Hugo winners you didn't like

[Vince W]

Looking over the Dramatic Presentation winners, I note that I have seen all of those listed from the start to 1988. There aren't any I actively dislike, although I might quibble over some of them. The Twilight Zone winning three times in a row is a bit much. I probably would have picked Soylent Green over Sleeper and Phantom of the Paradise over Young Frankenstein. What really alarms me, however, is the fact that "No Award" was chosen a few times, when very good films like The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Night of the Eagle AKA Burn Witch Burn, Colossus: The Forbin Project, and The Man Who Fell to Earth were nominated.

You're perfectly right. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is one of those films I always put everything aside to watch when I come across it. It was certainly Hugo worthy. Especially since it was a top grossing film that summer. I wonder why the Hugos would have a No Award with such a good nomination available.

 

[olc]

Blue Mars and Green Mars are the only winning novels I have not read. I have tried to read Red Mars a few times but can't get into it.

Other than that there are a few in recent years I did not think were up to par because they were YA, or not as good as the authors previous winners, or not really speculative fiction.

 

[AndrewT]

It took me six months to read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2004) which I found very boring. That was the worst of the fifteen I have read. I liked Foundation's Edge (1983) a lot, my favovorite Asimov so far. I'm surprised some didn't like it. The book blew me away at the time. I was 19 then so my take now might be different. Some people don't realize you need to read the Foundation trilogy first for it to make sense.