John, Alison and Liz discuss this year’s Hugo Awards finalists.
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Best NovelAlien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyService Model by Adrian TchaikovskySomeone You Can Build a Nest In by John WiswellA Sorceress Comes to Call by T KingfisherThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettBest NovellaThe Brides of High Hill by Nghi VoThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedNavigational Entanglements by Aliette de BodardThe Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia SamatarThe Tusks of Extinction by Ray NaylerWhat Feasts at Night by T KingfisherBest Novelette“The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha“By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed“The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer“Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie“Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou“Signs of Life” by Sarah PinskerBest Short Story“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K Jones“Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal“Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo“Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine“We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M Yoachim“Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J KimBest SeriesBetween Earth and Sky by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Burning Kingdoms by Tasha SuriInCryptid by Seanan McGuireSouthern Reach by Jeff VanderMeerThe Stormlight Archive by Brandon SandersonThe Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian TchaikovskyBest Graphic StoryThe Deep Dark by Molly Knox OstertagThe Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 by G Willow Wilson and Chris WildgooseMonstress, Vol. 9 by Marjorie Liu and Sana TakedaMy Favorite Thing is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil FerrisStar Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris FenoglioWe Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie HansBest Related Work“Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jonesr/Fantasy’s 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge“The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny NicholsonSpeculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S CarrollTrack Changes by Abigail Nussbaum“The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M Barkley and Jason SanfordBest Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)Dune: Part TwoFlowFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaI Saw the TV GlowWickedThe Wild RobotBest Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)“The Beginning” (Fallout)“Death’s Hand in Mine” (Agatha All Along)“Dot and Bubble” (Doctor Who)“Fissure Quest” (Star Trek: Lower Decks)“The New Next Generation” (Star Trek: Lower Decks)“73 Yards” (Doctor Who)Best Game or Interactive WorkCaves of QudDragon Age: The VeilguardThe Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomLorelei and the Laser EyesTactical Breach Wizards1000xRESISTBest Editor (Short Form)Scott H. AndrewsJennifer BrozekNeil ClarkeJonathan StrahanLynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian ThomasSheila WilliamsBest Editor (Long Form)Carl Engle-LairdAli FisherLee HarrisDavid Thomas MooreDiana M. PhoStephanie SteinBest Professional ArtistMicaela AlcainoAudrey BenjaminsenRovina CaiMaurizio ManzieriTran NguyenAlyssa WinansBest SemiprozineThe DeadlandsEscape PodFIYAHkhōréōStrange HorizonsUncanny MagazineBest FanzineThe Ancillary Review of BooksBlack Nerd ProblemsThe Full LidGalactic JourneyJourney PlanetUnofficial Hugo Book Club BlogBest FancastThe Coode Street PodcastEight of Diana Wynne JonesHugo, Girl!Hugos ThereA Meal of ThornsWorldbuilding for MascochistsBest Fan WriterCamestros FelaptonAbigail NussbaumRoseanna PendleburyJason SanfordAlasdair StuartÖrjan WestinBest Fan ArtistIain ClarkSara FelixMeg FrankMichelle MorrellEspaña SheriffAlison ScottBest PoemCalypso by Oliver K Langmead“Ever Noir” by Mari Ness“there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu“A War of Words” by Marie Brennan“We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang“Your Visiting Dragon” by Devan BarlowLodestar AwardThe Feast Makers by H.A. ClarkeHeavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay ZhaoThe Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan IfuekoMoonstorm by Yoon Ha LeeSheine Lende by Darcie Little BadgerSo Let Them Burn by Kamilah ColeAstounding AwardMoniquill BlackgooseBethany JacobsHannah KanerAngela LiuJared PechačekTia TashiroCreditsCover art: “Scorching Hot Takes” by Alison ScottAlt text: A black background. Text in purple reads “Octothorpe 132” while text MADE OF FIRE says “Scorching hot takes on the Hugo finalists”.Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)