The Hugo Winners - Isaac Asimov

The Hugo Winners, ed Isaac Asimov, Penguin, 1964 (orig pub Doubleday 1962).

  Introduction

Isaac Asimov introduces this first volume of Hugo winners, beginning with the 1955, 13th Convention, in Cleveland, at which he had been Guest of Honor. This was the Convention at which awards for stories became a regular feature.

This volume provides the winning story in each category - with differing awards being made at each convention. The information regarding the other nominees has been taken from the excellent Locus Index to SF Awards

Scroll down for details of winners (summaries to follow)

1955 13th Convention. Cleveland.

Best Novelette:

The Darfsteller. Walter M Miller, Jr.

Summary to follow.

Best Short Story: Allamagoosa. Eric Frank Russell.

Summary to follow.

1956 14th Convention. New York.

Best Novelette:

Exploration Team. Murray Leinster.

Summary to follow.

Best Short Story: The Star. Arthur C. Clarke.

Summary to follow.

1957 15th Convention. London.

No Awards.

1958 16th Convention. Los Angeles.

Best Short Story:

Or All the Seas with Oysters. Avram Davidson.

Summary to follow.

1959 17th Convention. Detroit.

Best Novelette:

The Big Front Yard. Clifford D. Simak.

Summary to follow.

Other nominees:

  • Captivity. Zenna Henderson (F&SF Jun 1958)
  • A Deskful of Girls. Fritz Leiber (F&SF Apr 1958)
  • The Miracle-Workers. Jack Vance (Astounding Jul 1958)
  • Rat in the Skull. Rog Phillips (If Dec 1958)
  • Second Game. Katherine MacLean & Charles V. De Vet (Astounding Mar 1958)
  • Shark Ship. C.M. Kornbluth (Vanguard Jun 1958)
  • Unwillingly to School. Pauline Ashwell (Astounding Jan 1958)

Best Short Story:

The Hell-Bound Train. Robert Bloch.

Summary to follow.

Other nominees:

  • The Advent on Channel Twelve. C.M. Kornbluth (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4)
  • The Edge of the Sea. Algis Budrys (Venture Mar 1958)
  • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed. Alfred Bester (F&SF Oct 1958)
  • Nine Yards of Other Cloth. Manly Wade Wellman (F&SF Nov 1958)
  • Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee. Fritz Leiber (F&SF May 1958)
  • Space to Swing a Cat. Stanley Mullen (Astounding Jun 1958)
  • Theory of Rocketry. C.M. Kornbluth (F&SF Jul 1958)
  • They've Been Working On... Anton Lee Baker (Astounding Aug 1958)
  • Triggerman. J.F. Bone (Astounding Dec 1958)
1960 18th Convention. Pittsburgh.

Best Short Fiction:

Flowers for Algernon. Daniel Keyes. (F&SF April 1959)

Summary to follow.

Other nominees:

  • The Alley Man, Philip José Farmer (F&SF Jun 1959)
  • Cat and Mouse, Ralph Williams (Astounding Jun 1959)
  • The Man Who Lost the Sea, Theodore Sturgeon (F&SF Oct 1959)
  • The Pi Man, Alfred Bester (F&SF Oct 1959)
1961 19th Convention. Seattle.

Best Novelette:

The Longest Voyage. Poul Anderson.

Summary to follow.

Other nominees:

  • The Lost Kafoozalum. Pauline Ashwell (Analog Oct 1960)
  • Need. Theodore Sturgeon (Beyond)
  • Open to Me, My Sister. Philip José Farmer (F&SF May 1960)

 

review copyright Mark Watson 2003