Hugo Award Winners

[Dave]

The Science Fiction Achievement AwardTM, also known as the Hugo Award®, is given annually by the World Science Fiction Society® (WSFS®). I was wondering how many of them I'd actually read. . . .

This is a list of the awards for novels, a full list of the Hugo Awards® can be found here: http://dpsinfo.com/awardweb/hugos/

1953: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester.
1954: (No awards made.)
1955: They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (Currently sold as The Forever Machine)
1956: Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
1957: (No award for Novel made.)
1958: The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
1959: A Case of Conscience by James Blish
1960: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
1961: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
1962: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
1963: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
1964: Way Station by Clifford Simak
1965: The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
1966: ...And Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny (also called This Immortal)
1967: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
1968: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
1969: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
1970: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
1971: Ringworld by Larry Niven
1972: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
1973: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
1974: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1975: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1976: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1977: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
1978: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
1979: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
1980: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
1981: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
1982: Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh
1983: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
1984: Startide Rising by David Brin
1985: Neuromancer by William Gibson
1986: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1987: Speaker For the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1988: The Uplift War by David Brin
1989: Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh
1990: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
1991: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
1992: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
1993: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (tie)
1994: Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1995: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
1996: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
1997: Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1998: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
1999: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
2000: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
2001: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

I have only managed 6 of those, which is a little disappointing. Though I have read some more of the Short-Stories, Novelettes and Novellas. More worrying is the fact that we don't yet have forums for many of those authors.

 

[ray gower]

Snap! I managed six as well.

Rule of thumb, I try to avoid books that scream Award Winner. Whoever gives the rewards, invariably has a totally different ideas/mentality to me as to what makes them good.

We do have the forums for most, even the older ones.

What we haven't got is a fistful of people who have read those authors?

I'm still going through the list trying to find works I have read.

 

[Shaun]

I've read two of the winners (1984 & 88) which is a little surprising for me. I didn't even know they won before I read them.

 

[Tabitha]

I have read six, some of which are the Heinlein ones - just started a thread about Starship Troopers and would like to chat with anyone about it.

Still, I don't think six is that bad considering there were quite a few in there I hadn't even heard of. Just think how many books you have read that aren't on that list - makes me feel better anyway.

 

[ray gower]

Yep. The Big 3:- Asimov, Heinlien and Clarke were in my list of reads.

Now I've seen the film, I might go and have a look at the Harry Potter

 

[Dave]

The Man in the High Castle
Ringworld
Neuromancer
Ender's Game
Speaker For the Dead
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Those are the ones that I've read. I have read some Heinlein and Azimov, and a lot of Clarke, just not those books. I've even read some Leiber. I must read more Heinlein, and I've been meaning to read the Forever War series sometime.

 

[Tabitha]

I have read:
Starship Troopers
Stranger in a Strange Land (currently re-reading this)
The Man in the High Castle
Green Mars
Blue Mars
Ringworld
I have Ender's Game sitting at home somewhere gathering dust, but I haven't got around to it yet.