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HUGO VOTER PACKET EXPANDS!

Aussiecon 4 has expanded the 2010 Hugo Voter Packet, which is an electronic collection of novels, novellas, novelettes, short stories, graphic stories, art, writing samples, and excerpts made available to voters by Hugo and Campbell nominees and their publishers.

This expansion adds:

  • Girl Genius Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm
  • Art by Sue Mason
  • Links by Frederik Pohl
  • Additional file formats in the novel, novella, novelette, short story and related works categories. See the updated list below for details.

The Hugo Voter Packet is available until the Hugo final voting deadline of 31 July 2010 23:59 PDT.

More information is available here: http://www.aussiecon4.org.au/index.php?page=87

BEST NOVEL
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor) **UPDATED** added RTF/DOC formats
The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) **UPDATED** added RTF format
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) **UPDATED** added RTF/DOC formats
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra) **UPDATED** added RTF format
Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog)
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade) **UPDATED** added RTF/EPUB formats


BEST NOVELLA
"Act One" by Nancy Kress (Asimov's 3/09) **UPDATED** added DOC format
The God Engines by John Scalzi (Subterranean) **UPDATED** added RTF format
"Palimpsest" by Charles Stross (Wireless) **UPDATED** added EPUB/PRC/RTF formats
Shambling Towards Hiroshima by James Morrow (Tachyon) **UPDATED** added RTF format
"Vishnu at the Cat Circus" by Ian McDonald (Cyberabad Days; Pyr; Gollancz) **UPDATED** added RTF format
The Women of Nell Gwynne's by Kage Baker (Subterranean) **UPDATED** added RTF format


BEST NOVELETTE
"Eros, Philia, Agape" by Rachel Swirsky (Tor.com 3/09) **UPDATED** added RTF/DOC formats
"The Island" by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2)
"It Takes Two" by Nicola Griffith (Eclipse Three; Night Shade Books) **UPDATED** added RTF format
"One of Our Bastards is Missing" by Paul Cornell (The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Three; Solaris)
"Overtime" by Charles Stross (Tor.com 12/09) **UPDATED** added RTF/DOC formats
"Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast" Eugie Foster (Interzone 2/09)


BEST SHORT STORY
"The Bride of Frankenstein" by Mike Resnick (Asimov's 12/09) **UPDATED** added DOC format
"Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09)
"The Moment" by Lawrence M. Schoen (Footprints; Hadley Rille Books)
"Non-Zero Probabilities" by N.K. Jemisin (Clarkesworld 9/09) **UPDATED** added DOC format
"Spar" by Kij Johnson (Clarkesworld 10/09) **UPDATED** added DOC format


BEST RELATED WORK
Canary Fever: Reviews by John Clute (Beccon) (Excerpt)
Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees by Michael Swanwick (Temporary Culture)
The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction by Farah Mendlesohn (McFarland) (Excerpt)
On Joanna Russ edited by Farah Mendlesohn (Wesleyan)
The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms by Helen Merrick (Aqueduct) (Excerpt) **UPDATED** added RTF format
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") by Jack Vance (Subterranean)


BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Written by Neil Gaiman; Pencilled by Andy Kubert; Inked by Scott Williams (DC Comics)
Captain Britain And MI13. Volume 3: Vampire State Written by Paul Cornell; Pencilled by Leonard Kirk with Mike Collins, Adrian Alphona and Ardian Syaf (Marvel Comics) (Links to issues #10 and #11)
Fables Vol 12: The Dark Ages Written by Bill Willingham; Pencilled by Mark Buckingham; Art by Peter Gross & Andrew Pepoy, Michael Allred, David Hahn; Colour by Lee Loughridge & Laura Allred; Letters by Todd Klein (Vertigo Comics)
Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm Written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; Art by Phil Foglio; Colours by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment) **NEW** added PDF format
Schlock Mercenary: The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse Written and Illustrated by Howard Tayler


BEST SEMIPROZINE
Ansible edited by David Langford
Clarkesworld edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Cheryl Morgan
Interzone edited by Andy Cox
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi
Weird Tales edited by Ann VanderMeer & Stephen H. Segal **UPDATED** added RTF format


BEST FANZINE
Argentus edited by Steven H Silver
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
CHALLENGER edited by Guy H. Lillian III
Drink Tank edited by Christopher J Garcia, with guest editor James Bacon
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer
StarShipSofa edited by Tony C. Smith

Art is included in the following categories:

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Bob Eggleton
Stephan Martiniere

John Picacio
Daniel Dos Santos
Shaun Tan


BEST FAN ARTIST
Brad W. Foster
Dave Howell
Sue Mason
**NEW**
Steve Stiles
Taral Wayne

Writing samples are included in the following categories:

BEST FAN WRITER
Claire Brialey
Christopher J Garcia

James Nicoll
Lloyd Penney
Frederik Pohl
**UPDATED** added links


THE JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Saladin Ahmed
Gail Carriger
Felix Gilman
Seanan McGuire
Lezli Robyn