Vor gut zwei Wochen wurden die Finalisten für die Hugo Awards, den Lodestar Award (für das beste Jugendbuch) und den Astounding Award (für den besten neuen Autor/die beste neue Autorin) auf der Homepage des LAcon V bekanntgegeben:
Best Novel (1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees)
- A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop
- The Everlasting, Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop
- The Raven Scholar, Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop
- Death of the Author, Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz) amazon / bookshop
- Shroud, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US) amazon / bookshop
- The Incandescent, Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK) amazon / bookshop
Best Novella (807 ballots cast for 172 nominees)
- The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK) amazon / bookshop
- What Stalks the Deep, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK) amazon / bookshop
- Cinder House, Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop
- Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom) amazon / bookshop
- The Summer War, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK) amazon / bookshop
- Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite (Tordotcom) amazon / bookshop
Best Novelette (414 ballots cast for 144 nominees)
- “Kaiju Agonistes”, Scott Lynch (Uncanny 1-2/25)
- “Never Eaten Vegetables”, H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld 1/25)
- “The Millay Illusion”, Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny 11-12/25)
- “The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For” by Cameron Reed (Reactor 4/2/25)
- “When He Calls Your Name”, Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny 7-8/25)
- “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy”, Martha Wells (Reactor 7/10/25)
Best Short Story (507 ballots cast for 549 nominees)
- “Six People to Revise You”, J.R. Dawson (Uncanny 1-2/25)
- “In My Country”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 4/25)
- “Wire Mother”, Isabel J. Kim (Clarkesworld 10/25)
- “10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days” by Samantha Mills (Uncanny 3-4/25)
- “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything”, Effie Seiberg (Diabolical Plots 5/16/25)
- “Missing Helen” by Tia Tashiro (Clarkesworld 7/25)
Best Series (687 ballots cast for 185 nominees)
- The Chronicles of Osreth, Katherine Addison (Tor US; Solaris UK; Subterranean)
- White Space, Elizabeth Bear (Saga; Gollancz)
- Emily Wilde, Heather Fawcett (Del Rey US; Orbit UK)
- The Craft Wars, Max Gladstone (Tor; Tordotcom)
- October Daye, Seanan McGuire (Tor US; DAW)
- Old Man’s War, John Scalzi (Tor US; Tor UK)
Best Graphic Story or Comic (362 ballots cast for 243 nominees)
- The Invisible Parade, Leigh Bardugo & John Picacio (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Orion UK)
- The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers, written by Kieron Gillen, art by Caspar Wijngaard, lettering by Clayton Cowles (Image Comics)
- A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel, written by Ursula K. Le Guin, adapted & art by Fred Fordham (Clarion; Walker UK)
- The Space Cat, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford (First Second)
- Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon, written by Kelly Thompson, art by Hayden Sherman & Mattia de Iulis, coloring by Jordie Bellaire, lettering by Becca Carey (DC Comics)
- A Girl and Her Fed, written by KB Spangler, art by Ale Presser (agirlandherfed.com)
Best Related Work (479 ballots cast for 250 nominees)
- “Ragnarök vs the Long Night”, Ashaya & Aziz (History of Westeros 8/10/25)
- Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction, Paul Kincaid (Briardene)
- Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia Butler, Susana M. Morris (Amistad)
- Inventing the Renaissance, Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press; Head of Zeus UK)
- The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom, maintained by Renay (Google spreadsheet)
- Last War in Albion: “The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)”, Elizabeth Sandifer (Eruditorum)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (650 ballots cast for 149 nominees)
- Andor (Season 2), written by Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy & Beau Willimon; directed by Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz & Alonso Ruizpalacios (Disney+)
- Frankenstein, screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Netflix)
- KPop Demon Hunters, screenplay by Chris Appelhans, Danya Jimenez, Maggie Kang & Hannah McMechan; directed by Maggie Kang & Chris Appelhans (Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix)
- Mickey 17, screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, directed by Bong Joon Ho (Warner Bros.)
- Sinners, screenplay by Ryan Coogler, directed by Ryan Coogler (Proximity Media, Warner Bros.)
- Superman, screenplay by James Gunn, directed by James Gunn (DC)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (471 ballots cast for 249 nominees)
- Doctor Who: “The Story & the Engine”, written by Inua Ellams, directed by Makalla McPherson (BBC One, Disney +)
- Murderbot: “All Systems Red”, written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
- Murderbot: “The Perimeter”, written Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz, directed by Paul Weitz, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
- Pluribus: “We Is Us”, written & directed by Vince Gilligan (Apple TV)
- Severance: “Cold Harbor”, written by Dan Erickson, directed by Ben Stiller (Apple TV)
- The Wheel of Time: “The Road to the Spear”, written by Rafe Lee Judkins, directed by Thomas Napper, based on the book The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Amazon Prime Video)
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Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book [Not a Hugo Award] (244 ballots cast for 169 nominees)
- Among Ghosts, Rachel Hartman (Random House Books for Young Readers)
- Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe, C.B. Lee (Feiwel & Friends)
- Holy Terrors, Margaret Owen (Holt; Hodderscape UK)
- Oathbound, Tracy Deonn (Simon & Schuster)
- Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins (Scholastic)
- They Bloom at Night, Trang Thanh Tran (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
Astounding Award for Best New Writer [Not a Hugo Award] (290 ballots cast for 156 nominees)
- Sophie Burnham*
- Kamilah Cole*
- Antonia Hodgson
- Molly O’Neill
- H.H. Pak*
- Jared Pechaček*
*Finalist in their 2nd year of eligibility.
Da, wo die Tüdelchen sind, habe ich etliche Kategorien weggelassen, weil mittlwerweile mit dem Hugo so ziemlich alles und jeder ausgezeichnet wird bzw werden kann. Ob diese Ausweitung sinnvoll ist, wage ich zu bezweifeln - aber andererseits habe ich ja eh keine Ahnung. Wer sich für die fehlenden Kategorien interessiert, wird jedenfalls hier fündig.
