Hugo Award for Best Related Work | |
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Awarded for | The best work related to the field of science fiction, fantasy, or fandom, published in the prior calendar year and which is either non-fiction or noteworthy primarily for aspects other than the fictional text |
Presented by | World Science Fiction Society |
First awarded | 1980 |
Currently held by | Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea (Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It) |
Official website | thehugoawards.org |
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially known as the Science Fiction Achievement Award.[1] The award has been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".[2][3] The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is given each year for primarily non-fiction works related to science fiction or fantasy, published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year. Awards are also given out for works of fiction in the novel, novella, novelette, and short story categories.
The award was originally titled the Hugo Award for Best Related Non-Fiction Book and was first awarded in 1980. In 1999 the Award was retitled to the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, and eligibility was officially expanded to fiction works that were primarily noteworthy for reasons besides their fictional aspects.[4] In 2010, the title of the award was again changed, to the Hugo Award for Best Related Work.[5] In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given.[6] The Retro Best Related Work Hugo was awarded for 1954, 50 years later.[7]
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees, except in the case of a tie. These five works on the ballot are the five most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated.[6] Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of five nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held.[8] Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year.[1][9]
During the 33 nomination years, 165 authors have had works nominated; 43 of these have won, including co-authors and Retro Hugos. John Clute has won three times; once by himself, once with John Grant as a co-author, and once with Peter Nicholls. Both Grant and Nicholls have won a second time, with Grant sharing the award with his co-authors Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville. Thomas Disch has also won twice, both without co-authors; no other author has won more than once. Cathy and Arnie Fenner have been nominated eight times for their work on the Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art series, both the most number of nominations received by any author and the most number of nominations without winning. Clute has been nominated six times, Farah Mendlesohn five times with one win, Isaac Asimov four times with one win, and Mike Resnick four times with no wins. Seven other authors have been nominated three times.
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In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first published. Each date links to the "year in literature" article corresponding with when the work was eligible. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the author's name have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.
* Winners and joint winners
Year | Author(s) | Work | Publisher or publication | Ref |
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1980 | Peter Nicholls* | The Science Fiction Encyclopedia | Doubleday | [10] |
1980 | Isaac Asimov | In Memory Yet Green | Doubleday | [10] |
1980 | Wayne Barlowe and Ian Summers | Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials | Workman Publishing Company | [10] |
1980 | Michael Whelan | Wonderworks | The Donning Company | [10] |
1980 | Ursula K. Le Guin and Susan Wood | The Language of the Night | Putnam Publishing Group | [10] |
1981 | Carl Sagan* | Cosmos | Random House | [11] |
1981 | Isaac Asimov | In Joy Still Felt | Doubleday | [11] |
1981 | Charles Platt | Dream Makers | Berkley Books | [11] |
1981 | Vincent Di Fate and Ian Summers | Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware | Workman Publishing Company | [11] |
1981 | Richard Bergeron | Warhoon 28 (The Writings of Walter A. Willis) | Richard Bergeron | [11] |
1982 | Stephen King* | Danse Macabre | Everest Publishing | [12] |
1982 | Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon and Byron Preiss | The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon | Ballantine Books | [12] |
1982 | Ron Miller and William K. Hartmann | The Grand Tour | Workman Publishing Company | [12] |
1982 | Dougal Dixon | After Man: A Zoology of the Future | Macmillan Publishers | [12] |
1982 | Neil Barron | Anatomy of Wonder, 2nd Edition | R.R. Bowker | [12] |
1983 | James Gunn* | Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction | Oxford University Press | [13] |
1983 | J. J. Llewellyn and Brian Froud | The World of The Dark Crystal | Alfred A. Knopf | [13] |
1983 | Baird Searles, Beth Meacham and Michael Franklin | A Reader's Guide to Fantasy | Avon Publications | [13] |
1983 | Barry N. Malzberg | The Engines of the Night | Doubleday | [13] |
1983 | Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller | Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | Underwood-Miller | [13] |
1984 | Thomas Disch* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 3: Miscellaneous | Advent | [14] |
1984 | Donald H. Tuck | The High Kings | Bantam Books | [14] |
1984 | Charles Platt | Dream Makers, Volume II | Berkley Books | [14] |
1984 | Norman Spinrad | Staying Alive: A Writer's Guide | The Donning Company | [14] |
1984 | Rowena Morrill | The Fantastic Art of Rowena | Pocket Books | [14] |
1985 | Jack Williamson* | Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction | Bluejay Books | [15] |
1985 | Patti Perret | The Faces of Science Fiction | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | [15] |
1985 | Harlan Ellison | Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed | Borgo Press | [15] |
1985 | George Turner | In the Heart or in the Head: An Essay in Time Travel | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | [15] |
1985 | Willis E. McNelly | The Dune Encyclopedia | Berkley Putnam | [15] |
1986 | Tom Weller* | Science Made Stupid | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | [16] |
1986 | Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., Tony Chapdelaine and George Hay | The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 | AC Projects | [16] |
1986 | Harlan Ellison | An Edge in My Voice | The Donning Company | [16] |
1986 | Algis Budrys | Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf | Southern Illinois University Press | [16] |
1986 | Brian Aldiss | The Pale Shadow of Science | Serconia Press | [16] |
1986 | Douglas E. Winter | Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror | Berkley Books | [16] |
1987 | Brian Aldiss and David Wingrove* | Trillion Year Spree | Victor Gollancz Ltd | [17] |
1987 | Frank Miller, Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics | [17] |
1987 | Thomas G. Smith | Industrial Light and Magic | Del Rey Books | [17] |
1987 | Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento | Science Fiction In Print: 1985 | Locus Press | [17] |
1987 | Paul Williams | Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick | Arbor House | [17] |
1988 | Michael Whelan* | Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder | Del Rey Books | [18] |
1988 | David A. Cherry | Imagination: The Art & Technique of David A. Cherry | Starblaze Graphics | [18] |
1988 | Jack Matthews | The Battle of Brazil | Crown Publishing Group | [18] |
1988 | Neil Barron | Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Edition | R.R. Bowker | [18] |
1988 | Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 | Locus Press | [18] |
1989 | Samuel R. Delany* | The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 | Arbor House | [19] |
1989 | Don Maitz | First Maitz | Ursus Publishing | [19] |
1989 | James Gunn | The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Viking Press | [19] |
1989 | Robert Weinberg | A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists | Greenwood Publishing Group | [19] |
1989 | Charles N. Brown and William G. Contento | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 | Locus Press | [19] |
1990 | Alexei Panshin and Cory Panshin* | The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence | J. P. Tarcher | [20] |
1990 | Robert A. Heinlein | Grumbles from the Grave | Del Rey Books | [20] |
1990 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Dancing at the Edge of the World | Grove Press | [20] |
1990 | Arthur C. Clarke | Astounding Days | Victor Gollancz Ltd | [20] |
1990 | Harlan Ellison | Harlan Ellison's Watching | Underwood-Miller | [20] |
1990 | Greg Thokar | Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book | Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc | [20] |
1991 | Orson Scott Card* | How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy | Writer's Digest | [21] |
1991 | Norman Spinrad | Science Fiction in the Real World | Southern Illinois University Press | [21] |
1991 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith | Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook | Writer's Notebook Press | [21] |
1991 | Brian Aldiss | Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's | Hodder & Stoughton | [21] |
1991 | David J. Skal | Hollywood Gothic | W. W. Norton & Company | [21] |
1992 | Charles Addams* | The World of Charles Addams | Alfred A. Knopf | [22] |
1992 | Everett F. Bleiler | Science-Fiction: The Early Years | Kent State University Press | [22] |
1992 | Jack L. Chalker and Mark Owings | The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History: Third Edition | Mirage Press | [22] |
1992 | Jeanne Gomoll | The Bakery Men Don't See Cookbook | (SF)3 | [22] |
1992 | Stephen Jones | Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | Underwood-Miller | [22] |
1993 | Harry Warner, Jr.* | A Wealth of Fable: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the 1950s | SCIFI Press | [23] |
1993 | David Langford | Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man | NESFA Press | [23] |
1993 | Virgil Finlay | Virgil Finlay's Women of the Ages | Underwood-Miller | [23] |
1993 | Thom Boswell | The Costumemaker's Art | Lark Books | [23] |
1993 | Camille Bacon-Smith | Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth | University of Pennsylvania Press | [23] |
1993 | Damon Knight | Monad Number Two | Pulphouse Publishing | [23] |
1994 | John Clute and Peter Nicholls* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Orbit Books | [24] |
1994 | Michael Whelan | The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions | Bantam Spectra | [24] |
1994 | Robert Bloch | Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography | Tor Books | [24] |
1994 | Scott McCloud | Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art | Tundra Books | [24] |
1994 | Theodore Cogswell | PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies | Advent | [24] |
1995 | Isaac Asimov* | I. Asimov: A Memoir | Doubleday | [25] |
1995 | Christopher Priest | The Book on the Edge of Forever | Fantagraphics Books | [25] |
1995 | Samuel R. Delany | Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics | University Press of New England | [25] |
1995 | Teresa Nielsen Hayden | Making Book | NESFA Press | [25] |
1995 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [25] |
1996 | John Clute* | Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia | Dorling Kindersley | [26] |
1996 | Isaac Asimov | Yours, Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | [26] |
1996 | Bob Eggleton | Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton | Paper Tiger Books | [26] |
1996 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [26] |
1996 | Joanna Russ | To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction | Indiana University Press | [26] |
1997 | L. Sprague de Camp* | Time & Chance: An Autobiography | Donald M. Grant | [27] |
1997 | Diana Wynne Jones | The Tough Guide To Fantasyland | Vista Books | [27] |
1997 | John Clute | Look at the Evidence | Serconia Press | [27] |
1997 | David Langford | The Silence of the Langford | NESFA Press | [27] |
1997 | Patti Perret | The Faces of Fantasy | Tor Books | [27] |
1998 | John Clute and John Grant* | The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | Orbit Books | [28] |
1998 | Vincent Di Fate | Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art | Penguin Studio | [28] |
1998 | Ben Bova and Anthony R. Lewis | Space Travel | Writer's Digest Books | [28] |
1998 | Robert Silverberg | Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science and Other Matters | Underwood Books | [28] |
1998 | Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner and Jim Loehr | Spectrum 4: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [28] |
1999 | Thomas Disch* | The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World | Free Press | [29] |
1999 | Richard A. Hauptmann | The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide | NESFA Press | [29] |
1999 | Everett F. Bleiler | Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years | Kent State University Press | [29] |
1999 | Howard DeVore | The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards | Advent | [29] |
1999 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [29] |
2000 | Frank M. Robinson* | Science Fiction of the 20th Century | Collector's Press | [30] |
2000 | Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters | Vertigo | [30] |
2000 | Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen | The Science of Discworld | Ebury Publishing | [30] |
2000 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [30] |
2000 | Karen Cooper and Bruce Schneier | Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide | Rune Press | [30] |
2001 | Bob Eggleton and Nigel Suckling* | Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton | Paper Tiger Books | [31] |
2001 | James Gifford | Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion | Nitrosyncretic Press | [31] |
2001 | Anthony R. Lewis | Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition | NESFA Press | [31] |
2001 | Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation | [31] |
2001 | Mike Resnick | Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories | Wildside Press | [31] |
2002 | Ron Miller, Frederick C. Durant III and Melvin H. Schuetz* | The Art of Chesley Bonestell | Paper Tiger Books | [32] |
2002 | Michael Swanwick | Being Gardner Dozois | Old Earth Books | [32] |
2002 | Tom Shippey | J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century | HarperCollins | [32] |
2002 | Karen Haber | Meditations on Middle-earth | St. Martin's Press | [32] |
2002 | Jane Frank and Howard Frank | The Art of Richard Powers | Paper Tiger Books | [32] |
2002 | Mike Resnick | I Have This Nifty Idea...Now What Do I Do With It? | Wildside Press | [32] |
2003 | Judith Merril and Emily Pohl-Weary* | Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril | Between the Lines | [33] |
2003 | Jerry Weist | Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life | William Morrow and Company | [33] |
2003 | Bob Eggleton and John Grant | Dragonhenge | Paper Tiger Books | [33] |
2003 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [33] |
2003 | Justine Larbalestier | The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction | Wesleyan University Press | [33] |
2004 | John Grant, Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville* | The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective | Artist's and Photographer's Press | [34] |
2004 | Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts | The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | Night Shade Books | [34] |
2004 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art | Underwood Books | [34] |
2004 | Brian Herbert | Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert | Tor Books | [34] |
2004 | John Clute | Scores: Reviews 1993–2003 | Beccon Publications | [34] |
2004 | William J. Widder | Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard | Galaxy Press | [34] |
2005 | Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn* | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction | Cambridge University Press | [35] |
2005 | Peter Weston | With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom | NESFA Press | [35] |
2005 | David A. Hardy and Patrick Moore | Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars | Artists' and Photographers' Press Ltd. | [35] |
2005 | William Tenn | Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn, Volume 3 | NESFA Press | [35] |
2005 | Richard A. Lupoff | The Best of Xero | Tachyon Publications | [35] |
2006 | Kate Wilhelm* | Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop | Small Beer Press | [36] |
2006 | Mike Ashley | Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 | Liverpool University Press | [36] |
2006 | David Langford | The SEX Column and Other Misprints | Cosmos | [36] |
2006 | Gary Westfahl | Science Fiction Quotations | Yale University Press | [36] |
2006 | Gary K. Wolfe | Soundings, Reviews 1992–1996 | Beccon Publications | [36] |
2007 | Julie Phillips* | James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon | St. Martin's Press | [37] |
2007 | Mike Resnick and Joe Siclari | Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches | ISFiC Press | [37] |
2007 | Joseph T. Major | Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles | Advent | [37] |
2007 | Samuel R. Delany | About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews | Wesleyan University Press | [37] |
2007 | John Picacio | Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio | MonkeyBrain Books | [37] |
2008 | Jeff Prucher* | Brave New Words: the Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction | Oxford University Press | [38] |
2008 | Barry N. Malzberg | Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium | Baen Books | [38] |
2008 | Diana Glyer | The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community | Kent State University Press | [38] |
2008 | Luis Ortiz | Emshwiller: Infinity x Two | Nonstop Press | [38] |
2008 | Shaun Tan | The Arrival | Arthur A. Levine Books | [38] |
2009 | John Scalzi* | Your Hate Mail Will be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998–2008 | Subterranean Press | [39] |
2009 | Farah Mendlesohn | Rhetorics of Fantasy | Wesleyan University Press | [39] |
2009 | Paul Kincaid | What Is It We Do When We Read Science Fiction | Beccon Publications | [39] |
2009 | Lillian Stewart Carl and John Helfers | The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold | Baen Books | [39] |
2009 | Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | [39] |
2010 | Jack Vance* | This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") | Subterranean Press | [40] |
2010 | John Clute | Canary Fever: Reviews | Beccon Publications | [40] |
2010 | Michael Swanwick | Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees | Temporary Culture | [40] |
2010 | Farah Mendlesohn | The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction | McFarland & Company | [40] |
2010 | Farah Mendlesohn | On Joanna Russ | Wesleyan University Press | [40] |
2010 | Helen Merrick | The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms | Aqueduct Press | [40] |
2011 | Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea* | Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press | [41] |
2011 | Gary K. Wolfe | Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 | Beccon Publications | [41] |
2011 | Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg | The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing | McFarland & Company | [41] |
2011 | William H. Patterson, Jr. | Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: (1907–1948): Learning Curve | Tor Books | [41] |
2011 | Brandon Sanderson, Jordan Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses | [41] |
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years in which a Worldcon was hosted, but no awards were originally given.[6] Retro Hugos have been awarded three times, for 1946, 1951, and 1954. All three of these awards were given 50 years later.[7] The next year that Retro Hugos can be awarded is 2014, for 1939.[6] The Hugo Award for Best Related Work has only been retroactively awarded once, in 2004; it was not on the ballot for the 1996 Retro Hugo awards, and the 2001 award was "dropped due to insufficient response" after only nine nominating ballots included any response in the category.[42]
Year | Year awarded | Author(s) | Work | Publisher | Ref |
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1954 | 2004 | Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple and Willy Ley* | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press | [43] |
1954 | 2004 | L. Sprague de Camp | Science-Fiction Handbook | Hermitage Press | [43] |
1954 | 2004 | Reginald Bretnor | Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future | Coward-McCann | [43] |
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