Hugo nominations close this week, so I thought I’d share what I nominated this year. This is absolutely not a slate; nominate what you like. This is a list of things I liked from 2018, and I think you’d like if you checked them out.

• Novel
  • Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee
  • State Tectonics, by Malka Older
  • The Labyrinth Index, by Charles Stross
• Novella
  • Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy, all by Martha Wells
• Novelette
  • When We Were Starless, by Simone Heller
• Short Story
  • Life Considered as a Set of Common Online Security Questions, by Tobias S. Buckell
  • The Alien From Verapaz, by Tobias S. Buckell
  • A Bond as Deep as Starlit Seas, by Sarah Grey
  • What the South Wind Whispers, by H. Pueyo
  • Left to take the lead, by Marissa Lingen
• Graphic Story
  • Drive: Vol. 2, by Dave Kellett
• Dramatic Presentation – Long Form
  • The Expanse season 3
  • Black Panther
• Dramatic Presentation – Short Form
  • Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse s03e13)
  • Triple Point (The Expanse s03e05)
  • Rosa (Doctor Who s11e04)
  • Janet(s) (The Good Place s03e09)
  • The Woman Who Fell To Earth (Doctor Who s11e01)
• Professional Artist
  • Dave Kellett
• Related Work
  • The Hobbit video essay trilogy, by Lindsay Ellis
• Series
  • The Centenal Cycle, by Malka Older
  • Merchant Princes, by Charles Stross
  • The Laundry Files, by Charles Stross
  • The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells
  • Machineries of Empire, by Yoon Ha Lee