Books #44 - #46 for 2025, neck deep in the Hugo finalist books now. Some darn fine reads!

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Books #41 - #43 of 2025 (note: The Eternaut is currently out-of-print but Hoopla has it online)

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Books #37-#40 for 2025, the last two are starting in on the 2025 Hugo nominees.

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I read some things! Books #33-#36 for 2025.

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The Hugo Award Finalists for Best Professional Artist are: 

Micaela Alcaino

Galen Dara

Rovina Cai

Dan Dos Santos

Tristan Elwell

Alyssa Winans

There were 270 ballots cast for 219 nominees. Finalists got between 17 and 66 votes.

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Best Fancast (1) - 雨果X访谈 （Discover X）interviews by 王雅婷 Tina Wong - professional production; also qualified in the Best Related Work category.

Best Fancast (2) - 铥铥科幻电波 (Diu Diu Sci Fi Radio) - also a professional production

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Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Witch King by Martha Wells

There were 1420 ballots cast for 576 nominees. Finalists got between 91 and 172 votes.

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Rose/House by Arkady Martine

“Seeds of Mercury” / 水星播种, by 王晋康 (Wang Jinkang) translated by Alex Woodend

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

There were 962 ballots cast for 187 nominees. Finalists got between 106 and 186 votes.

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On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo

One Man’s Treasure by Sarah Pinsker
The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer

There were 755 ballots cast for 212 nominees. Finalists got between 40 and 117 votes.

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美食三品 (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”), 宝树 / Baoshu

There were 720 ballots cast for 612 nominees. Finalists got between 27 and 69 votes.

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There were 457 ballots cast for 256 nominees. Finalists got between 25 and 151 votes.

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A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan

There were 775 ballots cast for 246 nominees. Finalists got between 36 and 343 votes.

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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

流浪地球 2 / The Wandering Earth II

There were 763 ballots cast for 189 nominees. Finalists got between 69 and 212 votes.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody”

Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”

There were 490 ballots cast for 318 nominees. Finalists got between 46 and 115 votes.

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... and to all the @uncannymagazine.bsky.social contributors and staff! #HugoFinalists

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

There were 334 ballots cast for 165 nominees. Finalists got between 26 and 157 votes.

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Congratulations to this year's #HugoFinalists! ✨

Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas

杨枫 (Yang Feng)

There were 530 ballots cast for 179 nominees. Finalists got between 40 and 146 votes.

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The Hugo Award Finalists for Best Editor Long Form are:

Ruoxi Chen

Lindsey Hall

Lee Harris

Kelly Lonesome

David Thomas Moore

姚海军 (Yao Haijun)

There were 254 ballots cast for 103 nominees. Finalists got between 16 and 81 votes.

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[Start Alt Text] Square graphic with black background. Purple galaxy design in the top left corner and bottom right corner. The Glasgow 2024 logo is in the top left corner under purple galaxy design. Top center of the slide has the title Best Semiprozine. The following finalists’ names are listed in descending order underneath in white letters: khōréō produced by Aleksandra Hill, Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Rowan Morrison, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Lilivette Domínguez, Jei D. Marcade, Jeané Ridges, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Danai Christopoulou, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adil Mian, Alexandra Millatmal, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Marie Croke, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sara S. Messenger. Strange Horizons by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective. Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damia

The Hugo Award Finalists for Best Semiprozine are:

Escape Pod

FIYAH Literary Magazine

GigaNotoSaurus

Khōréō

Strange Horizons

Uncanny Magazine

There were 338 ballots cast for 82 nominees. Finalists got between 32 and 159 votes.

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Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together

Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog

There were 286 ballots cast for 80 nominees. Finalists got between 20 and 70 votes.

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科幻Fans布玛 (Science Fiction Fans Buma)

Worldbuilding for Masochists

There were 693 ballots cast for 230 nominees. Finalists got between 28 and 104 votes.

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The Hugo Award finalists for Best Fan Writer are: 

Bitter Karella

James Davis Nicoll

Jason Sanford

Alasdair Stuart

Paul Weimer

Örjan Westin

There were 363 ballots cast for 134 nominees. Finalists got between 27 and 134 votes.

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The Hugo Award finalists for Best Fan Artists are:

​​Iain J. Clark

Sara Felix

Dante Luiz

Laya Rose

Alison Scott

España Sheriff

There were 180 ballots cast for 96 nominees. Finalists got between 16 and 43 votes.

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To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Unraveller by Frances Hardinge

There were 345 ballots cast for 178 nominees. Finalists got between 33 and 56 votes.

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Hannah Kaner (1st year of eligibility)

Em X. Liu (1st year of eligibility)

赵熙冉 / Xiran Jay Zhao (eligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines)

There were 349 ballots for 167 nominees. The finalists got between 35 and 50 votes.

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Watch the announcement of the Finalists for The Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Award in this specially curated video by the Glasgow 2024 Worldcon Team:

youtu.be/JqWYSAUrPrg 

Congratulations and best of luck to all the Finalists!

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The Finalists for the Astounding Award, Lodestar Award and Hugos will be announced on the 29th of March at 3 pm UTC in person at @easterconuk.bsky.social and online across the Glasgow 2024 social media platforms.
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