2001 Hugo Longlist

When I started this project, I noted that there was a point at which continuing to work backwards in time to find the Hugo statistics would become exponentially more difficult. This is that point. As far as I can tell, prior to 2001, the Hugo administrators didn't, either because they could not or simply would not, post the extended Hugo statistics report in a manner that is currently accessible. I have data from the 1984 Hugos, which was reconstructed from the ballots from that year that have been made available due to an odd fluke, and I need to go back and find the data for the 1939, 1951, and 1954 Retro Hugo statistics, but after that I suspect that the only way to find more historic Hugo Longlist data is to dig it out of mostly forgotten and dusty filing cabinets.

The other thing I noted when I began this project is that the data would likely degrade in quality the further back one went in time, and that has also been proven true. In previous years, the extended list of nominees in the Semiprozine and Fanzine categories was presented without reference to the editors of those works, which made necessary a search for their identities. The 2001 data not only didn't list the editors for the nominees in the Semiprozine and Fanzine categories, they also omitted the names of the authors for all of the works nominated in the fiction categories and the Best Related Work category. I am reasonably knowledgeable concerning the authorship of science fiction stories, but even so, tracking down the identities of the authors of all of the books and stories on this Longlist was something of a chore.

Best Novel

Finalists:
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling [winner]
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin

Longlisted Nominees:
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
The Coming by Joe Haldeman
Declare by Tim Powers
Eater by Gregory Benford
Galveston by Sean Stewart
In Green's Jungles by Gene Wolfe
Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
Oceanspace by Allen M. Steele
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
Ventus by Karl Schroeder
Wheelers by Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
Zeitgeist by Bruce Sterling

Best Novella

Finalists:
Oracle by Greg Egan
Radiant Green Star by Lucius Shepard
The Retrieval Artist by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
A Roll of the Dice by Catherine Asaro
Seventy-Two Letters by Ted Chiang
The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson [winner]

Longlisted Nominees:
Blue Kansas Sky by Michael Bishop
Changeling by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
The Enclave by Lois Tilton
Fly-by-Night by Larry Niven
The Forest Between the Worlds by G. David Nordley
Great Wall of Mars by Alastair Reynolds
Heart of Glass by William Barton
Identity Crisis by Kevin J. Anderson
To Leuchars by Rick Wilbur
Obsidian Harvest by Rick Cook and Ernest Hogan
One-Eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings by R. Garcia y Robertson
Path of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin
Savior by Nancy Kress
Under by Hal Clement

Best Novelette

Finalists:
Agape Among the Robots by Allen M. Steele
Generation Gap by Stanley Schmidt
Millennium Babies by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [winner]
On the Orion Line by Stephen Baxter
Redchapel by Mike Resnick

Longlisted Nominees
The Alien Abduction by James L. Cambias
Auspicious Eggs by James Morrow
The Birthday of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Bloody Bunnies by Bradley Denton
Chitty Bang Bang by Ian R. MacLeod
The Cloud Man by Eleanor Arnason
A Day's Work on the Moon by Mike Shepherd
Feel the Zaz by James Patrick Kelly
The Juniper Tree by John Kessel
Merlin's Gun by Alastair Reynolds
Noise of their Joye by Thomas Purdom
Primes by Lewis Shiner
The Prophet Ugly by Robert Reed
The Quantum Teleporter by Michael A. Burstein
Snowball in Hell by Brian Stableford
The Taranth Stone by Ron Collins

Best Short Story

Finalists:
Different Kinds of Darkness by David Langford [winner]
The Elephants on Neptune by Mike Resnick
The Gravity Mine by Stephen Baxter
Kaddish for the Last Survivor by Michael A. Burstein
Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick

Longlisted Nominees
The Art of the Fugue by Charles Sheffield
Colours of the Soul by Sean McMullen
Escape Horizon by Michael A. Burstein
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant by Jeffrey Ford
The Foster Child by William Browning Spencer
Interstitial by Paul J. McAuley
Looking for Rhonda Honda by William Sanders
The Missing Mass by Larry Niven
Night Voices by Stephen L. Burns
The Royals of Hegn by Ursula K. Le Guin
Sheena 5 by Stephen Baxter
Silver Ghost by Stephen Baxter
The Suspended Fourth by Paul Levinson

Best Related Work

Finalists:
Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition by Anthony R. Lewis

Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton by Bob Eggleton and Nigel Suckling [winner]

Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts into Silk Purse Stories by Mike Resnick
Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion by James Gifford
Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James, and Farah Mendlesohn

Longlisted Nominees:
Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey by Daniel Keyes
At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub by Bill Sheehan
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing SF by Karl Schroeder
Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Freedman
The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies by R.G. Young
Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It by Frank Kelly Freas and Laura Brodian Freas
Jack Vance: Critical Appreciation and a Bibliography by Arthur E. Cunningham
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey
L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Best of the Writers of the Future edited by Algis Budrys
Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics by Julius Schwartz and Brian M. Thomsen
Mike Resnick: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to His Work by Fiona Kelleghan and Ralph Roberts
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
Science Fiction Culture by Camille Bacon-Smith
Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art edited by Cathy Fenner and ‎Arnie Fenner
Visions in Light and Shadow by John L. Flynn
Writing Horror by Edo Van Belkom

Best Dramatic Presentation

Finalists:
Chicken Run
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [winner]
Frank Herbert's Dune (miniseries)
Frequency
X-Men

Longlisted Nominees:
Battlefield Earth
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: This Year's Girl and Who Are You
Fantasia 2000
George Lucas in Love
Gladiator
Gormenghast
Pitch Black
Shadow of the Vampire
Space Cowboys
Titan A.E.
Unbreakable

Best Professional Editor

Finalists:
Ellen Datlow
Gardner Dozois [winner]
David G. Hartwell
Stanley Schmidt
Gordon van Gelder

Longlisted Nominees:
Algis Budrys
Scott Edelman
Laura Anne Gilman
Martin H. Greenberg
Warren Lapine
Shawna McCarthy
Beth Meacham
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
David Pringle
Ian Randall Strock

Best Professional Artist

Finalists:
Jim Burns
Bob Eggleton [winner]
Frank Kelly Freas
Donato Giancola
Michael Whelan

Longlisted Nominees:
Beryl Bush
Tom Canty
David Cherry
Vincent di Fate
Dominic Harman
Nicholas Jainschigg
Don Maitz
Luis Royo
Ron Walotsky
Stephen Youll

Best Semi-Prozine

Finalists:
Interzone edited by David Pringle
Locus edited by Charles N. Brown [winner]
The New York Review of Science Fiction edited by Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell, and Kevin Maroney
Science Fiction Chronicle edited by Andrew I. Porter
Speculations edited by Denise Lee and Susan Fry, published by Kent Brewster

Longlisted Nominees:
Aboriginal SF edited by Charles Ryan
Absolute Magnitude edited by Warren Lapine
Artemis edited by Ian Randal Strock
Century edited by Jenna Felice and Rob Killheffer
Dreams of Decadence edited by Angela Kessler
On Spec edited by Diane Walton
The SFWA Bulletin edited by David Truesdale
Spectrum SF edited by Paul Fraser
Tales of the Unanticipated edited by Eric M. Heideman
Weird Tales edited by Darrell Schweitzer and George Scithers

Best Fanzine

Finalists:
Challenger edited by Guy H. Lillian III
File 770 edited by Mike Glyer [winner]
Mimosa edited by Nicki Lynch and Richard Lynch
Plokta edited by Alison Scott, Steve Davies and Mike Scott
STET edited by Dick Smith and Leah Zeldes Smith

Longlisted Nominees:
Ansible edited by David Langford
Banana Wings edited by Claire Brialey and Mark Plummer
Bento edited by David D. Levine and Kate Yule
The Devniad edited by Bob Devney
Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan
Fosfax edited by Timothy Lane and Elizabeth Garrott
Idea edited by Geri Sullivan
Nova Express edited by Lawrence Person
Trap Door edited by Robert Lichtman
Twink edited by E.B. Frohvet

Best Fan Writer

Finalists:
Bob Devny
Mike Glyer
David Langford [winner]
Evelyn C. Leeper
Steven H Silver

Longlisted Nominees:
John L. Flynn
John Hertz
Arthur Hlavarty
Arnie Katz
Fred Lerner
David Levine
Guy H. Lillian, III
Joseph T. Major
Cheryl Morgan
Lloyd Penny
Leah Zeldes Smith
Geri Sullivan
Jo Walton

Best Fan Artist

Finalists:
Sheryl Burkhead
Brad Foster
Teddy Harvia [winner]
Sue Mason
Taral Wayne

Longlisted Nominees:
Freddie Baer
Kurt Erichsen
Alexis Gilliland
Joe Mayhew
Julia Morgan-Scott
Bill Neville
Stu Shiffman
Steve Stiles
D. West
Charles Williams

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Finalists:
James L. Cambias
Thomas Harlan
Douglas Smith
Kristine Smith [winner]
Jo Walton

Longlisted Nominees:
Daniel Abraham
Tobias Buckell
Jack Cohen
Tom Gerencer
Mindy L. Klasky
Fred Lerner
Lyda Moorehouse
Saira Ramasastry
Diane Turnshek
Melissa Yuan-Innes

Go to previous year's longlist: 1984
Go to subsequent year's longlist: 2002

Go to 2001 Hugo Finalists and Winners

Hugo Longlist Project     Book Award Reviews     Home