The Hugo Package is now available!
At a recent meeting, this question was asked: Why pay to support a convention I cannot attend?
One reason fans will pay a supporting fee to World con is so that they can vote for the Hugo Award. For 40 Euros, you get a package of reading material that includes entire novels!
This package includes all the art from the Earthsea book which I reviewed in WARP 104!
You will find an excellent post by JJ on file 770.
Here is the breakdown of the 2019 Hugo Voter Packet contents:
Best Novel – (50 MB)
- The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal – PDF of full novel
- Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full novel
- Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee – EPUB and MOBI of full novel
- Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full novel
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik – watermarked PDF of full novel
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full novel
Best Novella – (27 MB)
- Artificial Condition by Martha Wells – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
Best Novelette – (24 MB)
- “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho – link to the story online is provided in the TOC
- “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections” by Tina Connolly – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “Nine Last Days on Planet Earth” by Daryl Gregory – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “The Only Harmless Great Thing” by Brooke Bolander – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “The Thing About Ghost Stories” by Naomi Kritzer – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “When We Were Starless” by Simone Heller – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
Best Short Story – (29 MB)
- “The Court Magician” by Sarah Pinsker – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society” by T. Kingfisher – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” by P. Djèlí Clark – EPUB and PDF of full story
- “STET” by Sarah Gailey – EPUB and PDF of full story
- “The Tale of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters, and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat” by Brooke Bolander – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full story
- “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies” by Alix E. Harrow – EPUB, MOBI, PDF, and DOC of full story
Best Series – (79 MB)
- The Centenal Cycle by Malka Older – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of Novels #1, #2, and #3
- The Laundry Files by Charles Stross – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of Chapters 1-3 of Novel #1 plus a Novella, and a 3-Novella collection
- Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee – EPUB and MOBI of Novel #3 Revenant Gun
- The October Daye Series by Seanan McGuire – NetGalley widget for Omnibus of all 12 Novels
- The Universe of Xuya by Aliette de Bodard – PDF Intro to the universe plus EPUBs, MOBIs, and PDFs of 2 Novellas, 1 Novelette, and 2 Short Stories
- Wayfarers by Becky Chambers – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of Novels #1, #2, and #3
Best Related Work – (2462 MB)
- Archive of Our Own – PDF explaining the site with hyperlink to online page with more extensive explanation
- Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee – EPUB and PDF of full work
- The Hobbit Duology (documentary in three parts), written and edited by Lindsay Ellis and Angelina Meehan – full MP4 of video
- An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 by Jo Walton – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full work
- www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative Experience at Worldcon 76 – DOC explanation of the project, EPUB and MOBI of the A Larger Reality anthology, EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of the Spanish version of the anthology, EPUB and MOBI of the Scrapbook
- Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by Ursula K. Le Guin with David Naimon – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of full work
Best Graphic Story – (888 MB)
- Abbott – PDF
- Black Panther: Long Live the King – PDF
- Monstress Volume 3: Haven – PDF
- On a Sunbeam – link to the story online is provided in the TOC
- Paper Girls Volume 4 – EPUB and PDF
- Saga Volume 9 – EPUB and PDF
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form – (No Packet)
- Annihilation
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Black Panther
- A Quiet Place
- Sorry to Bother You
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form – (No Packet)
- The Expanse: “Abaddon’s Gate”
- Doctor Who: “Demons of the Punjab”
- Dirty Computer, written by Janelle Monáe
- The Good Place: “Janet(s)”
- The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy”
- Doctor Who: “Rosa”
Best Professional Editor, Short Form – (71 MB)
- Neil Clarke – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF summary of 2018 works edited and 12 fiction selections from 2018 Clarkesworld Magazine
- Gardner Dozois – not in packet
- Lee Harris – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF summary of 2018 works edited and personal statement
- Julia Rios – DOC personal statement; EPUB and PDF of 17 fiction and non-fiction selections from 2018 Fireside Magazine
- Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of 22 stories, essays, and interviews
- E. Catherine Tobler – DOC summary of 2019 works edited and personal statement; EPUB, MOBI, and PDF versions of Shimmer #46, November 2018
Best Professional Editor, Long Form – (938 MB)
- Sheila E. Gilbert – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF list of 2018 books edited, plus 13 novel excerpts in the PDF
- Anne Lesley Groell – DOC personal statement with list of 2018 books edited
- Beth Meacham – RTF personal statement with list of 2018 books edited
- Diana Pho – DOC personal statement with list of 2018 books edited, PDF excerpts of 7 novels and watermarked PDF of a full graphic novel
- Gillian Redfearn – PDF personal statement with list of 2018 books edited (note that there are numerous pre-2018 works listed here which should not be considered when evaluating this editor’s work)
- Navah Wolfe – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF list of 2018 books edited, plus 6 novel excerpts
Best Professional Artist – (460 MB)
- Galen Dara – 5 JPG image files
- Jaime Jones – 6 JPG image files
- Victo Ngai – 12 JPG image files (note that at least 5 of these works appeared in her 2017 and 2018 packets, and are no longer eligible this year: Norse Mythology, Battlefield of the Fans, Clover, Evolution of Sports, Serving Fish)
- John Picacio – PDF with 7 images (note that La Valiente appeared in his 2018 packet, and is no longer eligible this year)
- Yuko Shimizu – PDF summary and 42 JPG image files (note that The Ascent to Godhood will not be published until July 2019 and is not eligible this year)
- Charles Vess – PDF of all of Earthsea‘s 65 illustrations, some color, most black & white
Best Semiprozine – (107 MB)
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of Issues #261 and #262
- Fireside Magazine – EPUB and PDF of 21 stories, essays, and features
- FIYAH – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of 17 stories
- Shimmer – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of Issue #46
- Strange Horizons – 4 EPUB vars, MOBI, and PDF of 11 stories, essays, and reviews
- Uncanny Magazine – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of 31 stories, essays, and interviews
Best Fanzine – (116 MB)
- Galactic Journey – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of 16 reviews and essays plus About section for contributors
- Journey Planet – PDFs of 6 issues (#39-44)
- Lady Business – PDFs of 10 reviews and essays plus 1 PDF containing all of them
- nerds of a feather, flock together – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of 34 reviews and essays plus summary
- Quick Sip Reviews – DOC and PDF of 9 reviews and essays
- Rocket Stack Rank – 234-page PDF describing the site structure and functionality, with lots of sample ratings and reviews
Best Fancast – (2567 MB)
- Be the Serpent – MP3s of Episodes #7, #19, and #22
- The Coode Street Podcast – MP3s of 21 Episodes #320-#340
- Fangirl Happy Hour – EPUB, RTF, HTML, and PDF with synopses and links to 11 Episodes
- Galactic Suburbia – MP3s of Episodes #181 and #196
- Our Opinions Are Correct – MP3s of 21 Episodes #1-#21
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show – PDF Introduction and MP3s for 6 Episodes
Best Fan Writer – (17 MB)
- Foz Meadows – PDF of 5 selected reviews and essays
- James Davis Nicoll – DOC personal statement with links to 23 selected online reviews as well as all 2018 monthly archives, EPUB and PDF of a 722-page collection of more than 250 reviews and essays
- Charles Payseur – PDF of 8 reviews and essays
- Elsa Sjunneson-Henry – PDF of 3 reviews and essays
- Alasdair Stuart – PDFs of 5 reviews and essays
- Bogi Takács – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of 11 reviews and essays plus personal statement with links to several online databases and recommendation threads of special-interest focus
Best Fan Artist – (106 MB)
- Sara Felix – 6 PNG image files
- Grace P. Fong – 4 JPG image files
- Meg Frank- 9 JPG image files and 5 HEIC image files
- Ariela Housman – 3 PDF image files
- Likhain (Mia Sereno) – 5 JPG image files and 1 PNG image file
- Spring Schoenhuth – 6 JPG image files
Best Art Book – (474 MB)
- The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition – PDF of all of the book’s 65 illustrations, some color, most black & white
- Daydreamer’s Journey: The Art of Julie Dillon – not in packet
- Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History – PDF of the entire book
- Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art – not in packet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – The Art of the Movie – PDFs of the wraparound cover art and of 37 two-page spreads from the book
- Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth – PDF of 65 two-page spreads from the book
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book – (4 MB)
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton – not in packet
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – NetGalley widget for full book
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black – NetGalley widget for excerpt
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland – watermarked PDF excerpt
- The Invasion by Peadar O’Guilin – EPUB and MOBI of each #1 The Call and #2 The Invasion
- Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman – NetGalley widget for full book
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer – (127 MB)
- Katherine Arden – watermarked PDF excerpt of The Bear and the Nightingale
- S.A. Chakraborty – watermarked PDF of City of Brass
- R.F. Kuang – EPUB, MOBI, and watermarked PDF of The Poppy War (note that the EPUB and MOBI versions appear to be unreadable conversions from a PDF)
- Jeannette Ng – PDF excerpt of Under the Pendulum Sun, PDF of short story “How the Tree of Wishes Gained its Carapace of Plastic” (note that there are 2 non-fiction, non-Campbell-eligible works included which should not be considered when evaluating this author’s work)
- Vina Jie-Min Prasad – EPUB, MOBI, and PDF of each of the short fiction works “Fandom for Robots”, “A Series of Steaks”, “Pistol Grip”, and “Portrait of Skull with Man”
- Rivers Solomon – PDF of An Unkindness of Ghosts