Locus, October 2014

by Locus Publications

  BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – LONG FORM

  Gravity began with the most nominations and the most first-place votes, and led in every round to take first place. There was some drama in the Dramatic Presentation ballots, though – second-place finisher Frozen actually trailed Pacific Rim in the first three rounds of voting, winning in the last round only after picking up supporters when The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was eliminated. Pacific Rim, with the second-highest number of nominations, took third without a fight, with Iron Man 3 winning fourth place narrowly over Catching Fire. Runner-up Ender’s Game missed the ballot by only six votes.

  BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION – SHORT FORM

  This category had six finalists due to a tie for fifth place. Game of Thrones: ‘‘The Rains of Castamere’’ was second in nominations, got the most first-round votes, and kept its (sometimes quite narrow) lead through every round to finish first over Doctor Who: ‘‘The Day of the Doctor’’. That episode was the top nominee (with over a hundred more votes than Game of Thrones) but still had to fight hard to win second place, trailing well behind Orphan Black: ‘‘Variations Under Domestication’’ through the fourth round of voting; it only prevailed in the fifth round when it picked up votes after the Doctor Who-related An Adventure in Space and Time was eliminated, and even then won only by 21 votes. Orphan Black had no trouble taking third place, though, with An Adventure in Space and Time taking fourth fairly easily over fifth-place The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, leaving Doctor Who: ‘‘The Name of the Doctor’’ in sixth. (The Doctor may not have won the rocket, but he certainly dominated the playing field.) Another episode of Doctor Who, ‘‘The Night of the Doctor,’’ missed the ballot by one vote.

  BEST EDITOR – LONG FORM

  Ginjer Buchanan came second in nominations and in first-place votes, and only pulled ahead of nomination leader Toni Weisskopf in the fourth round of voting to take the win. Liz Gorinsky trailed Weisskopf in voting until the last round, narrowly winning second place. Sheila Gilbert was likewise losing to Weisskopf until the final round of voting, finally pulling ahead to take third place. Weisskopf led in both rounds to make her fourth-place finish over fifth-place Lee Harris. This was Buchanan’s sixth nomination and her first win. The closest runner-up was last year’s winner Patrick Nielsen Hayden, who missed the ballot by a single vote.

  BEST EDITOR – SHORT FORM

  Ellen Datlow won easily, starting with a respectable lead in first-place votes that only grew. John Joseph Adams, who got far and away the most nominations, led in every round to take second place. Jonathan Strahan took third place, Sheila Williams fourth, and Neil Clarke fifth, with no particularly close races. This was Datlow’s 18th nomination and her sixth win. The next runner-up was Bryan Thomas Schmidt, who missed the ballot by six votes.

  BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

  This category also has six nominees due to a tie for fifth place. Julie Dillon had the most nominations, the most first-place votes, and led in every round to win. She is the first woman to win a Best Artist Hugo since Diane Dillon (no relation) won with her husband Leo in 1969. There were no real fights for second, with Daniel Dos Santos keeping at least a slim lead in every round over last year’s winner John Picacio to take second. Picacio led John Harris for three rounds of voting, only for the two to tie for third place in the last round. Fiona Staples easily took fourth place, leaving Galen Dara (last year’s Best Fan Artist winner) to finish fifth. Joey Hi-Fi missed the ballot by just one vote. This was Dillon’s second nomination and first win.

  BEST SEMIPROZINE

  Lightspeed had the second most nominations and trailed nomination leader Strange Horizons for the first three rounds, pulling ahead in the fourth round to eventually win by 16 votes. Strange Horizons handily took second place. Interzone had a decent lead for the first two rounds in the race for third place, but fell behind Apex, which took third by seven votes. Interzone easily won fourth place over fifth-place finisher Beneath Ceaseless Skies. This was Lightspeed’s fourth nomination and its first win. The nearest runner-up was Daily Science Fiction, which missed by 14 votes. (Locus is no longer eligible for this category under the new rules effective last year, but we picked up a few nominations anyway, missing the ballot by 18 votes.)

  BEST FANZINE

  A Dribble of Ink came in last in nominations but got the most first place votes, and maintained that lead through every round to win the rocket. The Book Smugglers led in every round to take second place; Pornokitsch led in every round to take third; and Journey Planet easily took fourth place over fifth-place finisher Elitist Book Reviews, though the latter had far and away the most nominations. This was the first nomination for A Dribble of Ink. Banana Wings and The Drink Tank were the first runners-up, each missing the ballot by only four votes.

  BEST FANCAST

  This category had a staggering seven finalists due to a three-way tie for fifth place. SF Signal Podcast actually trailed No Award, which got the most first-place votes, for the first three rounds of voting, pulling ahead in the fourth pass to eventually win. The Coode Street Podcast had a hard fight with No Award, too, trailing it for four rounds, and then fell behind Tea and Jeopardy in the fifth round, only pulling ahead in the final round to take second place by a single vote. Galactic Suburbia Podcast was below No Award for two rounds, but pulled ahead in the third round and stayed there to finish in third place. Tea and Jeopardy had the same fight with No Award for fourth place, and The Skiffy and Fanty Show also had to overcome No Award to take fifth. Verity! took sixth place easily, leaving The Writer and the Critic in seventh place. This was the SF Signal Podcast’s second nomination and first win. The nearest runner up was Sword and Laser, missing the ballot by six nominations.

  BEST FAN WRITER

  Kameron Hurley was third in nominations but started with a triple-digit lead in first-place votes and held on to that advantage through every round to win. Top-nominated Abigail Nussbaum maintained a narrow lead over Foz Meadows to take second place, with Foz taking third. Liz Bourke easily took fourth place over Mark Oshiro, who ended in fifth. This was Hurley’s first nomination in the category, and her second Hugo Award of the year, as she also won Best Related Work. The nearest runner-up was Justin Landon, who missed the ballot by 19 votes.

  BEST FAN ARTIST

  Sarah Webb was third in nominations, but annihilated the competition in first-place votes, getting over four times as many votes as her closest competition, Brad W. Foster, winning in only two rounds. Mandie Manzano led for three rounds in the fight for second place, but Foster came through in the last round to win by 17 votes. Manzano easily took third place, and Spring Schoenhuth eked out a fourth-place finish over Steve Stiles, even though he had the most nominations. The closest runner-up was Maurine Starkey, who missed making the ballot by a single vote. This was Webb’s first nomination.

  JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD

  Sofia Samatar received the most nominations, the most first-round votes, and ultimately won first place, in her second year of eligibility. Max Gladstone came second in nominations and led in the fight for second place for two rounds, then fell behind Wesley Chu for one round, before pulling ahead in the last round to take second by six votes. Chu easily took third and Ramez Naam fourth, with Benjanun Sriduangkaew in fifth place. This was the first year of eligibility for Chu and Sriduangkaew, so they have another shot. Marko Kloos was originally third in nominations, but withdrew the nomination due to previous eligible work. Frank Chadwick was the nearest runner-up, missing the ballot by nine votes.

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  COMPLETE 1939 RETRO HUGO VOTING

  Loncon 3 received 1,307 valid ballots from Retro Hugo voters, and 233 nominating ballots.

  BEST NOVEL

  The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White had the most nominations, a triple-digit lead in first-place votes, and won in every round to easily prevail. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis easily won second place, Galactic Patrol by E.E. Smith handily took third,
and The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson won fourth place over fifth-place finisher Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien was fifth in nominations, but was ruled ineligible due to prior publication. The first runner up was The Silver Princess in Oz by Ruth Rumly Thompson, which missed the ballot by seven votes.

  BEST NOVELLA

  ‘‘Who Goes There’’ by Don A. Stuart (AKA John W. Campbell) had the most nominations (over three times as many as the next nominee) and demolished the competition with over three times as many first-place votes as its nearest competition, a lead that it retained until it won in only four rounds. Since the three remaining competitors in round three combined had fewer votes than Stuart, all three were dropped. ‘‘The Time Trap’’ by Henry Kuttner was fourth in nominations but handily won second place, with ‘‘Sleepers of Mars’’ by John Beynon (AKA John Wyndham) breezing into third place, and ‘‘A Matter of Form’’ by H.L. Gold taking fourth with no trouble, leaving Ayn Rand’s Anthem in fifth place. The first runner-up was Tarzan and the Elephant Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

  BEST NOVELETTE

  Despite coming in fourth in nominations, ‘‘Rule 18’’ by Clifford D. Simak had a considerable lead in first-place votes and never wavered, easily winning. ‘‘Pigeons from Hell’’ by Robert E. Howard had a closer fight with ‘‘Werewoman’’ by C.L. Moore (the leader in nominations), but managed to lead in every round and take second place by 15 votes. ‘‘Werewoman’’ had no trouble taking third place, with ‘‘Hollywood on the Moon’’ by Henry Kuttner following in fourth and ‘‘Dead Knowledge’’ by Don A. Stuart in fifth. The nearest runners-up were ‘‘Secret of the Observatory’’ by Robert Bloch and ‘‘Seeds of the Dusk’’ by Raymond Z. Gallun, each missing the ballot by one vote.

  BEST SHORT STORY

  ‘‘How We Went to Mars’’ by Arthur C. Clarke was third in nominations but had a strong lead in first place votes and was never seriously challenged for the win. ‘‘Helen O’Loy’’ by Lester del Rey was first in nominations and built a small lead into a bigger one to take second place by 43 votes over third-place finisher ‘‘Hollerbochen’s Dilemma’’ by Ray Bradbury. ‘‘Hyperpilosity’’ by L. Sprague de Camp easily took fourth place, with ‘‘The Faithful’’ by Lester del Rey ending up fifth. ‘‘Azathoth’’ and ‘‘Beyond the Wall of Sleep’’ by H.P. Lovecraft both received enough nominations to make the ballot, but were ineligible due to earlier publication. The nearest runners-up were ‘‘An Experiment of the Dead’’ by Helen Simpson and ‘‘The Merman’’ by L. Sprague de Camp, both missing the ballot by one vote.

  BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION

  The War of the Worlds had far and away the most nominations – over three times as many as A Christmas Carol, the closest contender – and absolutely dominated the voting, with about seven times as many first-round votes as R.U.R., winning in only two rounds. R.U.R. took second place handily, and Around the World in Eighty Days had no trouble winning third place. A Christmas Carol had a closer fight, but still took fourth place, sending Dracula to fifth. The runner-up was The Brave Little Tailor.

  BEST EDITOR - SHORT FORM

  John W. Campbell got three times as many nominations as his closest competition, Farnsworth Wright, and he did even better in voting, getting over 11 times as many votes in the first round as his nearest competition – which was No Award – winning easily in only two rounds. Farnsworth Wright led in each round to take second place. Raymond A. Palmer also led every round to get third place (though he barely edged out No Award in the first pass). Mort Weisinger tied with No Award in the first round before pulling ahead by picking up votes when Walter H. Gillings was eliminated, leaving Gillings to take fifth place. Forrest J Ackerman had enough nominations to make the ballot, but was ruled ineligible for insufficient professional publications in the eligibility year. The only runner-up was T. O’Conor Sloane, who missed the ballot by one vote.

  BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

  Virgil Finlay had the most nominations and the most first place votes, and won without much trouble. Margaret Brundage, who came second in nominations, came second in the voting, too, winning every round. Frank R. Paul easily took third place, and Alex Schomburg fourth, leaving H.W. Wesso to take fifth. The first runner-up was Howard V. Brown, missing the ballot by three votes.

  BEST FANZINE

  Imagination! tied for the most nominations with Novae Terra, but when it came to the voting, Imagination! easily beat out the competition in every round to win. Novae Terrae was initially behind No Award, then behind Fantascience Digest, but pulled ahead in the third round of voting and held on to take second place. Tomorrow just beat out Fantascience Digest for third place, leaving the latter to easily take fourth, and Fantasy News to take fifth. Le Zombie and Spaceways had enough nominations to make the ballot, but had not produced four issues by the end of 1938, and so were ruled ineligible. Fantasy Amateur Press Association would also have made the ballot, but collections of fanzines were deemed ineligible. The only runner-up was Science Fiction Newsletter, missing the slate by one vote.

  BEST FAN WRITER

  Ray Bradbury won despite having tied for last in nominations, and crushed the competition in first-round voting, with more than twice as many first-place votes as nomination leader Forrest J Ackerman, who at least took second place without any trouble. Arthur Wilson ‘‘Bob’’ Tucker won every round to take third place, and Donald A. Wollheim took fourth, having no trouble defeating fifth-place finisher Harry Warner, Jr. The first runner-up was Sam Moskowitz, who missed the ballot by two votes.

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  MAIN STORIES

  2014 Chesley Awards Winners • 2014 British Fantasy Awards Winners • Eaton Receives $3.5 Million Gift • Amazon News • Canadian SF/F Hall of Fame

  2014 CHESLEY AWARDS WINNERS

  Lifetime Artistic Achievment: Jim Burns

  Winners for the Chesley Awards were announced at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, held in London, England, on August 15, 2014. The Chesley Awards are presented by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA).

  Best Cover Illustration – Hardback Book: Todd Lockwood, for A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Tor).

  Best Cover Illustration – Paperback Book: Kerem Beyit, for The Scroll of Years by Chris Willrich (Pyr).

  Best Cover Illustration – Magazine: Dan Dos Santos, for Fables #136 (12/13).

  Best Interior Illustration: Brian Kesinger, for Walking Your Octopus (Baby Tattoo).

  Best Three-Dimensional Art: Devon Dorrity, for ‘‘Cecaelia, Queen of the Ocean’’ (clay).

  Best Color Work – Unpublished: Donato Giancola, for ‘‘Huor and Hurin Approaching Gondolin’’ (oil on linen).

  Best Monochrome Work – Unpublished: Ruth Sanderson, for ‘‘The Descent of Persephone’’ (scratchboard).

  Best Product Illustration: Julie Bell & Boris Vallejo, for ‘‘Jeannie’s Kitten’’ (IlluXCon 6 promo art).

  Best Gaming-Related Illustration: Lucas Graciano, for ‘‘The Last Stand of Thorin Oakenshield’’ (The Battle of Five Armies Board Game).

  Best Art Director: Irene Gallo, for Tor and Tor.com.

  Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement: Jim Burns.

  2014 BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS WINNERS

  British Fantasy Awards Winners and Accepters (l to r): Kevin McVeigh (for Sophia Samatar), Kate Elliott (for Ann Leckie and Jared Shurin/Justin Landon), Farah Mendlesohn, Gillian Redfearn (for Sarah Pinborough), Peter Coleborn (The Alchemy Press), Stephen Theaker (for Becci Cloonan), Stephen Volk, Lucy Smee & Laurel Sills (for Clarkesworld), Laura Lam (for Lauren Beukes), Jonathan Oliver (and for Joey Hi-Fi)

  The British Fantasy Society announced winners for the 2014 British Fantasy Awards at FantasyCon in York, September 7, 2014.

  Best Fantasy Novel (The Robert Holdstock Award): A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar (Small Beer).

  Best Horror Novel (The August D
erleth Award): The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes (HarperCollins).

  Best Novella: Beauty, Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz).

  Best Short Story: ‘‘Signs of the Times’’, Carole Johnstone (Black Static #33).

  Best Collection: Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk (Gray Friar).

  Best Anthology: End of the Road, Jonathan Oliver, ed. (Solaris).

  Best Small Press (The PS Publishing Independent Press Award): The Alchemy Press (Peter Coleborn).

  Best NonFiction: Speculative Fiction 2012, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin, eds. (Jurassic London).

  Best Magazine/Periodical: Clarkesworld, Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace & Kate Baker, eds. (Wyrm).

  Best Artist: Joey Hi-Fi.

  Best Comic/Graphic Novel: Demeter, Becky Cloonan (Becky Cloonan).

  Best Film/Television Episode: Game of Thrones: ‘‘The Rains of Castamere’’.

  Best Newcomer (The Sydney J. Bounds Award): Ann Leckie, for Ancillary Justice (Orbit).

  The British Fantasy Society Special Award (The Karl Edward Wagner Award): Farah Mendlesohn.

  Winners of most categories were chosen by juries; the Karl Edward Wagner Award was decided by a vote to the British Fantasy Society Committee.

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