I’m sure I’m not the only one waiting for the Hugo Packet to drop. So I thought I’d look to see what’s currently available for free (free being the keyword) to tide over until the official packet is available. Linked titles go to the story online, unlinked stories I can’t find for free.

BEST NOVEL

• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross
• Parasite by Mira Grant
• Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia
• The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

BEST NOVELLA

• The Butcher of Khardov by Dan Wells
• “The Chaplain’s Legacy” by Brad Torgersen
• “Equoid” by Charles Stross (Also free on Kindle)
• Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
• “Wakulla Springs” by Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages(Also free on Kindle)

BEST NOVELETTE

• “The Exchange Officers” by Brad Torgersen (Available in audio as StarShipSofa Episode 285)
• “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal
• “Opera Vita Aeterna” by Vox Day
• “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” by Ted Chiang
• “The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard

BEST SHORT STORY

• “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” by Rachel Swirsky
• “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
• “Selkie Stories Are for Losers” by Sofia Samatar
• “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu

As a bonus, I found this site which has an archive of The Mercury Theatre On Air and Campbell Playhouse, which will get you four of the five nominees for the 1939 Best Dramatic Presentation. Nominee #5 (RUR from the BBC) exists in no known form and is thus running entirely on it’s reputation of being the first known science fiction television broadcast.