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Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
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beamjockey
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:46 am Posts: 545 Location: Aurora, IL, USA, Terra
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Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
The are out, covering works of SF and fantasy that might have been awarded at an imaginary 1941 Hugo ceremony, had the Hugos, not created until 1953, existed in 1941. (Worldcon that year was in Denver, and Heinlein was Guest of Honor.) Under the rules, the works must have been published or released during the calendar year 1940. With me so far?
Anyway, Robert Anson Heinlein made out like a bandit. Not bad for the productions of the second year of his SF-writing career. Among his nominations:
Best Novella Coventry "If This Goes On—" Magic, Inc.
Best Novelette Blowups Happen The Roads Must Roll
Best Short Story Requiem
There's stiff competition from other great writers in these categories, but our man has a pretty good chance of posthumously taking home an award or two from the Kansas City Worldcon.
_________________ Bill Higgins bill.higgins@gt.org http://beamjockey.livejournal.com
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urlihy
Joined: Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:51 pm Posts: 4
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Re: Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
Yeah, Requiem deserves this.
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Thu May 12, 2016 3:23 am |
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PeterScott
Heinlein Nexus
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am Posts: 2236 Location: Pacific NorthWest
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Re: Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
Interesting that the copyright date listed in The Past Through Tomorrow is 1939.
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sakeneko
Joined: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:22 am Posts: 603 Location: Reno, NV
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Re: Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
I'm with uriihy. Requiem is the one book nominated for a retro-Hugo that unambiguously deserves the award. Coventry and Magic, Inc. are both good and I think they're contenders, but Requiem is a little jewel -- the best thing Heinlein wrote before WWII.
_________________ Catherine Jefferson <ctiydspmrz@ergosphere.net> Home Page: http://www.ergosphere.net
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LilLeaguer
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Re: Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
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JusTin
Centennial Attendee
Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:09 pm Posts: 186
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Re: Retro-Hugo Awards for 1941: Whole Lotta Heinlein
It was a sincere pleasure to be in the room and watch THS President Keith Kato accept those awards. Seeing the genuine emotion in A.E. van Vogt's granddaughter as she accepted his award for Slan was probably the best moment of the evening, though.
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