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Eligibility Year: 1953

NOVEL

Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Ballantine 1953)

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

Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine 1953)

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

More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon (Farrar, Straus and Young 1953; Ballantine)

NOVELLA

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

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

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

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

"The Nine Billion Names of God", Arthur C. Clarke (Star Science Fiction Stories Ballantine 1953)

"It's a Good Life", Jerome Bixby (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 Ballantine 1953)

"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 1953)

Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future, Reginald Bretnor (Coward-McCann 1953)

Science-Fiction Handbook, L. Sprague de Camp (Hermitage 1953)

DRAMATIC PRESENTATION, SHORT FORM

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

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)

PROFESSIONAL EDITOR

John W. Campbell, Jr.

Anthony Boucher

H. L. Gold

Frederik Pohl

Donald A. Wollheim

PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Chesley Bonestell

Ed Emshwiller

Virgil Finlay

Frank Kelly Freas

Richard Powers

FANZINE

Slant, ed. Walter Willis, art editor James White

Hyphen, Chuck Harris & Walter Willis, eds.

Quandry, Lee Hoffman, ed.

Science Fiction Newsletter, Bob Tucker, ed.

Skyhook, Redd Boggs, ed.

FAN WRITER

Bob Tucker

Redd Boggs

Lee Hoffman

James White

Walter A. Willis