NESFA® 1950 Retro-Hugo Recommendations
15 March 2001 — mlo
Besides the Hugos for the year 2000 the 2001
Worldcon, Philcon, will be running the Retro-Hugos for 1950. The rules and
categories are exactly the same.
NESFA continues to maintain a list of Good Stuff to read. Any NESFA member
who reads something that they would like to recommend to others to be considered
for a Hugo nomination can add it to the list. We will publish it from time to
time in Instant Message and on the nets. (Feel free to reproduce it
provided you reproduce it intact!) It's neither definitive nor complete, but it
contains the stories, novels and non-fiction works that a bunch of well-read
fans feel may be worthy of a Hugo nomination.
| Novels |
| Pebble in the Sky |
Isaac Asimov |
|
mlo, ebh, sls, ec, po, jam, arl |
| Farmer in the Sky |
Robert A. Heinlein |
Boy's Life Aug-Nov 50 |
mlo, ebh, sls, ec, ged, arl |
| Gather, Darkness! |
Fritz Leiber |
(ineligible: serialized '43, book '50) |
vjd, arl, mlo, jks |
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
C. S. Lewis |
|
mlo, ebh, ec, ged, arl, po |
| Gormenghast |
Mervyn Peake |
|
mlo, arl, po, jam |
| First Lensman |
E. E. Smith |
|
mlo |
| The Wizard of Linn |
A. E. van Vogt |
Astounding Apr-Jun 50 |
mlo, jks, by |
| The Dying Earth |
Jack Vance |
Hillman |
vjd, jam, arl, mlo, po, by |
| Seetee Shock |
Jack Williamson |
(ineligible: serialized '49; book '50) |
vjd, arl |
| Novella |
| And Now You Don't |
Isaac Asimov |
Astounding, Nov 49-Jan 50 |
jks, mlo, by |
| The Last Enemy |
H. Beam Piper |
Astounding, Aug 50 |
mlo |
| The Dreaming Jewels |
Theodore Sturgeon |
Fantastic Adventures, Feb 50 |
vjd, jam, arl, jks, po |
| Novelette |
| The Helping Hand |
Poul Anderson |
Astounding, May 50 |
mlo, arl |
| Okie |
James Blish |
Astounding, Apr 50 |
mlo, ec, jam, arl |
| Bindlestiff |
James Blish |
Astounding, Dec 50 |
mlo, ec, jam, arl |
| Honeymoon in Hell |
Fredric Brown |
|
by |
| The Little Black Bag |
C. M. Kornbluth |
Astounding, Jul 50 |
mlo, ec, jam, arl, jks, po, by |
| You're All Alone |
Fritz Leiber |
Fantastic Adventures, Jul 50 |
jks |
| Dear Devil |
Eric Frank Russell |
Other Worlds, May 50 |
mlo, jam, arl, jks, po, by |
| The Sound |
A. E. van Vogt |
Astounding, Feb 50 |
mlo |
| The Second Night of Summer |
James H. Schmitz |
Galaxy, Dec 50 |
mlo, ec, jam, arl, by |
| The Truth About Cushgar |
James H. Schmitz |
Astounding, Nov 50 |
by |
| Short Story |
| Gypsy |
Poul Anderson |
Astounding, Jan 50 |
mlo, by |
| Quixote and the Windmill |
Poul Anderson |
Astounding, Nov 50 |
mlo |
| The Illustrated Man |
Ray Bradbury |
51? |
mlo, ebh, sls, arl |
| The Gnurrs Come From the Voodvork Out |
R. Bretnor |
F&SF, Win-Spr 50 |
mlo, jam, arl |
| Obedience |
Fredric Brown |
|
by |
| The Road to the Sea |
Arthur C. Clarke |
51? |
mlo |
| A Walk in the Dark |
Arthur C. Clarke |
TWS, Aug 50 |
mlo, arl |
| A Subway Named Mobius |
A. J. Deutsch |
Astounding, Dec 50 |
mlo, arl, po, jam, by |
| The New Reality |
Charles L. Harness |
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Dec 1950 |
jks |
| Not with a Bang |
Damon Knight |
F&SF, Win-Spr 50 |
mlo |
| To Serve Man |
Damon Knight |
Galaxy, Nov 50 |
mlo, ebh, sls, ged, by |
| The Mindworm |
C. M. Kornbluth |
Worlds Beyond, Dec 50 |
mlo, jam, arl, jks |
| The Silly Season |
C. M. Kornbluth |
F&SF, Fall 50 |
mlo, ged, po, arl, by |
| Coming Attraction |
Fritz Leiber |
Galaxy, Nov 50 |
mlo, po, jam, arl, jks, by |
| Born of Man and Woman |
Richard Matheson |
F&SF, Sum 50 |
mlo, arl, jks, by |
| Spectator Sport |
John D. MacDonald |
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Feb 1950 |
jks |
| Heir Apparent |
C. L. Moore |
Astounding, Jul 50 |
jks |
| Paradise Street |
C. L. Moore |
Astounding, Sept 50 |
jks |
| The Sack |
William Morrison |
Astounding, Sept 50 |
mlo |
| Scanners Live in Vain |
Cordwainer Smith |
Fantasy Book #6 |
mlo, arl, ec, jam, jks, ged, by |
| The Potters of Firsk |
Jack Vance |
Astounding, May 50 |
mlo, po, arl, by |
| The Report on the Barnhouse Effect |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Colliers |
mlo |
| Dramatic Presentation |
| Cinderella |
Disney |
alh, po, mlo |
| King Solomon's Mines |
MGM |
alh |
| Rashomon |
Daiei |
alh |
| Rabbit of Seville |
Warner Brothers |
alh |
| The Scarlet Pumpernickel |
Warner Brothers |
alh |
| Report on the Barnhouse Effect |
Dimension X |
jam |
| Crusader Rabbit |
TV series |
alh |
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet |
TV series |
alh |
| Destination Moon |
|
mlo, sls, ged, pf, ca, esa, arl, jam |
| Harvey |
|
sls, ged, pf, esa, po, jam |
| Rocketship X-M |
|
ged, pf, ca |
| Treasure Island |
|
sls, ged |
Other Good Reads
| Short fiction |
| The Evitable Conflict |
Isaac Asimov |
Astounding, Jun 50 |
mlo, ec |
| Honeymoon in Hell |
Fredric Brown |
Galaxy, Nov 50 |
mlo, ec |
| Silence, Please! |
Arthur C. Clarke |
|
mlo |
| In Value Deceived |
H. B. Fyfe |
Astounding, Nov 50 |
mlo |
| The New Reality |
Charles L. Harness |
Thrilling Wonder Stories, Dec 1950 |
mlo, ec, po |
| The Truth About Cushgar |
James H. Schmitz |
Astounding, Nov 50 |
mlo |
| Built Up Logically |
Howard Schoenfeld |
F&SF, Fall 50 |
mlo |
Key to nominators: alh: Art Henderson, ansl: Alice Lewis, arl: Tony Lewis,
by: Ben Yalow, ca: Claire Anderson, cjh: Chip Hitchcock, cle: Chris Logan
Edwards, daa: Dave Anderson, dea: Deb Atwood, ebh: Lisa Hertel, ec: Elisabeth
Carey, ecl: Evelyn Leeper, esa: Ted Atwood, ged: Gay Ellen Dennett, gf: George
Flynn; jam: Jim Mann, jb: Judy Bemis, jr: Joe Rico, js: Joe Siclari, jks: Joyce
Scrivner, kp: Kelly Persons, ldtm: Laurie Mann, mdh: Mark Hertel, mlo:
Mark Olson, pal: Paula Lieberman, pf: Pam Fremon, pg: Paul Giguere, po:
Priscilla Olson, rb: Ray Bowie, rk: Rick Katze, sl: Suford Lewis, sls: Sharon
Sbarsky, tps: Tim Szczesuil, vjd: Vince Docherty
