Here are the pictures from this year’s Hugo Awards ceremony during The 75th World Science Fiction Convention (commonly in Helsinki, Finland last 11 August. Despite the efforts of the self-described “Sad Puppies,” and their alt-right equivalents, the “Rabid Puppies, women almost completely swept the Hugo Awards, taking home the top prizes for literature in the science fiction community (Woohoo!). The full list of winners can be found here.
Welcome to the Hugo Awards!
The very, very, very, very long queue to get in.
Look at that audience!
Which includes me and my lovely wife, Patricia.
The esteemed host Dr. Karen Lord and the inimitable George R. R. Martin.
The Song of Ice and Fire Chronicler and German actress Sibel Kekilli (Shae on GoT).
The dapper winner of one of the 2017 Seiun Awards, Ken Liu
More Ken Liu
Best Fan Artist: Go Likhain!
Best Fan Writer: Go Natalie Luhrs!
Best Novelette: Go Fran Wilde!
With a real-life ISS astronaut – Dr. Kjell Lindgren, a member of Expedition 44/45 to the International Space Station (ISS), and a NASA Distinguished Service Medal recipient (2016).
Patricia with Game of Throne’s Shae, the 2-time Lola winner Sibel Kekilli.
Fan boy with the great Nalo Hopkinson!
The Hugo Award winners and presenters.
Amazing writers and artists Aliette de Bodard, Fran Wilde and Likhain!
That’s all folks!