The Hugo Awards are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works. The award is taken from Hugo Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories, the very first science fiction magazine.
Members of the annual Worldcon choose and vote the nominees and the winners.
Several categories of Hugo Awards are:
- Hugo Award for Best Novel
- Hugo Award for Best Novella
- Hugo Award for Best Novelette
- Hugo Award for Best Short Story
The best-known awards compared to Hugo Award is Nebula Awards, given by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
The winner of Hugo Award Best Novel
- 2009: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins,; Bloomsbury UK)
- 2008: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, Michael Chabon (HarperCollins; Fourth Estate)
- 2007: Rainbows End, Vernor Vinge (Tor, 2006)
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