jeanne@ucla-cs.UUCP (04/23/85)
Following are the just announced 1985 Hugo Nominations. The awards will be given at Worldcon; this year the con is in Melbourne, Australia, the weekend of Aug. 22-26. BEST NOVEL NEUROMANCER--William Gibson (Ace) JOB: A COMEDY OF JUSTICE--Robert A. Heinlein (Del Rey) THE INTEGRAL TREES--Larry Niven (Del Rey) EMERGENCE--David R. Palmer (Bantam) THE PEACE WARD--Vernor Vinge (Bluejay) An aside: the Gibson and Palmer books are both first novels. BEST NOVELLA "Cyclops"--David Brin (Asimov's 3/84) "Valentina"--Joseph R. Delaney & Marc Stiegler (Analog 5/84) "Summer Solstice"--Charles L. Harness (Analog 5/84) "Elementals"--Geoffrey A. Landis (Analog 12/84) "PRESS ENTER"--John Varley (Asimov's 5/84) BEST NOVELETTE "Bloodchild"--Octavia Butler (Asimov's 6/84) "The Lucky Strike"--Kim Stanley Robinson (Universe 14) "Silicon Muse"--Hilbert Schenck (Analog 9/84) "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule"--Lucius Shepard (F&SF 12/84) "The Weigher"--Eric Virdcoff & Marcia Martin (Analog 10/84) "Blued Moon"--Connie Willis (Asimov's 1/84) "Return to the Fold"--Timothy Zahn (Analog 9/84) BEST SHORT STORY "The Crystal Spheres"--David Brin (Analog 1/84) "The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything"--George Alec Effinger (F&SF 10/84) "Rory"--Steven Gould (Analog 4/84) "Symphony for a Lost Traveler"--Lee Killough (Analog 3/84) "Ridge Running"--Kim Stanley Robinson (F&SF 1/84) "Salvador"--Lucius Shepard (F&SF 4/84) BEST NON-FICTION SLEEPLESS NIGHTS IN THE PROCRUSTEAN BED--Harlan Ellison (Borgo) THE DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA--Dr. Willis E. McNelley, ed. (Berkely/Putnam) THE FACES OF SCIENCE FICTION, Patti Perret (Bluejay) IN THE HEART OR IN THE HEAD: AN ESSAY IN TIME TRAVEL-- George Turner (Norstrilia) WONDER'S CHILD: MY LIFE IN SCIENCE FICTION--Jack Williamson (Bluejay) BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION DUNE GHOSTBUSTERS THE LAST STARFIGHTER STAR TREK 3: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK 2010 BEST PROFESSIONAL EDITOR Terry Carr Edward L. Ferman Shawna McCarthy Stanley Schmidt George Scithers BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST Vincent DiFate Tom Kidd Val Lakey Lindahn Barclay Shaw Michael Whelan JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD (not a Hugo, but awarded at the same time. It goes to the best new writer) Bradley Denton Geoffrey Landis Elissa Malcohn Ian McDonald Melissa Scott Lucius Shepard Nominees in this category are eligible for two years. Shepard is the only nominee this year in his second year of nomination. The others wil be eligible again next year. If anyone is interested in the semi-pro and fan categories, send me email--this message is getting awfully long. Also, if anyone is interested in joining the convention (as either an attending or a supporting member--both get to vote), send me email and I'll send you that info.
cas@cvl.UUCP (Cliff Shaffer) (04/25/85)
Could someone please post the nominees/winners for last year's Hugo awards? Cliff Shaffer ...!rlgvax!cvl