The Hugo Awards voting deadline is fast approaching! The deadline to turn in your ballot for your science fiction favorites is this Saturday, July 31st.
Having trouble deciding? Tor.com has reviewed the nominees in several categories, including Best Novel, Best Novella, Best Novelette, Best Short Story, Best Graphic Story, and more. Need to re-familiarize yourself with those nominees? (A full list is here.) Click away!
Best Novel
- Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
- The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
- Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
- Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra)
- Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog)
- The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
Best Novella
- “Act One,” Nancy Kress (Asimov’s 3/09)
- The God Engines, John Scalzi (Subterranean)
- “Palimpsest,” Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace, Orbit)
- Shambling Towards Hiroshima, James Morrow (Tachyon)
- “Vishnu at the Cat Circus,” Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days; Pyr, Gollancz)
- The Women of Nell Gwynne’s, Kage Baker (Subterranean)
Best Novelette
- “Eros, Philia, Agape,” Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09)
- “The Island,” Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos)
- “It Takes Two,” Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three; Night Shade Books)
- “One of Our Bastards is Missing,” Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three; Solaris)
- “Overtime,” Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09)
- “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast,” Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)
Best Short Story
- “The Bride of Frankenstein,” Mike Resnick (Asimov’s 12/09)
- “Bridesicle,” Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09)
- “The Moment,” Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints; Hadley Rille Books)
- “Non-Zero Probabilities,” N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09)
- “Spar,” Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09)
Best Graphic Story
- Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
- Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics)
- Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
- Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
- Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler
Best Professional Artist