Connie Willis Wins Another Hugo
Author Connie Willis won her third Hugo for best novel (in total, she’s won eleven Hugo’s) for the time travel two-book title, Blackout / All Clear (Spectra/Random House; Audio, Blackout and All Clear, Brilliance; audio and ebook for both titles on OverDrive) at the awards ceremony in Reno, Nevada on Saturday. Earlier, the book also picked up both the Nebula and the Locus Award for Best Novel.
The other winners in the best writing categories are below (the full list of the 2011 Hugo Award is here):
CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER — Lev Grossman
Surprised that Time magazine’s book critic, Grossman, who just released his second book, The Magician King, (Viking, 8/9/11) is considered a “new writer”? You’re not the only one; according to io9, Grossman acknowledged in his acceptance that he’s “not a very new person — but it took him some time to figure out what he wanted to do and who he wanted to be.”
BEST NOVELLA
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) — Several libraries own the hardcover edition of this book, which is now out of print. The full text is available on Subterranean’s Web Site. It was also a nominee for the Nebula in this category.
BEST NOVELETTE
The Emperor of Mars by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Available on the author’s Web site. This is the author’s third Hugo. Steele has written several novels; the latest is Hex (Ace, 6/7/11), the eighth in the Coyote space opera series.
BEST SHORT STORY
For Want of a Nail by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read on the author’s Web site. Author’s debut novel is Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor/Macmillan, 2010; audio, Macmillan Audio and on OverDrive).
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil F — this is the third year for the category. Girl Genius has won it each year (EarlyWord’s Graphic Novel columnist, Robin Brenner, is also fan of the series, but warns that it’s difficult to buy any but the most recent volumes in the series from library vendors and the bindings don’t hold up to library use).