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Gallery: Sci-Fi's Hugo Awards and the Battle for Pop Culture's Soul

  • Writer Annie Bellet.
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    Writer Annie Bellet.
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    Writer Marko Kloos.
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    Sasquan Masquerade participants walk towards the staging room.
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    A masquerade participant stands for a photo.
  • Masquerade participants wait to go on stage.
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    Masquerade participants wait to go on stage.
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    Masquerade participants walk towards the auditorium.
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    A Sasquan attendee in costume.
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    A Sasquan attendee in costume.
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    A masquerade participant gets ready to go on stage.
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    Sasquan attendees in costume.
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    Guests fill the auditorium at the 2015 Hugo Awards in Spokane, Washington.
  • The 2015 Hugo Award seen onstage before the ceremony.
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    The 2015 Hugo Award seen onstage before the ceremony.
  • Kevin Liu the translator of the Cixin Lius Best Novelwinning The ThreeBody Problem and John W. Campbell Award winner...
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    Kevin Liu (L), the translator of the Cixin Liu’s Best Novel-winning The Three-Body Problem and John W. Campbell Award winner Wesley Chu had to don rubber coneheads.
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    George RR Martin hands out his own "Alphie" awards at the Hugo Losers Party.
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    A cake made for George RR Martin's Losers Party.

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