9/11 report nominated for Hugo Award (*)
Reuters
Thursday October 14, 2004
The Guardian
The account of the September 11 attacks by the US government's 9/11 Commission was nominated for a top US literary award yesterday.
The 567-page 9/11 Commission Report by the bipartisan committee set up by the government became a surprise bestseller with more than a million copies sold, and is now up for the Hugo Award.
The book is one of 20 finalists in four categories for the awards, to be announced on November 17. Winners get a $10,000 (£5,800) prize.
It is only the second time a government report has been nominated. In 1973, New York State's report on the Attica prison uprising was nominated, but did not win.
guardian.co.uk
(*) The Hugo Award was named in honor of Hugo Gernsback, "The Father of Magazine Science Fiction," as he was described in a special award given to him in 1960.
The Hugo Award, also known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS). The distinguishing characteristics of the Hugo Award are that it is sponsored by WSFS, administered by the committee of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) held that year, and determined by nominations from and a popular vote of the membership of WSFS. In general, a Hugo Award given in a particular year is for work that appeared in the previous calendar year.
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