The 2011 Hugo Award winners were announced at Worldcon in Reno, Nevada, last night.  The winners are as follows: Best Novel Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis Best Novella The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang Best Novelette “The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele Best Short Story “For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal Best Related Work Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It, edited by Lynne M. […]

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge tied with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis as the winner of the Hugo Award in 1993.  (Coincidentally, The Book Smugglers just reviewed Doomsday Book today if you want to read about the other Hugo winner for the year.) It was also nominated for several other awards such as the Nebula Award, the Campbell Award, and the Locus SF Award.  There is a prequel to this science fiction novel called A Deepness in […]