Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels discussion

Seeing as it is more than likely that our first Monthly Read will not only be a book written by one of the most prolific and distinguished science fiction novelists, but it also is one of the few Retro Hugos that have been awarded following somewhat peculiar protocols, it would make sense clarifying what the whole deal with 'retro' whatchamacallit is.

Here is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article that describes the whole affair:

Retrospective Hugo Awards, or Retro Hugos, were added in the mid-1990s. These awards are given by Worldcons held 50, 75, or 100 years after a Worldcon where no Hugos had been awarded, which were the conventions in 1939–41, 1946–52, and 1954, and are given for works that would have been eligible in that year, by the same process as the regular Hugos.[3] Retro Hugos have only been given five times: in 1996, 2001, and 2004 for 50 years prior, and 2014 and 2016 for 75 years prior. The six Worldcons eligible in 1997–2000, 2002, and 2015 chose not to award them. The next opportunity will be in 2022 for 1947.[12]

Retro Hugo winners:


1939 - The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

1941 - Slan by A.E. van Vogt

1946 - The Mule: From Foundation And Empire by Isaac Asimov

1951 - Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

1954 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Retro Hugo nominees:


1939:
Carson of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Galactic Patrol by E.E. "Doc" Smith
The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

1941:
Grey Lensman E.E. "Doc" Smith
The Ill-Made Knight by T.H. White
Kallocain by Karin Boye
The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson


1946:
The World of Null-A by A.E. van Vogt
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis
Destiny Times Three by Fritz Leiber
Captain Future #18 Red Sun of Danger by Brett Sterling/aka Edmond Hamilton

1951:
Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
First Lensman by E.E. "Doc" Smith
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance

1954:
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

All done, the two lists above contain all the winners and nominees up to date.

Oleksandr, was it you who had a link to new retro hugo's nominees? Was thinking of adding them to this list as well.

Here they are:
The finalists for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards are:
Best Novel

Beyond This Horizon, by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, April & May 1942)
Darkness and the Light, by Olaf Stapledon (Methuen / S.J.R. Saunders)
Donovan's Brain, by Curt Siodmak (Black Mask, September-November 1942)
Islandia, by Austin Tappan Wright (Farrar & Rinehart)
Second Stage Lensmen, by E. E. “Doc” Smith (Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1941 to February 1942)
The Uninvited, by Dorothy Macardle (Doubleday, Doran / S.J.R. Saunders)

also Best Novella

“Asylum,” by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1942)
“The Compleat Werewolf,” by Anthony Boucher (Unknown Worlds, April 1942)
“Hell is Forever,” by Alfred Bester (Unknown Worlds, August 1942)
“Nerves,” by Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1942)
“The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag,” by John Riverside (Robert A. Heinlein) (Unknown Worlds, October 1942)
“Waldo,” by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1942)

What year is this, again?

I loved Beyond This Horizon. And I've read the two Heinlein novellas of course. But I have to say I've never read any of the others.

Thanks for posting this!

Kateblue wrote: "What year is this, again? "

Retro Hugo 1943 awarded for works published in 1942 and to be awarded in 2018

thx

Oleksandr wrote: "Here they are:
The finalists for the 1943 Retrospective Hugo Awards are:
Best Novel

Beyond This Horizon, by Anson MacDonald (Robert A. Heinlein) (Astounding Science-Fiction, April & ..."

Awesome, thanks a lot for that.