- Novel: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union - Michael Chabon (HarperCollins, May07)
- Novella: “Fountain of Age” - Nancy Kress (Asimov’s, Jul07)
- Novelette: “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” - Ted Chiang (F&SF, Sep07)
- Short Story: “Always” - Karen Joy Fowler (Asimov’s, Apr/May07)
- Script: Pan’s Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro (Time/Warner, Jan07)
- Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling (Scholastic Press, Jul07)
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I also enjoyed a lot Chabon´s book. To be frank, although I also enjoyed BRASYL, I´m also betting The Yiddish... will get the Hugo as well.
After having read both of those, those were the only Hugo finalists that have even interested me, much less being ones that I've read. I'm planning on doing a short little feature on some of these awards in the coming weeks, time/energy permitting, of course.
But between those two, I too would choose Chabon over McDonald for the Hugo.
I loved Chabon's book. Lurved it, even. And I am guessing that Brasyl will take the Hugo.
It certainly seems as though it might be a two book race between McDonald and Chabon, as the others don't seem to garnering any nominations elsewhere (or much in the way of positive talk).
I just got "Rollback" and "Halting State", and I´m starting to read them as soon as I finish Steampunk to review on The Fix - but, even though I usually like Robert Sawyer and Charles Stross´s works (Stross better than Sawyer), I don´t think they can hold a candle (is that expression right?) to Chabon and McDonald this year.
I've yet to like a Stross novel and the one Sawyer I've read (Calculating God, I believe) was merely adequate, so it's not too hard for me to dismiss them out of hand.
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