The 2014 Hugos have been awarded at the Seventy-second World SF Con, Loncon 3, in London, England.

Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form: Gravity.

Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form: “The Rain of Castamere, Game of Thrones.

Best Novel: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie.

Best Novella: “Equoid” by Charles Stross (Tor.com).

Best Novelette: “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor.com).

Best Short Story: “The Water That Falls On You From Nowhere” by John Chu (Tor.com).

Others, after the jump….

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The Hugos have been awarded. For the second year running, a “For Fans’ Eyes Only” sort of novel has won. Frequent nominee Pat Cadigan also takes her first Hugo, while Mur Lafferty, whose first novel we recently reviewed, received the Campbell Award. All winners (and some Con video) below.

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SFContario 3 is a smaller con, but it means more attention can be given to everything it has to offer.

So goes the video, as well:

Okay, this one’s a promo for next weekend’s SFContario 3, in Toronto, Canada, with some nods to my appearances there. However, if that doesn’t interest you, click through for a lot of great video, including a Disney/Star Wars parody, an animated Axe-Cop, costumed con shenanigans, and some Doctor Who incarnations you might have missed.

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The Hugos were awarded in Chicago last night at WorldCon. The full breakdown may be found here. Winners include:

Best Novel: Jo Walton, Among Others

“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2011)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Game of Thrones, Season One.

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: The Doctor’s Wife, Doctor Who.

More follow. And yes, due to the changes to the site, comments may take a minute to appear.

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For those who haven’t been to an SF Convention, or haven’t been to one lately, I present this video, comprised of footage I’ve taken at different Cons over the last few years. Enjoy!

Yeah, I’ll get that Walking Dead review up soon. Meanwhile, enjoy some video highlights of SFContario 2.

You want a geek test while you’re waiting for the Geek Test…?

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The second ever SFContario runs this weekend in Toronto. Guests and panelists include John Scalzi, Karl Schroeder, Robert Charles Wilson, Robert Sawyer, and many more– and the Con will be hosting the Auroras.

(A certain Bureau author will be paneling there, too, and running a workshop).

Information here.

Anyone else going?