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		<span id="title-172123183"> <a href="//news.slashdot.org/story/23/10/28/040222/81st-world-science-fiction-convention-announces-2023-hugo-awards">81st World Science Fiction Convention Announces 2023 Hugo Awards</a> <span><a href="https://gizmodo.com/hugo-award-winners-2023-nettle-bone-kingfisher-best-nov-1850955404" target="_blank" title="External link - https://gizmodo.com/hugo-award-winners-2023-nettle-bone-kingfisher-best-nov-1850955404"> (gizmodo.com) </a></span></span>

		
		
		
		

		
		
		
			
		
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				The World Science Fiction Society "administers and presents the Hugo Awards, the oldest and most noteworthy award for science fiction," <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldcon#Awards">according to Wikipedia</a>. Its members vote on each year's winners, and this year they <a href="https://www.thehugoawards.org/2023/10/4611/">received 1,847 nominating ballots</a>.</p><p> 

This year the 81st edition of their World Science Fiction Convention was held from October 18 to 22  in Chengdu, China.  <a href="https://gizmodo.com/hugo-award-winners-2023-nettle-bone-kingfisher-best-nov-1850955404">More details from <em>Gizmodo</em></a>:

<i>While fan-favorite cozy fantasy novel Legends &amp; Lattes lost Best Novel to T. Kingfisher's excellent horror-fantasy <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250244031/nettlebone">Nettle &amp; Bone</a>, <a href="https://www.travisbaldree.com/books">Legends &amp; Lattes</a> author Travis Baldtree won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. <a href="https://a24films.com/films/everything-everywhere-all-at-once">Everything Everywhere All at Once</a> snagged film's top honor, and The Expanse's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon's_Ashes_(The_Expanse_episode)">finale episode</a> did the same for televsion, beating out both nominated Andor episodes among others.  Some other great standouts include short fiction editor Neil Clarke, who has kept Clarkesworld magazine running despite <a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/02/21/1852211/sci-fi-mag-pauses-submissions-amid-flood-of-ai-generated-short-stories">getting swamped by AI-generated submissions earlier this year</a>. </i> <br></br>

And "By winning Best Graphic Story or Comic, [Bartosz] Sztybor-who also served as a producer on the overwhelmingly popular Netflix anime <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12590266/">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners</a>-also becomes the first Polish author to win a Hugo," <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2023/10/25/cyberpunk-2077-comic-book-wins-coveted-2023-hugo-award/">reports <em>Forbes</em></a>:

<i>[Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams] is set in Night City-as seen in Cyberpunk 2077-and follows the story of two small-time thieves, Tasha and Mirek, who are trying to survive the harsh metropolis together.  "Tasha and Mirek make a living for themselves stealing cyberware and indulging in parties and braindances," the official teaser explains... </i> <br></br>

Other highlights from this year's awards:
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 <li>Best novella: <a href="https://publishing.tor.com/wherethedrownedgirlsgo-seananmcguire/9781250213624/">Where the Drowned Girls Go</a>, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)</li>
 <li>Best Novelette: "The Space-Time Painter", by Hai Ya (Galaxy's Edge, April 2022)</li>
 <li>Best Short Story: "<a href="https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/rabbit-test/">Rabbit Test</a>", by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)</li>
 <li>Best Series:   <a href="https://www.orbitbooks.net/tag/children-of-time/">Children of Time series</a>, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)</li>

 <li>Best Related Work: <a href="https://www.discworldemporium.com/product/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes/">Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes</a>, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)</li>
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