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I spent a whole lot of the day working in Programming Ops. The schedule has gone to the printers for Sunday and Monday, not that I was working on it.

I spent much of last night at the ConJose "Thanks a Mint" party. Ran out with Thong to shop for sodas at Loblaws, dragged a ton of stuff back (shoulda gotten a few loaves of bread and boxes of crackers, but you can't be perfect). Geri had gotten an awesome assembly of cheese, pate's and spring roles.

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I just returned from the 50th Hugo Awards ceremony, where Minicon 38's Writer GoH, Robert J. Sawyer won a Hugo for Best Novel for Hominids, and Fan GoH Sue Mason won a Hugo for Best Fan Artist.

Some bad pictures at: http://public.fotki.com/lsanderson/sf_conventions/torcon/

Hugos

Best Novel, Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer;
Best Novella, Coraline by Neil Gaiman;
Best Novelette, Slow Life by Michael Swanwick;
Best Short Story, Falling Onto Mars by Geoffrey A.
Landis;
Best Related Book, Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril by Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary;
Best Professional Artist, Bob Eggleton;
Best Short Form Dramatic Presentation "Conversations with Dead People," Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Teleplay by Jane Espenson & Drew Goddard;
Best Long Form Dramatic Presentation, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers;
Best Professional Editor, Gardner Dozois;
Best Semiprozine, Locus;
Best Fanzine, Mimosa;
Best Fan Writer, Dave Langford;
Best Fan Artist, Sue Mason;
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Wen Spencer.