The 2020 Hugo Voters Packet is available to members of CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention, from now until close of voting on July 15.  Many thanks to the creators and publishers who have shared materials for the consideration of Hugo voters and to the Hugo administrators for putting it all together!

Once logged in to the member area, you will be able to access the download page for the Hugo Packet.  The first file is a table of contents in PDF format showing the types of files provided for each participating finalist in each category (except dramatic presentation).  The remaining downloads are a series of ZIP files divided by category and further divided by finalist in categories with large file sizes.

In the following breakdown, I have put an asterisk (*) next to the file types where I noticed formatting issues.  In most cases, these issues only affect the EPUB and MOBI formats, and the PDF version of the same book looks fine.  However, Planetfall by Emma Newman (the first book in the Best Series finalist of the same name) has almost no formatting in either file type provided through NetGalley.  For example, paragraphs start on a new line with no line break or indent.  Atlas Alone (fourth and final book in the same series) is slightly better with at least paragraph line breaks.  The second and third books are uncorrected proofs but appear close to final copy on a cursory glance.

The books accessed through NetGalley links are DRM protected.  Contrary to what it says in some of the accompanying packet material, the “Send to Kindle” option is not available for the Kindle for PC or Mac desktop apps.  You will need to set up a specific Kindle device or mobile app to receive the file from NetGalley.  The book will then be available to download to any other Kindle device or mobile app logged into your Amazon account, but DRM will tie the book to the device or app it is downloaded to.  To read on your computer or other ereaders and apps, choose the “Download Protected EPUB/PDF” option.  You will need to install Adobe Digital Editions and authorize it with an Adobe ID.  Here the DRM will allow you to read on any device or app authorized with the same Adobe ID, but these are set to expire 55 days after downloading (which currently takes us past the close of the voting period).  NetGalley’s help pages have the details on setting up a Kindle or downloading and reading on other devices.

Happy reading, watching, listening, and viewing!

BEST NOVEL (5 novels, 1 novel excerpt)

• The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor; Titan)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine (Tor; Tor UK)
  • complete novel in PDF
• Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novel in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow (Redhook; Orbit UK)
  • excerpt of the first 100 pages in watermarked PDF

BEST NOVELLA (5 novellas, 1 collection)

• “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
  • uncorrected proof of complete collection including the nominated novella and novelette in watermarked PDF
  • PDF with NetGalley link for uncorrected proof of complete collection in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3
  • same files provided in the novelette packet
• The Deep, by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes (Saga Press/Gallery)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015, by P. Djèlí Clark (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Publishing)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Saga Press; Jo Fletcher Books)
  • complete novella in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• To Be Taught, If Fortunate, by Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager; Hodder & Stoughton)
  • complete novella in watermarked PDF

BEST NOVELETTE (5 novelettes, 1 collection)

• “The Archronology of Love”, by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed, April 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Away With the Wolves”, by Sarah Gailey (Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy Special Issue, September/October 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye”, by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, July/August 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (Forward Collection (Amazon))
  • complete novelette in MOBI
• “For He Can Creep”, by Siobhan Carroll (Tor.com, 10 July 2019)
  • complete novelette in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Omphalos”, by Ted Chiang (Exhalation (Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf; Picador))
  • uncorrected proof of complete collection including the nominated novelette and novella in watermarked PDF
  • PDF with NetGalley link for uncorrected proof of complete collection in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3
  • same files provided in the novella packet

BEST SHORT STORY (6 short stories)

• “And Now His Lordship Is Laughing”, by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons, 9 September 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF
• “As the Last I May Know”, by S.L. Huang (Tor.com, 23 October 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger”, by Rivers Solomon (Tor.com, 24 July 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “A Catalog of Storms”, by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, January/February 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Do Not Look Back, My Lion”, by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies, January 2019)
  • complete short story in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• “Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island”, by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, May 2019)
  • complete short story in PDF (also in the new writer packet)

BEST SERIES (14 novels, 5 novel excerpts, 36 short fiction works)

• The Expanse, by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • excerpt of the first 100 pages of Leviathan Wakes (book 1) in watermarked PDF
• InCryptid, by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
  • PDF with NetGalley links for complete novels 1-8 in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3 (novels 7-8 are uncorrected proofs)
  • 36 complete works of short fiction in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF (The 2018 packet had well-formatted epub and mobi files.  Many of these are also available for free download from the author’s website.)
  • reading order in PDF
• Luna, by Ian McDonald (Tor; Gollancz)
  • complete novel of Luna: New Moon (book 1) in EPUB and PDF
  • excerpt of the first 34 pages of Luna: Wolf Moon (book 2) in PDF
  • excerpt of the first 29 pages of Luna: Moon Rising (book 3) in PDF
• Planetfall series, by Emma Newman (Ace; Gollancz)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for uncorrected proofs of complete novels 1-4 in Adobe DRM EPUB* or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*
• Winternight Trilogy, by Katherine Arden (Del Rey; Del Rey UK)
  • excerpt of the first 156 pages of The Bear and the Nightingale (book 1) in watermarked PDF
  • page 2 of the excerpt has a NetGalley link to request the complete novel in Adobe DRM EPUB or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3
• The Wormwood Trilogy, by Tade Thompson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
  • excerpt of the first 114 pages of Rosewater (book 1) in watermarked PDF

BEST RELATED WORK (2 non-fiction books, 2 non-fiction book excerpts, 1 speech transcript, 1 documentary)

• Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood, by J. Michael Straczynski (Harper Voyager US)
  • complete book in watermarked PDF
• Joanna Russ, by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press (Modern Masters of Science Fiction))
  • excerpt of chapters 4-5 (46 pp) in PDF (red text across the bottom of every page stating: “Copyrighted material. For award review purposes only.”)
• The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick, by Mallory O’Meara (Hanover Square)
  • excerpt of the first 8 pages in PDF
• The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)
  • complete book in EPUB and PDF
• “2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech”, by Jeannette Ng
  • complete transcript of speech in PDF
• Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry
  • PDF with description and password protected link to online video of the complete documentary

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC (22 graphic novels)

• Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
  • complete graphic novel in PDF
• LaGuardia, written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin (Berger Books; Dark Horse)
  • complete graphic novel in PDF
• Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen, written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda (Image)
  • complete graphic novels of volumes 1-4 in PDF
• Mooncakes, by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil (Oni Press; Lion Forge)
  • complete graphic novel in PDF
• Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher (Image)
  • complete graphic novels of volumes 1-6 in PDF
• The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: “Okay”, by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles (Image)
  • complete graphic novels of volumes 1-9 in PDF

BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM (1 TV episode, 1 video clip)

• The Expanse: “Cibola Burn”, written by Daniel Abraham & Ty Franck and Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Amazon Prime Video)
  • 1 minute video clip of episode in MOV
• Doctor Who: “Resolution”, written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Wayne Yip (BBC)
  • 1 hour complete video of episode in MOV

BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM (1 magazine issue, 2 prozine/semiprozine samplers, 2 anthologies, 3 anthology excerpts, 2 novellas, 11 short fiction works)

• Neil Clarke
  • sampler from Clarkesworld Magazine in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Ellen Datlow
  • 5 short stories from Tor.com in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
  • complete novella of Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney in PDF
  • complete novella of Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma in PDF
  • complete anthology of Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories in PDF
  • introduction from The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven in PDF
  • table of contents for The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eleven in DOC
• Jonathan Strahan
  • introduction in PDF
  • 6 short fiction works from Tor.com in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF (including a story also in the short story packet)
  • excerpt from The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume Thirteen in EPUB and MOBI
  • excerpt from Mission Critical in EPUB and MOBI
• Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas
  • sampler from Uncanny Magazine in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF (only the short fiction from this sampler should be considered for this category)
  • complete anthology of The Best of Uncanny in EPUB and MOBI
  • same files provided in the semiprozine packet
• Sheila Williams
  • complete July/August 2019 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction in PDF

BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM (7 novels, 2 novel samplers, 2 graphic novels, 1 novella)

• Sheila E. Gilbert
  • sampler of edited novels in PDF
• Brit Hvide
  • list of edited novels in PDF
• Diana M. Pho
  • list of edited works in PDF
  • complete novels in EPUB*, MOBI*, and watermarked PDF
    • A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery by Curtis Craddock
    • Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly
    • Tides of the Titans by Thoraiya Dyer
    • The Perfect Assassin by K. A. Doore
    • The Impossible Contract by K. A. Doore
    • The Revenant Express by George Mann
    • The Sol Majestic by Ferrett Steinmetz
  • other works in EPUB*, MOBI*, and watermarked PDF (should not be considered in evaluation for this category)
    • Chronin Volume 1: The Knife in Your Back by Alison Wilgus (graphic novel)
    • Chronin Volume 2: The Sword in Your Hand by Alison Wilgus (graphic novel)
    • The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (novella, different files from those included in the novella packet)
• Navah Wolfe
  • sampler of edited novels in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF

BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (14 pro art images, 3 pro art samplers)

• Tommy Arnold
  • 6 images in JPG (7 files with 1 duplicate)
• Rovina Cai
  • sampler of art in PDF
• Galen Dara
  • 1 image in JPG and TIF (3 files with 1 duplicate)
  • 4 images in JPG
• John Picacio
  • sampler of art in PDF
• Yuko Shimizu
  • sampler of art in PDF
• Alyssa Winans
  • 3 images in JPG

BEST SEMIPROZINE (5 semiprozine issues, 4 semiprozine samplers, 6 semiprozine podcasts, 1 anthology, 2 cover art images)

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies, editor Scott H. Andrews
  • complete Issue #287 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya, assistant editor Benjamin C. Kinney, audio producers Adam Pracht and Summer Brooks, hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, PDF
  • 6 corresponding story podcasts in MP3
• Fireside Magazine, editor Julia Rios, managing editor Elsa Sjunneson, copyeditor Chelle Parker, social coordinator Meg Frank, publisher & art director Pablo Defendini, founding editor Brian White
  • sampler in EPUB and MOBI
• FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, executive editor Troy L. Wiggins, editors Eboni Dunbar, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Danny Lore, Brandon O’Brien and Kaleb Russell
  • complete issues #9-12 in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF (watermark across cover image only in all formats)
• Strange Horizons, Vanessa Rose Phin, Catherine Krahe, AJ Odasso, Dan Hartland, Joyce Chng, Dante Luiz and the Strange Horizons staff
  • sampler in EPUB (5 different device versions), MOBI, and PDF
• Uncanny Magazine, editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, nonfiction/managing editor Michi Trota, managing editor Chimedum Ohaegbu, podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky
  • sampler from Uncanny Magazine in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
  • complete anthology of The Best of Uncanny in EPUB and MOBI (reprint anthology which should only be used to evaluate the Thomases for Best Editor, Short Form)
  • same files are also included in the short form editor packet (2 separate cover art images in JPG for the sampler and anthology are only included in the semiprozine packet)

BEST FANZINE (4 fanzine issues, 5 fanzine samplers)

• The Book Smugglers, editors Ana Grilo and Thea James
  • sampler in PDF
• Galactic Journey, founder Gideon Marcus, editor Janice Marcus, senior writers Rosemary Benton, Lorelei Marcus and Victoria Silverwolf
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Journey Planet, editors James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Alissa McKersie, Ann Gry, Chuck Serface, John Coxon and Steven H Silver
  • issues 45-48 in EPUB*, MOBI*, and PDF
• nerds of a feather, flock together, editors Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, Vance Kotrla, and The G
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Quick Sip Reviews, editor Charles Payseur
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• The Rec Center, editors Elizabeth Minkel and Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
  • introduction with links to a selection of online content in PDF

BEST FANCAST (39 fancasts, 4 fancast videos, 3 fancast transcripts)

• Be The Serpent, presented by Alexandra Rowland, Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace
  • 3 podcasts in MP3
  • 3 corresponding transcripts in PDF
• Claire Rousseau’s YouTube channel, produced & presented by Claire Rousseau
  • 4 videos in MP4
• The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
  • 3 podcasts in MP3
• Galactic Suburbia, presented by Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts, producer Andrew Finch
  • 1 podcast in MP3
• Our Opinions Are Correct, presented by Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders
  • 26 podcasts in MP3
• The Skiffy and Fanty Show, presented by Jen Zink, Shaun Duke, Paul Weimer, Alex Acks, Trish Matson, David Annandale, and The Skiffy and Fanty Crew
  • introduction in PDF
  • 6 podcasts in MP3

BEST FAN WRITER (6 fan writing samplers)

• Cora Buhlert
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• James Davis Nicoll
  • sampler in PDF
• Alasdair Stuart
  • sampler in PDF
  • sampler split into 18 separate PDF files
• Bogi Takács
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Paul Weimer
  • sampler in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF
• Adam Whitehead
  • sampler with links to more online content in PDF

BEST FAN ARTIST (65 fan art images)

• Iain Clark
  • 10 images in JPG
• Sara Felix
  • 4 images in PNG
• Grace P. Fong
  • 4 images in PNG
  • 4 images in JPG
• Meg Frank
  • list of images in DOCX
  • 25 images in JPG
• Ariela Housman
  • 5 images in PDF
• Elise Matthesen
  • list of images in DOCX
  • 13 images in JPG

LODESTAR AWARD (5 YA books, 1 YA book excerpt)

• Catfishing on CatNet, by Naomi Kritzer (Tor Teen)
  • complete book in PDF
• Deeplight, by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for an uncorrected proof of the complete book in Adobe DRM PDF or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*
• Dragon Pearl, by Yoon Ha Lee (Disney/Hyperion)
  • complete book in double-page PDF
• Minor Mage, by T. Kingfisher (Argyll)
  • complete book in EPUB and MOBI
• Riverland, by Fran Wilde (Amulet)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for an uncorrected proof of the complete book in Adobe DRM PDF or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*
• The Wicked King, by Holly Black (Little, Brown; Hot Key)
  • PDF with NetGalley link for an excerpt of the first 217 pages in Adobe DRM PDF or Send to Kindle DRM AZW3*

ASTOUNDING AWARD (3 novels, 1 novel excerpt, 1 novella, 3 short stories)

• Sam Hawke (2nd year of eligibility)
  • complete novel of City of Lies in watermarked PDF
• R.F. Kuang (2nd year of eligibility)
  • complete novel of The Poppy War in watermarked PDF
• Jenn Lyons (1st year of eligibility)
  • complete novel of The Ruin of Kings in PDF
• Nibedita Sen (2nd year of eligibility)
  • 3 short stories in PDF (including one which is also in the short story packet)
• Tasha Suri (2nd year of eligibility)
  • excerpt of the first 103 pages of Empire of Sand in watermarked PDF
• Emily Tesh (1st year of eligibility)
  • complete novella of Silver in the Wood in EPUB, MOBI, and PDF

SUMMARY

• 29 complete novels
• 6 novel excerpts
• 8 novellas
• 5 novelettes
• 13 short stories
• 41 other short fiction works
• 3 complete anthologies or collections
• 3 anthology excerpts
• 2 complete non-fiction books
• 2 non-fiction book excerpts
• 1 speech transcript
• 1 documentary
• 24 graphic novels
• 1 video clip
• 1 TV episode
• 1 magazine sampler
• 1 magazine issue
• 2 novel samplers
• 3 pro art samplers
• 14 pro art images
• 4 semiprozine samplers
• 5 semiprozine issues
• 6 semiprozine podcasts
• 2 cover art images
• 5 fanzine samplers
• 4 fanzine issues
• 38 fancasts
• 4 fancast videos
• 3 fancast transcripts
• 6 fan writing samplers
• 65 fan art images
• 5 complete YA books
• 1 YA book excerpt
• various support documents

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