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Noreascon Four has announced the nominees for the 2004 Hugo Awards. The 62nd World Science Fiction Convention will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, September 2-6, 2004. Final voting will begin next month.
The nominees are (followed by our choices designated by a series of asterisks):
BEST NOVEL
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (Eos)
Humans by Robert Sawyer (Tor)***
Ilium by Dan Simmons (Eos)
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross (Ace)
Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
BEST NOVELLA
"Walk in Silence" by Catherine Asaro (Analog, April)***
"Empress of Mars" by Kage Baker (Asimov's, July)
"The Green Leopard Plague" by Walter Jon Williams (Asimov's, Oct.-Nov.)
"Just Like the Ones We Used to Know" by Connie Willis (Asimov's, Dec.)
"The Cookie Monster" by Vernor Vinge (Analog, Oct.)
BEST NOVELETTE
"Empire of Ice Cream" by Jeffrey Ford (Sci Fiction, scifi.com, Feb. 26)
"Bernardo's House" by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov's, June)
"Into the Gardens of Sweet Night" by Jay Lake (Writers of the Future XIX, Bridge)***
"Hexagons" by Robert Reed (Asimov's, July)
"Nightfall" by Charles Stross (Asimov's, April)
"Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick (Asimov's, April)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Paying It Forward" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog, Sept.)
"A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman (Shadows over Baker Street, Del Rey)***
"Four Short Novels" by Joe Haldeman (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov.)
"The Tale of the Golden Eagle" by David D. Levine (Fantasy & Science Fiction, June)
"Robots Don't Cry" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's, July)
BEST RELATED BOOK
Scores: Reviews 1993-2003 by John Clute (Beccon Publications)
Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art by Cathy & Arnie Fenner (Underwood Books)
The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective by John Grant,
Elizabeth L. Humphrey, & Pamela D. Scoville (Artist's & Photographer's Press Ltd.)
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by Brian Herbert (Tor)
The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases by
Jeff Vandermeer & Mark Roberts (Night Shade Books)
Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard by William J. Widder (Bridge)***
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
28 Days Later (DNA Films/Fox Searchlight); directed by Danny Boyle; written by Alex Garland
Finding Nemo (Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures); directed by Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich; screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds; story by Andrew Stanton
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema); directed by Peter Jackson; screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien***
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Walt Disney Pictures); directed by Gore Verbinski; screenplay by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio; screen story by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie & Jay Wolpert
X2: X-Men United (20th Century Fox/Marvel); directed by Bryan Singer; screenplay by Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris & David Hayter; story by Zak Penn, David Hayter & Bryan Singer
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
"Chosen", Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Mutant Enemy Inc./20th Century Fox);written and directed by Joss Whedon
Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards (Wingnut Films/New Line Cinema); written and directed by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
"Heart of Gold", Firefly (Mutant Enemy Inc./20th Century Fox); directed by Thomas J. Wright; written by Brett Matthews
"Message", Firefly (Mutant Enemy Inc./20th Century Fox); directed by Tim Minear; written by Joss Whedon & Tim Minear***
"Rosetta", Smallville (Tollin/Robbins Productions/Warner Brothers);
directed by James Marshall; written by Al Gough & Miles Millar
BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR
Ellen Datlow
Gardner Dozois
David Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon Van Gelder
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton
Frank Frazetta***(1)
Frank Kelly Freas***(2)
Donato Giancola
BEST SEMI-PROZINE
Ansible, ed. Dave Langford
Interzone, ed. David Pringle
Locus, ed. Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong
The New York Review of Science Fiction, ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin Maroney***
Third Alternative, ed. Andy Cox
BEST FANZINE
Challenger, ed. Guy H. Lillian III
Emerald City, ed. Cheryl Morgan***
File 770, ed. Mike Glyer
Mimosa, ed. Rich and Nicki Lynch
Plokta, ed. Alison Scott, Steve Davies, and Mike Scott
BEST FAN WRITER
Jeff Berkwits
Bob Devney
John L. Flynn***
Dave Langford
Cheryl Morgan
BEST FAN ARTIST
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia
Sue Mason
Steve Stiles
Frank Wu***
JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
(Not a Hugo Award; sponsored by Dell Magazines.)
Jay Lake (second year of eligibility)***
David D. Levine (second year of eligibility)
Karin Lowachee (second year of eligibility)
Chris Moriarty (first year of eligibility)
Tim Pratt (second year of eligibility)
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