Hugo Packet 2011
I downloaded my Hugo awards packet (~900M) this weekend and loaded it onto my iPhone so I can read everything before the voting deadline. The ballot closes July 31st, 2011. Whew, I’ve got some reading to do. By the way, I plan on doing a post on each of these as I read them.
Ahh, what is the Hugo packet you ask? Well, if you are a registered member (even supporting at $50) then the the publishers of the works have provided DRM free versions of nominated works and related items in a nice downloadable packet so that you can read everything (even things you might not have been inclined to.) The packet includes:
Eight full novels of nominated works:
- Blackout by Connie Willis (pdf)
- Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
- Feed by Mira Grant
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
- I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells (Campbell nominee) (pdf, rtf)
- Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia (Campbell nominee) (pdf, rtf, epub)
- Moxyland by Lauren Beukes (Campbell nominee)(pdf, prc, epub) And an excerpt of Zoo City
- Novel excerpts from Lev Grossman–Endgame, Magicians(Campbell nominee)
Five graphic novels:
- Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham
- Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil and Kaja Foglio with colors by Cheyenne Wright
- Grandville Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot
- Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel by Howard Tayler with some colors by Travis Walton
- The Unwritten, Volume 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
Best Novella — RTF/PDF/EPUB/MOBI formats
- The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
- The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
- The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
- The Sultan of the Clouds by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
- Troika by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette — RTF/PDF/EPUB/MOBI formats
- Eight Miles by Sean McMullen (Analog, September 2010)
- The Emperor of Mars by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010)
- The Jaguar House, in Shadow by Aliette de Bodard (Asimov’s, July 2010)
- Plus or Minus by James Patrick Kelly (Asimov’s, December 2010)
- That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made by Eric James Stone (Analog, September 2010)
Best Short Story — RTF/PDF/EPUB/MOBI formats
- Amaryllis by Carrie Vaughn (Lightspeed, June 2010)
- For Want of a Nail by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010)
- Ponies by Kij Johnson (Tor.com, November 17, 2010) (Nebulla Winner)
- The Things by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
Related Works
- The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing by Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg
- Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O’Shea
- Excerpt from Robert Heinlein Vol 1 by William H Patterson
Links to Writing Excuses Season 4
And a bunch more short stories and examples of artists works and …
All in all a lot of good stuff. Remember, these are provided as a courtesy by the publishers for the convenience of Hugo voters. If you like something, please do buy it.