'Ancillary Justice' named winner of 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel

The winners of the 2014 Hugo Awards were announced Sunday at the 72nd Annual World Science Fiction Convention in London, England.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Hugo Awards, they have been given each year since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society to recognize the best sci-fi and fantasy works from the previous year.

Awards this year were given in a number of major categories, including Best Novel, Best Graphic Story and Best Dramatic Presentations. What follows is a complete list of the winners.

Best Novel – “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie

Best Novella – “Equoid” by Charles Stross

Best Novelette – “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal

Best Short Story – “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu

Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) – “Gravity”

Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) – “Game of Thrones,” Episode: “The Rains of Castamere”

Best Related Work – “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative” by Kameron Hurley

Best Graphic Story – “Time” by Randall Munroe

Best Professional Editor (Long Form) - Ginjer Buchanan

Best Professional Editor (Short Form) - Ellen Datlow

Best Professional Artist - Julie Dillon

Best Semiprozine - Lightspeed

Best Fanzine - A Dribble of Ink

Best Fancast - SF Signal Podcast

Best Fan Writer - Kameron Hurley

Best Fan Artist - Sarah Webb

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer - Sofia Samatar

The Hugo Award for Best Novel is arguably the most prestigious of these awards, and Leckie’s “Ancillary Justice” joins a long list of classic science fiction and fantasy works that have won the prestigious Best Novel Hugo Award. What follows is a complete list of the all-time winners.

1953 – “The Demolished Man” by Alfred Bester
1954 – No Award
1955 – “They’d Rather Be Right” by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley

1956 – “Double Star” by Robert A. Heinlein
1957 – No Award
1958 – “The Big Time” by Fritz Leiber
1959 – “A Case of Conscience” by James Blish
1960 – “Starship Troopers” by Robert A. Heinlein

1961 – “A Canticle for Leibowitz” by Walter M. Miller Jr.
1962 – “Stranger in a Strange Land” by Robert A. Heinlein
1963 – “The Man in the High Castle” by Philip K. Dick
1964 – “Here Gather the Stars” by Clifford D. Simak
1965 – “The Wanderer” by Fritz Leiber

1966 (tie) – “Dune” by Frank Herbert and “…And Call Me Conrad” by Roger Zelazny
1967 – “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” by Robert A. Heinlein
1968 – “Lord of Light” by Roger Zelazny
1969 – “Stand on Zanzibar” by John Brunner
1970 – “The Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin

1971 – “Ringworld” by Larry Niven
1972 – “To Your Scattered Bodies Go” by Philip Jose Farmer
1973 – “The Gods Themselves” by Isaac Asimov
1974 – “Rendezvous with Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke
1975 – “The Dispossessed” by Ursula K. Le Guin

1976 – “The Forever War” by Joe Haldeman
1977 – “Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang” by Kate Wilhelm
1978 – “Gateway” by Frederik Pohl
1979 – “Dreamsnake” by Vonda N. McIntyre
1980 – “The Fountains of Paradise” by Arthur C. Clarke

1981 – “The Snow Queen” by Joan D. Vinge
1982 – “Downbelow Station” by C.J. Cherryh
1983 – “Foundation’s Edge” by Isaac Asimov
1984 – “Startide Rising” by David Brin
1985 – “Neuromancer” by William Gibson

1986 – “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card
1987 – “Speaker for the Dead” by Orson Scott Card
1988 – “The Uplift War” by David Brin
1989 – “Cyteen” by C.J. Cherryh
1990 – “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons

1991 – “The Vor Game” by Lois McMaster Bujold
1992 – “Barrayar” by Lois McMaster Bujold
1993 (tie) – “A Fire Upon the Deep” by Vernon Vinge and “Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis
1994 – “Green Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
1995 – “Mirror Dance” by Lois McMaster Bujold

1996 – “The Diamond Age” by Neal Stephenson
1997 – “Blue Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
1998 – “Forever Peace” by Joe Haldeman
1999 – “To Say Nothing of the Dog” by Connie Willis
2000 – “A Deepness in the Sky” by Vernor Vinge

2001 – “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by J.K. Rowling
2002 – “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman
2003 – “Hominids” by Robert J. Sawyer
2004 – “Paladin of Souls” by Lois McMaster Bujold
2005 – “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” by Susanna Clarke

2006 – “Spin” by Robert Charles Wilson
2007 – “Rainbows End” by Vernor Vinge
2008 – “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” by Michael Chabon
2009 – “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
2010 (tie) – “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi and “The City & the City” by China Mieville

2011 – “Blackout/All Clear” by Connie Willis
2012 – “Among Others” by Jo Walton
2013 – “Redshirts” by John Scalzi

2014 – “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie

In the end, what do you think of this year’s slate of Hugo winners? Which do you like or dislike and why? How many of the all-time Best Novel winners have you read? Which is your personal favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.