Saturday 10 April 2004

Retro Hugo Awards Nominations

Noreascon Four, the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention to be held in Boston, September 2-6, 2004, has released nominations for this year's Retrospective Hugo Awards, honoring work of 1953.

NOVEL

The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov (Galaxy Oct,Nov,Dec 1953)

Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine)

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Ballantine)

Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement (Astounding Apr,May,Jun,Jul 1953)

More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon (Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Ballantine)

NOVELLA

"...And My Fear Is Great", Theodore Sturgeon (Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul 1953)

"A Case of Conscience", James Blish (If Sep 1953)

"The Rose", Charles L. Harness (Authentic Science Fiction Monthly Mar 1953)

"Three Hearts and Three Lions", Poul Anderson (F&SF Sep,Oct 1953)

"Un-Man", Poul Anderson (Astounding Jan 1953)

NOVELETTE

"The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound", Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson (Universe Dec 1953)

"Earthman, Come Home", James Blish (Astounding Nov 1953)

"Sam Hall", Poul Anderson (Astounding Aug 1953)

"Second Variety", Philip K. Dick (Space Science Fiction May 1953)

"The Wall Around the World", Theodore Cogswell (Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep 1953)

SHORT STORY

"It's a Good Life", Jerome Bixby (Star Science Fiction Stories #2 Ballantine)

"The Nine Billion Names of God", Arthur C. Clarke (Star Science Fiction Stories #1 Ballantine)

"A Saucer of Loneliness", Theodore Sturgeon (Galaxy Feb 1953)

"Seventh Victim", Robert Sheckley (Galaxy Apr 1953)

"Star Light, Star Bright", Alfred Bester (F&SF Jul 1953)

RELATED BOOK

Conquest of the Moon, Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley (Viking Press)

Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future, Reginald Bretnor (Coward-McCann)

Science-Fiction Handbook, L. Sprague de Camp (Hermitage)

DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Mutual Pictures/Warner Brothers; directed by Eugène Lourié; screenplay by Louis Morheim and Fred Freiberger; based on the story by Ray Bradbury)

Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century (Warner Brothers; directed by Chuck Jones; written by Michael Maltese)

Invaders from Mars (National Pictures/20th Century Fox; directed by William Cameron Menzies; screenplay by Richard Blake; story by John Tucker Battle)

It Came from Outer Space (Universal; directed by Jack Arnold; screenplay by Harry Essex; story by Ray Bradbury)

The War of the Worlds (Paramount Pictures; directed by Byron Haskin; screenplay by Barré Lyndon; based on the novel by H.G. Wells)

PROFESSIONAL EDITOR

Anthony Boucher

John W. Campbell Jr

H. L. Gold

Frederik Pohl

Donald A. Wollheim

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Chesley Bonestell

Ed Emshwiller

Virgil Finlay

Frank Kelly Freas

Richard Powers

FANZINE

Hyphen, Chuck Harris & Walter Willis, eds.

Quandry, Lee Hoffman, ed.

Science Fiction Newsletter, Bob Tucker, ed.

Skyhook, Redd Boggs, ed.

Slant, ed. Walter Willis, art editor James White

FAN WRITER

Redd Boggs

Lee Hoffman

Bob Tucker

James White

Walter A. Willis

Three categories were dropped for insufficient nominees: Best Dramatic Presentation — Long Form, Best Semi-Prozine, and Best Fan Artist. Rules for awarding Retro Hugos require categories to correspond to those currently defined for Hugo Awards, which is why 1953 film nominees appear in the "DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM" category -- since they are shorter than the 90 minute divide that separates the current "short form" and "long form" dramatic presentation categories.

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Links

Noreascon Four: 2003 Retro Hugo Award Nominees

Locus Index to SF Awards —
  Retro Hugo Awards
    Past winners by Year
    Past finalists and winners

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