NESFA® 1953 Retro-Hugo Recommendations
15 March 2004 — mlo
Besides the Hugos for the year 2003 the 2004 Worldcon, Noreascon 4, will be running the Retro-Hugos for
1953. 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 |
| The Caves of Steel |
Isaac Asimov |
Galaxy, Oct-Dec '53 |
jam, mlo, arl, sls, ec, ebh, dgg, shs, po, vjd |
| Fahrenheit 451 |
Ray Bradbury |
Ballantine |
shs, sls, mjd |
| Mission of Gravity |
Hal Clement |
Astounding, Feb-Jul '53 |
mlo, jam, arl, sls, ec, esa, dgg, shs, mjd. vjd |
| Against the Fall of Night |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Gnome Press |
jam, arl, ec, dgg, po, vjd |
| Childhood's End |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Ballantine Books |
dgg, shs, mjd, vjd |
| The Silver Chair |
C. S. Lewis |
Bles |
shs |
| Bring the Jubilee |
Ward Moore |
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po |
| Ullr Uprising |
H. Beam Piper |
SF Adventures, Feb-Mar '53 |
mlo |
| More Than Human |
Theodore Sturgeon |
Ballantine Books |
jam, mlo, arl, esa, po, dgg, mjd, vjd |
| Out of the Deeps (AKA The Kraken Wakes) |
John Wyndham |
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mlo |
| Novella |
| UN-Man |
Poul Anderson |
Astounding, Jan '53 |
mlo, jam |
| Earthman, Come Home |
James Blish |
Astounding, Nov '53 |
jam, mlo, sls, ec, arl, dgg, mjd, vjd |
| A Case of Conscience |
James Blish |
IF, Sep '53 |
jam, mlo, sls, ec, esa, po, dgg, vjd |
| The Rose |
Charles L. Harness |
Authentic SF Monthly, Mar '53 |
po, ec. esa, vjd |
| The Seven Black Priests |
Fritz Leiber |
Other Worlds, 5/53 |
shs |
| Daughters of Earth |
Judith Merril |
The Petrified Planet |
cjh, ec, vjd |
| Lot |
Ward Moore |
F&SF, 5/53 |
shs |
| Hardly Worth Mentioning |
Chad Oliver |
Fantastic May/Jun 53 |
po |
| Double Meaning |
Damon Knight |
Startling Stories, Jan 1953 |
vjd |
| ... and My Fear is Great |
Theodore Sturgeon |
Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul 1953 |
vjd |
| Novelette |
| Sam Hall |
Poul Anderson |
Astounding, Aug '53 |
mlo, jam, shs, vjd |
| The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound |
Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson |
Universe, Dec '53 |
mlo, jam, arl, po |
| Jupiter V |
Arthur C. Clarke |
IF, May '53 |
mlo, jam, dgg, vjd |
| The Wall Around the World |
Theodore Cogswell |
Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Sep '53 |
mlo, jam, arl, po, dgg |
| Mother |
Philip Jose Farmer |
Thrilling Wonder, Apr '53 |
jam, dgg |
| Project Nightmare |
Robert A. Heinlein |
Amazing, Mar '53 |
mlo, dgg, po |
| Shadow Show |
Clifford D. Simak |
F&SF, Nov '53 |
mlo |
| Three Hearts and Three Lions (short version) |
Poul Anderson |
F&SF, Sep-Oct '53 |
mjd |
| The Second Variety |
Philip K. Dick |
|
vjd |
| Four in One |
Damon Knight |
Galaxy Feb 1953 |
vjd |
| Short Story |
| Star Light, Star Bright |
Alfred Bester |
F&SF, Jul '53 |
mlo, jam, dgg |
| Hall of Mirrors |
Fredric Brown |
Galaxy, 12/53 |
shs |
| Encounter in the Dawn |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Amazing, Jun-Jul '53 |
mlo, dgg |
| The Nine Billion Names of God |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Star Science Fiction Stories |
jam, mlo, arl, ebh, dgg, shs, mjd, vjd, po |
| It's a Good Life |
Jerome Bixby |
Star Science Fiction Stories #2 |
jam, mlo, arl, dgg, po, mjd, vjd |
| A Bad Day for Sales |
Fritz Leiber |
Galaxy, Jul '53 |
jam, mlo, arl, dgg |
| Crucifixus Etiam |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
Astounding, Feb '53 |
|
| Nightmare Brother |
Alan E. Nourse |
Astounding, Feb '53 |
mlo |
| The Seventh Victim |
Robert Sheckley |
Galaxy, 4/53 |
shs, vjd |
| A Saucer of Loneliness |
Theodore Sturgeon |
Galaxy |
jam, esa, dgg, vjd |
| The World Well Lost |
Theodore Sturgeon |
Universe |
mjd |
| Common Time |
James Blish |
Science Fiction Qty, Aug 1953 |
vjd, jam |
| Related Book |
| The Conquest of the Moon |
Chesley Bonestell, Werner von Braun, Willy Ley, Fred Whipple |
|
mlo, vjd |
| Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future |
Reginald Bretnor |
|
vjd, mlo |
| The Science Fiction Handbook |
L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine A. Crook |
|
vjd, jam, mlo |
| Dramatic Presentation Long Form |
| The Quatermas Experiment |
|
BBC TV |
vjd |
| Dramatic Presentation Short Form |
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
|
jam, shs, mjd |
| The War of the Worlds |
|
jam, ged, dgg, shs, mjd, vjd |
| It Came from Outer Space |
|
ca, daa, mjd, vjd |
| Invaders from Mars |
|
jam, dgg, shs, mjd, vjd, po |
| The Oracle |
|
shs, mjd |
| Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century |
|
jam, ged, mlo, arl, dgg, shs, sls, mjd, vjd |
| The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T |
|
shs |
| Peter Pan |
Disney |
vjd |
| The Twonky |
|
shs |
| Robot Rabbit |
|
vjd |
| Peter Pan (Disney) |
|
vjd |
Other Good Reads
| Novels |
| Starman Jones |
Robert A. Heinlein |
Charles Scribner's Sons |
jam, mlo, ged, dgg |
| Childhood's End |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Ballantine Books |
mlo, jam |
| Short Fiction |
| Enough Rope |
Poul Anderson |
Astounding, Jul '53 |
mlo |
| Three Hearts and Three Lions (short version) |
Poul Anderson |
F&SF, Sep-Oct '53 |
mlo, dgg |
| The Curse |
Arthur C. Clarke |
Cosmos, Sep 53 |
mlo |
| The Adventure of the Snitch in Time |
Mack Reynolds & August Derleth |
F&SF, Jul '53 |
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, mjd: Mark Dulcey, 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
