2003 Hugo Award Winners Announced

securitas writes "For those that follow these sorts of things, the 2003 Hugo Award Winners list has been released (PDF). Robert Sawyer's 'Homonids' won Best Novel, fan favorite Neil Gaiman won Best Novella for 'Coraline', Geoffery A. Landis won Best Short Story for 'Falling Onto Mars', Buffy the Vampire Slayer's 'Conversations with Dead People' won Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation and predictably 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' won Best Long Form Dramatic Presentation. You can get all the details at the Torcon 2003 Hugo Awards section."

Comments

Modern Sci-Fi

[Anonymous Coward]

I find modern sci-fi to be incredibly boring. Even the second foundation trilogy reads like second rate cyberpunk. Most modern stuff is written like trash romance novels set with Sims and assorted other sci-fi elements.

Re:Good for Buffy

[Scrameustache]

Yeah...'cause "conversations with dead people" was chuck full of science-fiction huh?

Re:Good for Buffy

[Dark Lord Seth]

Really?

Just because YOU think the series is the next best thing in the world, it might not be all that great after all. Personally, I think Buffy the series is beyond crap, at best. It's like watching Matrix Reloaded. I just don't fcking GET IT! That, and there's always a small legion of bozos around who claim that I'm the idiot for "not getting it" and that I should see all the previous episodes to understand and appreciate it.

True art is something which will always be remembered for the amount of creativity, effort and passion that was poured into something. Elvis Presley's music is art; I can't stand hearing it but it's art. In one hundred years people will still know about Elvis Presley, same thing for the Rolling Stones and Queen. Stanley Kubrick (sp?) is an artist too, even though I can't stand his movies either. You don't have to like something for it to be deserving of anything, and the reverse is true as well; as soon as YOU like something doesn't mean it automatically is the next best thing since sliced bread.

Re:Good for Buffy

[Bendy Chief]

Well, I'm certainly not going to disagree with you when I say that Matrix Reloaded tends to polarize people's opinions. However, it really is "hard to get" for a large number of people, especially the explanation of the Systemic Anomaly and how that ties into the existing control structure of the Matrix. It's mostly that concept, along with the emergence of Smith as a vastly important character, that makes me like the movie.

Buffy is different. There's nothing to "get". What you don't "get" is how people can enjoy it, and I'm in the same boat as you. That show always struck me as monstrously overrated and stupid. Poor acting, terrible fighting, and so forth.

Buffy fans in the audience forgive me, but I think the majority of that show's fanbase is composed of A) teen girls who think "Girl Power" is a blonde throwing fake punches, and B) Harry Knowles' demonic brood of fanboys.

Re:Sci-Fi vs. Fantasy

[nagora]

A lot of people seem to think that the Hugos are being lessened by being granted to works that aren't strictly sci-fi.

Personally, I think they're being lessened by being awarded to third-rate crap like the Two Towers.

TWW