Hugo Award for Best Novel

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The Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy novel is given each year for works published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.[1] A work of fiction is defined as a novel if it is 40,000 words or longer. The Hugo for Best Novel has been awarded annually since 1953 except in 1954 and 1957.

Robert A. Heinlein has received the most Hugos for Best Novel, with five wins (including one Retro Hugo) and eleven nominations. Lois McMaster Bujold has received four Hugos on eight nominations; the only other authors to win more than twice are Vernor Vinge and Isaac Asimov (including one Retro Hugo), who each won three times. Ten other authors have won the award twice. Larry Niven and Robert J. Sawyer have each been nominated eight times, but have only won once. Vernor and Joan D. Vinge are the only married couple to have each won Hugo Awards for Best Novel (although they have since divorced).[2]

Other Hugo Awards for fiction are given for pieces of shorter lengths in the short story, novelette and novella categories.

Winners and nominees

Year Winner Other nominees
1953 The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester[3]
1955 They'd Rather Be Right (aka: The Forever Machine)
by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
1956 Double Star
by Robert A. Heinlein
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[4]
1964 Here Gather the Stars (aka: Way Station)
by Clifford D. Simak
1965 The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
1966 (tie)

Dune by Frank Herbert1

...And Call Me Conrad (a/k/a: This Immortal)
by Roger Zelazny

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[5]
1970 The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin1
1971 Ringworld
by Larry Niven1
1972 To Your Scattered Bodies Go
by Philip José Farmer
1973 The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov1
1974 Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke1
1975 The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin1
1976 The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman1
1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
1978 Gateway
by Frederik Pohl1
1979 Dreamsnake
by Vonda McIntyre1
1980 The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur C. Clarke1
1981 The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
1982 Downbelow Station
by C. J. Cherryh
1983 Foundation's Edge
by Isaac Asimov[7]
1984 Startide Rising
by David Brin1
1985 Neuromancer
by William Gibson1
1986 Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card1
1987 Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card1
1988 The Uplift War by David Brin
1989 Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
1990 Hyperion
by Dan Simmons[8]
1991 The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold[9][10][11]
1992 Barrayar
by Lois McMaster Bujold
1993 (tie)

A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis1

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 Haldeman1
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
2002 American Gods
by Neil Gaiman1
2003 Hominids
by Robert J. Sawyer[12]
2004 Paladin of Souls
by Lois McMaster Bujold1
2005 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
2006 Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson
2007 Rainbows End
by Vernor Vinge[13]
2008 The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon1
2009 The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman[14][15][16]
2010

1 Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel

Retro Hugos

Retro Hugos were awarded 50 years after years in which World Science Fiction Conventions did not give awards. Note: no "Best Novel" Hugo was awarded at the 1957 convention, but Hugos were awarded in other categories, hence there was no "Retro Hugo" for 1957 awarded in 2007.

Year
(awarded)
Winner Other nominees
1946

(1996)

The Mule
by Isaac Asimov
(republished as Part II of Foundation and Empire)
1951

(2001)

Farmer in the Sky
by Robert A. Heinlein
1954

(2004)

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

See also

References

  1. ^ "FAQ". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  2. ^ Vinge, Vernor True Names and Other Dangers p. 145, Baen Books paperback, pub. 1987. "From 1972 to 1979 I was married to Joan D. Vinge."
  3. ^ Nazare, Joe (September 22, 2003). "Marlowe in Mirrorshades: the Cyberpunk (re-)vision of Chandler". Studies in the Novel. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  4. ^ "Philip K. Dick, Won Awards For Science-Fiction Works". The New York Times. March 3, 1982. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  5. ^ Grant, Rich (November 20, 1972). "Writer John Brunner speaks; God appears on campus". Daily Collegian. Penn State University. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  6. ^ "Rafael A. Lafferty, 87, Science Fiction Writer". The New York Times. March 29, 2002. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  7. ^ "Isaac Asimov Novel Wins a Hugo Award". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 6, 1983. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  8. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2008-04-03). "Warner Bros picks up 'Hyperion Cantos'". Digital Spy.
  9. ^ "Bookmarks". Daily News of Los Angeles. September 8, 1991. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  10. ^ Kening, Dan (September 2, 1991). "Hugo Awards honor science fiction's finest". Chicago Tribune. p. 10. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  11. ^ "Brains Over Brawn Wins Hugo Award". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 3, 1991. p. 2A. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  12. ^ Lee, Cynthia (August 31, 2003). "GTA writer wins sci-fi prize". Toronto Star. p. A.02. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  13. ^ "Hugo Awards für beste Science Fiction 2007 vergeben". Der Standard (in German). September 14, 2007. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  14. ^ "2009 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
  15. ^ Flood, Alison (August 11, 2009). "Neil Gaiman wins Hugo award". The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  16. ^ Thill, Scott (August 10, 2009). "2009 Hugo Awards Honor Gaiman, Dr. Horrible, More". Wired. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  17. ^ "Hugos". AnticipationSF website. March 19, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
  18. ^ "The 2010 Hugo and John W. Campbell Award Nominees". AussieCon 4. April 4, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  19. ^ Jordison, Sam (April 6, 2010). "Hugo awards 2010: the shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  20. ^ Stewart, John (April 5, 2010). "Author up for Hugo". The Mississauga News. Retrieved April 6, 2010.

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