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Hugo nominations (part two)

I'd like to congratulate everyone on the shortlist for the 2008 Hugo awards — including myself. (Off to die of a surfeit of smugness now.)

NB: blog postings will be sparse this weekend; I'm at Orbital 2008, the British eastercon, where (as you can imagine) a number of last-minute panels and talks about Sir Arthur C. Clarke are hastily being arranged.

Posted by Charlie Stross on March 21, 2008 9:06 AM |

Comments

1:

Ooh, up against Michael Chabon. Ooh, up against Ian McDonald.

The term "novelette" is excruciating. Sounds like something you do with eggs, not words.

Posted by: Andrew Smith | March 21, 2008 11:18 AM

2:

Congratulations again.

Meanwhile, Greg Egan is competing against himself, presumably in the style of Graham Chapman's wrestling sketch. In the Blue Corner, Greg "Bomber" Egan! And in the Red Corner, Greg "Bomber" Egan!

I'm glad to see "Blink" nominated in the TV section. That would make it three in a row for Stephen Moffat, if he wins; as "Blink" was even better than his previous winning episodes, it would be hard to discredit that achievement.

Posted by: Dave Berry | March 21, 2008 7:40 PM

3:

Congrats!!! You deserve it! Just bought several of your books over the past few weeks at the local bookstore. I'm bummed that I'm almost out of new books to read. I might run out of excuses and have to actually start studying for my MCSE again.

Posted by: Paula | March 21, 2008 7:57 PM

4:

Congrats!

Ooh, not sure if I prefer Last Colony or Halting State tho! *runs away* (I'm a sucker for Space Opera, I admit)

Posted by: Andrew Crystall | March 22, 2008 12:28 AM

5:


Congratulations, but aren't you getting bored with the it. You're on the list every year. Give someone else a chance. :)

Posted by: John | March 22, 2008 1:11 AM

6:

Congratulations!

I would have been extremely surprised had "Halting State" not made the final list. That said, the Novel category is rather strong this year. Best of luck for the voting.

Posted by: Soon Lee | March 22, 2008 4:27 AM

7:

I hope SATURN'S CHILDREN is of similarly high quality so that we can give you a sixth consecutive appearance in the BEST NOVEL category next year. I'm hoping for an even dozen appearances in a row.

Posted by: David Bilek | March 22, 2008 8:52 AM

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I'm glad to hear that Halting State got the nomination. I bought and read it shortly after it came out in the USA, though I wasn't sure how I would feel about the use of second person narrative. It turned out to be no obstacle; after a couple of chapters I was thoroughly immersed in the narrative flow. And I found this book a real pleasure to read, for reasons ranging from a well handled police procedural story to several passages that made me laugh out loud—as well as having some interesting serious themes. Nice work, and I hope this encourages more people to read it!

Posted by: William H. Stoddard | March 23, 2008 6:38 AM

9:

Fantastic.

I'm just now - at last - reading Halting State, and it rocks.

Also, anything which depicts a Near Future in which Western Martial Arts are thriving has my vote, or would have if I had one....

Posted by: zornhau | March 23, 2008 8:12 PM

10:

I've read Halting State and The Last Colony, and I think that's it for all of the "standard" categories. Greatly enjoyed both, but I would give the edge to HS.

Charlie (or anyone who knows): have you cracked the record for most consecutive Best Novel Hugo noms yet?

Posted by: Robert Hutchinson | March 23, 2008 11:55 PM

11:

Another set of congratulations.

And to #5: He's not to stop till he actually wins (if then).

JHomes.

Posted by: JHomes | March 24, 2008 2:47 AM

12:

Congrats!

I haven't read "Halting State" yet (still waitin' for the delivery) but I like other Charlie's works (especially "Singularity Sky") and wish him good luck!
I also keep my fingers crossed for Ted Chiang and Gene Wolfe. They deserve to win.

Posted by: JPLand | March 24, 2008 6:36 PM

13:

Congrats!

I haven't read "Halting State" yet (still waitin' for the delivery) but I like other Charlie's works (especially "Singularity Sky") and wish him good luck!
I also keep my fingers crossed for Ted Chiang and Gene Wolfe. They deserve to win.

Posted by: JPLand | March 24, 2008 6:37 PM

14:

Congrats! Everybody I wanted is up except for TNH for fanwriting.

Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | March 26, 2008 11:08 PM

15:

Congrats! This convention will be in Denver (hometown) so I will get to go (my first). Will you be there?

Posted by: Rick | April 17, 2008 9:45 PM