The following list will be updated over the next few months as we read, watch, and listen to Hugo-eligible works for 2025. These are not necessarily what we plan to nominate, but rather works that at least one member of the Edmonton Hugo Book Club has enjoyed and believes to be worth consideration. We appreciate any additional suggestions in the comments.
Updated on March 9, 2025Items marked with a “*” are ones for which there was disagreement within the book club.
Alien Clay — Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley
The Sentence — Gautam Bhatia
The Stardust Grail — Yume Kitasei
Novella
Saturation Point — Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Tusks of Extinction — Ray Nayler
Saturation Point — Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Tusks of Extinction — Ray Nayler
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain — Sofia Samatar
Time’s Agent — Brenda Peynado
In the Shadow of the Ship — Aliette de Bodard
Novelette
Encore — Wole Talabi
Four Sisters Overlooking The Sea — Naomi Kritzer
Loneliness Universe — Euginia Triantafyllou
Short Story
Rail Meat — Marie Vibbert
Rail Meat — Marie Vibbert
Nigerian Dreams — Wole Talabi
Himalia — Carrie Vaughn
Himalia — Carrie Vaughn
Series
The Trials of Empire — Richard Swan
The Trials of Empire — Richard Swan
The Tyrant Philosophers — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Bobiverse — Dennis E. Taylor
The Scrapegracers — H.A. Clarke
Best Graphic Story
Man's Best — Pornsak Pichetshote & Jesse Lonergan
Ministry of Compliance — John Ridley & Stefano Raffaele
Best Related Work
Speculative Whiteness — Jordan S. Carroll
Nuclear War: A Scenario — Annie Jacobsen
The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion — Chris M. Barkley and Jason Sanford
Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)
Silo S2E01 "The Engineer"
Fallout S1E8 "The Beginning"
House Of The Dragon S02E04 "The Red Dragon and the Gold"
X Men '97 S1E05 "Remember It"
The Dark Room by John Robertson (Worldcon Glasgow Performance)
Dramatic Presentation (Long Form)
The Substance
Nosferatu
Best Poem
We Drink Lava - Ai Jiang
Best Poem
We Drink Lava - Ai Jiang
Generation Ship - Akua Lezli Hope
A War of Words - Marie Brennan
That Time My Grandfather Got Lost in the Translations of the Word Death - Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe
Best Game or Interactive Work
Best Game or Interactive Work
Caves of Qud — Freehold Games, LLC
Helldivers 2 — Arrowhead Game Studios
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth — Ryu Ga Studios
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree — FromSoftware Inc.
SETI — Czech Games
Metaphor: ReFantazio — Atlus, Studio Zero
Metaphor: ReFantazio — Atlus, Studio Zero
Lodestar
The Feast Makers — H.A. Clarke
Astounding Award For Best New Writer
Tia Tashiro
Best Editor
Fan Writer
Fan Artist
Meg Frank
Fanzine
Black Nerd Problems
Black Nerd Problems
Journey Planet
Galactic Journey
Galactic Journey
Zero Gravity News
Fancast
Hugos There
Hugos There
I've definitely got Robert Jackson Bennett's "The Tainted Cup" on my Novel list.
ReplyDeleteThe season finale of For All Mankind, "Perestroika," should also go on your BDP_Short list.
I plan to read Tainted Cup as soon as I can! (Loved Foundryside!)
DeleteBut For All Mankind ... lost us this season. Just very tired of Ed Baldwin as a character, and I wish they'd platform a new generation of characters. That last episode didn't really ... conn
Will games be added to the consideration post this year?
ReplyDeleteMaybe? Probably?
DeleteDo you have recommendations?
So far there's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (a sequel to the first FF7 remake) and Unicorn Overlord (from the developer that brought us 13 Sentinels), two banner JRPGs. Will seek out any indie games that have been released so far as well.
DeleteNote: Unicorn Overlord is on a lot more platforms (except PC) than FF7 Rebirth (PS5 only). A fantasy game that's a little more accessible for PC users (and a little more goofier) is Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore.
Deletehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1924780/Arzette_The_Jewel_of_Faramore/
Oh! There's also Helldivers 2, a game that seems geared towards co-op play.
DeleteSo ... the two video game enthusiasts who contribute to the Cinema Club blog posts have emailed me to tell me to add Helldivers 2 to the list.
DeleteGoing to ask them about your other recs.
(Hope you're doing well, N! Been a while since you quit Twitter!)
Thanks Olav! I'm going for my master's rn so I've been doing alright.
DeleteOn this day of nominee announcement, I come bearing more game recs:
Dune: Imperium (a digital version of the original board game)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1689500/Dune_Imperium/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Rh6SPHLsc
Portal: Revolution (a mod of Portal 2 with an all-new story and new puzzles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXczxIIvXJ0
https://store.steampowered.com/app/601360/Portal_Revolution/
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (a game set in the Moomin universe)
https://youtu.be/-9chKLZbHsc
https://new.snufkin.game/
In addition to The Tainted Cup (glad someone else mentioned it!) two novels which are probably going on my ballot are Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson and The Mars House by Natasha Pulley.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree that The Tainted Cup was good, plan to nominate it as well
DeleteThank you for the recommendation, Olav! Fingers crossed for Seattle. :)
ReplyDeleteI would be remiss if I were not to mention The 2023 Hugo Awards; A Report On Censorship and Exclusion by myself and Jason Sanford, for a nomination in the Best Related Work category.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that it's been nearly a year since its publication and we still don't know very much more that what we and several other journalists and commentators (mainly Ersatz Culture, Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones).
Jason and I want this nomination so that this work, and the events that surrounded and shaped them, are never forgotten.
Chris M. Barkley
https://file770.com/the-2023-hugo-awards-a-report-on-censorship-and-exclusion/