schmidt
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: John Picacio
BEST SEMIPROZINE: Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker
BEST FANZINE: SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester
BEST FANCAST: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer)
BEST FAN WRITER: Tansy Rayner Roberts
BEST FAN ARTIST: Galen Dara

Link

Congrats to all the winners!

[via Pat's Fantasy Hotlist]

K. Molen · 09-02-2013, 07:26 PM

Well deserved in my opinion. Redshirts is great, as is his Old Man's War trilogy. I didn't much care for Zoe's Tale, but the next entry in the series, The Human Division, is at the top of my (virtual) TBR pile.

doctorow · 09-02-2013, 07:38 PM

+++ Old Man's War is one of my favorites.

jgaiser · 09-02-2013, 09:08 PM

I liked Red Shirts, but was it the best novel of 2012? I didn't vote this year, but I probably wouldn't have put it number 1.

DrNefario · 09-03-2013, 03:47 PM

I'm happy with the shorter fiction categories. I think that matches my votes exactly. I hadn't read most of the novels, but in my head, based on hearsay, I had 2312 just above Redshirts at the top of the pile. I am happy enough that anything other than the Mira Grant won, and I've now started Redshirts. I wasn't a huge fan of OMW, but I am enjoying this one so far. Fairly short for a modern SF novel, too.

Also, Saga is, in my opinion, the first decent winner in the graphic novel category.

09-02-2013, 06:36 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,171 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	The 2013 Hugo Awards, John Scalzi nabs best novel John Scalzi has taken the best novel honors at this year's Hugo Awards for his work, Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas. The Hugos are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society, since 1953. Winners of this year's Hugo Awards: BEST NOVEL: Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi (Tor) BEST NOVELLA: The Emperor’s Soul, Brandon Sanderson (Tachyon Publications) BEST NOVELETTE: “The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi”, Pat Cadigan (Edge of Infinity, Solaris) BEST SHORT STORY: “Mono no Aware”, Ken Liu (The Future is Japanese, VIZ Media LLC) BEST RELATED WORK: Writing Excuses Season Seven, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler and Jordan Sanderson BEST GRAPHIC STORY: Saga, Volume One, written by Brian K. Vaughn, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics) BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM: The Avengers, Screenplay & Directed by Joss Whedon (Marvel Studios, Disney, Paramount) BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM: Game of Thrones, “Blackwater”, Written by George R.R. Martin, Directed by Neil Marshall. Created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (HBO) BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM: Stanley Schmidt BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM: Patrick Nielsen Hayden BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST: John Picacio BEST SEMIPROZINE: Clarkesworld, edited by Neil Clarke, Jason Heller, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker BEST FANZINE: SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo, JP Frantz, and Patrick Hester BEST FANCAST: SF Squeecast, Elizabeth Bear, Paul Cornell, Seanan McGuire, Lynne M. Thomas, Catherynne M. Valente (Presenters) and David McHone-Chase (Technical Producer) BEST FAN WRITER: Tansy Rayner Roberts BEST FAN ARTIST: Galen Dara Link Congrats to all the winners! [via Pat's Fantasy Hotlist] Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 09-02-2013 at 07:28 PM.

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09-02-2013, 07:26 PM	#2
K. Molen Addict Posts: 284 Karma: 4478866 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kindle 3, iPad 3, Nexus 10, Nexus 5	Well deserved in my opinion. Redshirts is great, as is his Old Man's War trilogy. I didn't much care for Zoe's Tale, but the next entry in the series, The Human Division, is at the top of my (virtual) TBR pile.

09-02-2013, 07:38 PM	#3
doctorow Guru Posts: 914 Karma: 3410461 Join Date: May 2004 Device: Kindle Touch	+++ Old Man's War is one of my favorites.

09-02-2013, 09:08 PM	#4
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,281 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	I liked Red Shirts, but was it the best novel of 2012? I didn't vote this year, but I probably wouldn't have put it number 1.

09-03-2013, 03:47 PM	#5
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,138 Karma: 11676050 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I'm happy with the shorter fiction categories. I think that matches my votes exactly. I hadn't read most of the novels, but in my head, based on hearsay, I had 2312 just above Redshirts at the top of the pile. I am happy enough that anything other than the Mira Grant won, and I've now started Redshirts. I wasn't a huge fan of OMW, but I am enjoying this one so far. Fairly short for a modern SF novel, too. Also, Saga is, in my opinion, the first decent winner in the graphic novel category.

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