2011 Hugo nominees

Nominees for the excellent Hugo awards have been announced. Another great crop of books.

Best Novel:

• Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
• Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
• Feed by Mira Grant
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Best Novella:

• “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky
• The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
• “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand
• “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
• “Troika” by Alastair Reynolds

Best Novelette:

• “Eight Miles” by Sean McMullen
• “The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele
• “The Jaguar House, in Shadow” by Aliette de Bodard
• “Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly
• “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone

Best Short Story:

• “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn
• “For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal
• “Ponies” by Kij Johnson
• “The Things” by Peter Watts

This post's theme word is argosy, "a large ship, or a fleet of ships, especially one carrying valuable cargo" or "a rich source or supply". The Hugo nominee list is an argosy for [certain] genre readers.