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Moon, Duncan Jones' poignant and thought-provoking psychodrama about a lonely lunar miner, won the 2010 Hugo Award for best sci-fi movie.
The award, technically titled "best dramatic presentation, long form," honored screenplay writer Nathan Parker as well as Jones, who came up with the story and directed the movie. The indie movie, Jones' feature debut, bested big-budget competitors like Avatar, Star Trek, Up and District 9.
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In the best novel category, The City & The City by China Miéville and The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi tied for first place. "Palimpsest" by Charles Stross won best novella, "The Island" by Peter Watts won best novelette and "Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh won best short story.
The top TV show award went to Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars," written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford and directed by Graeme Harper, won for best dramatic presentation, short form.
The annual awards, which honor the year's finest science fiction writing, were handed out at Aussiecon 4 in Melbourne, Australia. If you haven't checked out the full list of 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award nominees, be sure to do so: Many contenders are available for free download.
See the rest of the 2010 Hugo Award winners below, as announced Sunday by Aussiecon.
BEST NOVEL
[Tie for first place]
The City & The City by China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK)
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
BEST NOVELLA
"Palimpsest" by Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace; Orbit)
BEST NOVELETTE
"The Island" by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos)
BEST SHORT STORY
"Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov's 1/09)
BEST RELATED WORK
This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") by Jack Vance (Subterranean)
BEST GRAPHIC STORY
Girl Genius, Volume 9: Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm -- written by Kaja and Phil Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION -- LONG FORM
Moon -- screenplay by Nathan Parker; story by Duncan Jones; directed by Duncan Jones (Liberty Films)
BEST DRAMATIC PRESENTATION -- SHORT FORM
Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" -- written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales)
BEST EDITOR, LONG FORM
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
BEST EDITOR, SHORT FORM
Ellen Datlow
BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Shaun Tan
BEST SEMIPROZINE
Clarkesworld -- edited by Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Cheryl Morgan
BEST FAN WRITER
Frederik Pohl
BEST FANZINE
StarShipSofa -- edited by Tony C. Smith
BEST FAN ARTIST
Brad W. Foster
THE JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER
Seanan McGuire
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