The Hugo Awards for science fiction and fantasy take place every year at WorldCon. This year it's happening August 30-September 3 in Japan. Anyone with a WorldCon membership is eligible to vote, and that includes people who purchase a supporting (non-attending) membership. So for $50 you could help decide who wins the awards.
Even if you won't be voting or attending, the Nippon2007 site has a page listing
all the nominated works, with links to read all of the short stories and some of the novels for free online. I can attest that
Glasshouse is excellent, and I've enjoyed other work by many of the other authors.
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