And the Hugo Goes to…
September 1st, 2007 by Editors
Here are the winners:
- Best Novel: Rainbows End – Vernor Vinge
- Best Novella: “A Billion Eves” – Robert Reed
- Best Novelette: “The Djinn’s Wife” – Ian McDonald
- Best Short Story: “Impossible Dreams” – Tim Pratt
- Best Related Non-Fiction Book: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B Sheldon – Julie Phillips
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
- Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who – “Girl in the Fireplace” – Steven Moffat & Euros Lyn
- Best Editor, Long Form: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
- Best Editor, Short Form: Gordon Van Gelder
- Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola
- Best Semiprozine: Locus – Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong & Liza Groen Trombi
- Best Fanzine: Science-Fiction Five-Yearly – Lee Hoffman, Geri Sullivan & Randy Byers
- Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford
- Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu
- Campbell: Naomi Novik
Hey, but that’s only part of the story. Much of the drama is in the numbers. Consider this:
- Nielsen Hayden defeats Baen by just 2 votes
- Langford pips Scalzi by just 1 vote
Check out our comprehensive analysis of the results here.
Full voting breakdowns are available on the official Hugo Award web site here.
Another interesting Best Fan Writer stat – in the final runoff John Hertz’s votes were redistributed. I would not have predicted that Langford and Scalzi would have evenly split John’s supporters. But they each got 25 votes from the ballots that listed a preference. (Of John’s 80 votes at that point, 30 were either blank or listed neither of the survivors of the runoff to that point).
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