We here at Coode Street know how to live dangerously. As we sit on the cusp of the release of the final Hugo ballot for this year, we’d like to bring you the 2006 Hugo Award nominees for best novel:

The Hallowed Hunt, Lois McMaster Bujold
Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
Olympos, Dan Simmons
Accelerando, Charles Stross
Spin, Robert Charles Wilson

We can’t wait to see if we’re right, will something surprise us? We’ll have to wait for Los Angeles and next year.