Times are not 100% accurate, typically subtract 10-20 seconds.

Hugo ceremony in full.

Intro (18.00)

• GRRM
• Music in the beginning, start over
• Recorded in movie theater
• Reference to Zoom etc.
• Live
• Saudi Arabia, bid again
• China, bid again
• Pronunciation: Lagos
• Tiny letters in sign (see example below)
• Noise in background
• General description of Hugo
• “There might be cats” 😁
• Jokes without laughter
• His first Hugo ceremony
• Rubber chicken

Lodestar (33.24)

• Recorded
• Notice the new hat
• Switch to live (36.12)
• Explain procedure
• Announce winner
• Winner, no sound (38.04)
• Winner, with sound (38.49)

Astounding (39.45)

• Campbell!!!
• First ♀️ winner, 1968
• Trying out the subtitles for a little while, they are bad; best traumatic series
• Hugo history and GRRM history
• Sign, scrambled sound (49.21)
• Rotating GRRM (49.57)
• Winner (51.06)
• POC get lower payments, sexual harassment etc.

About Hugo trophy (52.48)

• The Oscar guy has 0 balls
• Juicer!
• Star Trek
• The designer (1.02.34)
• GRRM (1.05.07)
• The Tiptree award?
• Hugo = excellence
• Hugo includes awards for fans

Best fancast (1.10.16)

• Winner (1.14.52)

Best fanzine (1.16.23)

• Winner (1.19.07)
• BLM
• Corona

DUFF + GUFF (1.21.25)

• GRRM

Best fan writer (1.22.58)

• Low sound
• Winner (1.25.08)

Best fan artist (1.28.40)

• Nice list of nominees
• Winner (1.31.36)
• Art

Best semiprozine (1.32.42)

• GRRM
• “The vegetable people”
• FIYAH!
• Winner (1.39.26)
• 1st Black woman winner in this category

In memoriam (1.43.50)

• Music reminds me of Mike Oldfield and The Songs of Distant Earth

Best professional artist (1.56.27)

• GRRM
• Winning, losing…
• Winner (2.00.55)
• (Trump)

Best editor, short form (2.03.39)

• GRRM
• Gernsback!
• Campbell!
• Robert Silverberg (2.06.14)
• Campbell!
• Wells joke
• Lovecraft!
• Winner (2.17.01)

Best editor, long form (2.17.47)

• RS
• Winner (2.20.44)

Dramatic presentation, short form (2.23.06)

• GRRM
• Richard Taylor, Tanya Rodger (2.27.50)
• Winner (2.31.50)

Dramatic presentation, long form (2.32.36)

• RT, TR
• Winner (2.35.23)
• Gaiman, yeah

Best graphic story (2.37.55)

• GRRM
• Winner (2.43.30)
• BLM

Best related work (2.46.04)

• GRRM
• Nnedi Okorafor (2.47.08)
• Winner (2.49.28)

Best series (2.53.00)

• GRRM
• Mary Robinette Kowal (2.55.25)
• Winner (2.59.20)

Short story (3.00.50)

• GRRM
• Winner (3.05.29)

Novelette (3.07.31)

• Winner (3.10.43)

Novella (3.11.34)

• Winner (3.14.13)

Novel (3.17.58)

• We can all be together.
• Heinlein
• TANSTAAFB
• Winner (3.28.00)

Goodnight (3.31.41)

• Tammy Coxen
• Lackey, Dixon

End of file (3.35.18)

Another reaction: Some Reflections on the 2020 Hugo Ceremony a.k.a. Reminiscing with George.