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Issue 144: October 2004

1953 Retro Hugo Nominees & Winners (in bold)

Retrospective Hugo Awards for work done in 1953, to be presented at the 2004 Worldcon in Boston, Noreascon 4.

Administrator's note: Below are nominations in 10 categories for the best work of 1953. Three categories were dropped for insufficient nominees: Best Dramatic Presentation -- Long Form, Best Semi-Prozine, and Best Fan Artist.

Best Novel of 1953 (113 ballots)

The Caves of Steel -- Isaac Asimov (Galaxy, Oct.-Dec. 1953)
Fahrenheit 451 -- Ray Bradbury (Ballantine)
Childhood's End -- Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine)
Mission of Gravity -- Hal Clement (Astounding, Feb.-July 1953)
More than Human -- Theodore Sturgeon (Ballantine)

Best Novella of 1953 (67 ballots)

"Un-Man" -- Poul Anderson (Astounding, Jan. 1953)
"A Case of Conscience" -- James Blish (If, Sept. 1953)
"The Rose" -- Charles L. Harness (Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, March 1953)
"Three Hearts and Three Lions" by Poul Anderson
"...And My Fear is Great..." -- Theodore Sturgeon (Beyond Fantasy Fiction, July 1953)

Best Novelette of 1953 (66 ballots)

"Sam Hall" -- Poul Anderson (Astounding, Aug. 1953)
"The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" -- Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson (Universe, Dec. 1953)
"Earthman, Come Home" -- James Blish (Astounding, Nov. 1953)
"The Wall Around the World" -- Theodore Cogswell (Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Sept. 1953)
"Second Variety" -- Philip K. Dick (Space Science Fiction, May 1953)

Best Short Story of 1953 (96 ballots)

"Star Light, Star Bright" -- Alfred Bester (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1953)
"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)
"Seventh Victim" -- Robert Sheckley (Galaxy, April 1953)
"A Saucer of Loneliness" -- Theodore Sturgeon (Galaxy, Feb. 1953)

Best Related Book of 1953 (21 ballots)

Conquest of the Moon -- Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley (Viking Press)
Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future -- Reginald Bretnor (Coward-McCann)
Science-Fiction Handbook -- L. Sprague de Camp (Hermitage)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, of 1953 (96 ballots)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Mutual Pictures/Warner Brothers).
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century (Warner Brothers).
Invaders from Mars (National Pictures/20th Century Fox).
It Came from Outer Space (Universal).
The War of the Worlds (Paramount Pictures)

Best Professional Editor of 1953 (49 ballots)

Anthony Boucher
John W. Campbell, Jr.
H. L. Gold
Frederik Pohl
Donald A. Wollheim

Best Professional Artist of 1953 (68 ballots)

Chesley Bonestell
Ed Emshwiller
Virgil Finlay
Frank Kelly Freas
Richard Powers

Best Fanzine of 1953 (36 ballots)

Hyphen, ed. Chuck Harris & Walter Willis
Quandry, ed. Lee Hoffman
Science Fiction Newsletter, ed. Bob Tucker
Sky Hook, ed. Redd Boggs
Slant, ed. Walter Willis; art editor James White

Best Fan Writer of 1953 (38 ballots)

Redd Boggs
Lee Hoffman
Bob Tucker
James White
Walter A. Willis

Nominee Note: The originally announced list of 1953 Retro-Hugo nominees was corrected after it was discovered that Judith Merril's novella "Daughters of Earth" was published in 1952. It was replaced by Poul Anderson's "Three Hearts and Three Lions."

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