LAcon 3 is running the first Retro-Hugos which will award real, genuine Hugos for the year 1945. If it works well this year it may be continued in subsequent years. To make it work, NESFA is running a recommendations list for 1945 as well as for 1995. Any NESFA member who would like to recommend an item from 1945 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
C. S. Lewis That Hideous Strength mlo
George Orwell Animal Farm mlo
Fritz Leiber Destiny Times Three ASF, Mar-Apr 45 by
A. E. Van Vogt The World of Null-A ASF, Aug-Oct 45 rk, by
Novella / Novelette
Isaac Asimov The Dead Hand (1st half of ASF, Apr 45 mlo, rk, by
Foundation and Empire)
Isaac Asimov The Mule (2nd half of ASF, Nov 45 mlo, rk, by
Foundation and Empire)
A. Bertram Chandler Giant Killer ASF, Oct 45 mlo, arl
Lester Del Rey Into Thy Hands ASF, Aug 45 arl, by, bep
Edmund Hamilton Red Sun of Danger SS bep
Murray Leinster First Contact ASF, May 45 mlo, arl, rk, by, bep
Murray Leinster Things Pass By TW, Sum, 45 arl, rk
Frank Belknap Long Hollow World SS bep
Lewis Padgett Beggars in Velvet ASF by, ta, bep
Lewis Padgett The Lion and the Unicorn ASF by, ta
Lewis Padgett The Piper's Son ASF, Feb 45 arl, rk, by, ta, mlo
Lewis Padgett Three Blind Mice ASF by, ta, bep
George O. Smith Identity ASF, Nov 45
George O. Smith Pandora's Millions ASF, Jun 45
George O. Smith Special Delivery ASF, Mar 45 by, bep
A. E. Van Vogt The Mixed Men ASF bep
Wilson Vandals of the Void Planet Stories bep
Short Story
Ralph Abernathy When the Rockets Come ASF, Mar 45 arl
Isaac Asimov Paradoxical Escape by
Robert Bloch Lefty Feep Gets Henpecked FA, Apr 45 bep
Fredric Brown Pi in the Sky TW, Win 45 bep
Fredric Brown The Waveries ASF, Jan 45 rk, mlo, by, bep
Hal Clement Uncommon Sense ASF, Sep 45 mlo, by, bep
Raymond F. Jones Correspondence Course ASF, Apr 45 mlo, rk
Murray Leinster De Profundis TW, Win 45 mlo
Murray Leinster The Ethical Equations ASF, Jun 45 by
Murray Leinster Interference ASF, Oct 45
Murray Leinster The Power ASF, Sep 45 mlo, arl, by
Lewis Padgett Line to Tomorrow by
Lewis Padgett What You Need ASF, Oct 45 arl, rk, by, bep
George O. Smith Trouble Times Two ASF, Dec 45
Jack Vance The World Thinker TW, Sum 45
Best Non-Fiction Richard Shaver I Remember Lemuria Amazing bep
Pro Artist Earle K. Bergey bep Hannes Bok jds Virgil Finlay jds, mlo Robert Gibson bep Jones Frank R. Paul bep, mlo
Best Editor
John W. Campbell Astounding mlo, by, bep
Ray Palmer Amazing
Sam Merwin Thrilling bep
Wonder Stories
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Stories
Dramatic Blithe Spirit UA bep House of Dracula Universal bep House of Frankenstein Universal bep Road to Utopia Paramount bep Horn Blows at Midnight Warner bep
Fan Artist Joe Gibson bep Alva Rogers bep Jack Weidenbek bep Lou Goldstone bep Bill Rotsler bep
Fan Writer Charles Burbee bep F. Towner Laney bep Bob Tucker bep Forry Ackerman bep Joe Kennedy bep
Fanzines
title # issues Editor nominato Notes
r
The Acolyte Laney & Russell jds,
by, bep
Vampire 4 Joe Kennedy jds
Canadian Fandom 2 Taylor jds
En Garde Ashley bep
Shangri-L'Affaires 6 Burbee-4, jds, bep
Hewitt-2
Voice of the 11 Forrest J. jds,
ImagiNation Ackerman by, bep
Fanews 154 Dunkelberger jds
Stefnews 27 Jack Speer jds
Chanticleer 2 Walt Leibscher jds, bep
Fantasy Commentator 4 Searles jds this was the zine that
Laney wanted The Acolyte
to be. The Immortal Storm
was being serialized at
this time in FC
Toward Tomorrow 2 Kepner jds
Centauri 1 Anderson jds
TimeBinder 3 Evans jds
Garden of Fear 1 Crawford jds a semi-pro fiction
collection from.
Key to nominators: ca: Claire Anderson, daa: Dave Anderson, ta: Ted Atwood, rb: Ray Bowie, mab: Michael Burstein, ec: Elisabeth Carey, ged: Gay Ellen Dennett, gf: George Flynn, pf: Pam Fremon, mh: Mark Hertel, cjh: Chip Hitchcock, rk: Rick Katze, arl: Tony Lewis, pal: Paula Lieberman; jam: Jim Mann, mlo: Mark Olson, po: Priscilla Olson, bep: Bruce Pelz, kp: Kelly Persons, jr: Joe Rico, sls: Sharon Sbarsky, jds: Joe Siclari, by: Ben Yalow