Hugo Awards

[Elbereth]

No: HPFGUIDX 25426

"Ali Wildgoose" asked:
>>For those that are interested, J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the
>>Goblet of Fire" was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel tonight.
>
>wow, really?  *grins*  That's great!!  Was this a televised event?  Was Jo 
>there to accept the award in person?  Was there an appropriate ammount of 
>cheering and crying and carrying on?

For those of you who are not familiar with them, the Hugos are awarded at
the World Science Fiction Convention, which happens yearly around about
Labour Day (although the dates vary when it's held outside North Amercia).
This year it's being held in ... I'm not there this year so I have to look
it up! ... Philadelphia, and it's the 59th Worldcon so far.  For those who
are interested, the URL is:

http://www.netaxs.com/~phil2001/

There's nothing up on the site yet about who won what -- but I'd expect
that, everyone's still at the con!  ;-]

There is indeed a large gala awards ceremony.  I would be shocked out of my
skin if JKR were in attendance, though.  Really unlikely it was televised,
either, since SF Fandom doesn't usually draw that kind of publicity. <wry
grin>  But you can bet there were screams of delight on her behalf, and
that she'll get her award!  ;-]

BlueEyedTigress