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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The Hugo Awards 2012


The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and were officially named the Science Fiction Achievement Awards until 1992. Organized and overseen by the World Science Fiction Society, the awards are given each year at the annual World Science Fiction Convention as the central focus of the event. They were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention, and have been awarded every year since 1955.

One of the most prestigious science fiction awards, the Hugo Awards have been termed as "among the highest honors bestowed in science fiction and fantasy writing"


Premiile Hugo sunt premii ce se acordă anual pentru cele mai bune lucrări SF sau Fantasy şi pentru realizările din anul precedent. Premiile sunt numite în cinstea lui Hugo Gernsback, fondatorul revistei de pionierat SF “Amazing Stories” şi au purtat denumirea oficială de “Science Fiction Achievement Awards” până în 1992. Organizate şi supravizate de World Science Fiction Society, premiile sunt acordate în fiecare an în cadrul convenției anuale World Science Fiction ca eveniment central al manifestării. Prima dată au fost acordate în 1953 în cadrul celei de a 11-a Convenție World Science Fiction şi au continuat să fie acordate neîntrerupt din 1955.

Unul dintre cele mai prestigioase premii SF, Premiile Hugo au fost considerate a fi “printre cele mai înalte distincții acordate lucrărilor scrise SF şi Fantasy

Statueta Premiului Hugo a fost concepută de un fan science-fiction, Benedict Jablonski, care s-a inspirat după ornamentul în formă de rachetă de pe capota unui Oldsmobile 88. Soclul statuetei a fost conceput de Deb Koshiba (The Inspiration by D.K)
(sursa Wikipedia)
BEST NOVEL
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)
BEST NOVELLA
“The Man Who Bridged the Mist” by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, September/October 2011)
BEST NOVELETTE
“Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com)
BEST SHORT STORY
“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2011)
BEST RELATED WORK
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls, and Graham Sleight (Gollancz)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Digger by Ursula Vernon (Sofawolf Press)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, LONG FORM
Game of Thrones (Season 1) (HBO)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM
“The Doctor’s Wife” (Doctor Who) (BBC Wales)
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Sheila Williams
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Betsy Wollheim
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
John Picacio
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Locus, edited by Liza Groen Trombi, Kirsten Gong-Wong, et al.
BEST FANZINE
SF Signal, edited by John DeNardo
BEST FAN WRITER
Jim C. Hines
BEST FAN ARTIST
Maurine Starkey
BEST FANCAST
SF Squeecast, Lynne M. Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Paul Cornell, Elizabeth Bear, and Catherynne M. Valente
JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer
of 2009 or 2010, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo Award).
E. Lily Yu

(Sursa The Hugo Awards)

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