Post by Forever Xena on Aug 12, 2005 4:36:29 GMT -6
Battlestar Galactica wins Hugo Award Reported at TGL by Chris Howell at 20:48 BST
From Sci-Fi Wire:
Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell won the Hugo Award for best novel in ceremonies at the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Glasgow, Scotland, on Aug. 7. The Incredibles won the award for best dramatic presentation, long form, and the special interaction committee award went to David Pringle.
SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica, meanwhile, won the award for best dramatic presentation, short form, for its first-season premiere, "33." SCIFI.COM's SCI Fiction won for best Web site, and its editor, Ellen Datlow, won the award for best professional editor.
Named for legendary magazine editor Hugo Gernsback, the Hugo Awards are the leading fan-selected awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy and are awarded each year by the World Science Fiction Society at the World Science Fiction Convention. About 2,000 people attended the event.