Gallery: Sci-Fi's Hugo Awards and the Battle for Pop Culture's Soul
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED01Writer Annie Bellet.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED02Writer Marko Kloos.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED03Sasquan Masquerade participants walk towards the staging room.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED04A masquerade participant stands for a photo.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED05Masquerade participants wait to go on stage.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED06Masquerade participants walk towards the auditorium.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED07A Sasquan attendee in costume.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED08A Sasquan attendee in costume.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED09A masquerade participant gets ready to go on stage.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED10Sasquan attendees in costume.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED11Guests fill the auditorium at the 2015 Hugo Awards in Spokane, Washington.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED12The 2015 Hugo Award seen onstage before the ceremony.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED13Kevin 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.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED14George RR Martin hands out his own "Alphie" awards at the Hugo Losers Party.
Photograph: Holly Andres for WIRED15A cake made for George RR Martin's Losers Party.
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