Alastair Reynolds. 26. The Quiet War. Paul McAuley. 24. Hero of Ages. Brandon
Sanderson. 24. An Evil Guest. Gene Wolfe. 22. Sly Mongoose. Tobias Buckell.
The Anticipation Hugo Committee is pleased to provide a detailed list of nominees for the 2009 Science Fiction and Fantasy Achievement Awards (the Hugos), and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Sponsored by Dell Magazines). Each category is delineated to five nominees, per the WSFS Constitution. Also provided are the number of ballots with nominations, the total number of nominations and the number of unique nominations in each category.
Novel Ballots 639; Nominations: 1990; Unique: 335 Little Brother Anathem The Graveyard Book Saturn’s Children Zoe’s Tale Matter Nation An Autumn War Implied Spaces Pirate Sun Half a Crown Valley of Day-Glo Incandescence City at the End of Time The Dragons of Babel Marsbound Pandemonium House of Suns The Quiet War Hero of Ages An Evil Guest Sly Mongoose The Devil’s Eye Singularity’s Ring In the Courts of the Crimson Kings The Alchemy of Stone The January Dancer MultiReal The Gone-Away World The Sharing Knife Tracking Escapement Lavinia The Night Sessions Last Argument of Kings The Prefect Galaxy Blues The Edge of Reason Victory of Eagles The Hidden World All the Windwracked Stars Marseguro The Ruby Dice Rolling Thunder Liberation Flood Defining Diana Song of Time Riders of the Storm Lord Tophet The Philosopher’s Apprentice Plague War Earth Ascendant The Affinity Bridge Tender Morsels The Steel Remains
Cory Doctorow Neal Stephenson Neil Gaiman Charles Stross John Scalzi Iain M. Banks Terry Pratchett Daniel Abraham Walter Jon Williams Karl Schroeder Jo Walton Nick Dichario Greg Egan Greg Bear Michael Swanwick Joe Haldeman Daryl Gregory Alastair Reynolds Paul McAuley Brandon Sanderson Gene Wolfe Tobias Buckell Jack McDevitt Paul Melko S.M. Stirling
Ekaterina Sedia Michael Flynn David Louis Edelman Nick Harkaway Lois McMaster Bujold David R. Palmer Jay Lake Ursula K. leGuin Ken MacLeod Joe Abecrombie Reynolds Allen Steele Melinda Snodgrass Naomi Novik Paul Park Elizabeth Bear
17 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 12 12 12 11 11
Edward Willett Catherine Asaro John Varley Brian Francis Slattery Stephen Baxter Hayden Trenholm Ian R. MacLeod Julie E. Czerneda Gregory Frost James Morrow
11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 8
Jeff Carlson Sean Williams George Mann Margo Lanagan Richard Morgan
8 8 8 8 8
The Last Centurion John Ringo The Mirrored Heavens David Williams Slow Train to Arcturus Dave Freer Hunter’s Run Martin Dozois Abraham Inside Straight George R. R. Martin The Ashes of Worlds Kevin J Anderson Gentleman Takes Sarah A Hoyt a Chance The Inferior Peadar O’Guilin Staked J.F. Lewis Graceling Kristin Cashore Small Favor Jim Butcher Emissaries From Adam-Troy Castro the Dead A World Too Near Kay Kenyon Slanted Jack Mark L. Van Name Last Dragon J.M. McDermott The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford Heart of Light Sarah A. Hoyt Soul of Fire Sarah A. Hoyt Heart and Soul Sarah A. Hoyt The Man with Iron Heart Harry Turtledove Victory Conditions Elizabeth Moon The Resurrectionist Jack O’Connell Juggler of Worlds Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner Spider Star Mike Brotherton By Schism Rent Asunder David Weber Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Novella Ballots 337; Nominations: 852; Unique 122 The Erdmann Nexus Truth True Names The Tear The Political Prisioner Kilimanjaro The Hob Carpet The Room of Lost Souls Tenbrook of Mars The Spacetime Pool Arkfall Pretty Monsters The Surfer America Such as She Is The Man with the Golden Balloon The Philosopher’s Stone Stochasi-City Beneath the Skin Wonjjang and the Madman of Pyongyang Jonathan Hive The Word of God Double Helix Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key Shoresteading The Overseer
Nancy Kress Robert Reed Benjamin Rosenbaum & Cory Doctorow Ian McDonald Charles Coleman Finley Mike Resnick Ian R. MacLeod Kristine Kathryn Rusch Dean McLaughlin Catherine Asaro Carolyn Ives Gilman Kelly Link Kelly Link Jay Lake Robert Reed
45 44 43
Brian Stableford Tobias Buckell Michael Skeet and Jill Snider Lum Gord Sellar
14 13 12
Daniel Abraham Thomas M. Disch Melinda M. Snodgrass Kage Baker
12 12 11 10
David Brin Albert E. Cowdry
10 10
40 40 37 34 32 29 27 25 25 24 20 18
12
Once Upon a Time in the North To Hie from Far Cilenia Pinocchio Utere Nihill Non Extra Quiritationem Suis Harvest Cenotaxis In the Forests of the Night Black Petals Political Science Mystery Hill The Roberts Wylde’s Kingdom The Flowers of Nicosia Far Horizon Now You See Us The Demon Trap The Luminous Depths The Duke in His Castle Prisoners of the Action
Philip Pullman
10
Karl Schroeder Walter Jon Williams John Scalzi
9 9 9
James Van Pelt Sean Williams Jay Lake
9 9 8
Michael Moorcock by Walton (Bud) Simons & Ian Tregillis Alex Irvine Michael Blumlein David Nickle David Ira Cleary Jason Stoddard Ray Vukcevich Peter F. Hamilton David Herter Vera Nazarian Paul McAuley & Kim Newman
8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
Novelette Ballots 373; Nominations: 1102; Unique 233 Pride and Prometheus Ray-Gun: A Love Story Shoggoths in Bloom Gambler Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders Pump Six Divining Light Days of Wonder Lester Young and the Jupiter’s Moons Blues Crystal Nights An Eligible Boy Memory Dog Rabbi’s Hobby Ice War Five Thrillers Egg Man Art of Alchemy Immortal Snake If Angels Fight Special Economics Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away Death on the Crosstime Express Vinegar Peace Araminta How The Day Runs Down Uncle Chiam and Aunt Rifke and the Angel Call Back Yesterday
John Kessel James Alan Gardner Elizabeth Bear Paolo Bacigalupi Mike Resnick
47 44 42 43 38
Paolo Bacigalupi Ted Kosmatka Geoff Ryman Gord Sellar
37 30 24 23
Greg Egan Ian McDonald Kathleen Ann Goonan Peter Beagle Stephen Baxter Robert Reed Mary Rosenblum Ted Kosmatka Rachel Pollack Richard Bowes Maureen F. McHugh Cory Doctorow
23 21 20 19 18 18 16 15 15 14 13 12
Chris Roberson
11
Michael Bishop Naomi Novik John Langan
11 10 10
Peter S. Beagle
10
Nancy Kress
10
Machine Maid Strangers When We Meet Exhalation Red Planet League Empty Spaces Xenosomnabulism Dust Assassin Down on the Farm Crusader From the Clay of His Heart Firstborn Fury Lost Continent Turing’s Apples Wylde’s Kingdom Bitter Dreams Backup Frankenstein Diaries G-Men Following the Pharmers Defending Elysium First Editions Golden Octopus Litany Master of the Road to Nowhere Star Surgeon’s Apprentice Greenwich Nasty Time Christmas Wedding Man in the Mirror Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm Tale of Junko and Sayuri Moby Digital Speed Speed the Cable
Margo Lanagan Kate Wilhelm
9 9
Ted Chiang Kim Newman Michael A. Burstein Lawrence Schoen Ian McDonald Charles Stross George R.R. Martin John Brown
9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7
Brandon Sanderson Alastair Reynolds Greg Egan Stephen Baxter David Nickle Ian McHugh Jim Butcher Matthew S. Rotundo Kristine Kathryn Rusch Brion Stableford Brandon Sanderson James Stoddard Beth Berenobich Rand B. Lee Carol Emshwiller
7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
Alastair Reynolds
5
Carl Frederick Vylar Kaftan Geoffrey A. Landis Daryl Gregory
5 5 5 5
Peater S. Beagle Joe Schembrie Kage Baker
5 5 5
Short Story Ballots 448; Nominations: 1399; Unique 470 Evil Robot Monkey Mary Robinette Kowal Exhalation Ted Chiang 26 Monkeys, Kij Johnson Also the Abyss From Babel’s Fall’n Michael Swanwick Glory We Fell Article of Faith Mike Resnick House Left Empty Robert Reed After the Coup John Scalzi I Remember The Future Michael A. Burstein A Buyer’s Guide to Maps Catherynne M. Valente of Antarctica Kindness of Strangers Nancy Kress Orange Neil Gaiman Mars: a Traveler’s Guide Ruth Nestvold Scarecrow’s Boy Michael Swanwick Eyes of God Peter Watts Ashes of His Fathers Eric James Stone Boojum Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette Lagos Matthew Johnson Film-makers of Mars Geoff Ryman Sky that Wraps World Jay Lake Round Past Blue and Into Black Silent as Dust James Maxey Veritas Nos Liberabit Kristin Janz Robot Sorcerer Eric James Stone Dismantled Invention Jeffrey Ford of Fate
On the Eyeball Floor Tina Connolly Mathralon David Louis Edelman Balancing Accounts James L. Cambias Traitor M. Rickert Ass-Hat Magic Spider Scott Westerfeld Private Eye Terry Bisson Dhuluma No More Gord Sellar Glass Daryl Gregory Les Lettres de Paston Steven Silver Organ Nell Jennifer Pelland Goosle Margo Lanagan Catherine Drewe Paul Cornell His Master’s Voice Hannu Ranjiemi Horse Racing Mary Rosenblum Fifty Dinosaurs Robert Reed Reunion Robert Reed Gift Time Lawrence M. Schoen Evidence of Love in a M Rickert Case of Abandonment Thought War Paul McAuley Back Susan Forest Marrying the Sun Rachel Swirsky King Pelles the Sure Peter S. Beagle Luckiest Street Vylar Kaftan in Georgia Mitigation Karl Schroeder & Tobias Buckell Walking Fossil Robert A. Hoyt Fixing Hanover Jeff Vandermeer Invasion of the Pattern David Goldman Snatchers Until Forgiveness Comes K. Tempest Bradford Nymph’s Child Carrie Vaughn Chimera and Qi Tinatsu Wallace Michael Lauritis is: Paul Cornell Drowning Love in its Season Hayden Trenholm Usurpers Derek Zumsteg ReCreation Oz Drummond Hero Karl Schroeder Girl Who Sang Elizabeth Bear Rose Madder Pseudo-Tokyo Jennifer Linnaea Linkworlds Will McIntosh N-Words Ted Kosmatka Unlikely Will McIntosh [a ghost samba] Ian McDonald Midnight Blue Will McIntosh Willpower Jason Stoddard Dream of Reason Jeffrey Ford G@vin45 Daniel M. Hoyt Kallakak’s Cousins Cat Rambo This Is How It Feels Ian Creasey Things that Make Me Cory Doctorow Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away Lighthouse Surfer Daniel M. Hoyt Snatch Me Another Mercurio D. Rivera
Related Book Ballots 263; Nominations: 563; Unique 92 The Rhetorics of Fantasy What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction Spectrum 15: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever
Farah Mendlesohn Paul Kincaid
84 46
Cathy & Arnie Fenner eds.
32
John Scalzi
31
The Vorkosigan Lillian Stewart Carl & Companion: The Martin H. Greenberg Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold A Lovecraft Retrospective Paint or Pixel: The Jane Frank ed. Digital Divide in Illustration Art H. Beam Piper: John F. Carr A Biography Miracles of Life J. G. Ballard The Worlds of Jack Stephen Haffner Williamson: A Centennial Tribute 1908-2008 The Turtle Moves! Lawrence Watt-Evans Discworld’s Story Unauthorized The Writer’s Tale Russell T Davis and Benjamin Cook The Paintings of J. Allen Stephen Korshak, St. John: Grand Master J. David Spurlock, & of Fantasy Frank Frazetta Tales from Outer Shaun Tan Suburbia Prince of Stories: The Hank Wagner, Many Worlds Christopher Golden & of Neil Gaiman Stephen R. Bissette Lexicon Urthus Michael Andre-Driussi Beauty and Dynamite Alethea Kontis Content Cory Doctorow Death from the Skies Philip Plait Through Stranger Eyes David Brin The Coming Stanley Schmidt Convergence The Magician’s Book: Laura Miller A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia The Seven Beauties of Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. Science Fiction The Ten-Cent Plague: David Haidu The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America Superheroes!: Capes and Roz Kaveney Crusaders in Comics and Films
Graphic Story Ballots 212; Nominations: 496; Unique 165 Girl Genius Volume 8: Phil & Kaja Foglio Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones The Body Politic Howard Tayler Girl Genius Volume 7: Phil & Kaja Foglio Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle (Ineligible) Y: The Last Man Vol. 10: Brian Vaughan Whys and Wherefores Welcome to the Jungle Jim Butcher Fables: War and Pieces Better Days Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Will Conrad and Adam Hughes The Umbrella Academy: Gerard Way and Apocalypse Suite Gabriel Ba Aetheric Mechanics Warren Ellis Freakangels Warren Ellis Fables: The Good Prince Coraline Neil Gaiman, adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russell Girl Genius Kaja and Phil Foglio Captain Britain & MI13: Secret Invasion All Star Superman Grant Morrison
65 32 18 17 16 13 13
12 12 11 11 9 8 8 7
Fantastic Four: True Story Paul Cornell Wolves at the Gate – Drew Goddard, Buffy Season 8 Vol. 3: Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, and Jo Chen Locke & Key Joe Hill Joker Captain Britain Paul Cornell and MI-13 The Teraport Wars Howard Tayler Tales from Outer Shaun Tan Suburbia
Editor Short Ballots 377; Nominations: 1056; Unique 117
Drama Long Ballots 436; Nomination 1143; Unique 127 WALL-E Pixar 285 Iron Man Marvel 212 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. 166 METAtropolis J. Scalzi editor 45 Hellboy II: Dark Horse 43 The Golden Army Cloverfield Bad Robot 40 Let the Right One In 32 The Curious Case of 25 Benjamin Button Indiana Jones and the Paramount 18 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull The Colour of Magic RHI Entertainment 16 The Chronicles of 15 Narnia: Prince Caspian The Incredible Hulk Marvel Enterprises 12 Kung Fu Panda 12 Speed Racer Warner Brothers 11 City of Ember Playtone 11 Hancock Sony 9 Bolt Disney 8 Wanted Universal Pictures 8 The Orphanage New Line Cinema 7 The Fall Absolute Entertainment 7 Stargate: Continuum MGM 7 The Forbidden Kingdom Casey Silver Productions 6 Jumper 6 Twilight Maverick Films 6 Repo! The Genetic Opera Lion’s Gate 5 Drama Short Ballots 336; Nominations: 925; Unique 225 Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Silence in the Library / Doctor Who Forest of the Dead Turn Left Doctor Who Revelations Battlestar Galactica The Constant Lost Presto Pixar Stolen Earth / Doctor Who Journey’s End Midnight Doctor Who Fragments/Exit Wounds Torchwood To the Last Man Torchwood I Do Over Eureka Pilot Fringe The Fires of Pompeii Doctor Who The Doctor’s Daughter Doctor Who Safe Fringe Daedalus Variations Stargate: Atlantis The Hub Battlestar Galactica Dim Sum Lose Some Pushing Daisies The Demon Hand Termiator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Adrift Torchwood
The Lizard-Spock Expansion Faith The Nerdvana Annhilation Adam Battlestar Galactica The Shrine Chris Garcia Eats Cake Bad Habits Frescorts
Gordan Van Gelder 107 Sheila Williams Ellen Datlow Stanley Schmidt Jonathan Strahan Lou Anders Gardner Dozois Ann VanderMeer John Joseph Adams Eric Flint & Mike Resnick Shawna McCarthy George Mann Jeff VanderMeer David G. Hartwell George R. R. Martin Eric T. Reynolds Peter Crowther Eric Flint John Klima Mike Resnick William Schafer Susan Marie Groppi Cat Rambo Ann & Jeff VanderMeer Kelly Link Edmund Schubert Andy Cox Gavin Grant & Kelly Link Patrick Nielsen Hayden Gavin J. Grant Claude Lalumiere Nick Mamatas Scott H. Andrews Karl Johanson Neil Clarke
Editor Long Ballots 273; Nominations: 675; Unique 81 Lou Anders David G. Hartwell Patrick Nielsen Hayden Ginjer Buchanan Beth Meacham Juliet Ulman Toni Weisskopf William K. Schafer Liz Gorinsky Teresa Nielsen Hayden Sharyn November James Frenkel Jennifer Brehl Betsy Mitchell Jeremy Lassen Sean Wallace Peter Crowther Diana Gill
Moshe Feder Anne Groell Bill Schafer Chris Roberson Jo Fletcher Sheila E. Gilbert Claire Eddy Liz Scheier
7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
Pro Artist Ballots 334; Nominations: 881; Unique 184 John Picacio Stephan Martiniere (Declined) Bob Eggleton Shaun Tan Donato Giancola Dan Dos Santos Phil Foglio Michael Komarck John Harris Lisa Snellings-Clark Charles Vess Kinuko Y. Craft Todd Lockwood John Jude Palencar Dave McKean Tom Kidd Stephen Youll David B. Mattingly Jean-Pierre Normand Omar Rayyan Gregory Manchess Alan Lee Jim Burns John Howe Chris Moore David Palumbo Jean-Sebastian Rossbach Vincent Chong Steve Stone William R. Warren Jr Ted Naismith David A. Hardy
Semiprozine Ballots 283; Nominations: 663; Uniques 60 Interzone Locus Weird Tales New York Review of Science Fiction Clarkesworld Ansible Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet On Spec Neo Opsis Strange Horizons Internet Review of Science Fiction Abyss & Apex Postscripts Shimmer Electric Velocipede Talebones Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine Subterranean Shadow Unit Helix Fantasy Magazine
Fan Writer Ballots 291; Nominations: 846; Unique: 212 Cheryl Morgan Chris Garcia Steven H. Silver David Langford John Hertz Lloyd Penney Guy H. Lillian III John Scalzi James Nicoll Jo Walton Claire Brialey Teresa Nielsen Hayden Mike Glyer Jay Lake Kevin Standlee Joseph T. Major Wil Wheaton John DeNardo Kate Nepveu Mark Plummer Elizabeth Bear Mike Resnick James Bacon Andrew Wheeler Evelyn C. Leeper Abi Sutherland Taral Wayne Jacob Clifton Randy Byers España Sheriff Peter Weston Mark Leeper Joseph Mallozzi Bruce Gillespie Frank Wu Karen Burnham Abigail Nussbaum Tobias Buckell Nick Mamatas Niall Harrison Earl Kemp Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Fanzine Ballots: 257; Nominations: 626; Unique: 132 Argentus Drink Tank Challenger Electric Velocipede Banana Wings
47 47 45 35 30
File 770 Plokta Prolapse Chunga SF/SF Beneath Ceaseless Skies Alexiad eI Bento Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist Shimmer SF Signal Steam Engine Time Sybil’s Garage Vanamonde Ansible Revenge of Hump Day Askance MT Void The Knarley Knews Trap Door
Fan Artist Ballots: 187; Nominations: 446; Unique: 93 Steve Stiles (Declined) Brad W. Foster Taral Wayne Sue Mason Frank Wu Alan F. Beck Teddy Harvia Spring Schoenhuth Alexis Gilliland Dan Steffan Alison Scott Brianna Spacekat Wu Marc Schirmeister Kurt Erichsen Thom Davidsohn Mark Rich Maurine Mo Starkey España Sheriff Bill Rotsler
48 44 32 32 25 21 16 15 13 13 12 11 9 6 6 5 5 5 5
Campbell Ballots: 288; Nominations: 694; Unique: 143 David Anthony Durham Gord Sellar Alielte de Bodard Tony Pi Steven H. Silver Felix Gilman
45 42 35 30 26 22
David J. Williams Brian Francis Slattery Mark J. Ferrari Jon Armstrong J. M. McDermott Sara Genge Austin Grossman Warren Hammond Stephen Kotowych Alex Wilson Ian Tregillis Livia Llewellyn Erin Cashier Camille Alexa Nick Harkaway J. Kathleen Cheney Doselle Young Sarah K. Castle Colin Harvey Oz Drummond Mark Teppo Ted Kosmatka Ian McHugh Robert A. Hoyt Ann Aguirre G. David Brin Jaine Fenn Paul Melko Helen Keeble Christopher Kastensmidt
