Hugo and John W. Campbell Awards nominees announced

The nominees for the 2009 Hugo Awards and the John W. Campbell Award have just been announced by Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention.

Voting is open to attending and supporting members of Anticipation. Winners will be announced at the Hugo Awards Ceremony to be held on Sunday, Aug. 9, at the Palais des congrès in Montreal.

The nominees are:

Best Novel
Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Morrow; Atlantic UK)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins; Bloomsbury)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (Tor)
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit)
Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi (Tor)

Best Novella
“The Erdmann Nexus” by Nancy Kress (Asimov’s, Oct./Nov. 2008)
“The Political Prisoner” by Charles Coleman Finlay (F&SF, Aug. 2008)
“The Tear” by Ian McDonald (Galactic Empires)
“True Names” by Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow (Fast Forward 2)
“Truth” by Robert Reed (Asimov’s, Oct./Nov. 2008)

Best Novelette
“Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick (Asimov’s, Jan. 2008)
“The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi (Fast Forward 2)
“Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel (F&SF, Jan. 2008)
“The Ray-Gun: A Love Story” by James Alan Gardner (Asimov’s, Feb. 2008)
“Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear (Asimov’s, March 2008)

Best Short Story
“26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, July 2008)
“Article of Faith” by Mike Resnick (Baen’s Universe, Oct. 2008)
“Evil Robot Monkey” by Mary Robinette Kowal (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, Volume Two)
“Exhalation” by Ted Chiang (Eclipse Two)
“From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled” by Michael Swanwick (Asimov’s, Feb. 2008)

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