Thursday 13 August 2015

Hugo Awards for Sci Fi 1950s

This is a list of the best novel award.
The Hugos have been awarded since the 1950s.

My personal favourites:   
Fahrenheit 451, The Demolished Man, Double Star, 
Foundation - Isaac Asimov.... not on this list but can't ignore 
CHILDHOOD'S END (1953)


1951

Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein [Boy’s Life Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov 1950; Scribner’s, 1950]

 A condensed version of the novel was published in serial form in Boys' Life magazine (August, September, October, November 1950), under the title "Satellite Scout".

The Book:
 Publisher    Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication date 1950
ISBN    0-345-32438-2







1953

The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester


 Publisher    Shasta Publishers (first edition)
Publication date
    1953
Media type    Print (Hardback)
Pages    250







 
Demolished Man first appeared in Galaxy Magazine. : Jan,Feb,Mar 1952***
 
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1954

Fahrenheit 451 (alt: The Fireman) by Ray Bradbury [Ballantine, 1953]

 Published    October 19, 1953 (Ballantine Books)
Pages    256
ISBN    978-0-7432-4722-1 (current cover edition)

Shortly after the paperback, a hardback version was released that included a special edition of 200 signed and numbered copies bound in asbestos.

The novel was serialized in the March, April, and May 1954 issues of  Playboy magazine
 
The picture on the left is the first edition hardcopy .
The first edition paperback is below. It's really the first true copy.



First edition paperback.
Also contains THE PLAYGROUND & AND THE ROCK CRIED OUT.

Illustrator: Joseph Mugnaini

Originally, Bradbury wrote two early short stories, "The Pedestrian" and  "Bright Phoenix.". These were combined into a Novella: The Fireman.
This novella was published in the February 1951 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. 
Bradbury's publisher later suggested that he expand the novella into a novel, which became Fahrenheit 451.




 

1955

They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley [Astounding Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov 1954]

They'd Rather Be Right was first published as a four-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction from August 1954 to November 1954. It was published as a book in 1957, and a heavily cut version was released the following year under the title The Forever Machine. 


 Publisher    Gnome Press (1957 novel)
Publication date
    1954 (as a serial), 1957 (as a novel)
Media type    Print (Hardcover)
Pages    189


Astounding Science Fiction magazine. Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov 1954 ***

+ They'd Rather Be Right - The Forever Machine by Machine by Mark Clifton & Frank Riley (review)

1956

Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein [Astounding Feb,Mar,Apr 1956]

 Publisher    Doubleday
Publication date
    1956
Media type    Print (hardback & paperback)








These are the front covers of the Astounding Sci-Fi magazines.... the first true printings of this story.
Feb,Mar,Apr 1956 ***

1957
Best American Professional Magazine 
Astounding Science Fiction ed. by John W. Campbell, Jr.

1958

The Big Time by Fritz Leiber [Galaxy Mar,Apr 1958]

Publisher    Ace Books (1961 book edition), Gregg Press (1976 first hardback edition)
Publication date
    1958 (as a serial), 1961 (as a novel)
Media type    Print (hardback & paperback)

The Big Time was published originally in two parts in Galaxy Magazine's March *** and April*** 1958 issues, illustrated by Virgil Finlay.







These are the covers of the original March and April 1958 Galaxy Magazine issues.... the first true printings of this story.***


1959

A Case of Conscience by James Blish [Ballantine, 1958]
 *


Published    1958 (Ballantine Books)
Media type    Print (paperback)
Pages    192
ISBN    0-345-43835-3 (later paperback printing)

The novel is the first part of Blish's thematic After Such Knowledge trilogy and was followed by Doctor Mirabilis and both Black Easter and The Day After Judgment (two novellas that Blish viewed as together forming the third volume of the trilogy).

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Sci Fi Links
 


+ Foundation - Isaac Asimov's
+ Dune - The Chronological order of the novels
+ Dune Universe Timeline
+ I, Robot - Isaac Asimov - novels & Magazines
+ Star Wars 
+ vorkoisgan saga reading order - Lois McMaster Bujold

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