Serenity Picks Up A Hugo!

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All the way from the 2006 Hugo Awards list:-

2006 Hugo Award winners

The Hugo Awards for best science fiction works in 2005 were presented Saturday, August 26, 2006 at the 64th World Science Fiction Convention, LACon 4, in Anaheim, CA.

Best Novel: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)

Best Novella: "Inside Job" by Connie Willis (Asimov's January 2005)

Best Novelette: "Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle (Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005)

Best Short Story: "Tk'tk'tk" by David D. Levine (Asimov's March 2005)

Best Related Book: Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop by Kate Wilhelm (Small Beer Press)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Serenity Written & Directed, Joss Whedon. (Universal Pictures/Mutant Enemy, Inc.)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Doctor Who "The Empty Child" & "The Doctor Dances" Written, Steven Moffat. Directed, James Hawes. (BBC Wales/BBC1)

Best Professional Editor: David G. Hartwell (Tor Books; Year's Best SF)

Best Professional Artist: Donato Giancola

Best Semiprozine: Locus edited by Charles N. Brown, Kirsten Gong-Wong, & Liza Groen Trombi

Best Fanzine: Plokta edited, Alison Scott, Steve Davies & Mike Scott

Best Fan Writer: Dave Langford - one of my favourites, nicely done Dave! - me

Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

Other Awards presented before the Hugo Ceremony:

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: John Scalzi

First Fandom Hall of Fame Award: Joe L. Hensley

Seiun Foreign Long Story: Diaspora [Diasupora] by Greg Egan/Trans. Makoto Yamagishi

Seiun Foreign Short Story: "The Human Front" ("Jinrui Sensen") by Ken MacLeod/Trans. Youichi Shimada

Big Heart Award: Forrest J Ackerman

Special Committee Award: Betty Ballantine

Special Committee Award: Harlan Ellison