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The 2011 Hugo Awards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the best-story-ever dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Hugo Award is the leading prize for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy writing. Named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories magazine, the awards have been given out since 1955. This year's winners were announced Saturday during the Hugo Awards Ceremony in Reno, Nevada."

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  1. Shocking, I say by The+Dawn+Of+Time · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm shocked, half the comments are nerds shitting on the winners. Never would have seen that coming.

  2. Re:the fans' awards by nomadic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I will say that historically, the Hugos go to more high quality books than the Nebulas, though overall quality is still lacking; the failure of Iain Banks or Alastair Reynolds to have won a single Hugo is kind of ridiculous.

  3. Wow by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do I care?

    About six years back I decided to always add the latest Hugo winners to my reading list. Four out of five times I started reading and went, "You're kidding, Hugos. You're kidding, right?"