Nominados a los Hugo

Hace ya unos dias que salió la lista de candidatos de este año a los premios Hugo de fantasía y ciencia ficción, me limito a copypastear del scifiwire:

Novel: Eifelheim by Michael Flynn, His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, Glasshouse by Charles Stross, Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge, Blindsight by Peter Watts

Novella: "The Walls of the Universe" by Paul Melko, "A Billion Eves" by Robert Reed, "Inclination" by William Shunn, "Lord Weary's Empire" by Michael Swanwick, "Julian: A Christmas Story" by Robert Charles Wilson

Novelette: "Yellow Card Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi, "Dawn, and Sunset, and the Colours of the Earth" by Michael F. Flynn, "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald, "All the Things You Are" by Mike Resnick, "Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter" by Geoff Ryman

Short Story: "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" by Neil Gaiman, "Kin" by Bruce McAllister, "Impossible Dreams" by Timothy Pratt, "Eight Episodes" by Robert Reed, "The House Beyond Your Sky" by Benjamin Rosenbaum

Related Book: About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews by Samuel R. Delany, Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles by Joseph T. Major, James Tiptree, Jr. : The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips, Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio by John Picacio, Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches edited by Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari

Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Children of Men, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Prestige, A Scanner Darkly, V for Vendetta

Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Battlestar Galactica, "Downloaded"; Doctor Who, "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday"; Doctor Who, "Girl in the Fireplace"; Doctor Who, "School Reunion"; Stargate SG-1, "200"

Editor, Long Form: Lou Anders, James Patrick Baen, Ginjer Buchanan, David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Editor, Short Form: Gardner Dozois, David G. Hartwell, Stanley Schmidt, Gordon Van Gelder, Sheila Williams

Professional Artist: Bob Eggleton, Donato Giancola, Stephan Martiniere, John Jude Palencar, John Picacio

Semiprozine: Ansible, Interzone, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Locus, The New York Review of Science Fiction

Fanzine: Banana Wings, Challenger, The Drink Tank, Plokta, Science-Fiction Five-Yearly

Fan Writer: Chris Garcia, John Hertz, Dave Langford, John Scalzi, Steven H. Silver

Fan Artist: Brad W. Foster, Teddy Harvia, Sue Mason, Steve Stiles, Frank Wu


Asi a ojo he de admitir que no tengo ni repajolera idea de quienes pueden ser los ganadores en todas las categorías de novela y relatos cortos, no he leido ni uno solo de ellos.Peeeero para las categorías de representación dramática en formato largo(a.k.a. película) y en formato corto(a.k.a. episodio de serie de televisión) sí que tengo mis propios favoritos, a saber:para películas muy raritos deben sen los electores si no gana "Hijos de los hombres" y para capítulo de serie debe ganar uno del Doctor Who (mi favorito el de "Girl in the fireplace"), no creo que sean tan chorras como para dárselo a Galáctica o, incluso peor,Stargate.

Bueno, y otro premio en el que pondría la mano en el fuego es de Fan writer, que me da a mi que va a ganar Dave Langford dado que lo ha ganado veinte veces y hay que remontarse al año 1988 para encontrar un ganador que no sea él