51stHugo Awards Ceremony

Presented at Noreascon 4the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention

Saturday, September 4, 2004Hynes Convention Center

Veterans Memorial AuditoriumBoston, Massachusetts

United States of AmericaMaster Of Ceremonies: Neil Gaiman

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First Fandom Awards 3Hall of Fame AwardsAchievement Award

Big Heart Award 3

Seiun AwardsTranslated Short Story 3Translated Novel 3

Noreascon 4 Special Committee Award 4

50 Years of Hugo Awards: A Retrospective—Robert Silverberg 4

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 2003/2004 4

HUGO AWARDS

Best Fan Artist 5

Best Fan Writer 5

Best Fanzine 5

Best Semiprozine 5

Best Dramatic Presentation—Short Form 5

Best Professional Artist 6

Best Professional Editor 6

Best Dramatic Presentation—Long Form 6

Best Related Book 6

Best Short Story 7

Best Novelette 7

Best Novella 7

Best Novel 7

Thanks / Credits 8

PROGRAMMEOF EVENTS

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The Seiun Awards are the Japanesefan awards, voted on by the membersof the yearly Japanese Science FictionConvention. “Seiun” means “nebula”in English. The first Seiun Awards, pre-sented in 1970 at the Ninth JapaneseSF Convention, had six categories;now there are eight. Two of the awardsfor 2003 are to be presented atNoreascon 4: the Translated NovelAward and the Translated Short StoryAward.

Translated Short StoryAward

Nominees:

“Hell is the Absence of God” by Ted Chiang

“Appropriate Love” by Greg Egan

“Lobsters” by Charles Stross

“Liking What You See: ADocumentary” by Ted Chiang

“Maturity” by Theodore Sturgeon

“Great Wall of Mars” by AlastairReynolds

Translated Novel AwardNominees:The Impossible Bird by Patrick O’LearyHeaven’s Reach by David BrinLeviathan by James Byron HugginsThe Drive-In by Joe R. LansdaleThe Other Wind by Ursula K. Le GuinDas Jesus Video by Andreas EschbachEthan of Athos by Lois McMasterBujoldFastwalker by Jacques Vallee

SEIUN AWARDSpresented by Dr. Takayuki Tatsumi andMari Kotani

FIRST FANDOMAWARDSpresented by Keith Stokes, MichelleZellich, and Rich Zellich

First Fandom is giving out threeawards at Noreascon 4 this year. Thefirst two will be First Fandom Hall ofFame Awards, and the third will be theFirst Fandom Achievement Award.These are some of fandom’s highestachievement awards. They recognize alifetime dedicated to being part of thegreat family of science fiction.

BIG HEARTAWARDpresented by Dave Kyle

The Big Heart Award is given annuallyat Worldcon to recognize and honoractive fans (pros not excepted) whohave demonstrated their “big hearts”within our fannish community by theircamaraderie, altruism, and helpful,friendly acts. It was established byForrest J. Ackerman and WalterDaugherty as a memorial to fan/proE. Everett Evans.

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SPECIALCOMMITTEEAWARDpresented by Anthony Lewis, FN

Noreascon Four has chosen topresent a Special Committee Awardthis year. A Special Committee Awardis not a Hugo. It is given by theWorldcon Committee to recognize aperson or institution that has made asignificant or long-standing contribu-tion to the SF community in an areanot addressed by the Hugo Awards.

50 YEARS OFHUGO AWARDS:A RETROSPECTIVERobert Silverberg reminisces on fiftyyears of Hugo Awards.

JOHN W.CAMPBELLAWARD FOR BESTNEW WRITER OF2002/2003presented by Stanley Schmidt

John W. Campbell, Jr., editor ofAstounding, later Analog, from 1937until his death in 1971, recognizedthe importance of finding andcultivating new talent to ensure thecontinued health and development ofour field. The John W. Campbell Awardhonors the Best New Writer of sciencefiction or fantasy, as selected by themembers of the World Science FictionConvention. It is not a Hugo award,but is administered with the HugoAwards.

Nominees:

Karin Lowachee(Second year of eligibility)

Chris Moriarty(First year of eligibility)

Jay Lake(First year of eligibility)

David D. Levine(Second year of eligibility)

Tim Pratt(First year of eligibility)

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Best Fan Artistpresented by Norman Cates

Nominees:

Brad FosterTeddy HarviaSue MasonSteve StilesFrank Wu

Best Fan Writerpresented by James Bacon

Nominees:

Jeff BerkwitsBob DevneyJohn L. FlynnDave LangfordCheryl Morgan

Best Fanzinepresented by Jack Speer

Nominees:

Challenger, ed. Guy H. Lillian III

Emerald City, ed. Cheryl Morgan

File 770, ed. Mike Glyer

Mimosa, ed. Rich and Nicki Lynch

Plokta, ed. Alison Scott, SteveDavies, and Mike Scott

Best Semiprozinepresented by Peter Weston

Nominees:

Ansible, ed. Dave Langford

Interzone, ed. David Pringle

Locus, ed. Charles N. Brown,Jennifer A. Hall, and Kirsten Gong-Wong

The New York Review of ScienceFiction, ed. Kathryn Cramer, DavidG. Hartwell, and Kevin Maroney

The Third Alternative, ed. Andy Cox

Best DramaticPresentation—Short Form

presented by Melinda Snodgrass

Nominees:

“Chosen”—Buffy the Vampire Slayer(Mutant Enemy Inc./20th CenturyFox). Written and directed by JossWhedon.

“Gollum’s Acceptance Speech at the2003 MTV Movie Awards” (WingnutFilms/New Line Cinema). Writtenand directed by Fran Walsh &Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson.

“Heart of Gold”—Firefly (MutantEnemy Inc./20th Century Fox).Directed by Thomas J. Wright;written by Brett Matthews.

“The Message”—Firefly (MutantEnemy Inc./20th Century Fox).Directed by Tim Minear; written byJoss Whedon & Tim Minear.

“Rosetta”—Smallville (Tollin/RobbinsProductions/Warner Brothers).Directed by James Marshall; writtenby Al Gough & Miles Millar.

HUGO AWARDS

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• 6 Best Professional Artist

presented by Sheila Rayyan

Nominees:

Jim BurnsBob EggletonFrank FrazettaFrank Kelly FreasDonato Giancola

Best Professional Editorpresented by Ginjer Buchanan

Nominees:

Ellen DatlowGardner DozoisDavid HartwellStanley SchmidtGordon Van Gelder

Best Related Bookpresented by Patrick and TeresaNielsen Hayden

Nominees:

Scores: Reviews 1993–2003, by JohnClute (Beccon Publications, 2003)

Spectrum 10: The Best in Contem-porary Fantastic Art, ed. by Cathy &Arnie Fenner (Underwood Books,2003)

The Chesley Awards for ScienceFiction and Fantasy Art: ARetrospective, ed. by John Grant,Elizabeth L. Humphrey, & Pamela D.Scoville (Artist’s & Photographer’sPress Ltd., 2003)

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography ofFrank Herbert,by Brian Herbert (TorBooks, 2003)

The Thackery T. Lambshead PocketGuide to Eccentric & DiscreditedDiseases, by Jeff VanderMeer & MarkRoberts (Night Shade Books, 2003)

Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tourof the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard, byWilliam J. Widder (Galaxy Press,2003)

Best DramaticPresentation—Long Form

presented by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood

Nominees:

28 Days Later (DNA Films/FoxSearchlight). Directed by DannyBoyle; written by Alex Garland.

Finding Nemo (Pixar/Walt DisneyPictures). Directed by AndrewStanton & Lee Unkrich; screenplayby Andrew Stanton & Bob Peterson& David Reynolds; story by AndrewStanton.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return ofthe King (New Line Cinema).Directed by Peter Jackson;screenplay by Fran Walsh & PhilippaBoyens & Peter Jackson; based onthe novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curseof the Black Pearl (Walt DisneyPictures). Directed by GoreVerbinski; screenplay by Ted Elliott &Terry Rossio; screen story by TedElliott & Terry Rossio and StuartBeattie and Jay Wolpert.

X2: X-Men United (20th CenturyFox/Marvel). Directed by BryanSinger; screenplay by MichaelDougherty & Dan Harris and DavidHayter; story by Zak Penn and DavidHayter & Bryan Singer.

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Best Short Storypresented by George R. R. Martin

Nominees:

“Paying It Forward”—Michael A.Burstein (Analog, Sept. 2003)

“A Study In Emerald”—Neil Gaiman(Shadows over Baker Street, ed.Michael Reaves & John Pelan, DelRey, 2003)

“Four Short Novels”—Joe Haldeman(Fantasy & Science Fiction,Oct.–Nov. 2003)

“The Tale of the Golden Eagle”—David D. Levine (Fantasy &Science Fiction, June 2003)

“Robots Don’t Cry”—Mike Resnick(Asimov’s, July 2003)

Best Novelettepresented by Catherine Asaro

Nominees:

“The Empire Of Ice Cream”—JeffreyFord (Sci Fiction, scifi.com, Feb.2003)

“Bernardo’s House”—James PatrickKelly (Asimov’s, June 2003)

“Into the Gardens of Sweet Night”—Jay Lake (Writers of the FutureXIX, ed. Algis Budrys, Galaxy Press,2003)

“Hexagons”—Robert Reed (Asimov’s,July 2003)

“Nightfall”—Charles Stross(Asimov’s, April 2003)

“Legions in Time”—MichaelSwanwick (Asimov’s, April 2003)

Best Novellapresented by Elizabeth Moon

Nominees:

“Walk In Silence”—Catherine Asaro(Analog, April 2003)

“The Empress of Mars”—Kage Baker(Asimov’s, July 2003)

“The Green Leopard Plague”—WalterJon Williams (Asimov’s, Oct.–Nov.2003)

“Just Like the Ones We Used toKnow”—Connie Willis (Asimov’s,Dec. 2003)

“The Cookie Monster”—Vernor Vinge(Analog, Oct. 2003)

Best Novelpresented by William Tenn

Nominees:

Paladin of Souls—Lois McMasterBujold (Eos)

Humans—Robert J. Sawyer (TorBooks)

Ilium—Dan Simmons (Eos)

Singularity Sky—Charles Stross (AceBooks)

Blind Lake—Robert Charles Wilson(Tor Books)

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• 8 Credits

Directors Dalroy WardEdie Williams

Deputy Sue WheelerHugo Master of Ceremonies Neil GaimanVoice of Ghod Marty GearStage Manager Joel LordAsst. Stage Manager Donald Eastlake IIIGeneral Hugo Staff Craig MillerTechnical Director Paul KrausHugo Slides Bridget BoyleVideographer Kathi OvertonHouse Managers Sean Keaney

Sue KeaneyEscort Coordinators Ron & Val OntellEscorts Linda Deneroff

Marilyn GilletMary Kay Kare

Cari MeriwetherCarol RobertsJohn RobertsSteve Thorp

Hugo Administrator Rick KatzeTechnical Support Dave Anderson

Elaine BrennanHugo Tallying Software Jeffrey CopelandHugo Award Base Design Scott LeftonRocket Casting Peter Weston & Weston

Body Hardware LimitedPre-Hugo Reception Host Joel HerdaReception Staff Christine Connell

Janice GelbMike Moir

Debby MoirProgramme Design Erica SchultzProofreaders Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Thanks

Noreascon 4 congratulates all of theHugo nominees, and thanks the votersfor selecting tonight’s winners. Thanksalso to our master of ceremonies, NeilGaiman, and to all who are participat-ing in the ceremony, both on and offthe stage, for getting the second half-century of Hugo Awards off to such awonderful start.

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