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September 05, 2007

2007 Hugo Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2007 Hugo Awards were announced this weekend at Nippon 2007, the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in Yokohama, Japan. Some of the winners are as follows:

Best Novel
Vernor Vinge. Rainbows End.
An Alzheimer's patient recovers his faculties through a cure developed during his decline. He discovers, however, that the world and his place in it have changed. He must now learn to cope with the digital world as well as the real while combating a vast conspiracy of world domination through technology.

Best Related Non-Fiction Book
Julie Phillips. James Tiptree, Jr. : The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon
Tiptree burst onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with a series of hard-edged, provocative short stories. Then the cover was blown: the author was actually a 61-year-old woman named Alice Sheldon--world traveler, debutante, chicken farmer, CIA agent, and experimental psychologist. This fascinating biography is based on full access to her papers.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Pan's Labyrinth
When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that ensues, Ofelia soon learns that innocence has a power that evil cannot imagine.

For full awards listings , see the Hugo Awards website.