Retro-Hugo nominees announced


For those who sit around thinking, “What if they gave out Hugos for work published in 1940?” here’s what a modest group of voters came up with for nominations.  More info at http://midamericon2.org/home/hugo-awards-and-wsfs/1941-retro-hugo-finalists/

BEST NOVEL

  • Gray Lensman by E.E. “Doc” Smith (Astounding ScienceFiction, Jan 1940)
  • The IllMade Knight by T.H. White (Collins)
  • Kallocain by Karin Boye (Bonnier)
  • The Reign of Wizardry by Jack Williamson (Unknown, Mar 1940)
  • Slan by A.E. Van Vogt (Astounding ScienceFiction, Dec 1940)

BEST NOVELLA

  • “Coventry” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding ScienceFiction, July 1940)
  • “If This Goes On…” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding ScienceFiction, Feb 1940)
  • “Magic, Inc.” by Robert A. Heinlein (Unknown, Sept 1940)
  • “The Mathematics of Magic” by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt (Unknown, Aug 1940)
  • “The Roaring Trumpet” by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt (Unknown, May 1940)

BEST NOVELETTE

  • “Blowups Happen” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding ScienceFiction, Sept 1940)
  • “Darker Than You Think” by Jack Williamson (Unknown, Dec 1940)
  • “Farewell to the Master” by Harry Bates (Astounding ScienceFiction, Oct 1940)
  • “It!” by Theodore Sturgeon (Unknown, Aug 1940)
  • “The Roads Must Roll” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding ScienceFiction, June 1940)

BEST SHORT STORY

  • “Martian Quest” by Leigh Brackett (Astounding ScienceFiction, Feb 1940)
  • “Requiem” by Robert A. Heinlein (Astounding ScienceFiction, Jan 1940)
  • “Robbie” by Isaac Asimov (Super Science Stories, Sept 1940)
  • “The Stellar Legion” by Leigh Brackett (Planet Stories, Winter 1940)
  • “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” by Jorge Luis Borges (Sur, 1940)

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