Hugo Nominations 2019

Yup, they're out.

Best Novel

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers
Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee
Space Opera, by Catherynne M. Valente
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
Trail of Lightning, by Rebecca Roanhorse

Given my limited time, the only one I've actually read is Spinning Silver. I have automatic hopes for the Roanhorse book, although I'm sure it will not be an easy read for white folk, given her record...

Best Novella

Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells - another of those robot novels
Beneath the Sugar Sky, by Seanan McGuire
Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor - I really wish I could like the Binti novellas more
The  Black God's Drums, by P. Djeli Clark
Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson
The Tea Monster and the Detective, by Aliette de Bodard

Best Novelette
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again by Zen Cho
The  Last Banquet of Temporal Confections, by Tina Connolly. Love the title.
Nine Last Days on Planet Earth, by Daryl Gregory.
The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Brooke Bolander.
The Thing About Ghost Stories, by Naomi Kritzer
When We Were Starless, by Simone Heller

Best Short Story
The Court Magician, by Sarah Pinsker. Yay Sarah!
The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society, by T. Kingfisher.
The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington, by P. Djeli Clark. Methinks no punches pulled by that title
STET, by Sarah Gailey
The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat, by Brooke Bolander.
A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies, by Alix E. Harrow

Best Series
The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older
The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross. Why not sooner
Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee.
The October Daye Series, by Seanan McGuire. Again?
The Universe of Xuya, by Aliette de Bodard
Wayfarers, bu Becky Chambers

Best Related Work
Archive of Our Own - I knew there was a campaign. Some arguments about eligibility, but...Ao3 has done so much.
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee. Nevala-Lee does good work.
The Hobbit Duology, written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan. A documentary. Woot for different formats.
An Informal History of the Hugos, by Jo Walton. Meta.
www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 by Julia Rios, Libia Brenda, Pablo Defendini, John Picaco
Ursula K. LeGun: Conversations on Writing, by Ursula K. LeGuin and David Naimon. She's dead, but let's try and give her another Hugo anyway ;)

Best Graphic Story
Abbott, by Saladin Ahmed, Sami Kivela, Jason Wordie and Jim Campbell. Ahmed just took over Ms Marvel and while I haven't read this, I have heard nothing but good about him.
Black Panther: Long Live The King by Nnedi Okorafor, Aaron Covington, Andre Lima Araujo, Mario Del Pennino, and Tana Ford
Monstress, Volume 3: Haven by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda. I can't quite get into Monstress
On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden.
Paper Girls, Volume 4, by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chang, Matt Wilson and Jared K. Fletcher. Not my favorite of Vaughan's work, but it's popular.
Saga, Volume 9, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. May not be that much of Saga to go.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Annihilation - meh
Avengers: Infinity War - meh. I enjoyed it, but big crossover problems are even worse in a movie.
Black Panther - Of course
A Quiet Place - Too horror for me
Sorry to Bother You - First I've heard of it, may want to track it down.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Leaning towards Spider-Verse for #1 because of the innovative and beautiful animation.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Expanse: Abaddon's Gate - Hrm.
Doctor Who: Demons of the Punjab - Not the ep I picked.
Dirty Computer
The Good Place: Janet(s)
Doctor Who: Rosa - Also not the ep I picked.

Best Editor, Short Form
Neil Clarke
Gardner Dozois
Lee Harris
Julia Rose
Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damien Thomas
E. Catherine Tobler

Have a vague feeling this one's going to go to the ghost, but the Thomases and Neil deserve it highly too.

Best Editor, Long Form
Sheila E. Gilbert
Anne Lesley Groell
Beth Meacham
Diana Pho
Gillian Redfearn
Nava Wolfe

Best Professional Artist
Galen Dara
Jaime Jones
Victo Ngai
John Picacio
Yuko Shimizu
Charles Vess

Best Semiprozine
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Fireside Magazine
FIYAH
Shimmer
Strange Horizons
Uncanny Magazine

Pretty much the usual suspects except with Shimmer instead of Daily Science Fiction.

Best Fanzine
Galactic Journey
Journey Planet
Lady Business
Nerds of a Feather
Quick Sip Reviews
Rocket Stack Rank

Nice to see ONE new zine here.

Best Fancast
Be the Serpent
The Coode Street Podcast
Fangirl Happy Hour
Galactic Suburbia
Our Opinions Are Correct
The Skiffy and Fanty Show

Betting Mur got nominated again and turned it down now she's won.

Best Fan Writer
Foz Meadows
James Davis Nicoll
Charles Payseur
Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
Alasdair Stuart
Bogi Takacs

Best Fan Artist
Sara Felix
Grace P. Fong
Meg Frank
Ariela Housman
Likhain
Spring Schoenhuth

Best Art Book
This is a single year category
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition
Daydreamer's Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon (self-published...it can be done)
Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History
Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fatastic Art
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - The Art of the Movie
Tolkein: Maker of Middle-Earth

Lodestar Award
Please let this not contain something as dreadful as one of last year's offerings
The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton
Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black
Dread Nation, by Justina Ireland
The Invasion, by Peadar O'Guilin
Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman

John W. Campbell Award
Katherine Arden
S.A. Chakraborty
R.F. Kuang
Jeannette Ng
Vina Jie-Min Prasad
Rivers Solomon

Rooting for Chakraborty here - good writer and awesome person.