The Hugo Awards, established in 1955, are considered one of the world's top prizes for science fiction writing. They are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The finalists were announced earlier this month in Helsinki, Finland.
A year after NK Jemisin became the first black person to win
the Hugo award for best novel, the African American author has landed the
prestigious science fiction prize for the second year running. She becomes the first person in 25 years to
win the award two years in a row. She
took the prize, which is voted for by fans, for The Obelisk Gate, the follow-up to her Hugo award-winning novel The Fifth Season. The Broken Earth series is set in a world that is
constantly threatened by seismic activity, and where the mutants who can
control the environment are oppressed by humans.
Here are some of the other winners:
Best Novella: Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire
Best Novelette: “The
Tomato Thief,” by Ursula Vernon
Best Short Story: “Seasons
of Glass and Iron,” by Amal El-Mohtar (Amal El-Mohtar is a Canadian!)
For a complete list of winners, go to http://www.thehugoawards.org/2017/08/2017-hugo-awards-announced/.
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