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1945 Retro Hugo Awards
120 votes were cast at nominations stage, and 521 for the final ballot.
For the first time ever in the Retro Hugos, there was a tie for the winner of one category - Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.
There were also close results in Best Novelette (winning margin of 6 votes) and Best Fanzine (9 votes).
On the other hand, the winners of Best Editor, Short Form and Best Professional Artist were determined on the first round of counting.
"City" wins Best Novelette despite fewer first preference votes than "No Woman Born".
Disqualifications:
"Old Man in New World", by Olaf Stapledon (Best Novella – too short)
The Book of Thoth, by Aleister Crowley (Related Work – insufficiently related)
Foundation by Isaac Asimov and Venus Equilateral by George O. Smith (Best Series – too short)
The Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form category – insufficient nominations In the following categories, the winner (or one of the winners) was the last to qualify at nominations stage:
Best Short Story
Best Related Work
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Best Fan Writer
Results
Best Novel
“Shadow Over Mars” (The Nemesis from Terra), by Leigh Brackett (Startling Stories, Fall 1944) 2. Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord, by Olaf Stapledon (Secker & Warburg) 3. “The Winged Man”, by A.E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull (Astounding Science Fiction, May-June 1944) 4. The Golden Fleece (Hercules, My Shipmate), by Robert Graves (Cassell) 5. Land of Terror, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.) 6. The Wind on the Moon, by Eric Linklater (Macmillan)
Best Novella
“Killdozer!”, by Theodore Sturgeon (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944) 2. “The Jewel of Bas”, by Leigh Brackett (Planet Stories, Spring 1944) 3. “The Changeling”, by A.E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944) 4. “Trog”, by Murray Leinster (Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944) 5. “A God Named Kroo”, by Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1944) 6. “Intruders from the Stars”, by Ross Rocklynne (Amazing Stories, January 1944)
Best Novelette
“City”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1944) 2. “No Woman Born”, by C.L. Moore (Astounding Science Fiction, December 1944) 3. “Arena”, by Fredric Brown (Astounding Science Fiction, June 1944) 4. “When the Bough Breaks”, by Lewis Padgett (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science
Fiction, November 1944) 5. (tie) “The Big and the Little” (“The Merchant Princes”), by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction,
August 1944) 5. (tie) “The Children’s Hour”, by Lawrence O’Donnell (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) (Astounding
Science Fiction, March 1944)
Best Short Story
“I, Rocket”, by Ray Bradbury (Amazing Stories, May 1944) 2. “Desertion”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944) 3. “Huddling Place”, by Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1944) 4. “The Wedge” (“The Traders”), by Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944) 5. “And the Gods Laughed”, by Fredric Brown (Planet Stories, Spring 1944) 6. “Far Centaurus”, by A. E. van Vogt (Astounding Science Fiction, January 1944)
Best Series
The Cthulhu Mythos, by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, and others 2. Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs 3. Doc Savage, by Kenneth Robeson/Lester Dent 4. The Shadow, by Maxwell Grant (Walter B. Gibson) 5. Captain Future, by Brett Sterling (Edmond Hamilton) 6. Jules de Grandin, by Seabury Quinn
Best Related Work
“The Science-Fiction Field”, by Leigh Brackett (Writer’s Digest, July 1944) 2. Fancyclopedia, by Jack Speer (Forrest J. Ackerman) 3. “The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal”, by Fritz Leiber (The Acolyte, Fall
1944) 4. Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere, by Willy Ley (Viking Press) 5. Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom, by George Gamow (Cambridge University Press) 6. ’42 To ’44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution,
by H.G. Wells (Secker & Warburg)
Best Graphic Story or Comic
Superman: “The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk”, by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Detective Comics, Inc.) 2. Donald Duck: “The Mad Chemist”, by Carl Barks (Dell Comics) 3. The Spirit: “For the Love of Clara Defoe”, by Manly Wade Wellman, Lou Fine and Don Komisarow
(Register and Tribune Syndicate) 4. Buck Rogers: “Hollow Planetoid”, by Dick Calkins (National Newspaper Service) 5. Flash Gordon: “Battle for Tropica”, by Don Moore and Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate) 6. Flash Gordon: “Triumph in Tropica”, by Don Moore and Alex Raymond (King Features Syndicate)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
(tie) The Canterville Ghost, screenplay by Edwin Harvey Blum from a story by Oscar Wilde, directed by Jules Dassin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)) (tie) The Curse of the Cat People, written by DeWitt Bodeen, directed by Gunther V. Fritsch and Robert Wise (RKO Radio Pictures) 3. Donovan’s Brain, adapted by Robert L. Richards from a story by Curt Siodmak, producer, director and
editor William Spier (CBS Radio Network) 4. It Happened Tomorrow, screenplay and adaptation by Dudley Nichols and René Clair, directed by René
Clair (Arnold Pressburger Films) 5. House of Frankenstein, screenplay by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. from a story by Curt Siodmak, directed by
Erle C. Kenton (Universal Pictures) 6. The Invisible Man’s Revenge, written by Bertram Millhauser, directed by Ford Beebe (Universal
Pictures)
Best Editor, Short Form
John W. Campbell, Jr. 2. Dorothy McIlwraith 3. Mary Gnaedinger 4. Raymond A. Palmer 5. Oscar J. Friend 6. W. Scott Peacock
Best Professional Artist
Margaret Brundage 2. Earle K. Bergey 3. Boris Dolgov 4. Paul Orban 5. William Timmins 6. Matt Fox
Best Fanzine
Voice of the Imagi-Nation, edited by Forrest J. Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas 2. Le Zombie, edited by Bob Tucker and E.E. Evans 3. Futurian War Digest, edited by J. Michael Rosenblum 4. The Acolyte, edited by Francis T. Laney and Samuel D. Russell 5. Shangri L’Affaires, edited by Charles Burbee 6. Diablerie, edited by Bill Watson
Best Fan Writer
Fritz Leiber 2. Bob Tucker 3. Morojo/Myrtle R. Douglas 4. Jack Speer 5. Harry Warner, Jr. 6. J. Michael Rosenblum
Detailed Nomination and Voting Statistics
How Nominations are Tallied
Nominations for the Hugo Awards (and the Lodestar Award and Astounding Award) are tallied using a system known as E Pluribus Hugo (EPH). It has been in place since 2017 and is intended to reduce the impact of bloc voting in the nomination process. Under EPH, nomination votes are tallied as follows:
First, the total number of nominations from all ballots is tallied for each nominee. Next, a single point is assigned to each individual voter’s nomination ballot. That point is divided
equally among all nominees on that ballot. (After the first round of calculation, it is divided equally between remaining nominees.)
Next, all points from all nomination ballots are totalled for each nominee in that category. Next, the two nominees with the lowest point totals are compared. If there is a tie of more than two
nominees with the lowest or second lowest point total, all of them are compared. Whichever of the nominees being compared has the fewer or fewest number of nominations is
eliminated and removed from all subsequent calculations. If two or more nominees are tied for the fewest number of nominations, the nominee with the lowest point total at that round is eliminated. If two or more nominees are tied for both fewest number of nominations and lowest point total, then all such nominees tied at that round shall be eliminated, unless that would leave fewer than six in play, in which case they all get onto the final ballot.
Back to step 1 with the remaining nominees after the elimination.
Interpreting Nomination Tables
The column headed N lists the total number of nominations received by the nominee. The column to the right of that has the points for each nominee, starting from the tenth last count. The
two numbers in red show the points of the two nominees with the lowest point totals, which are being compared to see which one should be eliminated.
The next column shows the remaining nominees with their point totals recalculated after the elimination of the nominee in the previous round with the lowest point total, with the new pair of nominees with the lowest points totals highlighted in red. And so on.
The last column on the right is the final count, with the last eliminated nominee below the line and the remaining six above being the finalists who go on to appear on the ballot.
In cases where one or more of the top six nominees was not eligible for the category, or withdrew from consideration, they are struck through on the table and their places on the final ballot were taken by the last nominees to be eliminated, in reverse order, and the line is placed below the last nominee to reach the final ballot.
NB that the Hugo administrators do not make eligibility decisions regarding nominees unless they have enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, so it is possible that some nominees below the line would also not have been eligible.
Best Novel
Final ballot: 359 ballots total 341 not including No Award; 341 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner Runoff 2nd place
Shadow Over Mars 94 96 101 113 135 165 242 Sirius 97 98 103 112 148
Sirius 81 81 84 88 108 122
Winged Man 77 78 82 106 125
The Winged Man 48 49 50 64 72
Golden Fleece 59 59 65 77
The Golden Fleece 52 52 57 63
Land of Terror 62 62 64
Land of Terror 47 47 47
Wind on Moon 24 25
The Wind on the Moon 19 19
No Award 21
No Award 18
27
3rd place 4th place 5th place 6th place
Winged Man 107 109 116 146 Fleece 101 101 125 Land 146 Moon 155
Golden Fleece 84 84 94 112 Land 110 110 121 Moon 85 No Award 34
Land of Terror 74 74 78
Moon 54 57 No Award 28
Wind on Moon 35 36
No Award 27
No Award 23
Nominations 80 ballots for 39 nominees
Title Author N
Sirius O Stapledon 46 25.63 26.18 26.18 26.18 26.85 27.18 27.95 28.50 28.50 29.00
Shadow over Mars Leigh Brackett 28 12.92 12.97 12.97 12.97 13.52 13.60 14.20 14.92 14.92 15.42
The Golden Fleece Robert Graves 16 5.22 5.22 5.22 5.22 5.43 5.60 5.70 5.83 5.83 5.83
Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater 11 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.12 4.20 4.25 4.33 4.33 4.33
The Winged Man E. Mayne Hull 11 3.97 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.07 4.07 4.12 4.33 4.33 4.33
Land of Terror E R Burroughs 10 4.48 4.48 4.48 4.48 4.58 4.67 4.67 4.75 4.75 4.75
Renaissance RF Jones 7 2.03 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.08 2.17 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33
Time Must Have a Stop
Aldous Huxley 4 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 3 1.25 1.25 2.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
The Delicate Ape DB Hughes 6 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.78 2.78 2.78
Worlds Beginning Robert Ardrey 6 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73 2.73
Le Voyageur imprudent
René Barjavel 4 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83
Magic Moon Brett Sterling 3 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.83
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand
J Hadley Chase 3 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
Destiny Times 3 Fritz Leiber 2 1.25 1.25 1.50
Animal Farm George Orwell 2 0.75 0.75
The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt 2 0.75 0.75
Golden Amazon J Russell Fearn 2 0.70
Best Novella
Final ballot: 354 ballots total 335 not including No Award; 335 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner Runoff 2nd place
Killdozer! 158 158 162 164 172 283 Jewel 125 125 129 146 165
The Jewel of Bas 83 83 88 90 93
Changeling 89 92 93 101 120
The Changeling 56 59 63 63 68
Trog 51 51 51 53
Trog 19 19 20 20
Kroo 29 31 33
No Award 19 19 19
21 No Award 23 23
A God Named Kroo 16 16
Intruders 6
Intruders from the Stars 3
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Changeling 122 132 133 162
Trog 105 105 119
Kroo 130
Intruders 138
Trog 70 70 72 95
Kroo 81 85 100
Intruders 52
No Award 37
Kroo 54 61 65
Intruders 35 37
No Award 29
No Award 26 26
No Award 27
Intruders 19
Nominations 70 ballots for 23 nominees
Title Author(s) N
Killdozer! T Sturgeon 53 36.93 37.03 37.12 37.12 37.25 37.50 37.50 37.50 37.50 37.63
The Jewel of Bas L Brackett 27 13.10 13.20 13.28 13.28 13.42 13.50 14.17 14.17 14.67 15.30
The Changeling AE van Vogt 16 5.45 5.50 5.58 5.58 5.58 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.75 5.80
Trog M Leinster 7 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.97 1.97 1.97 1.97
Old Man in New World O Stapledon 6 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60 1.60
Intruders fr the Stars R Rocklynne 4 1.90 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.95 2.00
A God Named Kroo H Kuttner 5 1.35 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.53 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.62 1.70
Wanderers of the Wolf Moon NS Bond 3 0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95
Strangers on the Heights MW Wellman 2 0.83 0.83 0.83 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50
Judgment Night CL Moore 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Plague M Leinster 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
The Mad Robot W McGivern 2 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83
The Giant Runt R Rocklynne 2 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.58
Star Base X R Moore Williams 2 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45
The Dweller in Darkness A Derleth 1 0.33 0.33 0.33
The Return of Jongor R Moore Williams 1 0.33 0.33 0.33
Giant Killer B Chandler 1 0.25 0.25
Dead Hand I Asimov 1 0.25 0.25
The Mule I Asimov 1 0.25 0.25
Sword of Tomorrow H Kuttner 1 0.25 0.25
Murder In Space DV Reed 1 0.20
Minions of the Crystal Sphere A dePina 1 0.20
Old Man in New World is not eligible in this category (too short, only 8200 words). It received no nominations in the
appropriate length category, so the Administrators did not transfer it.
Best Novelette
Final ballot: 381 ballots total 365 not including No Award; 365 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
City 105 106 110 115 134 176 285
Woman 158 159 173 183
No Woman Born 116 117 122 130 136 162
Arena 78 79 84 97
Arena 61 62 66 73 83
Big/Little 56 57 58 63
The Big and the Little 40 40 43 43
Bough 30 30 34
The Children's Hour 23 23 25
Hour 28 28
When the Bough Breaks 20 20
No Award 17
No Award 16
24
3rd place
4th place
5th place
Arena 113 114 126 153
Bough 111 112 161
Hour 139 139
Bough 83 84 112 133
Big/Little 112 113 126
Big/Little 137 139
Big/Little 78 79 85
Hour 75 75
No Award 18
Hour 54 54
No Award 18
No Award 17
Nominations
94 ballots for 34 nominees
Title Author N
No Woman Born C. L. Moore 55 22.00 22.08 22.13 22.80 22.80 22.98 23.28 23.63 24.43 24.98
Arena Fredric Brown 53 19.00 19.00 19.27 19.27 19.35 19.57 19.62 20.02 20.18 21.28
City Clifford Simak 38 11.98 12.57 12.67 12.67 12.67 12.83 12.88 13.05 13.63 13.90
When The Bough Breaks
Kuttner & Moore
26 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.60 6.65 6.80 7.02 7.07
The Big and the Little
Isaac Asimov 23 9.02 9.10 9.20 9.20 9.28 9.38 9.47 9.85 9.85 10.57
The Children’s Hour
Moore & Kuttner
20 5.38 5.38 5.55 5.63 5.72 5.85 5.85 6.03 6.25 6.33
The Veil of Astellar Leigh Brackett 15 4.38 4.38 4.38 4.47 4.47 4.52 4.68 4.93 5.82 5.87
Deadline Cleve Cartmill 10 3.72 3.72 3.77 3.77 3.77 3.82 3.82 3.82 3.82
Terror Out of Space Leigh Brackett 8 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.82 2.82 2.82 2.82 2.87
Census Clifford Simak 8 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.93
Ride the El to Doom
Alison Harding 4 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78
Technical Error Hal Clement 4 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98
The Dweller in Darkness
August Derleth 2 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25
Day the World Stood Still
Allison Harding 3 1.08 1.08 1.08
Plague Murray Leinster 3 0.73 0.73
The Beasts of Barsac
Robert Bloch 2 0.75
Best Short Story
Final ballot: 366 ballots total 350 not including No Award; 350 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
I, Rocket 117 118 123 136 149 177 279
Desertion 80 80 87 122 167
Desertion 65 65 69 90 117 138
Wedge 80 82 95 105 118
The Wedge 56 56 62 66 71
Gods 64 65 73 81
And the Gods Laughed 46 47 49 54
Huddling 49 51 58
Huddling Place 44 45 46
Centaurus 41 41
Far Centaurus 22 22
No Award 21
No Award 16
18
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Huddling 86 88 101 147
Wedge 108 110 144
Gods 134 136
Centaurus 225
Wedge 87 89 105 127
Gods 103 105 139
Centaurus 129 131
No Award 26
Gods 80 81 96
Centaurus 82 82
No Award 23
Centaurus 53 53
No Award 21
No Award 21
Nominations 74 ballots for 61 nominees
Title Author N
Desertion Clifford Simak 32 12.45 12.70 12.85 13.43 13.43 13.65 14.32 14.95 15.92 16.42
Huddling Place Clifford Simak 24 10.28 10.28 10.43 11.43 11.43 11.48 11.57 11.78 12.42 12.75
Far Centaurus A. E. van Vogt 20 7.47 7.47 7.52 7.52 7.52 7.57 7.65 8.28 9.25 10.42
And the Gods Laughed
Fredric Brown 11 4.37 4.37 4.42 4.42 4.92 5.00 5.17 5.17 5.83 6.17
The Wedge Isaac Asimov 10 4.00 4.08 4.08 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.17 4.25 4.25 4.92
I, Rocket Ray Bradbury 8 4.03 4.03 4.08 4.08 4.58 4.58 4.58 4.67 4.67 4.83
The Lake Ray Bradbury 8 4.17 4.25 4.25 4.33 4.33 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50
Catch that Rabbit Isaac Asimov 10 3.62 3.62 3.62 3.62 3.62 4.12 4.12 4.12 4.17
Kindness Lester Del Rey 10 2.75 2.75 2.85 2.85 2.85 2.98 3.23 3.28
Housing Problem Moore & Kuttner
6 2.48 2.48 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.70
The Yehudi Principle Fredric Brown 5 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.33 2.42
Sanity Fritz Leiber 5 2.28 2.28 2.28 2.28 2.28
And, the Silence Ray Bradbury 4 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Hoofs Manly Wade Wellman
4 1.58 1.75 1.75
Invariant John R. Pierce 4 1.60 1.60
The Gothic Window Dorothy Quick 3 1.58
Best Series
Final ballot: 361 ballots total 337 not including No Award; 337 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
The Cthulhu Mythos 159 160 166 168 173 253
Pellucidar 88 97 101 113 135
Pellucidar 61 66 70 71 84
Doc Savage 87 89 89 95 122
Doc Savage 52 54 58 59 74
The Shadow 54 57 57 65
The Shadow 32 34 38 38
Captain Future 27 31 32
No Award 24 24 24
38
No Award 29 29
Captain Future 17 20
Jules de Grandin 23
Jules de Grandin 16
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Doc Savage 116 122 122 140
Shadow 113 114
Cap Future 93 96
Grandin 122
Shadow 68 76 77 93
Cap Future 62 65
Grandin 62 64
No Award 38
Cap Future 39 46 49
Grandin 38 38
No Award 37
No Award 34 34
No Award 35
Grandin 28
Nominations: 33 ballots for 16 nominees
Title Author(s) N
Foundation Isaac Asimov 12 6.23 6.23 6.40 6.62 6.62 6.70 7.20 7.25
Pellucidar Edgar Rice Burroughs
10 3.33 3.38 3.38 3.48 3.48 3.78 3.78 4.12
Cthulhu Mythos H P Lovecraft & A Derleth
10 4.30 4.43 4.43 4.65 4.65 4.73 4.73 4.78
Captain Future Bret Sterling 9 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.25 3.25 3.33 3.33 3.58
Doc Savage Lester Dent 8 3.83 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.02 4.15 4.15 4.28
Venus Equilateral George O Smith 7 2.70 2.88 2.88 2.93 2.93 3.07 3.07 3.20
Jules de Grandin Seabury Quinn 5 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.78
The Shadow Maxwell Grant 4 0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.03 1.03
City Clifford Simak 2 1.33 1.33 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50
Buck Rogers Dick Calkins 3 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.45
Flash Gordon Alex Raymond 3 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.45 1.45
Golden Amazon John Russell Fearn
1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
John Thunstone Manly Wade Wellman
3 0.73 0.73 0.73
Robots Isaac Asimov 1 0.33 0.33
Jorkens Lord Dunsany 1 0.20
G-8 & His Battle Aces Robert J. Hogan 1 0.20
Neither the Foundation series nor the Venus Equilateral series had produced 250,000 words by the end of 1944, so they
are not eligible in this category.
Best Related Work
Final ballot: 299 ballots total 286 not including No Award; 286 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
The Science-Fiction Field 69 69 70 72 94 124 189
Fancycl. 83 83 87 94 118
Fancyclopedia 68 68 71 76 84 104
Works of HPL 74 74 78 88 109
The Works of H.P. Lovecraft 54 54 63 66 80
Rockets 47 47 58 69
Rockets 40 40 46 55
'42 To '44: 33 34 36
Mr Tompkins Explores the Atom 29 29 32
Tompkins 32 32
'42 To '44: 26 27
No Award 16
No Award 13
19
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Works of HPL 94 95 99 114
Rockets 88 89 111
Tompkins 87 89
'42 To '44: 126
Rockets 66 66 83 105
'42 To '44: 65 66 74
'42 To '44: 87 88
No Award 31
'42 To '44: 45 46 49
Tompkins 51 52
No Award 25
Tompkins 39 39
No Award 22
No Award 19
Nominations 30 ballots for 16 nominees
Title Author(s) N
Fancyclopedia Jack Speer 16 7.73 8.03 8.12 8.78 8.97 9.18
Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere
Willy Ley 12 3.95 4.25 4.25 4.42 4.55 4.85
The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal
Fritz Leiber 8 2.18 2.18 2.43 2.43 2.48 2.73
'42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution
H. G. Wells 7 2.43 2.43 2.43 2.43 2.60 2.77
Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom George Gamow 7 3.62 3.62 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.70
The Book of Thoth Aleister Crowley 6 2.93 2.93 2.93 2.93 2.98 3.12
The Science-Fiction Field Leigh Brackett 8 1.88 1.88 2.22 2.22 2.35 2.65
Marginalia Lovecraft, ed. Derleth & Wandrei 6 2.18 2.18 2.18 2.18 2.37
Little Known Fantaisistes Harold Wakefield 4 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.90
Futurian War Digest J Michael Rosenblum 2 0.83 0.83 0.83
The Story Behind the Story: Veil of Astellar
Leigh Brackett 1 0.25 0.25
The Grey Mouser (poem) Fritz Leiber 1 0.25 0.25
A Treasury of American Folklore Benjamin Botkin 1 0.25 0.25
The Inner Ring CS Lewis 1 0.20
Panic: The Orson Welles Broadcast That Hoaxed America
Various 1 0.20
Rockets: A Prelude to Space Travel Willy Ley 1 0.20
The Administrators determined that The Book of Thoth, by Aleister Crowley, is not sufficiently related to the field of
science fiction, fantasy, or fandom to be eligible in this category.
Best Graphic Story or Comic
Final ballot: 309 ballots total 290 not including No Award; 290 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner Runoff 2nd place
Superman: Mr. Mxyztplk
121 122 122 127 141 235 Donald Duck 108 109 109 113 132
Donald Duck: Mad Chemist
77 78 78 80 87 The Spirit 55 55 55 59 83
The Spirit: Clara Defoe
39 39 39 42 51 FG: Triumph 27 42 42 57
Flash Gordon: Triumph in Tropica
17 29 29 36 Buck Rogers 33 35 35
Buck Rogers: Hollow Planetoid
20 20 20 No Award 21 21
No Award 19 19 23 FG: Battle 21
Flash Gordon: Battle for Tropica
16
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
The Spirit 96 96 97 109
Buck Rogers 91 91
FG: Battle 103
FG: Triumph 144
Buck Rogers 54 54 60 86
FG: Battle 46 46
FG: Triumph 55
No Award 28
FG: Triumph 31 31 48
FG: Triumph 43 43
No Award 28
FG: Battle 29 29
No Award 28
No Award 27
Nominations 20 ballots for 31 nominees
Title N
Donald Duck: The Mad Chemist 8 2.88 3.15 3.23 3.23 3.45 3.50 3.50
Superman #30: The Mysterious Mr. Mxyztplk! 7 2.40 2.40 2.40 3.07 3.33 3.33 3.33
Flash Gordon: Triumph in Tropica 6 1.25 1.65 1.73 1.73 1.95 2.00 2.00
The Spirit: For the Love of Clara Defoe 5 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.25 3.25 3.25
Flash Gordon: Battle for Tropica 4 0.85 1.12 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.25 1.25
Buck Rogers: Hollow Planetoid 3 0.65 0.65 0.90 0.90 0.95 1.50 1.50
Plastic Man: The Gay Nineties Nightmare 4 0.93 1.07 1.07 1.07 1.17 1.17 1.17
Detective Comics #94 Batman 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Buck Rogers: Planet of the Rising Sun 2 0.45 0.45 0.70 0.70 0.70
Captain Marvel Adventures: Silvana's Twin 2 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.53
Captain Marvel Adventures: Monster Society of Evil 2 0.40 0.53 0.53 0.53
Lady Satan: The Allied Assassination Plot 1 0.33 0.33 0.33
Ibis The Invincible: Loki The Terrible 1 0.33 0.33 0.33
Buck Rogers: Monkeymen of Planet X 1 0.25 0.25
Buck Rogers: Plastic Percy 1 0.25 0.25
Red Rackham's Treasure 1 0.25 0.25
Mandrake: The Earthshaker 1 0.20
Brick Bradford: Beyond the Crystal Door 1 0.20
Mandrake: The Mirror People 1 0.20
Mandrake: The Garden of Wuzzu 1 0.20
The Phantom: High-Sea Hijacker 1 0.20
Mandrake the Magician: The Dome 1 0.20
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Final ballot: 305 ballots total 286 not including No Award; 286 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winners Runoff Runoff
The Canterville Ghost 92 94 94 98 111 129 218
The Curse of the Cat People 83 83 84 92 100 129
200
Donovan's Brain 48 49 49 52 63
It Happened Tomorrow 33 34 34 39
House of Frankenstein 22 25 25
No Award 19 19
24 24
The Invisible Man’s Revenge 8
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
D's Brain 91 92 92 110
Tomorrow 92 93 104
House of F 116
IM Revenge 141
Tomorrow 70 78 79 96
House of F 81 81 91
IM Revenge 54
No Award 30
House of F 50 55 55
IM Revenge 28 28
No Award 29
No Award 22 22
No Award 23
IM Revenge 18
Nominations 45 ballots for 42 nominees
Title N
The Curse of the Cat People 20 8.88 9.07 9.07 9.07 9.28 9.45 9.95 11.03 11.42 11.92
Donovan's Brain 13 4.63 4.82 4.98 4.98 5.15 5.23 5.40 5.70 6.00 6.33
The Invisible Man's Revenge 10 4.28 4.28 4.28 4.45 4.45 4.45 4.45 4.45 5.08 5.58
House of Frankenstein 9 3.70 3.70 3.70 4.03 4.08 4.17 4.33 4.33 5.08 5.17
It Happened Tomorrow 9 3.52 3.57 3.57 3.73 3.90 3.90 4.40 4.45 4.58 4.67
The Canterville Ghost 7 3.03 3.03 3.03 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.33 3.33 3.42
Beware of Tomorrow 7 1.90 2.03 2.20 2.20 2.28 2.37 2.37 2.58 2.58 2.92
The Uninvited 6 2.00 2.00 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.42 2.92 2.92
The Lady and the Monster 7 1.98 2.03 2.03 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.20
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
6 1.70 1.70 1.78 1.78 1.95 1.95 2.28
Ali Baba & the Forty Thieves 5 1.28 1.28 1.37 1.37 1.75 1.83
They Came to a City 3 1.40 1.45 1.45 1.45 1.50
The Old Gray Hare 5 1.28 1.28 1.28 1.28
Time Flies 3 1.00 1.00 1.00
The Queen of the Cats 3 0.75 0.75
Man who Dreamed Too Much
3 0.65
Best Editor, Short Form
Final ballot: 275 ballots total 257 not including No Award; 257 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
John W. Campbell 151 193
Dorothy McIlwraith 78 79 80 90 91
Dorothy McIlwraith 52
Mary Gnaedinger 50 51 58 63 64
Mary Gnaedinger 39
No Award 30 30 30 33
No Award 18 39
Raymond A. Palmer 30 30 30
Raymond A. Palmer 12
Oscar J. Friend 11 11
Oscar J. Friend 2
W. Scott Peacock 2
W. Scott Peacock 1
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Gnaedinger 89 92 101
Palmer 69 76 105
Friend 56 79
Peacock 74
Palmer 47 50 54
No Award 38 38 41
No Award 41 41
No Award 42
No Award 30 30 30
Friend 33 38
Peacock 30
Friend 16 16
Peacock 17
Peacock 7
Nominations
38 ballots for 12 nominees
Editor N
John W. Campbell 33 23.65 23.75 23.92 23.92
Dorothy McIlwraith 14 4.27 4.37 4.45 4.45
Raymond Palmer 11 2.60 2.70 2.78 2.78
Oscar J. Friend 8 1.73 1.78 1.78 1.78
Wilbur Scott Peacock 7 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58
Mary Gnaedinger 6 1.68 1.73 1.82 1.82
Babette Rosmond 2 0.58 0.58 0.67 0.67
Donald A. Wollheim 1 1.00 1.00 1.00
Bernard G Davis 1 0.25 0.25
Frederik Pohl 1 0.25 0.25
Sam Moskowitz 1 0.20
William de Grouchy 1 0.20
Best Professional Artist
Final ballot: 212 ballots total 191 not including No Award; 191 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
Margaret Brundage 125 170
Earle K. Bergey 40 41 47 47 62
Earle K. Bergey 22
Boris Dolgov 35 40 41 41 55
No Award 21 24
Paul Orban 26 31 38 39
Boris Dolgov 18
No Award 25 25 25
William Timmins 11
William Timmins 18 20
Paul Orban 10
Matt Fox 14
Matt Fox 5
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Dolgov 45 51 51 57
Orban 51 52 72
Timmins 63 64
Fox 78
Orban 35 42 43 55
Timmins 37 37 43
Fox 39 39
No Award 30
Timmins 28 31 31
Fox 27 27
No Award 26
No Award 25 25
No Award 25
Fox 17
Nominations 27 ballots for 31 nominees
Artist N
William Timmins 12 4.30 4.40 4.48 4.65 4.73 4.90 4.90 4.98 5.17 5.33
Margaret Brundage 11 3.72 3.82 4.07 4.07 4.23 4.23 4.23 4.82 5.00 5.00
Earle K. Bergey 8 2.77 2.87 2.95 2.95 3.12 3.28 3.28 3.37 3.42 3.58
Paul Orban 6 2.20 2.20 2.20 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.58 2.75
Boris Dolgov 5 1.32 1.32 1.48 1.48 1.62 1.70 1.70 1.87 2.42 2.42
Matt Fox 4 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.28 1.28 1.28 1.42 1.42
Lawrence Stevens 3 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.17 1.17 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.50
Chesley Bonestell 2 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33
Virgil Finlay 2 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33 1.33
Harry Lemon Parkhurst 4 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.90 0.98 0.98 1.15
Graham Ingels 3 0.90 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.00 1.08 1.08
Vin Sullivan 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Hannes Bok 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
A. R. Tilburne 3 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.92
Rudolph Belarski 3 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70
J Allen St. John 2 0.67 0.67 0.67
Modest Stein 2 0.53 0.58
Frank R. Paul 2 0.40
Best Fanzine
Final ballot: 203 ballots total 181 not including No Award; 181 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
Voice of the Imagi-Nation 61 62 63 64 71 88 140
Le Zombie 76 77 84 85
Le Zombie 54 54 56 56 63 79
Futurian War Digest 36 37 40 40
Futurian War Digest 32 33 35 35 44
The Acolyte 31 32 35 36
The Acolyte 22 23 26 27
No Award 22 22 22
No Award 22 22 22
26
Shangri L'Affaires 13 15
Shangri L'Affaires 8 9
Diablerie 5
Diablerie 4
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
F War Digest 53 55 55 67
The Acolyte 56 63 64
S L'Affaires 58 59
Diablerie 68
The Acolyte 43 47 48 61
S L'Affaires 39 45 46
Diablerie 33 34
No Award 32
S L'Affaires 30 33 34
No Award 27 27
No Award 27
No Award 25 25
Diablerie 14
Diablerie 9
Nominations 25 ballots for 28 nominees
Fanzine N
Acolyte 13 3.58 3.82 3.82 3.87 3.87 4.05 4.27 4.27 4.68 5.33
Voice of the Imagi-Nation 11 2.68 2.78 2.78 2.78 2.95 3.05 3.10 4.10 4.27 4.42
Futurian War Digest 11 5.45 5.55 5.55 5.60 5.60 5.78 5.83 5.83 6.08 6.08
Le Zombie 6 2.18 2.23 2.23 2.45 2.45 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.08 3.08
Shangri L'Affaires 5 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.05 1.05 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.25
Diablerie 5 1.00 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.13 1.13 1.35 1.35 1.85 2.00
Fantasy Times 3 0.90 1.08 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.58 1.83 1.83
Chanticleer 4 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 0.93 1.10 1.10 1.10
Centauri 3 0.60 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.83 0.92 1.08 1.08
The Phantagraph 3 0.73 0.92 0.92 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08 1.08
Fanewscard 2 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 1.00 1.00 1.00
Sappho 3 0.73 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.87 0.87
Toward Tomorrow 3 0.60 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65
BFS Bulletin 2 0.53 0.58 0.58 0.58
Horizons 2 0.53 0.53 0.53
Fantasticonglomeration 1 0.50 0.50
Zizzle-Pop 1 0.50 0.50
YHOS 1 0.50 0.50
Fantasite 2 0.40
Guteto 2 0.40
Fantasy Fiction Field 2 0.40
Best Fan Writer
Final ballot: 285 ballots total 271 not including No Award; 271 > 131 (25% of 521)
Winner
Runoff
2nd place
Fritz Leiber 134 137 139 140 229
Tucker 87 87 95 101 114
Bob Tucker 56 58 59 59
Morojo 63 64 67 74 84
Morojo/Myrtle R. Douglas 46 47 51 51
Speer 22 22 27 31
Harry Warner 14 17 17 17
Rosenblum 21 21 23
No Award 14 14 14
20
Warner 19 19
J. Michael Rosenblum 11 11
No Award 15
Jack Speer 10
3rd place
4th place
5th place
6th place
Morojo 74 75 88 100
Speer 57 57 80
Warner 77 78
Rosenblum 106
Speer 42 42 47 66
Warner 53 54 71
Rosenblum 63 63
No Award 25
Warner 42 42 44
Rosenblum 50 50
No Award 22
Rosenblum 28 28
No Award 20
No Award 16
Best Fan Writer – 17 ballots for 28 nominees
Writer N
Bob Tucker 6 2.30 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.83
Jack Speer 6 2.10 2.28 2.37 2.37 2.50 2.83 2.83 3.33
J. Michael Rosenblum 5 1.85 2.03 2.03 2.03 2.17 2.58 2.58 2.58
Harry Warner 5 1.35 1.48 1.48 1.58 1.58 1.58 3.83 3.83
Morojo (Myrtle Douglas) 4 0.80 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.08 1.33 1.33 1.33
Fritz Leiber 3 0.60 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92 1.08
David Langford 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Russell Chauvenet 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Sam Moskowitz 2 0.45 0.58 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.83 0.83
F.T. Laney 3 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.75 0.75 0.75
Charles Burbee 3 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.75 0.75 0.75
T. Bruce Yerke 3 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.75 0.75 0.75
Julius Unger 2 0.45 0.50 0.58 0.58 0.58
Ted Carnell 2 0.45 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.58
Donald A. Wollheim 2 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45
Art Widner 2 0.40 0.40 0.40
E. Everett Evans 1 0.25 0.25
Bill Watson 1 0.20
Harold Wakefield 1 0.20
Samuel D. Russell 1 0.20
Robert Bloch 1 0.20
Milton A. Rothman 1 0.20
Elmer Purdue 1 0.20
Forrest J. Ackerman 1 0.20
Elsie Wollheim 1 0.20