The full list is at the hugo awards site.
Amusingly, it doesn’t look like my nominations met with much synchronicity with the rest of the voting members. 
On the plus side, I get a load of fiction from authors I’ve not read before via the Voters Packet (hopefully), which after all, for me, is kinda the point.
Edited by John Joseph Adams
I was actually going to buy this before receiving it as part of the Hugo Voters packet for 2011, and read it in instalments. I thought I’d blogged about it, but apparently not.
I’d forgotten that books like this are a few headline acts, a few no hopers, and some in between (and invariably not what you expect). It was the same here – I loved the George R. R. Martin story, disliked the Gaiman, and found a few authors I intend to check out when I’m short of fiction.
As always, the range of what the author considered a wizard was quite wide, sometimes interestingly so.
So.. Highlights;
Mike Resnick is good, but then if you don’t know that about his short stories by now there’s no helping you. Check Podcastle, Fictionwise..
Simon R. Green is channelling both Jim Butcher and Charlie Stross, enough to make me want to check him out in the future, particularly in the featured character, if anything further has been written.
Same with Jeremiah Tolbert.
Jonathan L. Howard reignited my interest in his anti-hero Johannes Cabal the necromancer.
Ursula k. LeGuin delights with an earthsea story I’d missed ‘ The Word Of Unbinding’. I’ll have to go back and reread the Earthsea trilogy now..
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s ‘The Secret of The Blue Star’ reminded me of all I loved in Vance’s Dying Earth, and Leiber’s Lankhmar series, but was so indulgent that I was turned off her story by the end. That and I saw the plot twist early on.
Rajan Khanna was seriously channeling Deadlands with the serial numbers filed off, but that works for me.
Couldn’t get through Beagle’s ‘El Regalo’ – this makes both the reading and the Podcastle Giant episode. I know I should like his writing, but that piece I just don’t. Can’t say exactly why.
All in all, a good hall and several new authors to check out, as well as reminders of old favourites. A good hall!
Well, its done. I’ve read all the novels, all the novellas, all the novelettes and all the short stories. I ran out of time for Best Related Work and Best Graphic Story, plus, really, I’d only experienced two items from the Best Dramatic Presentation (long form) category.
My nominations, then;
Best Novel
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
This was hard; and came down between this and “Dervish House”. I think the latter is a better book overall, but I’ve had far more conversations with people about Feed, so thats what swung it. Apart from one of the nominations, all solid contenders though.
Best Novella
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Ted Chiang is to short stories what Neal Stephenson is to the long novel.
Best Short Story
“The Things” by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010) – Read Online
Best by a long, long way.
Best Novellete Story
Missed this entire category, and realised with 6 days to go..
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work
Writing Excuses, Season 4, by Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
Probably because its the only one I’ve had time to properly review. Although ‘Chicks Dig Time Lords’ had a lot of ground to make up before it even started, although, I’m persuaded after a conversation with james_ that I’m being unfairly judgemental..
Best Graphic Story
Didn’t have time to read any of these, so following the advice of the voting page, didn’t vote. Looking forward to reading them when I get time, though.
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Crikey, I’m out of touch. I’ve only seen Inception from this list, and we turned it off 30 mins in when it failed to grab us. Also the part one of the Harry Potter, since I first drafted this blog post, so that gets the nomination… A bit naughty, really, since I’ve not seen enough of the other to be a fair vote.
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol,” written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Wanted to go back and rewatch the Doctor Who’s. Liked ‘Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury’, but..
Best Editor, Short Form
John Joseph Adams
As, simply put, he’s the only one I’ve heard of, and has done two anthologies I want to read.
Best Editor, Long Form
Nick Mamatas
No real opinion here, but he wrote a book I liked years ago, so..
Best Semiprozine
Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
Voting for the home team, but I suspect the other magazines have done better – most of the stories appearing on Podcastle & EscapePod I suspect came from some of the others, but don’t have the time to go back and reference.
Best Fanzine
StarShipSofa, edited by Tony C. Smith
Can’t stand the guys voice, but its one of the best podcasts around. Problem is, its over an hour each episode, so I stopped listening to it. It won last year, so voting it up again this and meaning to add it back into my schedule. Assuming I can get past my irrational dislike of his accent.
Best Fan Writer
No opinion here, so skipped.
Best Fan Artist
Randall Munroe
Apart from the obvious, his was the only art I liked, and he draws stick men..
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
What? What? Thats another five books? I give up. I can’t read all of that & the Hugos in 6 weeks.
To be fair, they added this entire category in a couple of weeks ago – how fantastic is that for the Hugo Voter’s packet – astounding value, and its lead to more conversations about speculative fiction than I’ve had in years.
Heck, this post alone has taken about cumulative three hours to write..
by Eric James Stone
Hugo novelette.
This was an odd little piece. So much of the world left unexplained yet tantalisingly believable, building on Brin, Scott Card and others I’m sure I’ve missed.
by Aliette de Bodard
Hugo novelette nominee.
Odd one, this. Very shadowrun. Interesting take on things, but not as good as the previous two I’ve just reviewed.
by Allen M. Steele
Hugo novelette award.
This was lovely. A real homage to old and new mars stories, and leaves you with a pleasant melancholy. Now my pick for best novelette. I wonder what’s next?
By Sean McMullen
Hugo Best Novelette. Now this was fun steampunk! Science fiction steampunk at that! Characterisation wasn’t great, but very in keeping with the style, so I forgive him that.
Best novelette so far (two down, three to go)…
by Geoffrey A. Landis
Last of the Hugo Novella nominees! This grew on me as I read it, but left me with too cardboard a feeling for the characters, and no real understanding why they did what they did. Not sure if this was part of a larger story, but the lack of background made them all feel cardboard. Liked the mcguffin, though.
By Alistair Reynolds
Hugo Awards Novella candidate.
An enjoyable read this, with some twists and turns I didn’t expect. It tended more towards the the hard science fiction more than any of the others have done, and there was more emphasis on world building and the mcguffin than the other stories in the nominee list, but its none the worse for that, and certainly wants to make me read more of his stuff.
In other news; one 45 page novella left and nine days. I can totally do this!
By Ted Chiang
Best Novella Hugo award nominee. Read online.
I think this is the best story I have read in the hugo’s, period.
It took me some time to get through it, more than the 150 pages (in iPad view anyway) would normally account for, mostly because it was hard reading at times. Chiang’s work explores the nature of raising an intelligent life-form, as as someone doing that, it really affected me at times, and I had to go do something else.
Just wonderful writing, imagination and insight.