There wasn't enough of me to post this last night, so here's the rundown on the 2004 Hugo Awards, and everything else that was handed out at the ceremony.

Other Stuff

First Fandom Awards

Hall of Fame Awards: Bob Peterson and Bill Hamling (no, I never heard of them either)

Achivement Award: Edgar Rice Burroughs (everyone who has "wold newton" listed as an interest should perk up at that)

Big Heart Award

for camaraderie, altruism, and helpful, friendly acts

Erwin "Filthy Pierre Strauss" (watcher of parties, inventor of the voodoo message board, etc.)

Sei'un Awards

for best work translated into Japanese

Short Story: "Hell is the Absence of God" by Ted Chiang

Novel: Heaven's Reach by David Brin

Special Committee Award

for significiant or long-standing contributions to fandom in an area not addressed by the Hugos

Filthy Pierre

John W. Campbell Award

for best new writer of 2002/2003

Jay Lake

The Actual Hugos

Best Fan Artist: Frank Wu

Best Fan Writer: David Langford (for something like the 16th year running)

Best Fanzine: Emerald City, ed. Cheryl Morgan (whom Langford got into fandom)

Best Semiprozine (for the Nth consecutive year): ~~Locust~~ Locus (eds. Charles N. Brown, Jennifer A. Hall and Kirsten Gong-Wong)

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form): Gollum's Acceptance Speech [for Best Virtual Performance] at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards (written and directed by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson)

Best Professional Artist: Bob Eggleton (coooool!)

Best Professional Editor: ~~Eric Cartman~~ Gardner Dozois

Best Related Book: The Chesley Awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy Art: a retrospective, ed. by John Grant, Elizabeth L. Humphrey & Pamela D. Scoville

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (dir. Peter Jackson, scr. Walsh, Boyens and Jackson, based on the novel-segment by J.R.R. Tolkien)

Best Short Story: "A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman

Best Novelette: "Legions in Time" by Michael Swanwick

Best Novella: "The Cookie Monster" by Vernor Vinge

Best Novel: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

You may now wake up. (Except, again,